Nov 4 in pics

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Police try to douse flames on a Tibetan demonstrator after he tried to self immolate himself during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi.

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Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare with his team members addressing a press conference at Rajghat in New Delhi.

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A goat coloured for identification is seen displayed for sale for the upcoming Eid-al-Adha festival at a livestock market in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice by slaughtering of sheep, goats, cows or camels.

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Cast member Naomi Watts arrives at the premiere of J. Edgar during the Opening Night Gala of AFI FEST 2011 in Los Angeles.

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Buddhist nuns receive food from people as they sit in a boat on floodwaters at the Sathira-Dhammasathan Buddhist meditation centre in Bangkok1. As waterlogged Thailand struggles to contain the worst floods in decades, it faces a simple truth: not a whole lot can be done to avoid a repeat disaster in the short term even with a new multi-billion dollar water-management policy.

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Egyptian kindergarten children of the Degla Azharian language school in Cairo, Egypt, hold their mock passports, as they simulate a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to attend the Hajj, a day ahead of the start of the hajj, one of the biggest annual events in the world. The hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca, a religious duty that Muslims aspire to do at least once in their lifetime.

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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses at the opening night gala for AFI Fest 2011 with the premiere of his new film film J. Edgar directed by Clint Eastwood in Hollywood.

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Nosa Igiebor of Hapoel Tel Aviv controls the ball with his hand during the Group C Europa League soccer match against PSV at Philips stadium in Eindhoven, south-central Netherlands.

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Yemeni female protestors shade themselves with umbrellas during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen.

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An installation titled "Simple Black - White" by artists Alan and Julie Aston is part of the annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney. Over 100 works by local and international artists are on display along a popular beach-side walk.

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In this file image obtained from NASA, the space agency's DC-8 flies over the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf, studying the crack spreading across the ice shelf. The massive crack is growing wider in the Antarctic ice sheet and could break apart in the coming months, forming an iceberg the size of New york City, NASA scientists warned.

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Office blocks including the International Finance Center (C) are seen in Hong Kong. Hong Kong office rents currently top all other cities in the world with an average of $ $213.70 per sq ft per annum, with an increase of 32.3 % over the past year.

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A man reads a newspaper featuring coverage of Pakistani cricketers jailed in the UK over match-fixing, at a roadside stall in Islamabad. A British judge jailed disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt, two of his bowlers and their agent for their part in a fixing scandal which rocked the international game to its core.

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A fan of Ecuador's Liga Deportiva Universitaria soccer team wears a mask as he watches from behind a fence a Copa Sudamericana soccer game against Paraguay's Libertad in Quito, Ecuador.

Nov 4 in pics

Police try to douse flames on a Tibetan demonstrator after he tried to self immolate himself during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi.

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare with his team members addressing a press conference at Rajghat in New Delhi.

A goat coloured for identification is seen displayed for sale for the upcoming Eid-al-Adha festival at a livestock market in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice by slaughtering of sheep, goats, cows or camels.

Cast member Naomi Watts arrives at the premiere of J. Edgar during the Opening Night Gala of AFI FEST 2011 in Los Angeles.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses at the opening night gala for AFI Fest 2011 with the premiere of his new film film J. Edgar directed by Clint Eastwood in Hollywood.

Nosa Igiebor of Hapoel Tel Aviv controls the ball with his hand during the Group C Europa League soccer match against PSV at Philips stadium in Eindhoven, south-central Netherlands.

Yemeni female protestors shade themselves with umbrellas during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen.

An installation titled "Simple Black - White" by artists Alan and Julie Aston is part of the annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney. Over 100 works by local and international artists are on display along a popular beach-side walk.

Office blocks including the International Finance Center (C) are seen in Hong Kong. Hong Kong office rents currently top all other cities in the world with an average of $ $213.70 per sq ft per annum, with an increase of 32.3 % over the past year.

A fan of Ecuador's Liga Deportiva Universitaria soccer team wears a mask as he watches from behind a fence a Copa Sudamericana soccer game against Paraguay's Libertad in Quito, Ecuador.

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