Today in photos (Nov.13)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012.

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Tue., Nov. 13, 2012

In this photo made using an hour-long time exposure, stars swirl behind a sign for a ranch near Olsburg, Kan. early Tuesday morning, Nov. 13, 2012.

Charlie Riedel Associated Press
A model wears a creation by Mexico's designer David Salomon at the Mercedes Benz Fashion show in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012.

Eduardo Verdugo Associated Press
A donkey collapses from the heavy weight of bricks at a brick factory in Baghdad's southeast suburb of Nahrawan, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. The workers work 12 hours a day for about USD$ 5.

Hadi Mizban Associated Press
In this photo obtained from the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, a surface-to-air missile is fired by Iran's army, during a maneuver, in an undisclosed location in Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Iran said Tuesday it successfully tested a new air defense system modeled after the U.S. Hawk system during a drill in the country's east. A senior Iranian official called the six-day air defense drill over almost the entire eastern half of the country a "slap" to America and Israel. The exercise has been said to include Iranian jet fighters, drones and more than 8,000 troops.

Amin Khosroshahi Iranian Students News Agency, Isna
Workers from Telefonica phone company take part in a demonstration blocking the traffic and protesting against the unjustified dismissals at their company ahead of a general strike in Barcelona Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. The strike will be the second in Spain this year. The masks reads in Spanish: "I am a profitable person".

Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
A masked Bahraini anti-government protester carrying petrol bombs confronts riot police firing tear gas to disperse participants in a mourning procession for a teenager whose death the opposition blames on police in Muharraq, Bahrain, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. A drawing on the wall is a depiction of the now-demolished monument that stood at the hub of last year's pro-democracy uprising.

Hasan Jamali Associated Press
A mailbox with a lighthouse design sits on the porch of a burned out home in the Breezy Point section of Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. More than 50 homes were lost in a fire that swept through the oceanside community during Superstorm Sandy.

Mark Lennihan Associated Press
Jill Kelley looks out the window of her home Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located.

Chris O'Meara Associated Press