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  • Kamran Jebreili/AP

    The Dubai skyline is seen in the background as children ride on a Ferris wheel at the Safa park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.

    Watching the financial news unfold on Friday, as concerns over Dubai World's debt difficulties impacted global markets, reminded me of how interconnected we all are. I'm glad these kids seem unconcerned.

  • /NASA / Reuters

    A handout photo released by NASA shows a close-up view of a water bubble floating freely on the middeck of space shuttle Atlantis shows a refracted image of astronaut Leland Melvin Nov. 24.

    Zero gravity looks so cool.

  • Peter Andrews/Reuters

    A volunteer dressed as a cavewoman walks inside a cage at Warsaw Zoo November 26, 2009. According to zoo officials, volunteers have agreed to dress like Neanderthals and spend hours locked up in cages in an effort to educate the public that apes are our close relatives and should be treated with respect.

    There's something about this picture that makes me think maybe those funny caveman commericials really aren't that funny. Where do we draw the line between animal and human?

  • Jason Reed/Reuters

    "Courage", the National Thanksgiving Turkey, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 25, 2009, before being pardoned by U.S. President Barack

    I like the way the photographer saw this event.

  • Michael Paulsen/Houston Chronicle via AP

    Texas A&M University students watch the off-campus Aggie Bonfire, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, north of Bryan, Texas. In 1999, the bonfire collapsed while students were building it, killing twelve and injuring dozens. The accident ended the bonfire as an annual tradition before the Texas A&M-Texas football game, although students and alumni still hold the event without university support, away from campus.

    An incredible site to see in person, captured well by Michael Paulsen, but is it a good use of natural resources?

  • Hazem Bader/AFP - Getty Images

    Palestinian butchers prepare to slaughter a camel ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Muslims around the world celebrate the holiday by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command.

    What would your reaction be if you witnessed this scene on your way to work?

  • Nir Elias/Reuters

    A Tibetan monk waits for the beginning of a religious debate session with other monks inside Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region November 24, 2009.

    You can't see his mouth, but you can still see that he's smiling.

  • Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

    A butcher prepares to slaughter a buffalo with his knife during a mass sacrifice ceremony at Gadhimai temple in Bariyapur, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.

    This is disturbing.

  • Punit Paranjpe/Reuters

    A railway police commando stands guard at the Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station, one of the sites of last year's militant attacks, in Mumbai November 24, 2009.

    Do you think the U.S. will reach a point when airport security resembles this?

  • Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

    A harbour cruise boat for tourists is reflected on the surface of the water in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbor on Nov. 15, 2009. Marsamxett Harbor is the northern of Valletta's two natural harbors on the island of Malta, It is generally more dedicated to leisure use than is Grand Harbor.

    Liquid and light; Ive always been fascinated by the different ways water and light move together. I particularly like it when the movement of the water is gentle. It can be terribly romantic.

  • /Moody Pet via AP

    This product image released by Moody Pet shows the Humunga Stache. The shiny black toy mustache has a ball on the other end.

    This just makes me giggle.

  • Krafft Angerer/Getty Images

    Swans are seen in a boat on the way to the wintering grounds in Hamburg-Winterhude on November 23, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.

    Who knew swans migrated by boat?

  • Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

    A man, secured to a rope, falls off a tree during the "Let's Go!" festival, held to promote an active outdoors lifestyle, in a forest near the village of Zelenoe, November 22, 2009. The festival will end on November 22.

    This is an interesting way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

  • /Reuters

    Bulgarian Rosen Markov sets himself on fire in front of the Bulgarian National Television building, to protest against the broadcast of news bulletins in the Turkish language, in central Sofia November 10, 2009. Some 10 percent of Bulgaria's population are ethnic Turks.

    Whoah...

  • Pierre-philippe Marcou/AFP - Getty Images

    An employee washes hair in Justino Delgado's natural hair store in Madrid on November 17, 2009. With the economic crisis, more and more Spanish women are selling their hair to make ends meet, delighting Delgado, who exports it for wigs abd extensions.

    Following on the heels of Mish Whalen's entry, a creepy photo of our next contender for worst jobs. Low on danger, high on 'ickiness' factor.

  • Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

    A tourist poses next to Victoria's Secret models following thier appearance in New York's Times Square to celebrate the return of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show to New York, November 18, 2009.

    Sharing their spotlight. Love it.

  • Jerry Lampen/Reuters

    An Afghan member of a demining squad guides his dog through a mine field during a mine clearing operation outside the village of Tangi Saidan November 15, 2009. Afghanistan is still struggling to remove mines from remote areas after three decades of war.

    A cool photo of what's got to be the worst job in the world.

  • Mark Lennihan/AP

    Ironworkers climb the rising steel above the fourth floor of One World Trade Center, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 in New York. The tower, also referred to as Freedom Tower, is now about 160 feet above ground level.

    It's pretty amazing to finally see the World Trade Center tower emerging out of that big hole. I wonder what the architects and engineers are doing differently to protect the building from another terrorist attack.

  • /AP

    Indian-born American wrestling star "The Great Khali" towers above the crowd in Shimla, northern India, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. The Great Khali, who's real name is Dilip Singh Rana, is more than 7 feet tall.

    This picture speaks for itself, I guess.

  • Jerome Delay/AP

    Men play cricket along the road linking Kabul, Afghanistan, to the famed Khyber Pass towards Pakistan, Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009. The U.S. is leading efforts to build a "Kabul bypass highway" here, which would allow goods to transit from Pakistan straight to the north of the country, avoiding the dangerous route now used.

    The rest of Delay's recent pictures on the AP wire are of French Foreign Legion soldiers, including a firefight with militants in the Tagab valley on Nov. 15. This is a nice moment to capture in that context.

  • Stan Honda/AFP - Getty Images

    The space shuttle Atlantis STS-129 lifts off behind news photographers Nov. 16, 2009 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis and its crew will deliver two control moment gyroscopes, equipment and EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 and 2 to the International Space Station.

    I never tire of watching the shuttle lift off.

  • Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

    The coal-fueled Fiddlers Ferry power station emits vapor into the night sky Nov. 16, 2009 in Warrington, UK. As world leaders prepare to gather for the Copenhagen Climate Summit, the resolve of industrial nations seems to be weakening. President Obama said it would be impossible to reach a binding deal at the summit.

    Pollution can sometimes be very pretty. Reminds me of folks going to a highway overpass to see the amazing sunset after the "airborne toxic event" in Don DeLillo's novel White Noise.

  • Daniel Garcia/AFP - Getty Images

    The marshes of Ibera, in the Argentine province of Corrientes on the night of Nov. 4, 2009. The marshes are a wide network of ponds covering 25,000 square km. US billionaire Donald Tompkins, founder of the clothing brands North Face and Esprit, bought thousands of hectares in this immense system and is dedicating his life to fight for the environment, holding a "green war" with farmers in the area.

    Another evocative night shot. I can almost hear the bugs and frogs.

  • Andrew Biraj/Reuters

    A man works at an aluminium factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Nov. 16. Around 45 workers labor for 12 hours a day, earning 120 taka ($1.70 USD) for men and 80 taka ($1.40) for women.

    I wonder how much more I would appreciate simple pleasures in life if I traded places with this guy for a week.

  • Isifa/Getty Images

    A circus bear wearing ice skates plays ice hockey with its handler during a demonstration by the Russian Ice Circus on November 13, 2009 in Jihlava, Czech Republic. Bears in the touring Russian circus are trained to figure skate and play ice hockey as part of the show's line-up of entertainment.

    This would be so much more entertaining if they removed the muzzles.

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