Portland, Maine, USA: The rising sun tops a spruce tree, bringing dazzling sunshine but little warmth to Fred Brancuto and his dog, Augie Photograph: Robert F. Bukaty/guardian.co.ukRincon, Cuba: A pilgrim rests as he pushes a rock along a road leading to the shrine of Saint Lazarus Photograph: Desmond Boylan/guardian.co.ukCopenhagen, Denmark: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sits in the shadows as he waits to address delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/guardian.co.uk
Garmsir, Afghanistan: A boy poses in front of a US Marine as they perform house to house searches in tHelmand Province Photograph: Adrees Latif/guardian.co.ukMexico City, Mexico: Sailors escort a suspect during his presentation to the press after an operation in which drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva and three members of his cartel were slain in a shootoutPhotograph: Miguel Tovar/guardian.co.ukSamarra, Iraq: People visit the Spiral Minaret or ziggurat of the Great Mosque Photograph: Sabah al-Bazee/guardian.co.ukTokyo, Japan: An image of swan is projected on a screen created by a water fountain during a press preview of the Odaiba water illumination showPhotograph: Yuriko Nakao/guardian.co.ukNablus, West Bank: Fatah supporters wave to the convoy of President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit to the city Photograph: Nasser Shiyoukhi/guardian.co.ukHerat, Afghanistan: Boys carry dried twigs while walking in a desert Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/guardian.co.ukSofia, Bulgaria: A man walks under the snow covered trees Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/guardian.co.ukAshdod, Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews light a Menorah for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah Photograph: Amir Cohen/guardian.co.ukCopenhagen, Denmark: A German climate activist cries as her hair is cut in a protest outside the venue of the UN Climate Summit Photograph: Jens Dresling/guardian.co.ukIslamabad, Pakistan: A donkey is seen loaded with bricks in a brick factory Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/guardian.co.uk
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