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Ukrainian riot police block Pro-European Union activists' tent camp next to the Ukrainian Government buildings in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Hundreds of police in full riot gear flooded into the center of Kiev on Monday as mass anti-government protests gripped the Ukrainian capital for yet another week, raising fears of an imminent crackdown.
Sergei Grits Associated Press
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Nearly two old boy Kiran rests on a teddy bear in the flowers laying in front of the house of former South African President Nelsom Mandela in Johannesburg, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Scores of heads of state and government and other foreign dignitaries, including royalty, are beginning to converge on South Africa as the final preparations for Tuesday's national memorial service for liberation struggle icon Nelson Mandela are put in place.
Markus Schreiber Associated Press
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Actress Charlize Theron, right, speaks with musician Bono before the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in the Johannesburg, South Africa township of Soweto, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013.
Ben Curtis Associated Press
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An overview of guests seated at the traditional Nobel gala banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, following the Nobel Prize award ceremonies for Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and Economic Sciences.
Henrik Montgomery Tt News Agency
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A woman looks out of the dusty window after entering a bus to be transported to see the casket of Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013. The casket of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, draped in the multi-colored South African flag, arrived Wednesday at the seat of power in the country's capital for public viewing.
Markus Schreiber Associated Press
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Firefighter work on the scene as fire crews from around the area battled an early morning blaze that damaged three buildings in Ripon, Wis., Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Red Cross officials say the agency is providing services to at least five families who were safely evacuated from the upper floors
Jim Koepnick Oshkosh Northwestern Media
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With the temperature hovering at zero, Canada geese, Snow geese and seagulls gather on the icy surface of Lake Champlain waiting for the morning sun to warm them up Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 in Rouses Point, N.Y.
Rob Fountain The Press-Republican
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Pro-European Union activists guard barricades near the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, early Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Ukraine was thrown into crisis last month when President Viktor Yanukovych suddenly backed away from a long-awaited political and economic agreement with the European Union, deciding to focus instead on restoring trade ties with Russia.
Dmitry Lovetsky Associated Press
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United States' Steven Holcomb celebrates after driving to a win with brakeman Steven Langton in the two-man bobsled World Cup event on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Mike Groll Associated Press
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A woman and a man hold hands after access to see former South Africa President Nelson Mandela was closed on the third and final day of his casket lying in state, outside Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013.
Markus Schreiber Associated Press