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An one month old baby Pudu deer grazes in an artificial environment at an University in Concepcion city, south of Santiago on Nov12, 2012. The Pudu, the world's smallest deer, was found orphaned in a forest close Concepcion city and inhabits exclusively in southern Chile and part of Argentina. The species is currently in danger of extinction. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Women make the traditional Korean side dish "kimchi", or fermented cabbage, at a charity event at Seoul City Hall Plaza on Nov 15, 2012. More than 2,000 volunteers made 270 tonnes of kimchi on Thursday to give away to needy people during the winter season. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A girl practices a Mallakhamb pose while suspended from a rope at the Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir in Mumbai on Oct 19, 2012. Mallakhamb is an ancient Indian sport which originated as a complementary exercise for wrestling, but is now practiced as a sport in itself. The name is a combination of the words "malla", which means athlete or strong man, and "khamba", which means pole. Athletes perform a variety of yogic and gymnastic poses while suspended from a rope or on a pole. Practitioners say that the sport not only develops a healthy and strong body, but also strengthens willpower and helps compose the mind. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models, wearing bodysuits to represent a painter's palette, pose before a presentation to launch the Joy The Finale band, led by Brian MacFarlane, for Carnival 2013 at its headquarters in Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain on Nov 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A pig dives into the water in Ningxiang county, Hunan province on Nov 15, 2012. Villager Huang Demin drives his pigs to dive into the water from a 3-metre-high platform at least once a day, believing that the diving exercises would improve the quality and taste of the meat. He would later sell the meat of his pigs at three times higher than market prices, local media reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A professional diver dressed as Santa Claus gestures at a visitor inside a giant aquarium as part of celebrations for Christmas at the Manila Ocean Park on Nov 15, 2012. The Philippines, a mainly Roman Catholic country in South-east Asia, prepares for Christmas early - shopping malls play Christmas carols in September and lanterns and fireworks are put up in early December. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Children, dressed up in traditional gaucho clothing, take part in a horse parade during Tradition Day celebrations in San Antonio de Areco, some 116km north of Buenos Aires on Nov 11, 2012. Gauchos take part in a mass festival as part of Argentina's Tradition Day, which commemorates the birth anniversary of Jose Hernandez, one of the nation's most important poets who highlighted the injustices and hardships of the ordinary people of his day. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Mr Enoch Foster, a fundamentalist Mormon practicing polygamy, prays before a meal with his first wife Catrina Foster, second from left, and several of his 13 children from two wives in their home blasted from a rock wall at the Rockland Ranch community outside Moab, Utah on Nov 2, 2012. The "Rock" as it is referred to by the approximately 100 people living there in about 15 families, was founded about 35 years ago on a sandstone formation near Canyonlands National Park. Polygamy was a part of the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was brought to Utah by faithful Mormons in the late1840s. The mainstream Mormon church abandoned the practice in 1890, but an estimated 37,000 Mormon fundamentalists continue the practice today and believe plural marriage brings exaltation in heaven. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Nudists march to city hall during a rally against banning nudity in parts of the city in San Francisco, California on Nov 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A man looks at a creation named Fly Tweet by artist David Bowen during the news conference for the Digital Art Festival in Taipei on Nov 15, 2012. The creation, with the keyboard connected to a computer, will publish what flies type onto Twitter. This year's Digital Art Festival, under the theme of artificial nature, will be held from Nov 16 to 25 at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A waiter serves customers inside a coach restaurant in Shenyang, Liaoning province on Nov 8, 2012. A couple bought an old coach with around 20,000 yuan (S$3,902) and transformed it into a barbecue restaurant a month ago in an old residential compound. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A visitor walks past Yellow during the media preview of The Art Of The Brick exhibition in Singapore on Nov15, 2012. The exhibition which features United States artist Nathan Sawaya's 52 original Lego creations starts from Nov 17, 2012 to April 14, 2013 at the Art Science Museum. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An one month old baby Pudu deer grazes in an artificial environment at an University in Concepcion city, south of Santiago on Nov12, 2012. The Pudu, the world's smallest deer, was found orphaned in a forest close Concepcion city and inhabits exclusively in southern Chile and part of Argentina. The species is currently in danger of extinction. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Women make the traditional Korean side dish "kimchi", or fermented cabbage, at a charity event at Seoul City Hall Plaza on Nov 15, 2012. More than 2,000 volunteers made 270 tonnes of kimchi on Thursday to give away to needy people during the winter season. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A girl practices a Mallakhamb pose while suspended from a rope at the Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir in Mumbai on Oct 19, 2012. Mallakhamb is an ancient Indian sport which originated as a complementary exercise for wrestling, but is now practiced as a sport in itself. The name is a combination of the words "malla", which means athlete or strong man, and "khamba", which means pole. Athletes perform a variety of yogic and gymnastic poses while suspended from a rope or on a pole. Practitioners say that the sport not only develops a healthy and strong body, but also strengthens willpower and helps compose the mind. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models, wearing bodysuits to represent a painter's palette, pose before a presentation to launch the Joy The Finale band, led by Brian MacFarlane, for Carnival 2013 at its headquarters in Woodbrook, Port-of-Spain on Nov 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A pig dives into the water in Ningxiang county, Hunan province on Nov 15, 2012. Villager Huang Demin drives his pigs to dive into the water from a 3-metre-high platform at least once a day, believing that the diving exercises would improve the quality and taste of the meat. He would later sell the meat of his pigs at three times higher than market prices, local media reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A professional diver dressed as Santa Claus gestures at a visitor inside a giant aquarium as part of celebrations for Christmas at the Manila Ocean Park on Nov 15, 2012. The Philippines, a mainly Roman Catholic country in South-east Asia, prepares for Christmas early - shopping malls play Christmas carols in September and lanterns and fireworks are put up in early December. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Children, dressed up in traditional gaucho clothing, take part in a horse parade during Tradition Day celebrations in San Antonio de Areco, some 116km north of Buenos Aires on Nov 11, 2012. Gauchos take part in a mass festival as part of Argentina's Tradition Day, which commemorates the birth anniversary of Jose Hernandez, one of the nation's most important poets who highlighted the injustices and hardships of the ordinary people of his day. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Mr Enoch Foster, a fundamentalist Mormon practicing polygamy, prays before a meal with his first wife Catrina Foster, second from left, and several of his 13 children from two wives in their home blasted from a rock wall at the Rockland Ranch community outside Moab, Utah on Nov 2, 2012. The "Rock" as it is referred to by the approximately 100 people living there in about 15 families, was founded about 35 years ago on a sandstone formation near Canyonlands National Park. Polygamy was a part of the teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was brought to Utah by faithful Mormons in the late1840s. The mainstream Mormon church abandoned the practice in 1890, but an estimated 37,000 Mormon fundamentalists continue the practice today and believe plural marriage brings exaltation in heaven. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Nudists march to city hall during a rally against banning nudity in parts of the city in San Francisco, California on Nov 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man looks at a creation named Fly Tweet by artist David Bowen during the news conference for the Digital Art Festival in Taipei on Nov 15, 2012. The creation, with the keyboard connected to a computer, will publish what flies type onto Twitter. This year's Digital Art Festival, under the theme of artificial nature, will be held from Nov 16 to 25 at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A waiter serves customers inside a coach restaurant in Shenyang, Liaoning province on Nov 8, 2012. A couple bought an old coach with around 20,000 yuan (S$3,902) and transformed it into a barbecue restaurant a month ago in an old residential compound. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A visitor walks past Yellow during the media preview of The Art Of The Brick exhibition in Singapore on Nov15, 2012. The exhibition which features United States artist Nathan Sawaya's 52 original Lego creations starts from Nov 17, 2012 to April 14, 2013 at the Art Science Museum. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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