Today in photos (Oct. 23)
View a gallery of photos from around the world on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012.
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The sun rises in Springville, Ala., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Sunny days and warmer temperatures are in the forecast for the next few days across Alabama.
Joe Songer Al.Com
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A Palestinian family, top, look at mourners carrying the body of Palestinian Ahmad Queider, 20, who was killed Monday as he rode his motorcycle, during an exchange of gunfire between Lebanese troops and gunmen, during the funeral procession, in the Sunni neighborhood of Tarik al-Jadida, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Oct. 23, 2012. Gunmen fired heavily in the air as hundreds of people marched behind the body draped in green and carried on a stretcher toward the cemetery for burial. Calm returned to the streets of Lebanon's capital on Tuesday, a day after troops launched a major security operation to quell fighting touched off by the assassination of a top anti-Syrian intelligence chief.
Hussein Malla Associated Press
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Muslim pilgrims pray outside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws three million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world.
Hassan Ammar Associated Press
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Vicky Armstrong cries as she watches police investigate the crime scene on Clayton Avenue in Clayton NJ on Tuesday Oct. 23, 2012, after the discovery of a girl's body in a home's recycling bin. Gloucester County prosecutors say a body believed to be that of Autumn Pasquale was found around 10 p.m. Monday in the bin just blocks from her house and from Borough Hall, where thousands of people gathered earlier in the evening for a tearful candlelight vigil to pray for her safe return.
Joseph Kaczmarek Fr109827 Ap
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In this picture taken through a gold coloured fence Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro speaks during a debate on the 2013 budget spending cuts at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Tuesday Oct. 23, 2012. The government has introduced austerity measures and financial and labor reforms in a bid to convince investors it is getting a grip on its accounts. The measures have led to many strikes and protests and the country faces its second general strike in a year on Nov. 14 while Spain is battling recession.
Daniel Olza Associated Press
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Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic eyes the ball to return a shot to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their tennis match at the WTA championship in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012.