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The Week in Pictures: Nov. 27 - Dec. 3, 2010

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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    Reuters/Thomas Peter

    People dressed in Santa Claus and fairy costumes

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    Reuters/Sergio Moraes

    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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    Reuters/David Moir

    Duncan Wilson, a tartan salesman, clears the snow away from the front of his store in Edinburgh

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    Reuters/Jason Reed

    A close-up of President Obama

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    Reuters/Eduardo Munoz

    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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    AP/Ariana Cubillos

    People play dominoes in a flooded street

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    AP/Alex Brandon

    Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky.

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    AP/Ahn Young-joon

    South Korean middle school students learn how to use a gas mask

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    AP/Charles Dharapak

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen speak to reporters

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    AP/Stephen Chernin

    The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree

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    AP/Paul Sancya

    Volunteers and rescuers search for 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton

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    AP/Vahid Salemi

    Rooftops are shrouded by polluted air in Tehran

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    AP/Bor Slana

    Actors dressed as devils perform during the “gathering of the devils”

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    Reuters/Babu

    Students form a red ribbon during an HIV/AIDS awareness rally on World AIDS Day Wednesday

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    AP/Jason Redmond

    The body of a “person of interest” in the killing of publicist Ronni Chasen is removed

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    AP/David Goldman

    A baby giant panda has his neck measured

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    AP/Alex Brandon

    A man holds a sign in favor or repealing the military “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy

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    AP/David Duprey

    Vehicles are stranded on the New York State Thruway

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    Reuters/Lucas Jackson

    Nicole Kidman, star of “Rabbit Hole,” arrives with her husband Keith Urban

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    Reuters/Stevo Vasiljevic

    Elderly villager Radovan Raicevic feeds cattle on his house porch

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    AP/Patrick B. Kraemer

    Bill Clinton watches as members of the Qatar 2022 Bid Committee embrace

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    AP/Rebecca Blackwell

    Local residents and opposition party supporters look through a window into the local opposition party office

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    AP/John Raoux

    The Disney-built town of Celebration, Fla., seen in this photo taken Wednesday, was rocked twice this week

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    AP/Dan Balilty

    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