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November's best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 08:39 IST
Here's a collection of some of the best photographs taken by Reuters photographers in November from around the world.

A machine gunner from the First Battalion, Eighth Marines Bravo Company wears a bandolier of bullets around his neck at his base in Talibjan after a patrol in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province

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November's best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 08:39 IST
A Palestinian youth uses a slingshot to hurl stones towards Israeli police officers during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya. Clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli police broke out after Israel's Jerusalem municipality demolished a Palestinian house in Issawiya. The municipality said the home was built without a city permit. Palestinians say such permits are impossible to obtain

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 08:39 IST
Swiebodzin, a Polish town, has officially unveiled the world's largest Jesus statue -- which surpasses the Christ the Redeemer, the famous Christ sculpture in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro -- with a mass attended by thousands in what is hoped to become a hot tourist destination.

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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A researcher carries giant panda cubs after a group photo is taken at the Bifengxia panda breeding centre in Ya'an, Sichuan province. A total of 16 panda cubs which were born in 2010 made their first appearance in public during a photo opportunity at the breeding centre on November 19

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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A left-wing protestor gestures in front of riot police during a rally by far-right supporters in Munich

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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Honduran immigrant Jose Humberto Castro, 26, clings to a freight train on his way to the border with the United States in Orizaba in the state of Veracruz. Every day, hundreds of Central American immigrants try to cross from Mexico to the United States, according to National Migration Institute of Mexico

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 08:39 IST
Son Yeon-jae of South Korea competes in the individual all around rhythmic gymnastics final at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Darian Durant smiles during their freezing cold practice in Edmonton


November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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Children wait to perform ballet for a promotional event in Kunming, Yunnan province, China

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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Boys look at the eruption of Mount Merapi volcano in Manisrenggo village, in the Klaten district of Indonesia's central Java province. Mount Merapi showed lethargic signs on Wednesday but authorities would not lower down its alert status because of its intense seismic activities


November's best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 08:39 IST
People observe a partial collapse of the road while a dog accidentally falls into the hole in the low-income neighborhood of Carretera Vieja in Caracas, which was battered by torrential rains


November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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The Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft lands near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan on November 26. The spacecraft manned by commander Fyodor Yurichikhin and NASA's Douglas Wheelock and Shannon Walker landed safely in Kazakhstan

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 08:39 IST
A homeless person smokes a cigarette as he waits for a free meal during a charity food distribution operated by 'Les Restos Du Coeur' (Restaurants of the Heart) in Strasbourg. Throughout France, 'Les Restos du Coeur' centres open during the winter months for people in need


November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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Family members of miners trapped underground in the Pike River coal mine react after learning of a second explosion in the mine at a briefing by mine authorities and police in Greymouth on New Zealand's west coast on November 24. All 29 miners trapped underground in a New Zealand mine for five days died following a second explosion in the Pike River Coal mine


November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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A pilgrim prays at Mount Al-Noor during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca. The haj is one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and a duty for Muslims who can perform it


November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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Graffiti left behind by Taliban fighters remains on the walls of a compound now used as a command centre for the US Marine Corps's First Battalion, Eighth Marines at Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province. Musa Qala is an important battleground in the war against Taliban insurgents and the narcotics industry. The town has changed hands several times, most recently in December 2007 when Afghan and international forces retook the town from the Taliban


November's best PHOTOS from around the world

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French climber Alain Robert, also known as 'Spiderman', reacts as he scales to the top of the 165-metre (541-feet) high Singapore Flyer observation wheel in Singapore on November 5

 

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 08:39 IST
An Afghan man is detained by US Marines from the First Battalion, Eighth Marines Bravo Company at their base in Talibjan after a battle against Taliban insurgents in Musa Qala district in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 08:39 IST
Peru's bullfighter Juan Carlos Cubas is tackled by a bull during a bullfight at Peru's historic Plaza de Acho bullring in Lima

November's best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: December 3, 2010 08:39 IST
A protester holds up a sign during a demonstration against the UN mission in downtown Port-au-Prince. UN patrol cars have been targetted by several hundred protesters who yelled anti-UN slogans in Haiti's capital, as anger spread over a cholera epidemic that is killing dozens of people every day.