News Photos of the Day
Date: 12/14/2011 Album ID: 1379299
News photos from around the world, Wednesday, December 14, 2011.
An Indian man walks on the banks of the Yamuna river on a foggy morning in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
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A homeless Indian youth pets a stray dog as he rests wrapped in a rented quilt on a rented cot near the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. India's Supreme Court has directed state governments to build adequate number of night shelters to ensure that no homeless person has to sleep under the open sky this winter, according to news reports. Though India is famous for its brutally hot summers, temperatures fall sharply for a few weeks in December and January. Poor people, particularly those living on the streets, are the worst hit with dozens dying each winter. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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An Indonesian worker maintains a sand sculpture as he prepares for the Dec. 18 opening of the Sand Sculpture Festival at Sentul City in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Indonesia will host the first exhibition of sand sculptures depicting the nation's rich culture, heritage and nature until  Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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President Barack Obama greets members of the military at the 440th Structural Maintenance Hangar at Fort Bragg, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A Pakistani boy tries to control a horse during sunset at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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Yoon Kyung-mi, wife of Coast Guard officer Lee Cheong-ho who was allegedly stabbed by the Chinese fishing boat captain on Monday on the South Korean waters of the Yellow Sea, cries during Lee's funeral service in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Two boys flanking Yoon are their sons Lee Myung-hun, left, and Lee Myung-hoon. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Egyptians line up outside a polling station in front of the Giza Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Egypt held Wednesday the second round of parliamentary voting, part of the first elections since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Egyptian army soldiers organize a crowd of women voters at a polling station in Giza, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Egypt held Wednesday the second round of parliamentary voting, part of the first elections since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters gather during a rally to mark 24 years since its founding, in Gaza city, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011.  Gazans turned out Wednesday for an anniversary rally of the ruling Hamas, a demonstration of strength for the Islamic militant movement ahead of Palestinian general elections tentatively set for the spring. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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U.S. Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta, center, speaks to military personnel of the 172nd Infantry Brigade Task Force Blackhawks at a forward operating base in Sharana, Afghanistan,Wednesday, Dec., 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
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A military aide holds Purple Heart medals that U.S. Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta will award during his visit to the 172nd Infantry Brigade Task Force Blackhawks at a forward operating base in Sharana, Afghanistan,Wednesday, Dec., 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
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A member of a pro-government Somali militia patrols on the beach in the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. The Kenyan military clearly realises that the ultimate success of their mission in Somalia depends on improving the lives of residents there but equally clear is that they did not plan on having to do it all themselves, leaving Somalis in Bur Garbo dependent on handouts from them. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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A supporter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko holds a poster outside the Appellate Court in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Tymoshenko in October was found guilty of abuse of office while negotiating a gas contract with Russia in 2009 in a case the West has condemned as politically motivated. The banner reads: 'Freedom for Ukraine'.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
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