Nov Buddhist lanterns float into the sky, a bullfighter bites the dust, snow blankets the fields of Colorado and Veterans Day gets a somber observance in California.

A girl carries water to her family's residence in a massive building occupied by squatters on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. Many observers feel that Liberia's first free elections in 14 years, conducted earlier this month, have placed the war-torn nation on the cusp of rebirth.

Survivors of a massive earthquake that struck Pakistan on Oct. 8 cross a damaged bridge in Patika in Pakistani-administrated Kashmir on Nov. 15. The 7.6 magnitude quake killed more than 73,000 people, injured 69,000 and left more than three million homeless.

An Iraqi surveys the scene of a suicide bombing that killed at least 33 people and wounded more than 17 at Qaduri Restaurant in Baghdad on Nov. 10. Qaduri is a popular breakfast spot in Baghdad, frequently packed each morning with working class Iraqis and Iraqi police, who appeared to be the target.

Julia Calviere falls from her horse during her first bull fight Nov. 13 at Temporada Grande in Mexico City. Calviere, from France, is a practitioner of rejoneo-style bull-fighting in which a horse-mounted matador tries to stab three javelins into the bull's back and then kill the animal with a lance.

A child plays in the waves at a beach in Port Blair, in India's southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands archipelago, on Nov. 17. A little less than a year ago, on Dec. 26, a tsunami killed about 3,500 people in the island chain and devastated its natural beauty.

Rochelle Money, right, comforts Jolecia Hicks as they wait for information about their 14- month-old cousin who died in a fire at a relative's home in East St. Louis, Ill., Nov. 10.

A red barn along McClain Flats Road near Aspen, Colo., is surrounded by snow Nov. 14 after an overnight storm.

A Haitian man tries to extinguish a fire at Port-au-Prince's main downtown market Nov. 15. Dozens of stalls were destroyed by the fire. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Makua Rothman from Hawaii looks more like he is in the middle of a ballet move than a surfing wipeout as a wave spits him into the air at the OP Pro event in Haleiwa, Hawaii, Nov. 16.

A Haitian woman screams as she is caught in a crowd during food distribution in the slum of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince on Nov. 14.

People walk by a U.S. flag and crosses to memorialize the 2,061 U.S. troops killed in the Iraq War at Arlington West on the beach in Santa Monica, Calif., on Nov. 11. The crosses were placed in the sand by Veterans For Peace to mark Veteran's Day.

Thais release floating lanterns during the Buddhist festival of Yee Peng in the northern city of Chiang Mai on Nov. 12. The highlight of the annual event is the launching of the “Khom loy” into the night sky with the belief that misfortune will float away with the lanterns.

Local resident Sam Ellsworth photographed this funnel cloud about 4:30 p.m. Nov. 15 from the rear of his home near Calhoun, Ky.

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