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An anti-Mursi protester runs to throw a tear gas canister back during clashes with riot police at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov 27, 2012. Opponents of President Mohamed Mursi rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a fifth day on Tuesday, stepping up calls to scrap a decree they say threatens Egypt with a new era of autocracy. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A storekeeper puts on her make-up at her store in Jagalchi Market in Busan, about 420km south-east of Seoul, on Nov 27, 2012. The Jagalchi Market is the biggest fish market in South Korea, according to the Korean Tourism Organisation's official website. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Elena Fanchini of Italy crashes at the finish line during training for the Women's World Cup downhill skiing in Lake Louise, Alberta, on Nov 27, 2012. Fanchini was not injured in the mishap. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Russian cossacks patrol near a train station in central Moscow on Nov 27, 2012. Cossacks traditionally protected Russia's borderlands but on Tuesday descendants of the Tsarist warrior caste patrolled a patch of central Moscow as part of a resurgence encouraged by President Vladimir Putin. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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New Zealand's Todd Astle (left) reacts as he tries to duck from the ball during the third day of second and final test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Nov 27, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A woman sings the Portuguese national anthem during a protest against austerity in front of Portugal's parliament in Lisbon on Nov 27, 2012. Portugal's parliament gave final approval on Tuesday to a 2013 budget, which promises a third year of recession and the biggest tax hikes in modern history, to ensure international bailout terms are met. A few thousand protesters gathered outside parliament to oppose the bill, which far-left opposition lawmakers have promised to challenge in the country's constitutional court. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Free Syrian Army fighters pose on a tank, which they say was captured from the Syrian army loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad, after clashes in Qasseer, near Homs. Picture taken on Nov 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth talks to her husband Prince Philip (not in photo) as they ride in a ceremonial procession with the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, to Windsor Castle in Windsor, southern England on Nov 27, 2012. The Emir arrived at Windsor Castle on Tuesday to start a state visit to Britain. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Anti-Mursi protesters chant anti-government slogans in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov 27, 2012. Tens of thousands Egyptians protested on Tuesday against President Mohamed Mursi in one of the biggest rallies since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, accusing the Islamist leader of seeking to impose a new era of autocracy. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Ethnic Miao people carry a duck, fish and glutinous rice cakes, or Ciba, as gifts for relatives on the first day of the Guzang Festival in Leishan county, Guizhou province, where most of the Miao ethnic group live. Guzang Festival, during which the Miao ethnic minority people commemorate their ancestors once every 13 years, is one of the biggest traditional festivals for the Miao ethnic minority people. "Gu" literally means "drum", and "zang" means "to bury". The complicated rites, which take three years to complete, consist of a series of great ceremonies, including the Zhaolong (inviting the dragon), Xinggu (awakening the drum), Yinggu (welcoming the drum), Shenniu (inspecting the cattle), and the white drum ritual, which is a significant sacrifice marking the end of the festival. The Miao believe wooden drums made of maple trees are where their ancestors' souls rest, so they gather under the holy maple and communicate with their ancestors through drumming and dancing, local media reported. Picture taken on Nov 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Farmers use a slingshot against riot policemen during a protest by European milk producers in front of the EU Parliament in Brussels on Nov 27, 2012. Thousands of dairy farmers from all over Europe took part in the demonstration to urge politicians to take efficient legislative measures for the milk market and to listen to farmers' demands for cost-covering prices and fair remuneration, according to the organisers. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Men chew on qat, a mild stimulant, as they sit on chairs on the side of a road in the Old Sanaa city on Nov 27, 2012. Qat has become the national pastime in Yemen, but experts say it is ravaging Yemen's frail economy and sucking up precious water. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Firemen in a rescue dingy pass a van driving along a flooded street on the outskirts of Gloucester, western England, on Nov 27, 2012. The men shouted, "It's a Nissan!" as they continued past the photographer. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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An employee places a newly painted glass Christmas and New Year decoration in a drying rack at the Biryusinka toy factory in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Nov 27, 2012. The factory, founded in 1942, produces decorative glass spheres, which can be found on Christmas trees all over the country and in Moscow's Kremlin, in particular, during the festive season. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A pedestrian passes a painted image of Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, outside Windsor Castle in Windsor, southern England on Nov 27, 2012. The piece was painted for a fundraising event by British television entertainer Timmy Mallett. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A 50-year-old grave digger, who only wants to be identified as Mr Sim exhumes, a grave at Bukit Brown Cemetery in Singapore on Nov 27, 2012. Starting early next year, workers with heavy machinery will begin constructing an eight-lane highway across the small country's oldest surviving major cemetery, overriding the objections of nature lovers and heritage buffs. Singapore, with its 5.3 million people crammed onto an island less than half the size of London, is already more densely populated than rival Asian business centre Hong Kong, making permanent burial space unfeasible. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Alcoyano's Javi Selvas kicks the ball during their Spanish King's Cup soccer match against real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Nov 27, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A wooden star with the word "Hope", is left in front of a burnt house in Breezy Point almost a month after the neighbourhood was left devastated by Hurricane Sandy in the New York borough of Queens on Nov 27, 2012. The storm killed 132, left thousands homeless and the economic damage estimates top US$50 billion (S$61 billion). -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An anti-Mursi protester runs to throw a tear gas canister back during clashes with riot police at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov 27, 2012. Opponents of President Mohamed Mursi rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a fifth day on Tuesday, stepping up calls to scrap a decree they say threatens Egypt with a new era of autocracy. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A storekeeper puts on her make-up at her store in Jagalchi Market in Busan, about 420km south-east of Seoul, on Nov 27, 2012. The Jagalchi Market is the biggest fish market in South Korea, according to the Korean Tourism Organisation's official website. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Elena Fanchini of Italy crashes at the finish line during training for the Women's World Cup downhill skiing in Lake Louise, Alberta, on Nov 27, 2012. Fanchini was not injured in the mishap. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Russian cossacks patrol near a train station in central Moscow on Nov 27, 2012. Cossacks traditionally protected Russia's borderlands but on Tuesday descendants of the Tsarist warrior caste patrolled a patch of central Moscow as part of a resurgence encouraged by President Vladimir Putin. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
New Zealand's Todd Astle (left) reacts as he tries to duck from the ball during the third day of second and final test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Nov 27, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman sings the Portuguese national anthem during a protest against austerity in front of Portugal's parliament in Lisbon on Nov 27, 2012. Portugal's parliament gave final approval on Tuesday to a 2013 budget, which promises a third year of recession and the biggest tax hikes in modern history, to ensure international bailout terms are met. A few thousand protesters gathered outside parliament to oppose the bill, which far-left opposition lawmakers have promised to challenge in the country's constitutional court. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Free Syrian Army fighters pose on a tank, which they say was captured from the Syrian army loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad, after clashes in Qasseer, near Homs. Picture taken on Nov 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Britain's Queen Elizabeth talks to her husband Prince Philip (not in photo) as they ride in a ceremonial procession with the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, to Windsor Castle in Windsor, southern England on Nov 27, 2012. The Emir arrived at Windsor Castle on Tuesday to start a state visit to Britain. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Anti-Mursi protesters chant anti-government slogans in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov 27, 2012. Tens of thousands Egyptians protested on Tuesday against President Mohamed Mursi in one of the biggest rallies since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow, accusing the Islamist leader of seeking to impose a new era of autocracy. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Ethnic Miao people carry a duck, fish and glutinous rice cakes, or Ciba, as gifts for relatives on the first day of the Guzang Festival in Leishan county, Guizhou province, where most of the Miao ethnic group live. Guzang Festival, during which the Miao ethnic minority people commemorate their ancestors once every 13 years, is one of the biggest traditional festivals for the Miao ethnic minority people. "Gu" literally means "drum", and "zang" means "to bury". The complicated rites, which take three years to complete, consist of a series of great ceremonies, including the Zhaolong (inviting the dragon), Xinggu (awakening the drum), Yinggu (welcoming the drum), Shenniu (inspecting the cattle), and the white drum ritual, which is a significant sacrifice marking the end of the festival. The Miao believe wooden drums made of maple trees are where their ancestors' souls rest, so they gather under the holy maple and communicate with their ancestors through drumming and dancing, local media reported. Picture taken on Nov 26, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Farmers use a slingshot against riot policemen during a protest by European milk producers in front of the EU Parliament in Brussels on Nov 27, 2012. Thousands of dairy farmers from all over Europe took part in the demonstration to urge politicians to take efficient legislative measures for the milk market and to listen to farmers' demands for cost-covering prices and fair remuneration, according to the organisers. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Men chew on qat, a mild stimulant, as they sit on chairs on the side of a road in the Old Sanaa city on Nov 27, 2012. Qat has become the national pastime in Yemen, but experts say it is ravaging Yemen's frail economy and sucking up precious water. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Firemen in a rescue dingy pass a van driving along a flooded street on the outskirts of Gloucester, western England, on Nov 27, 2012. The men shouted, "It's a Nissan!" as they continued past the photographer. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An employee places a newly painted glass Christmas and New Year decoration in a drying rack at the Biryusinka toy factory in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Nov 27, 2012. The factory, founded in 1942, produces decorative glass spheres, which can be found on Christmas trees all over the country and in Moscow's Kremlin, in particular, during the festive season. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A pedestrian passes a painted image of Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, outside Windsor Castle in Windsor, southern England on Nov 27, 2012. The piece was painted for a fundraising event by British television entertainer Timmy Mallett. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A 50-year-old grave digger, who only wants to be identified as Mr Sim exhumes, a grave at Bukit Brown Cemetery in Singapore on Nov 27, 2012. Starting early next year, workers with heavy machinery will begin constructing an eight-lane highway across the small country's oldest surviving major cemetery, overriding the objections of nature lovers and heritage buffs. Singapore, with its 5.3 million people crammed onto an island less than half the size of London, is already more densely populated than rival Asian business centre Hong Kong, making permanent burial space unfeasible. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Alcoyano's Javi Selvas kicks the ball during their Spanish King's Cup soccer match against real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Nov 27, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A wooden star with the word "Hope", is left in front of a burnt house in Breezy Point almost a month after the neighbourhood was left devastated by Hurricane Sandy in the New York borough of Queens on Nov 27, 2012. The storm killed 132, left thousands homeless and the economic damage estimates top US$50 billion (S$61 billion). -- PHOTO: REUTERS
From protests in Cairo and Portugal to a fish market in South Korea, here's a selection of the best photos from Reuters news agency gathered over the last 24 hours.
