November 18, 2013
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Indian students pour water on each other as part of a ritual bath on the eve of Magh Purnima in Ahmadabad. Many Hindu devotees take a holy bath during the auspicious festival hoping that their sins are washed away according to ancient Hindu tradition.
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A full Moon rises behind the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft onboard at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida. MAVEN began it's 10-day journey on Nov. 18, 2013, and will take critical measurements of the Martian upper atmosphere to help scientists understand climate change over the Red Planet's history.
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A cleaner pulls a cart as another shovels ice during heavy snow on a street in Jilin, Jilin province, China.
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A vehicle sits on a pile of debris from the destruction caused by a tornado that touched down in Washington, Illinois, USA, Nov. 17, 2013. A fast-moving storm system triggered multiple tornadoes, killing at least five people, injuring about 40 and flattening large parts of the city of Washington as it tore across the Midwest, officials said.