Today in photos (Nov. 18)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013.

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Mon., Nov. 18, 2013

Commandos of the Indian Jammu and Kashmir police force march during a passing-out parade at Lethpora, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Monday, Nov 18. 2013. According to the police authorities, 675 Kashmiri men on Monday were formally inducted into the force after nine months of rigorous training.

Mukhtar Khan Associated Press
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic material as it erupts as seen from Tiga Pancur, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Two volcanoes, Sinabung and Mount Merapi, erupted Monday in the country, prompting warnings for flights and evacuation preparations, official said.

Mafa Ramadani Associated Press
A Nepalese policeman recruited for the Constituent Assembly election removes election campaign posters from a wall near a polling booth in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. The residents of landlocked Nepal go to the polls on Tuesday, picking from more than 100 political parties in an election that is not expected to produce a strong winner to deal with the country's deep-rooted problems. The goal of Tuesday's election is to name a 601-member Constituent Assembly tasked with writing the constitution, which is supposed to govern the Himalayan country of 27 million.

Niranjan Shrestha Associated Press
Desperate villagers rush to a window of a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter as crewmen deliver aid in an emergency drop in San Jose, Philippines, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan, which tore across several islands in the eastern Philippines on Nov. 8.

Wally Santana Associated Press
The moon is seen behind a utility worker repairing a city street light in Brookport, Ill., Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods, flipped over cars and uprooted trees.

Stephen Dennee Fr170568Ap
Tourists take shelter from the snow near the 14th-century Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. South Korean Meteorological Administration report that it's the first snow of the season in Seoul and the temperature reached minus 0.3 degree Celsius (31 degree Fahrenheit).

Lee Jin-Man Associated Press