U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks to reporters in Washington on Tuesday, December 9, after the committee issued a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation of terrorist detainees. The report <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F09%2Fpolitics%2Fcia-torture-report%2Findex.html" target="_blank">is reigniting the partisan divide</a> over combating terrorism. Feinstein and many other Democrats argue the tactics conflict with American values, while leading members of the Bush administration insist the tactics were vital to preventing another terrorist attack in the wake of September 11.
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U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks to reporters in Washington on Tuesday, December 9, after the committee issued a report on the CIA's harsh interrogation of terrorist detainees. The report is reigniting the partisan divide over combating terrorism. Feinstein and many other Democrats argue the tactics conflict with American values, while leading members of the Bush administration insist the tactics were vital to preventing another terrorist attack in the wake of September 11.
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Britain's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, appear on the Jumbotron screen as they watch an NBA basketball game in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday, December 8. The royal couple -- the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge -- <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F08%2Fus%2Fgallery%2Fwill-kate-new-york-washington%2Findex.html" target="_blank">visited the United States</a> for three days.
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Britain's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, appear on the Jumbotron screen as they watch an NBA basketball game in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday, December 8. The royal couple -- the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge -- visited the United States for three days.
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Agustin Gomez Perez, a 21-year-old farmer, allowed himself to be lit on fire to as he protested outside the Chiapas state legislature Friday, December 5, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. Perez was demanding the release of his father, an indigenous leader arrested last year.
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Agustin Gomez Perez, a 21-year-old farmer, allowed himself to be lit on fire to as he protested outside the Chiapas state legislature Friday, December 5, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. Perez was demanding the release of his father, an indigenous leader arrested last year.
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Camille Cerf is congratulated after she won the Miss France beauty contest Saturday, December 6, in Orleans, France.
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Camille Cerf is congratulated after she won the Miss France beauty contest Saturday, December 6, in Orleans, France.
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Protesters participate in a "die-in" at New York's Bryant Park on Friday, December 5. Since a grand jury declined to indict a New York police officer in the death of Eric Garner, demonstrators across the country <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F04%2Fus%2Fgallery%2Feric-garner-protests%2Findex.html" target="_blank">have taken to the streets</a> to express their outrage. Garner, a 43-year-old asthmatic, died in July after he was put in a chokehold by officer Daniel Pantaleo.
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Protesters participate in a "die-in" at New York's Bryant Park on Friday, December 5. Since a grand jury declined to indict a New York police officer in the death of Eric Garner, demonstrators across the country have taken to the streets to express their outrage. Garner, a 43-year-old asthmatic, died in July after he was put in a chokehold by officer Daniel Pantaleo.
John Minchillo/AP
Vitor Martins puts on his Santa Claus outfit Sunday, December 7, before performing in the town square of Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil. Tattoos cover 94% of Martins' body. Several of them are in reference to Christmas.
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Vitor Martins puts on his Santa Claus outfit Sunday, December 7, before performing in the town square of Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil. Tattoos cover 94% of Martins' body. Several of them are in reference to Christmas.
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This aerial photo shows downtown Dallas as it is covered in morning fog on Tuesday, December 9. The heavy fog delayed some flights in North Texas.
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This aerial photo shows downtown Dallas as it is covered in morning fog on Tuesday, December 9. The heavy fog delayed some flights in North Texas.
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A <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F08%2Fus%2Fgallery%2Flos-angeles-building-fire%2Findex.html" target="_blank">massive fire</a> engulfs an apartment building that was under construction Monday, December 8, in Los Angeles.
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A massive fire engulfs an apartment building that was under construction Monday, December 8, in Los Angeles.
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Images of Nobel Peace Prize winners, including Malala Yousafzai, are displayed at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday, December 9. One day later, Yousafzai and India's Kailash Satyarthi <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F10%2Fworld%2Fasia%2Fnobel-peace-prize-awarded%2Findex.html" target="_blank">received their Peace Prize awards</a> for their struggle against the suppression of children and children's education.
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Images of Nobel Peace Prize winners, including Malala Yousafzai, are displayed at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday, December 9. One day later, Yousafzai and India's Kailash Satyarthi received their Peace Prize awards for their struggle against the suppression of children and children's education.
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U.S. Navy sailors rescue Ron Ingraham, a 67-year-old fisherman who had been lost at sea for 12 days, on Tuesday, December 9. Ingraham <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F10%2Fus%2Fhawaii-sailboat-found%2Findex.html" target="_blank">was "weak, hungry and dehydrated"</a> when he was found about 64 miles south of Honolulu, his son said.
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U.S. Navy sailors rescue Ron Ingraham, a 67-year-old fisherman who had been lost at sea for 12 days, on Tuesday, December 9. Ingraham was "weak, hungry and dehydrated" when he was found about 64 miles south of Honolulu, his son said.
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A member of the Lubavitch community walks through crime-scene tape in New York as he leaves the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters on Tuesday, December 9. Earlier, a knife-wielding man <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F09%2Fus%2Fnew-york-synagogue-stabbing%2Findex.html" target="_blank">stabbed an Israeli student inside the synagogue</a> before being fatally shot by police.
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A member of the Lubavitch community walks through crime-scene tape in New York as he leaves the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters on Tuesday, December 9. Earlier, a knife-wielding man stabbed an Israeli student inside the synagogue before being fatally shot by police.
Mark Lennihan/AP
A girl in Mandera, Kenya, stands in line with other bus passengers traveling to Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, December 8.
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A girl in Mandera, Kenya, stands in line with other bus passengers traveling to Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, December 8.
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Civil Police in Brazil say one of their helicopters <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F05%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Fbrazil-swastika-pool%2Findex.html">made a startling discovery</a> this week -- a huge swastika in the bottom of a swimming pool in Pomerode. Local authorities said no charges would be filed, however, because the swastika is on private land and the homeowner, who was not identified, is not promoting Nazism.
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Civil Police in Brazil say one of their helicopters made a startling discovery this week -- a huge swastika in the bottom of a swimming pool in Pomerode. Local authorities said no charges would be filed, however, because the swastika is on private land and the homeowner, who was not identified, is not promoting Nazism.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama deliver toys and gifts -- donated by the President's staff -- to the Toys for Tots program Wednesday, December 10, in Washington. For 67 years, the Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots program has worked with local communities across the country to collect and distribute gifts for less fortunate children.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama deliver toys and gifts -- donated by the President's staff -- to the Toys for Tots program Wednesday, December 10, in Washington. For 67 years, the Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots program has worked with local communities across the country to collect and distribute gifts for less fortunate children.
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A woman cries under the hospital building where Thailand's ailing King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, was spending his birthday Friday, December 5, in Bangkok, Thailand. Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F10%2F06%2Fworld%2Fasia%2Fthailand-king-bhumibol-gallbladder%2Findex.html" target="_blank">canceled a public appearance</a> on the advice of doctors.
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A woman cries under the hospital building where Thailand's ailing King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, was spending his birthday Friday, December 5, in Bangkok, Thailand. Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, canceled a public appearance on the advice of doctors.
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A man in Managua, Nicaragua, runs with a "toro encuetado" -- a structure resembling a bull and covered with exploding fireworks -- as part of the celebrations honoring the Virgin Mary on Monday, December 8. The Virgin Mary is Nicaragua's patron saint.
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A man in Managua, Nicaragua, runs with a "toro encuetado" -- a structure resembling a bull and covered with exploding fireworks -- as part of the celebrations honoring the Virgin Mary on Monday, December 8. The Virgin Mary is Nicaragua's patron saint.
Esteban Felix/AP
People wait to pay their respects to former Washington Mayor Marion Barry on Saturday, December 6. Barry <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F11%2F23%2Fus%2Fmarion-barry-death%2Findex.html" target="_blank">died last month</a> at the age of 78.
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People wait to pay their respects to former Washington Mayor Marion Barry on Saturday, December 6. Barry died last month at the age of 78.
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A man walks through a dust cloud as he heads home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, December 8.
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A man walks through a dust cloud as he heads home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, December 8.
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A young boy in Quito, Ecuador, performs in front of the Presidents of several South American countries Friday, December 5, during the inauguration of the new headquarters for the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). Behind the boy, from left, are Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, UNASUR Secretary-General Ernesto Samper and Surinamese President Desi Bouterse.
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A young boy in Quito, Ecuador, performs in front of the Presidents of several South American countries Friday, December 5, during the inauguration of the new headquarters for the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). Behind the boy, from left, are Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, UNASUR Secretary-General Ernesto Samper and Surinamese President Desi Bouterse.
Dolores Ochoa/AP
A man throws a burning broom to a big bonfire during the Los Escobazos festival Sunday, December 7, in Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain. Los Escobazos is an ancient feast, based on an old pastoral tradition, where people burn brooms to welcome one another.
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A man throws a burning broom to a big bonfire during the Los Escobazos festival Sunday, December 7, in Jarandilla de la Vera, Spain. Los Escobazos is an ancient feast, based on an old pastoral tradition, where people burn brooms to welcome one another.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP
Migrant workers wait in a bus Tuesday, December 9, after their shift ended at a construction site in Beijing.
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Migrant workers wait in a bus Tuesday, December 9, after their shift ended at a construction site in Beijing.
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Visitors walk through Christmas lights at Tokyo Dome City, an entertainment complex in Tokyo, on Saturday, December 6.
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Visitors walk through Christmas lights at Tokyo Dome City, an entertainment complex in Tokyo, on Saturday, December 6.
Koji Sasahara/AP
People use kayaks and a canoe to make their way around a flooded shopping center parking lot in Healdsburg, California, on Thursday, December 11. What seemed a godsend of rain has <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F10%2Fus%2Fgallery%2Fstorms-batter-coasts%2Findex.html">pummeled the drought-ravaged state</a> with flood warnings in wine country, a potential winter storm in the Sierras and enough moisture to cause mass urban blackouts.
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People use kayaks and a canoe to make their way around a flooded shopping center parking lot in Healdsburg, California, on Thursday, December 11. What seemed a godsend of rain has pummeled the drought-ravaged state with flood warnings in wine country, a potential winter storm in the Sierras and enough moisture to cause mass urban blackouts.
Eric Risberg/AP
Riot police, right, clash with masked youths in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday, December 6. Protests were held to mark the police killing of a teenage student in December 2008.
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Riot police, right, clash with masked youths in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday, December 6. Protests were held to mark the police killing of a teenage student in December 2008.
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Spectators in Cape Canaveral, Florida, cheer as a rocket takes off with NASA's Orion spacecraft on Friday, December 5. The spacecraft -- <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F05%2Ftech%2Finnovation%2Fnasa-orion-launch%2Findex.html" target="_blank">part of America's bid to take crews beyond low-Earth orbit for the first time since the Apollo missions</a> -- later splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after lapping the planet twice on an unmanned test flight.
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Spectators in Cape Canaveral, Florida, cheer as a rocket takes off with NASA's Orion spacecraft on Friday, December 5. The spacecraft -- part of America's bid to take crews beyond low-Earth orbit for the first time since the Apollo missions -- later splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after lapping the planet twice on an unmanned test flight.
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A bodybuilder smokes as he has tanning lotion applied on his body during a competition in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, December 9.
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A bodybuilder smokes as he has tanning lotion applied on his body during a competition in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, December 9.
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Iranian Shiite pilgrims walk on a road after entering Iraq through a border crossing on Monday, December 8. The pilgrims were heading toward Iraq's holy city of Kerbala to attend the Shiite ritual of Arbaeen.
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Iranian Shiite pilgrims walk on a road after entering Iraq through a border crossing on Monday, December 8. The pilgrims were heading toward Iraq's holy city of Kerbala to attend the Shiite ritual of Arbaeen.
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People stand around one of six sperm whales that washed up dead off the South Australia coast on Monday, December 8.
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People stand around one of six sperm whales that washed up dead off the South Australia coast on Monday, December 8.
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A sick child is seen aboard a bus in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday, December 19. Thirteen children were taken to Moscow to get medical aid through the Spravedlivaya Pomoshch charity fund.
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A sick child is seen aboard a bus in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday, December 19. Thirteen children were taken to Moscow to get medical aid through the Spravedlivaya Pomoshch charity fund.
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Children sit on a fallen coconut tree in Borongan, Philippines, on Monday, December 8. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F06%2Fasia%2Fgallery%2Ftyphoon-hagupit%2Findex.html" target="_blank">Typhoon Hagupit</a> tore apart homes and sent waves crashing through coastal communities across the eastern part of the country.
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Children sit on a fallen coconut tree in Borongan, Philippines, on Monday, December 8. Typhoon Hagupit tore apart homes and sent waves crashing through coastal communities across the eastern part of the country.
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Two of the Breitling Wingwalkers, Danielle Hughes and Emily Guilding, soar past the Burj Al Arab hotel during a flight Thursday, December 11, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Two of the Breitling Wingwalkers, Danielle Hughes and Emily Guilding, soar past the Burj Al Arab hotel during a flight Thursday, December 11, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Katsuhiko Tokunaga/Breitling/AP
Sana, a 30-day-old girl, sleeps on her grandmother's lap in her home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, December 5.
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Sana, a 30-day-old girl, sleeps on her grandmother's lap in her home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, December 5.
Rahmat Gul/AP
Pedestrians in London walk past recently opened office blocks near the King's Cross railway station on Wednesday, December 10. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F12%2F05%2Fworld%2Fgallery%2Fweek-in-photos-1205%2Findex.html" target="_blank">See last week in 35 photos</a>
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Pedestrians in London walk past recently opened office blocks near the King's Cross railway station on Wednesday, December 10. See last week in 35 photos
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