A Palestinian protester uses a sling to throw stones at Israeli troops during clashes near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on November 16
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Health workers administer polio vaccine for children during a house-to-house vaccination campaign in Yemen's capital Sanaa on November 11
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A man carries the coffin of Emanuele Vitoria Fernandes, 5, who died in Bento Rodrigues district after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, in Mariana, Brazil, on November 10. Search and rescue teams have confirmed four deaths after two dams burst and unleashed mudslides on a village. Twenty-two people have been missing and hundreds have been displaced around the iron ore min
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A mine worker speaks on his phone as he returns from the Lonmin mine at the end of his shift, outside Rustenburg, South Africa, on November 10. As loss-making platinum producer Lonmin LMI.L appeals for cash from shareholders and slashes costs, many of its mine workers are eager to grab redundancy deals and leave a company battling to stay afloat. Battered by strikes, rising costs and weak
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A businessman crosses a road under autumn leaves at Tokyo's business district in Japan on November 11. Most Japanese companies do not expect the nation's flagging economy to recover until well into next year, as a China-led slowdown keeps overseas demand weak and consumer spending at home remains sluggish. However, Japan's core machinery orders rose by 7.5 percent in September - the first
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People jump rope during a lunch break in a financial district in Beijing, China, on November 12
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Deadwood is seen at sunset in Epecuen Village, southwest of Buenos Aires, on November 6. Over the past few years, Epecuen has been attracting tourists with its eerie apocalyptic atmosphere after a flood submerged it in salt water for more than two decades. Originally a busy lakeside tourist village in the 1920s renowned for its saltwater baths, Epecuen came to a sudden end on November 10,
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An exterior view of 390 Madison Avenue, an office building in midtown Manhattan in New York, that is undergoing complete reconstruction. A new skyline rising across Manhattan poses a challenge for the owners of the city's ageing office buildings as they face expensive overhauls in order to compete against a wave of amenity-rich towers nearing completion. Manhattan has the oldest office in
