Our Thousand Words -- The World in Pictures

A compendium of images on events that made news around the world or caught our eye this forthnight.

Dec 19, 2011, 11:24 IST1 min

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (Centre) reacts during a parliamentary debate on last week's European Union summit in London on December 12. Cameron defended his decision to break with European partners by vetoing a change to the EU treaty

Image by Parbul TV via Reuters TV/ Reuters

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Travis Beard, organiser of "Secret Cinema", at a screening in Kabul on December 8. In a dusty, dimly lit Kabul basement, the cinema fan club launched their first movie event outside Britain

Image by Ahmad Masood/ Reuters

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A fire-fighter evacuates a patient from AMRI Hospitals in Kolkata on December 9. The fire that swept through the hospital killed at least 90 people, most of them patients

Image by Rupak De Chowdhuri/ Reuters

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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives for the Immaculate Conception celebration prayer in Piazza di Spagna (Spain's Square) in downtown Rome on December 8

Image by Alessandro Bianchi/ Reuters

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Ahmed Khan, 58, a rickshaw puller, gets his beard dressed by a roadside barber in Noida near New Delhi on December 8

Image by Parivartan Sharma/ Reuters

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U.S. navy crew fold their national flag as they prepare to hand over their base to Iraqi forces in Basra on December 1. U.S. forces are expected to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011

Image by Atef Hassan/ Reuters