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A museum employee passes an instillation entitled "Forever Bicycles" during the Ai Weiwei, Absent exhibition by outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Egyptian protesters march with a huge flag during a rally at Tahrir Square in Cairo.

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Protesters chant slogans and wave national flags during a rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of protesters chanting, Leave, leave, are rapidly filling up the square in what promises to be a massive demonstration to try to force Egypt's ruling military council to yield power.

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Competitors participate in the annual Stair Race event at Azrieli Tower in Tel Aviv.

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A salesman looks out the door of a shop as he waits for potential customers in downtown Rome.

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Horses graze in a snowless meadow next to a patch of artificial snow from a snow cannon test during sunny autumn weather in the eastern Swiss mountain resort of Lenzerheide. Some ski resorts in the Swiss Alps have postponed their season opening weekends due to a lack of snow.

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Workers load Christmas trees into a lorry on the Duncombe Park Estate in Helmsley, northern England.

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Shoppers ride an escalator at a Target Store in Chicago on Black Friday, the traditional beginning to the U.S. holiday shopping season.

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A protester talks with a police officer at the Occupy Montreal site as authorities move in and close down the camp in Montreal.

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Volunteers of America Sidewalk Santas march in the 109th annual Sidewalk Santa Parade through midtown Manhattan in New York.

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Polar bear cub Taiga shakes water off her head as she plays in a pool at Aquarium Park in Quebec City. Taiga and Ganuk were transferred from the Saint-Felicien zoo on November 16 and will be officially introduced to the public in a few days.

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Mild, sunny November weather has melted the surface on the Natrel Rink at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto but a number of people took advantage of the weather to get in some skating.

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