Deadly storms, bizarre shootings, the Christmas kickoff and a teeny giant panda
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AP Photo/Mauthnomah County Sheriff's Office
A mug shot of Mohamed Osman Mohamud
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People dressed in Santa Claus and fairy costumes
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A photographer takes his position behind an empty water tank
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Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Police officers carry ballot boxes to a counting center at Mahalla El Kubra
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Duncan Wilson, a tartan salesman, clears the snow away from the front of his store in Edinburgh
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A close-up of President Obama
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A girl walks over electoral materials after angry voters trashed a voting center
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Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
Newspaper front pages report on the cache of documents
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People play dominoes in a flooded street
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky.
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South Korean middle school students learn how to use a gas mask
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen speak to reporters
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The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
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Volunteers and rescuers search for 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton
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Rooftops are shrouded by polluted air in Tehran
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Actors dressed as devils perform during the “gathering of the devils”
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Students form a red ribbon during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally on World AIDS Day Wednesday
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The body of a “person of interest” in the killing of publicist Ronni Chasen is removed
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A baby giant panda has his neck measured
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A man holds a sign in favor or repealing the military “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy
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Vehicles are stranded on the New York State Thruway
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Nicole Kidman, star of “Rabbit Hole,” arrives with her husband Keith Urban
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Elderly villager Radovan Raicevic feeds cattle on his house porch
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Bill Clinton watches as members of the Qatar 2022 Bid Committee embrace
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Local residents and opposition party supporters look through a window into the local opposition party office
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The Disney-built town of Celebration, Fla., seen in this photo taken Wednesday, was rocked twice this week
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Firefighters try to extinguish the flames in Tirat Hacarmel, northern Israel, Friday
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AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
President Obama waves as he is introduced to the troops at a rally