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Day in photos: Dec. 6, 2012

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Ruth Nicolaci hugs her son, firefighter Lt. G. Bourne Knowles, after learning the family’s Fairhaven, Mass., landscaping business had been destroyed in a fire. AP

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Soldiers bow their heads during a prayer over the caskets of Army Spc. Tyler J. Orgaard of North Dakota and Army Sgt. 1st Class Darren M. Linde of Montana. The two were killed in a Dec. 3 attack. AP

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Egyptian army units guard the perimeter set up around the presidential palace to keep protesters angered by President Mohammed Morsi at bay. AP

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A Yemeni protester raises her hand — painted with the colors of her country’s flag and the word ‘anger’ in Arabic — during a march in Sana’a. EPA

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This new NASA image, a nighttime shot of Europe, Africa and most of Asia, is a composite from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. The data was acquired over 312 orbits. AFP/Getty Images

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Syrian rebel fighters sweep a stairwell in an abandoned building during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo. AP

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Residents who have spent the past few days wading through mud left by Typhoon Bopha line up for supplies at an evacuation center in New Bataan, Philippines. AP

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Sunbathers lie beneath their coats on the coast of Nice in an attempt to keep their tans despite the cold winter temperatures hitting France. Reuters

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Hassan Mekki, a 32-year-old illegal Sudanese migrant, shows scars on his back from an attack in August by a group of anti-immigrant men holding Greek flags. He was left with deep wounds on his back, throat and neck. Reuters

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Union steel workers rally outside the capitol building in Lansing, Mich., where state Senate Republicans introduced right-to-work legislation in the waning days of the legislative session. AP

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Allister Adams joins a gathering of marijuana smokers in the shadow Seattle’s Space Needle to celebrate the drug’s new legal status in Washington state — though the new legislation prohibits public use. AP

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