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Dancing in the sand
Once a week, just before sunset, dozens of people meet on the famous Venice Beach in Los Angeles.
In the so-called "Ecstatic Dance" they dance as if nobody is watching them.
“Dance like you want.
No condemnation «is the motto of the event, during which speeches, alcohol and shoes are prohibited, among other things.
Photo: Jae C. Hong / AP
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When people become the means of pressure:
Refugees crowd on the border between Belarus and Poland.
Minsk takes people in buses to the border with Poland.
There the Polish army tries to push them back again.
Now Minsk and Moscow are threatening to react together.
Photo: Leonid Shcheglov / AFP
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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven ... people write in school
Nine-year-old Fadia practices the alphabet in front of her class at a Catholic school in Port-au-Prince.
This puts her ahead of many Haitians.
In Haiti, only about two-thirds of men and about 57 percent of women can read.
The overall literacy rate is just over 60 percent.
The island state is one of the poorest countries in the world and the only country on the American double continent that is counted among the least developed countries in the world.
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Light in the dark
In Frankfurt am Main, an employee is standing in the door of a corona test center.
The facility offers PCR and rapid tests.
And since the corona numbers are currently reaching new record values, the lights rarely go out there.
Photo: Michael Probst / AP
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Residual green
Strawberries stand in a burned forest in Greece.
On the other hand, the wooden barriers made of pine logs by workers have burned down.
They were once placed on the island of Evia as a precaution against possible flooding in the area.
Photo: ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU / EPA
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Feel god
In the 80th sura of the Koran, the prophet Mohammed is reprimanded for rejecting a blind man who asks for instruction.
It is not known whether this is the passage this man reads in Peshawar, Pakistan.
But since the invention of Braille in the early 19th century, the blind and visually impaired have also been able to read the scriptures.
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Onset of winter
A woman drives through Beijing after a snow storm.
The white flakes fell exceptionally early this year in the Chinese capital.
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Splashed and protected
In the US state of Virginia, almost 64 percent of the population is now fully vaccinated.
That is more than in the country as a whole (58.6 percent).
This girl is one of the newest to be vaccinated now that the government has approved Biontech Pfizer's vaccine for children between the ages of five and eleven.
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Chaos after the chaos
For weeks, armed gangs had prevented the delivery of diesel and petrol in Haiti, thus causing permanent shortages.
But the resumption of deliveries at the end of October increased the chaos at the petrol stations.
The police have been on duty ever since to pacify disputes and prevent violence.
Anyone who is heavily dragging one of the now almost iconic yellow canisters is considered lucky.
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Guard cat
The little kitten, Karamel, is paying close attention while the children of this judo class in Düzce, Turkey, allow themselves a little break.
Karamel is a rescued street cat - and has long been the best friend of athletes and employees of the youth center.
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Fire field
In Wangdu, China, a worker stands amidst red chillies.
The plants were laid out to dry in front of a food factory.
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The return of the tourists
The beach of Benidorm still looks little visited in this picture, but the number of holidaymakers has increased again in recent weeks.
The reason: The place on the Spanish Costa Blanca is particularly popular with the British - and they have been exposed to less strict rules since the beginning of October.
For example, vaccinated residents of the kingdom do not have to have a corona test before returning.
However, the upswing also has a downside: the number of infections is increasing in the city.
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Grand Canal
People walk on the flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice.
In November, the city in Italy experienced a flood.
The place had experienced the second worst in history two years earlier - climate change sends its regards.
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A brief moment of calm:
many refugees cover long, strenuous distances to get to the USA via Mexico.
A woman hugs a little girl on her way to Mexico City.
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Big hair
Traditionally, white men in cowboy hats dominated the Country Music Awards - but that has changed a little: Mickey Guyton (3rd from left) was nominated in the "New Artist of the Year" category;
at the awards gala in Nashville, she sang her song "Love My Hair" with colleagues Madeline Edwards and Brittney Spencer.
The trio was presented by Faith Fennidy (far left), who made headlines in 2018 because she was sent home from her school in Louisiana: She had seen her braids as a violation of school rules.
Photo: Mark Humphrey / AP
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smoke sign
The Cumbre Vieja on La Palma is haunted by smoke and fire.
The volcano has been active since September 19, 2021 after weeks of seismic activity.
The damage caused by lava flowing down the mountainside runs into the millions.
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Bear kiss
There were offspring at the Chinese Center for Giant Panda Conservation and Research in Sichuan Province.
The two balls of wool are the offspring of Panda Shuixiu.
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Water on!
Water sprinkler wherever you look: The Japanese World Heritage Site Shirakawa-gō is known for its thatched historic farmhouses.
A fire-fighting exercise takes place here once a year.
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Egg run
A lot helps a lot: That could also be behind this training session for the Richmond football team.
Of course, only one egg is needed for the actual game.
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This is what winners look like
After running more than 42 kilometers: after 2:08:22 hours, Albert Korir was the first to cross the finish line at the 50th New York Marathon.
The Kenyan had a full 44 seconds lead in his first big win.
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Family reunion
Jill and Stephen Brownbill greet their grandson Rocco at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
For a long time, the borders of the USA were closed to tourists - now vaccinated foreigners are allowed to re-enter under certain conditions.
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Fight for the climate
Protesters take to the streets in Glasgow on November 5 as part of the protest organized by Fridays For Future.
The world climate conference took place in the Scottish city until November 12th.
Greta Thunberg criticized those in power in the world: "This is not a climate conference, this is a global greenwashing festival," she said.
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Whisk
A child plays with a balloon in hand on the banks of the Yamuna River in Delhi, India.
The region was hit by an environmental disaster when toxic foam drifted on the river.
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Famous back of the head
Even ex-presidents still have a lot to do.
Former US President Barack Obama speaks to delegates and activists in the US pavilion during the UN climate change conference in Glasgow.
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Fatal appearance
Teenagers stand at a memorial for the victims of a deadly mass panic in Houston.
Eight people died at a concert by rapper Travis Scott.
Criminal investigations are now underway - including the question of whether the tragedy could have been avoided.
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Train ride on the beach
The US train company Amtrak can look forward to a generous grant from Washington.
The $ 1.2 trillion infrastructure package initiated by President Joe Biden also includes an item for the renovation of tracks and wagons: A total of 66 billion should be available so that the railway can catch up with the much more environmentally harmful modes of transport, aircraft and cars.
Routes like the one along the Pacific Ocean are Amtrak's trump cards.
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skyscraper
Seldom has the title of a picture been so true.
Aerial view shows the Tianjin World Financial Center.
The 337 meter high building emerges from the fog, while the rest of the metropolis cannot be seen.
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Silent remembrance
An illuminated "name duration" was inaugurated on November 9th in Vienna.
The new Shoah memorial in Vienna commemorates the Jews from Austria who were murdered during the Nazi era.
Their 64,440 names are carved on granite tablets.
Photo: Lisa Leutner / dpa
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White blood
This girl is waiting in the Ronald McDonald House in Lima for a hospital bed in the Neoplasicas Hospital.
The four-year-old has to have her leukemia treated there.
In this type of cancer, the hematopoietic system is damaged and the white blood cells multiply uncontrollably (the name is derived from ancient Greek and means white bloodedness).
Leukemia is the most common cancer in children under the age of 15; boys are slightly more likely to suffer from it than girls.
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