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It was a stormy October
We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by
The Statue of Liberty is seen in New York. The statue was closed for a year-long project that was the second phase of planned work to improve the visitor's experience and safety while touring the interior of the monument.
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It was a stormy October
Thomas Amort, a third generation fisherman, steers his boat on lake Koenigssee to catch char to make 'Schwarzreiter', a specially prepared char fish which is smoked on wooden hazelnut sticks over an open fire, at his fishing cottage on the remote peninsula next to St Bartholomae October 18, 2012.
Amort uses the same traditional techniques which were used some 400 years ago to produce the smoked fish which takes up to four hours of smoking on an open fire made from beech wood.
Fishermen have caught and smoked fish from lake Koenigssee since the 11th century, and even provided the delicacy for the Bavarian royal court. Picture taken October 18.
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It was a stormy October
Women shield their faces during strong winds at Marina beach in Chennai on October 31.
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It was a stormy October
Riders perform stunt jumps on their motorcycles above musicians playing Chinese traditional instruments during the opening ceremony of a forum in Linfen, Shanxi province October 30, 2012. Picture taken October 30, 2012.
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It was a stormy October
The shadow of Air Force One is seen as it approaches Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey, on October 31, 2012.
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It was a stormy October
A woman wearing bright, colourful clothes talks on her mobile phone while standing on a street during sunset in central Beijing
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It was a stormy October
An Afghan boy blocks his face as he looks at US soldiers of B Troop, 1st squadron of 4th US Cavalry Regiment while they patrol the town of Sar Howza in Paktika province October 30, 2012
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US soldiers of B Troop, 1st squadron of 4th US Cavalry Regiment, fire a 120 mm mortar shell during a mortar registration exercise at COP (Combat outpost) Sar Howza in Paktika province October 29, 2012. |
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It was a stormy October
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It was a stormy October
A truck drives through water pushed over a road by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York
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It was a stormy October
A baseball fan jumps over a bonfire in celebration outside AT&T Park after the San Francisco Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers to win the MLB World Series baseball championship, in San Francisco, California October 29, 2012
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It was a stormy October
Jordan Hupp of the US gets thrown off a bull during the Built Ford Tough Series Professional Bull Riders (PBR) World Finals at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, October 28, 2012
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It was a stormy October
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A girl joins others collecting pieces of metal from the rubble of a neighbourhood in Pauktaw township that was burned in recent violence October 27, 2012.
Boatloads of Muslims struggled to reach refugee camps and sought safety on islands and in coastal villages on October 27 as Myanmar tried to put out the fires of a week of sectarian unrest that has shaken its fragile democratic transition.
Dozens of rickety wooden vessels packed with the stateless Rohingya Muslims who fled clashes with Buddhists in western Rakhine state had reached land by Saturday after two days at sea, but nine boats were still unaccounted for, according to several Rohingya refugee sources reached by telephone
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It was a stormy October
Tourists sit in St Mark Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice October 27, 2012. The water level in the canal city rose to 127 cm (50 inches) above the normal level, according to the monitoring institute.
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It was a stormy October
US soldiers of B Troop, 1st squadron of 4th US Cavalry prepare for a night foot patrol in a COP (Combat outpost) Sar Howza in Paktika province
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It was a stormy October
A member of the Free Syrian Army talks to a woman during a patrol to search for pro-government forces in Haram town, Idlib Governorate, October 26, 2012. The Free Syrian Army is advancing over pro-government forces for control of the town.
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It was a stormy October
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson plays a dhol while sitting atop a taxi during a promotional event in Mumbai October 26, 2012
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Lightning strikes over a pier during a storm in Atlit, near the northern Israeli city of Haifa October 25, 2012
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It was a stormy October
Pope Benedict XVI kisses a baby as his principal private secretary Monsignor Georg Gaenswein (R) smiles after the Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square, at the Vatican October 24, 2012
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It was a stormy October
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A Swiss Air Force F18 fighter jet releases flares during a flight demonstration of the Swiss Air Force over the Axalp in the Bernese Oberland October 11, 2012
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It was a stormy October
A man smokes a cigarette near a goat standing on a pole of a temple at Khokana in Lalitpur October 9, 2012
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It was a stormy October
US President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at an Obama Victory Fund concert while at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco October 8, 2012.
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It was a stormy October
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev takes part in testing small arms at the training ground of the Central Research Institute for Precision Machine Building in Klimovsk, Moscow Region October 3
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It was a stormy October
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A jaguar swims towards his food that was dropped in the water during feeding time at Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor, Indonesia West Java province October 23, 2012
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It was a stormy October
A resident looks at his burnt house after a fire razed some 400 houses in Quezon City, Metro Manila October 23, 2012. Some 600 families lost their homes in a fire that engulfed some 400 houses in a residential area, local media reported
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It was a stormy October
An anti-government protester throws a Molotov cocktail at riot police during clashes in the village of Mameer, south of Manama, October 21, 2012.
Seven Bahrainis have been detained over clashes that killed a policeman, Bahrain's government said on October 21, as activists tried to break through police checkpoints around the village where he died.
Wefaq, the main opposition group in Bahrain, said that clashes had broken out near al-Eker, south of Manama, after some rights activists and medics tried to enter the village, which police has blocked off since October 19.
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