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Indian wedding, Radio City Rockettes, Cinema (10 images)

17 November

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Radio City Rockettes (L to R) Tara Dunleavy, Blair Chenoweth, Afra Hines and Jessica Osborne light The Empire State Building in celebration of the opening night of the "2009 Radio City Christmas Spectacular" in New York City. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Getty Images)

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A boy carries a lamp for light as members of a band take part in a Hindu wedding procession on a street in New Delhi, India. Many Indians hire street bands to mark the festivities. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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Projectionist Musta Gamut sits as he waits between changing reels during a screening of 'Zakham' at the Shabistan Cinema in Peshawar, Pakistan. Peshawar, the bustling frontier city on the edge of the mountainous western tribal regions, has become the main target of insurgent violence as a form of retaliation for Pakistan's Army offensive in South Waziristan against the Taliban.

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A cinema worker looks out to the street as he waits for customers to arrive for a screening of 'Zakham' at the Shabistan Cinema in Peshawar, Pakistan. Peshawar, the bustling frontier city on the edge of the mountainous western tribal regions, has become the main target of insurgent violence as a form of retaliation for Pakistan's Army offensive in South Waziristan against the Taliban. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

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Masked youths walk through teargas smoke during clashes in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The scuffles followed an annual protest march on the 36th anniversary of a student pro-democracy uprising that was crushed by the military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967-74. Some 10,000 people took part in the march, which was mostly peaceful. Following a similar march in Athens, police detained up to 200 suspected rioters for questioning, making five arrests. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

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Indian-born American wrestling star "The Great Khali", center, towers above the crowd in Shimla, northern India. The Great Khali, who's real name is Dilip Singh Rana, is more than 7 feet tall (2 meters). (AP Photo)

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South Africa win a line out during their rugby union match against Saracens at Wembley Stadium, London. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi)

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Pierre Mignard's 1681 oil on canvas entitled Christ and the Woman of Samaria is removed from the wall in transit to it's new location at the North Carolina Museum of Art's new facility in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh is on the move. And it's taking about 750 works of art with it. The museum is in the process of moving sculpture, paintings and other artwork from its current building to a new, 127,000-square-foot (38,700-square-meter) building that will open in April. The museum has been closed since September. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Rowers hoist a boat over their heads as the setting sun reflects in the the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Meat hangs in a slaughter house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The farmer's association Argentine Rural Society says that studies by its' economic research department indicate that meat production won't be enough to cover the local demand and the country may need to import beef next year due to a drought and government export controls that prompt ranchers to quit the business. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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