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Children ride swings in a playground surrounded by smog in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 11. Smog has enveloped much of Pakistan, causing highway accidents and respiratory problems, and forcing many residents to stay home, officials said.
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Locals gather around two sperm whale carcasses at a beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Nov. 14. Indonesian volunteers managed to save six whales beached on the northern tip of Sumatra but four died.
The rescuers worked late into Monday night to free six of 10 massive sperm animals using ropes and patrol boats and turn them back into the waters off Aceh province.
Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA
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A rose is placed on a chair inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Nov. 12. The congregation gathered for the first time since a massacre took 26 of their fellow parishioners' lives a week ago.
The church said it had undertaken a number of efforts to transform the space into a memorial that paid tribute to those who died. With the help of volunteers, organizers labored around the clock over 72 hours to repair and restore the sanctuary.
Eric Gay / AP
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A member of the Air Force's Wings of Blue Parachute Demonstration Team salutes as he jumps out of an aircraft, during the opening ceremony of Aviation Nation 2017 Nellis Air and Space Expo at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on Nov. 10.
Kevin Tanenbaum / U.S. Air Force via Reuters
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Men feed seagulls along the Yamuna river on a smoggy morning in New Delhi on Nov. 17.
Saumya Khandelwal / Reuters
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Vietnamese children wave flags before a welcome ceremony for President Donald Trump at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 12.
Luong Thai Linh / Pool via AP
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Participants sit on the floor in front of a poster during a break at the U.N. Climate Conference COP23 in Bonn, Germany on Nov. 16.
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President Donald Trump pauses to drink water during his address to the nation, covering his foreign policy accomplishments during his trip to Asia, at the White House in Washington on Nov. 15.
Trump's water break drew instant comparisons to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's 2013 speech after then-President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
During the 2016 campaign, Trump frequently skewered Rubio, his one-time GOP rival, for needing to quench his thirst during speeches.
Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
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Protesters hold out their phones during a pro-independence demonstration calling for the release of jailed Catalan activists and leaders in Barcelona on Nov. 11. Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and several members of his separatist government fled north to Brussels after Spanish authorities removed the region's top officials from office.
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North Korean students walk past the central station in Pyongyang on Nov. 16.
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Tens of thousands of nationalists march in a demonstration organized by far-right groups in Warsaw, Poland, on Nov. 11, as Poles celebrated their country's Independence Day.
The far-right march was one of many events marking Poland's rebirth as a nation in 1918 after being wiped off the map for 123 years.
But the march has become the largest Independence Day event in recent years, overshadowing official state observances and other patriotic events. Some participants expressed sympathy for xenophobic or white supremacist ideas, with one banner reading, "White Europe of brotherly nations."
Radek Pietruszka / EPA
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Peru's Raul Ruidiaz, Jefferson Farfan and Christian Cueva celebrate after the team earned the last spot in next year's World Cup on Wednesday night when they beat New Zealand 2-0 in Lima on Nov. 15. It will be Peru's first trip to the World Cup since 1982.
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Indonesian farmers work in a field as Moung Sinabung volcano spews thick smoke in the background in Karo, North Sumatra on Nov. 16. Mount Sinabung roared back to life in 2010 for the first time in 400 years, after another period of inactivity it erupted once more in 2013, and has remained highly active since.
Ivan Damanik / AFP - Getty Images
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A woman poses for a selfie in front of the carcass of a humpback whale on Ipanema beach, in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 15. Biologist Rafael Carvalho said the whale appears to have been dead for a few days. Authorities were urging beachgoers who had flocked to Ipanema on a national holiday to stay away from the animal.
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