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Donkeys feed on garbage as a small girl crouches down inside a broken refrigerator while playing at a poor neighborhood in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.Saurabh Das/The Associated Press

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Jordanian soldiers carry Syrian refugee children as they walk with Syrian refugees, after the refugees had crossed the border from Syria, near the town of Ruwaished, 240 km east of Amman December 5, 2013.MUHAMMAD HAMED/Reuters

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Youths take photos in front of graffiti depicting poverty and homelessness in downtown Cairo December 5, 2013.AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/Reuters

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Mayor Rob Ford wipe his head with a towel on the way back from working out at City Hall in Toront, December 04, 2013.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Father Eric Consentino and mourners follow a hearse carrying the casket of James Ferrari from the Church of the Divine Love towards his grave plot, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, in Montrose. Ferrari, 59, was killed along with three others when a speeding Metro-North Railroad train on the Hudson Line derailed in New York City.John Minchillo/The Associated Press

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A rower makes his way through fog on the Schuylkill River, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, in Philadelphia.Matt Rourke/The Associated Press

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Boys look at a poster of former South African President Nelson Mandela as they gather outside Mandela's house after news of his death in Houghton, December 6, 2013.SIPHIWE SIBEKO/Reuters

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Civilians wait for further treatment at Bangui's hospital, Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias.Jerome Delay/The Associated Press

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Afghan refugee children lie on a pile of straw gathered for the livestock, while playing in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.Muhammed Muheisen/The Associated Press

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