November 19, 2013

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In this photo provided by Olympictorch2014.com torch bearer Alexander Brylin, with other ice swimmers, swims with Olympic torch during the torch relay in the Amur River in Blagoveshchensk, Russia's Far East.

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Al Fursan, the aerobatics demonstration team of the UAE Air Force perform during the Dubai Air show, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A Lebanese man runs in front of a burned car, at the scene of two explosions near the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The blasts in south Beirut's neighborhood of Janah killed more than 20 people and caused extensive damage on the nearby buildings and the Iranian mission.

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Drive through Mahi-Par Par Mountain Pass from Jalalabad to Kabul in eastern Afghanistan on a rainy day (Photo taken by Bismillah/Afghanistan/VOA reader)