Today in Pictures, Nov 29, 2019

Singapore's Chingay parade to feature pole dancers next year, Black Friday sales start in Singapore, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Nov 29, 2019, 01:43 PM

A photo taken on Nov 28, 2019 during a Chingay media preview shows pole dancer Louis Sue who will be leading an all-male seven-man pole dancing troupe at the parade on Jan 31 and Feb 1 next year. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KELVIN CHNG

Shoppers dashing into Robinsons The Heeren store when it opened at 7am on Nov 29, 2019, kicking off the start of the Black Friday sale. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GIN TAY

Santas dancing during a flash mob in front of One Raffles Place on Nov 28, 2019. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/MARCELLIN LOPEZ

The Grinch balloon floats down Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, in New York. PHOTO: AP

President Donald Trump serves food to troops during a Thanksgiving visit to Bagram Air Field in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Women stand atop destroyed family house of Palestinian assailant Asafra after it was demolished by Israeli forces, in Biet Kahel in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Riot police fire water cannon as demonstrators protest against Chile's government, in Santiago, Chile November 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Shoppers reach for television sets as they compete to purchase retail items on Black Friday at a store in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Children walk past a 3D pedestrian crossing in Bangkok, Thailand November 28, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman takes a picture of her daughter on the view platform of the Main tower in Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun sets on a stormy Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. PHOTO: AP

Frankfurt's Gelson Fernandes, left, and Arsenal's Joe Willock, right, challenge for the ball during the Europa League Group F soccer match between Arsenal and Eintracht Frankfurt at the Emirates Stadium, in London, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. PHOTO: AP

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