Posted November 21st, 2012 at 3:21 pm (UTC-4)
The National Thanksgiving turkey and its alternate are seen during a press conference at the W Hotel in Washington, DC.
Martial arts group TAL performs a non-verbal martial arts demonstration in the Korean traditional art of Taekwondo during the opening ceremony of the K-art hall Taekwondo Theater in Seoul, South Korea. (Reuters)
A man tries to mimic military sculptures while he poses for photos at the 798 Art District in Beijing, China. The 798 art district is a thriving community of about 400 galleries, shops and restaurants on the eastern edge of Beijing. (AP)
Faithful wave during Pope Benedict XVI’s weekly general audience at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. (AFP)
Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his weekly general audience at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday voiced support for diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza on the 8th day of the conflict and spoke of his concern at the escalating violence. (AFP)
A Palestinian girl writes on a blackboard inside a classroom where displaced families are staying after evacuating their homes earlier this week to take shelter at a United Nations (UN) school in Gaza City. (AFP)
A man feeds pigeons outside the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the targets of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India. (AP)
A woman covers her nose as she walks past garbage piled up in the middle of the street in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz province in Andalucia, southern Spain. (AP)
Mechanics of the Herzogstand cable car inspect parts of the lift during the annual safety revision in front of the small village of Walchensee in southern Germany. (AFP)
A withered sunflower is encased in ice near Merklingen, Germany as temperatures hit the freezing point in wide parts of the southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. (AFP)