Pelicans silhouetted by a setting sun fly as they look for fish along the California coastline near Leucadia, California. (Reuters)
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A man walks past trees on the sidewalk of a street amid heavy haze in Beijing. A chronic shortage of natural gas is hurting China's plan to move away from burning coal to heat homes and offices, raising the prospect of more choking air pollution this winter and beyond. The problem is worst in northern China, where air pollution mainly caused by decades of reliance on coal has lowered life expectancy by an estimated 5.5 years compared to the south, Chinese and international researchers said in July. (Reuters)
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Boxes containing beer bottles are seen next to graves at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery during Day of the Dead celebrations in Villa Maria, Lima. Each year people visit the cemetery, one of Latin America's largest, to honour the dead. (Reuters)
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English batsman Jonathan Trott plays a shot on day three of the Ashes cricket tour match against a Western Australian Chairman's XI at the WACA ground in Perth. (AFP photo)
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Malaysian Hindus pray to the deity Lord Ganesha during the Diwali celebrations at a temple in the capital Kuala Lumpur. (AFP photo)
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Chris Andersen #11 of the Miami Heat looks on before the game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (AFP photo)
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BJP's prime minister candidate Narendra Modi and senior party leader Sushil Kumar Modi console the family members of Rajnarain Singh, a victim of the recent serial bomb blasts, in Patna. PTI Photo
