November 20, 2012
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US President Barack Obama (R) and Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) kiss after speaking to the media during a brief joint presser at her residence. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri
An Indian Sikh devotee takes photographs on his mobile phone of member of the Sikh Nihang Army - traditional Sikh religious warriors - Baba 'Jagir' Singh wearing a turban of some 300 metres in length. Photo: AFP/Narinder Nanu
Tubes carry hot air being pumped into a Financial District building that flooded in an attempt to dry out the building following Superstorm Sandy in lower Manhattan. Photo: AFP/Mario Tama
Supporters take part in the funeral procession of Indian Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party leader Bal Thackeray in Mumbai on November 18, 2012. Photo: AFP/Punit Paranjpe
An Indian worker from the Power Department make adjustments to electrical power lines during preparations for the Maha Kumbh festival. Photo: AFP/Sanjay Kanojia
A giant bronze sculpture portraying Pope John Paul II issplayed outside Rome's Termini train Station on November 19, 2012. Photo: AFP/Filippo Monteforte
Naturists run the 3 km Marathon during the first Brazilian Naturist Olympics in Guaratingueta, about 200 km east of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba
Siberian tigers play in the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 19, 2012. Photo: Xinhua/Wang Jianwei
Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2012 shows the scenery of Jiabang Terrace Fields in Congjiang County of Miao-Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Qiandongnan. Photo: Xinhua/Yan Minhang
Indian Hindu devotees gather during the Chhath festival on the banks of the holy river Ganges in Patna, India. Photo: Xinhua/Stringer
An Indian firefighter breaks a window as a large fire burns out of control in the Himalaya House office tower in the business district in New Delhi, India. Photo: AP/Kevin Frayer
A picture taken on October 17, 2012 shows offcuts of fabric at the "El Hangar" design of Mango centre in Palau-Solita i Plegamans. Photo: AFP/Josep Lago
Kenyans watch from top of the building as youths clash on a street below in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Photo: AP
A suspected looter is restrained by a policeman with a dog in the somali district of Eastleigh in Nairobi on November 19, 2012. Photo: AFP/Carl De Souza
Egyptians participate in a protest marking the first anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud street incidents near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Xinhua/Li Muzi
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US President Barack Obama (R) and Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) kiss after...US President Barack Obama (R) and Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) kiss after speaking to the media...
November 20, 2012
Today in Photos

Today in Photos, November 20

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US President Barack Obama (R) and Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) kiss after speaking to the media during a brief joint presser at her residence. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri
An Indian Sikh devotee takes photographs on his mobile phone of member of the Sikh Nihang Army - traditional Sikh religious warriors - Baba 'Jagir' Singh wearing a turban of some 300 metres in length. Photo: AFP/Narinder Nanu
Tubes carry hot air being pumped into a Financial District building that flooded in an attempt to dry out the building following Superstorm Sandy in lower Manhattan. Photo: AFP/Mario Tama
Supporters take part in the funeral procession of Indian Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party leader Bal Thackeray in Mumbai on November 18, 2012. Photo: AFP/Punit Paranjpe
An Indian worker from the Power Department make adjustments to electrical power lines during preparations for the Maha Kumbh festival. Photo: AFP/Sanjay Kanojia
A giant bronze sculpture portraying Pope John Paul II issplayed outside Rome's Termini train Station on November 19, 2012. Photo: AFP/Filippo Monteforte
Naturists run the 3 km Marathon during the first Brazilian Naturist Olympics in Guaratingueta, about 200 km east of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba
Siberian tigers play in the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 19, 2012. Photo: Xinhua/Wang Jianwei
Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2012 shows the scenery of Jiabang Terrace Fields in Congjiang County of Miao-Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Qiandongnan. Photo: Xinhua/Yan Minhang
Indian Hindu devotees gather during the Chhath festival on the banks of the holy river Ganges in Patna, India. Photo: Xinhua/Stringer
An Indian firefighter breaks a window as a large fire burns out of control in the Himalaya House office tower in the business district in New Delhi, India. Photo: AP/Kevin Frayer
A picture taken on October 17, 2012 shows offcuts of fabric at the "El Hangar" design of Mango centre in Palau-Solita i Plegamans. Photo: AFP/Josep Lago
Kenyans watch from top of the building as youths clash on a street below in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Photo: AP
A suspected looter is restrained by a policeman with a dog in the somali district of Eastleigh in Nairobi on November 19, 2012. Photo: AFP/Carl De Souza
Egyptians participate in a protest marking the first anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud street incidents near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Xinhua/Li Muzi
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US President Barack Obama (R) and Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) kiss after speaking to the media during a brief joint presser at her residence. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri
An Indian Sikh devotee takes photographs on his mobile phone of member of the Sikh Nihang Army - traditional Sikh religious warriors - Baba 'Jagir' Singh wearing a turban of some 300 metres in length. Photo: AFP/Narinder Nanu
Tubes carry hot air being pumped into a Financial District building that flooded in an attempt to dry out the building following Superstorm Sandy in lower Manhattan. Photo: AFP/Mario Tama
Supporters take part in the funeral procession of Indian Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party leader Bal Thackeray in Mumbai on November 18, 2012. Photo: AFP/Punit Paranjpe
An Indian worker from the Power Department make adjustments to electrical power lines during preparations for the Maha Kumbh festival. Photo: AFP/Sanjay Kanojia
A giant bronze sculpture portraying Pope John Paul II issplayed outside Rome's Termini train Station on November 19, 2012. Photo: AFP/Filippo Monteforte
Naturists run the 3 km Marathon during the first Brazilian Naturist Olympics in Guaratingueta, about 200 km east of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba
Siberian tigers play in the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 19, 2012. Photo: Xinhua/Wang Jianwei
Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2012 shows the scenery of Jiabang Terrace Fields in Congjiang County of Miao-Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Qiandongnan. Photo: Xinhua/Yan Minhang
Indian Hindu devotees gather during the Chhath festival on the banks of the holy river Ganges in Patna, India. Photo: Xinhua/Stringer
An Indian firefighter breaks a window as a large fire burns out of control in the Himalaya House office tower in the business district in New Delhi, India. Photo: AP/Kevin Frayer
A picture taken on October 17, 2012 shows offcuts of fabric at the "El Hangar" design of Mango centre in Palau-Solita i Plegamans. Photo: AFP/Josep Lago
Kenyans watch from top of the building as youths clash on a street below in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Photo: AP
A suspected looter is restrained by a policeman with a dog in the somali district of Eastleigh in Nairobi on November 19, 2012. Photo: AFP/Carl De Souza
Egyptians participate in a protest marking the first anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud street incidents near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Xinhua/Li Muzi
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