News Photos of the Day
Date: 12/13/2011 Album ID: 1378706
Photos by Associated Press
News photos from around the world, Dec. 13, 2011
In a Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 photo, a horse and red barn in a field just south of Walla Walla, Wash. are framed in icy spikes as heavy frost clings to the metal rectangles of a fence.  (AP Photo/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Jeff Horner)
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Mountain High employee Christina Fetzer, of Wrightwood, uses her license plate to scape off snow and ice from her windshield during Monday's snow storm in Wrightwood, Calif., on Monday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/The Victor Valley Daily Press, David Pardo)
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Jerry Sandusky, center, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, with his wife Dottie Sandusky, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, in Bellefonte Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In this Monday night Dec. 12, 2011 photo, John Filliger, of Houston, who said he has been homeless for the past five years, lies wrapped in bedding on Washington Street in the heart of the Downtown Crossing area of Boston.  Filliger, who was offered a bed in a shelter for the evening, stayed on the street for the night and was counted in the annual homeless census. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Crews enter the training area southwest of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., near the scene where two Army OH-58 Kiowa helicopters crashed, killing four soldiers Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Jeremy Harrison)
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Lorraine Ela, center, mother of Megan Waterman, and Melissa Cann,  right, sister of Maureen Brainerd-Barnes  comfort Mary Gilbert, center, mother of Shannan Gilbert, as she arrives for a vigil in Babylon, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, after police found what they believe to be the remains of Shannan Gilbert, who they believe went missing in December 2011 after meeting a client for a sexual encounter. With the discovery of bones shortly after 9 a.m., police on New York's Long Island announced Tuesday that they believe they have discovered GilbertÍs remains in a dense wetland thicket.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Army personnel prepare to drive into the crash site  off Rainier Road on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 in Rainier, Wash.   Two Army OH-58 helicopters crashed, killing four soldiers on  Monday.  (AP Photo/The Olympian, Steve Bloom)
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Huge waves crash against the harbor wall and engulf the lighthouse at Porthcawl, South Wales, as high winds and rain batter the south west of the United Kingdom Tuesday Dec. 13, 2011. Gusts of up to 70mph were buffeting parts of the Britain, with worse weather forecast for the end of the week.   (AP Photo/Ben Birchall/PA Wire)  UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
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Workers clean a building in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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A Chinese paramilitary police officer looks at pigeons during a gathering to mourn for the victims in the 1937 Nanjing Massacre on its 74th anniversary, in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
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Chinese paramilitary soldiers march past the monument as they prepare wreaths for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre to mark its 74th anniversary at the Nanjing Massacre Museum in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
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Bahraini protestors pass  by images of late political activists and demonstrators who have been killed during the anti-government uprising displayed at rally organized by Bahraini opposition parties demanding freedom for prisoners and democracy in Bahrain,  Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, . (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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Mount Rainer, a 14,411-foot stratovolcano, is seen at dawn during a colorful sunrise Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, from Seattle, some 50 miles away. Generally clear skies are expected through Tuesday in the area, with an increasing chance of showers coming Wednesday, with highs in the low 40's through the week.  (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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A protestor is treated after being pepper sprayed by police officers Monday Dec . 12, 2011 in Seattle. Protestors  tried to prevent cars and trucks from entering the Port of Seattle's Terminal 18 late Monday afternoon,  as part of the Occupy the Port rallies on the West Coast.  (AP Photo/ The Seattle Times, Ellen M. Banner ) OUTS: SEATTLE OUT, USA TODAY OUT, MAGAZINES OUT, TELEVISION OUT, SALES OUT. MANDATORY CREDIT TO: Ellen M. Banner /THE SEATTLE TIMES.
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Caltrans works to cleanup an accident involving eight big rigs and nine other vehicles that collided in the truck lane tunnel on rain-slicked Interstate 5 in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles, injuring four people and causing a miles-long backup, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)
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A police officer, left, stands in front of the protesters as they gather outside of the parliament in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Dec.13, 2011. Thousands of Cyprus government workers briefly walked off the job to protest against a proposed two-year salary freeze they say is being unfairly foisted on them. The banner read in Greek: 'Politicians, what have you given?'ؾ£ (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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A Pakistani child weeps after being rescued by police during a raid at an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan on early Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Pakistani police discovered drug addicts held in chains at an Islamic seminary that offered rehabilitation services, and said that young children were also sometimes shackled at the institution. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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Pakistani children look through window of a room after being rescued by police during a raid at an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan on early Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Pakistani police discovered drug addicts held in chains at an Islamic seminary that offered rehabilitation services, and said that young children were also sometimes shackled at the institution.(AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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This Dec. 8, 2011 satellite image provided by the the DigitalGlobe Analysis Center shows the Chinese aircraft carrier Varyag sailing in the Yellow Sea, approximately 100 kilometers south-southeast of the port of Dalian, China. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe)  MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this photo taken Monday,  Dec. 12, 2011, fire fighters extinguish a fire on a bridge under construction across the Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok, a Russian Far East port. The fire that broke out on the unfinished bridge in Vladivostok will not delay the bridge's putting into service, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said Tuesday. The bridge is being constructed for next year's APEC summit in Vladivostok. (AP Photo/Ivan Kim)
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