Hindu devotees perform religious rituals as they offer prayers to the Sun God at Sangam during Chhath festival in Allahabad. (AFP)

A police dog attacks a man found stealing from ethnic Somali homes during the second day of skirmishes in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. (Reuters)

Indian firefighters battle a large fire in the Himalaya House office tower in the business district in New Delhi. (AP)

An Israeli soldier sleeps on top of a tank at an Israeli army deployment area near the Israel-Gaza Strip border ahead of a potential ground operation in the Palestinian coastal enclave. (AFP)

A Palestinian demonstrator wearing a rosary holds a stone during minor clashes with Israeli troops in protest against Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank village of Bir Zeit, near Ramallah. (Reuters)

Recovery vehicles surround the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft seen shortly after landing with the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko and U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams near the town of Arkalyk, northern Kazakhstan. (AP)

A Filipino protester wears a mask bearing a slogan as tobacco farmers and cigarette vendors join a rally outside the Philippine senate in suburban Manila, November. (AP)

A North Korean performer, who plays the role of the female lead Song Chun Hyang, skates with live pigeons chasing her during a theatrical performance of the classic Korean Tale of Chun Hyang at the Pyongyang Circus Theater. (AP)

A visitor looks at Rita Mae West room by Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989) during the press visit of the exhibition Dali at the Centre Pompidou modern art museum, or Beaubourg, in Paris, France. (Reuters)