Corn and Cob, a pair of turkeys that will be pardoned by US President Donald Trump, walk inside their hotel room at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, DC while awaiting the White House pardoning ceremony later this week ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. AFP
Corn and Cob, a pair of turkeys that will be pardoned by US President Donald Trump, walk inside their hotel room at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, DC while awaiting the White House pardoning ceremony later this week ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. AFP
Migrants and associations install tents on Republique square in Paris one week after migrants were evicted from a makeshift camp in the suburb of Saint-Denis without being relocated. AFP
Migrants and associations install tents on Republique square in Paris one week after migrants were evicted from a makeshift camp in the suburb of Saint-Denis without being relocated. AFP
People at the seafront as the sunsets near Haji Ali mosque in Mumbai. AFP
People at the seafront as the sunsets near Haji Ali mosque in Mumbai. AFP
Men walk past the Yetev Lev temple in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Compliance with coronavirus restrictions in some of New York's Orthodox Jewish communities has been an issue since the pandemic started last spring. AP Photo
Men walk past the Yetev Lev temple in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Compliance with coronavirus restrictions in some of New York's Orthodox Jewish communities has been an issue since the pandemic started last spring. AP Photo
A man is silhouetted at the spot after a fire broke out in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. REUTERS
A man is silhouetted at the spot after a fire broke out in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. REUTERS
Pupils wearing facemasks sit the Grade 12 board exam at the school playground in Kathmandu. AFP
Pupils wearing facemasks sit the Grade 12 board exam at the school playground in Kathmandu. AFP
A demonstrator runs away from riot police during a protest against the death of Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas, a black man beaten by white security personnel in Porto Alegre, Brazil. AFP
A demonstrator runs away from riot police during a protest against the death of Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas, a black man beaten by white security personnel in Porto Alegre, Brazil. AFP
A Long March 5 rocket carrying China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe launches from the Wenchang Space Center on China's southern Hainan Island on a mission to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades. AFP
A Long March 5 rocket carrying China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe launches from the Wenchang Space Center on China's southern Hainan Island on a mission to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades. AFP
A student wearing a facemask sits the grade 12th board exam at an outdoor area in the school amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Kathmandu. AFP
A student wearing a facemask sits the grade 12th board exam at an outdoor area in the school amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Kathmandu. AFP
A person walks through steam coming from the street on Lexington Avenue in New York as the steam provides heat and cooling to many buildings in the city. AFP
A person walks through steam coming from the street on Lexington Avenue in New York as the steam provides heat and cooling to many buildings in the city. AFP

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