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Youths pose for photographs as they climb on top of a sculpture in the form of a giant pair of spectacles on Cape Town's Sea Point Promenade, November 18, 2014. Inspired by Nelson Mandela, the work 'Perceiving Freedom' by artist Michael Elion has stirred some controversy in the local media. While popular with visitors to the promenade, some critics have questioned the association of Mandela's legacy with commercial sponsors. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Kids pose on the “Perceiving Freedom” sculpture in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters

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A man walks on the street during heavy smog in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, early November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A man walks in heavy smog in Zenica, Bosnia. Reuters

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French President Francois Hollande touches the poppies on the Roll of Honour Wall as Director of the Australian War Memorial Brendan Nelson looks on at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra November 19, 2014. Hollande is on a three-day official visit to Australia following the G20 leaders summit which was held in Brisbane over the weekend. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
French President Francois Hollande touches the poppies on the Roll of Honour Wall in Canberra, Australia. Reuters

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A man dressed up as the Statue of Liberty walks in front of a new digital advertising screen in Times Square, New York, November 18, 2014. According to local media the screen is a full block long, 8 stories tall, is lit with 24 million LED pixels and has a higher resolution than most TV sets. The advertising rate is reported at $2.5 million USD for a four-week run making it one of the most expensive outdoor advertising spaces in the world. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A man dressed as the Statue of Liberty walks in front of the biggest LED screen ever in Times Square. Reuters

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A combination of pictures shows Pope Francis as he tries to grab an envelope while arriving to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Pope Francis struggles to grab an envelope in the wind at the Vatican. Reuters

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A bust of Vaclav Havel, the late president of the Czech Republic, after being unveiled in the U.S. Capitol in Washington November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
A bust of Vaclav Havel, the late president of the Czech Republic, after being unveiled in Washington. Reuters

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An alpaca chewing a leaf is pictured on November 18, 2014 in the zoo of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. AFP PHOTO / DPA / FRANK RUMPENHORST / GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read FRANK RUMPENHORST/AFP/Getty Images)
An alpaca snacks in a Frankfurt, Germany, zoo. Getty

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19: Ripley's Believe It Or Not unveil Ayanna Williams, the Woman with 23 inch nails and King of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-Ite at Ripley's Believe It Or Not on November 19, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
Ayanna Williams holds the World Record for longest fingernails at 23 inches and poses with the King of Ink in London. Getty

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People take pictures of a turtle in newly opened Africarium in Wroclaw zoo, an oceanarium complex presenting various ecosystems connected with water environment of Africa on November 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO/JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Visitors of a Wroclaw, Poland, aquarium take photos of a turtle. Getty

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19: Police officers shout at protesters during a demonstration against fees and cuts in the education system on November 19, 2014 in London, England. A coalition of student groups have organised a day of nationwide protests in support of free education and to campaign against cuts. Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
Police shout at student protesters in London. Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. President Barack Obama signs S. 1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014, into law in the Oval Office of the White House November 19, 2014 in Washington, DC. Among the things the act intneds to do is strengthen health and safety requirements for child care programs and providers, expand eligibility to child care programs for families and train providers. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images)
President Barack Obama signs a bill in Washington. Getty

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BUFFALO, NY - NOVEMBER 19, 2014: Greg Mitri shovels his way through nearly five feet of snow on November 19, 2014 in the Lakeview neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. The record setting Lake effect snowstorm dumped up to six feet of snow in less than 24 hours closing a one hundred mile section of The New York State Thruway as well as other major roads around Buffalo. Four deaths have already been attributed to the storm and a second round beginning late Wednesday evening will bring up to three more feet of snow overnight. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)
Residents shovel massive amounts of snow in Buffalo, N.Y.

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A group of foreign tourists wearing Japanese traditional kimono walk through a torii gate, the entrance of a shrine, in Nihonbashi shopping and office district in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Japanese tourists wear kimonos in Tokyo. AP

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth looks at a bullet hole at a synagogue a day after a shooting attack there in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The synagogue attack, which left five people dead, was the deadliest in Jerusalem since 2008 and came amid weeks of violence linked to a disputed holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims. Nearly a dozen people have been killed in attacks by Palestinians using guns, knives and vehicles. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy looks a bullet hole in a Jerusalem synagogue. AP

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The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in New York. Sharpton spoke about his plans for the pending grand jury decisions in the deaths of Michael Brown in a St. Louis suburb and Eric Garner in New York and also addressed tax allegations in a New York Times story. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Rev. Al Sharpton gives a press conference in New York. AP

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Pic shows: Schoolboy Nikolai Kryaglyachenko who was almost killed when he was knocked out by a massive electrical shock claims he now has superpowers like those of Marvel's Magneto. A schoolboy who was almost killed when he was knocked out by a massive electrical shock from a loose wire on a street lamp claims he now has superpowers like those of Marvel's Magneto. Nikolai Kryaglyachenko, 12, had been walking home after school when he lent briefly against the lamppost that was live from a faulty wire, and was blasted across the pavement. He said: "When I came round I felt groggy but managed to get home and told my mum what had happened. When I woke up the next day and got out of bed I found some coins that had been lying on the mattress had stuck to my body. Then when I was having breakfast and dropped my spoon, it stuck to my chest." He said he was a keen fan of comics and, believing that maybe he had developed some sort of super magnetic power to attract metal like Magneto, had decided to put it to the test. He said: "I can do things I couldn't do before but I don't have a lot of control over it. Even when I do not want to do it, I still attract things. Once I even attracted a glass - it just moved towards me." Nikolai added that he has now decided instead of a fireman he wants to be a superhero when he is older, saying that he would want to do something that helped people, and the job would certainly fulfil that role. He has also found himself one of the most popular boys at school with many of his classmates asking him to demonstrate his superpowers, and Nikolai even claims that he seems to be able to share his power. According to his classmates, he can influence others so that other people turn into live magnets as well. Nikolai's classmate, Vika Balandina, said: "I could even hang a ladle on my nose." Stories about "living magnets" began to appear at least in the middle of the 19th century. In 2004, the story of a Russian factory worker Leonid Tenkaev
Nikolai Kryaglyachenko was knocked out by an electrical shock and now is a real-life Magneto. EuroPics

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In this photo provided by the United Nations, a 15-foor-high inflatable toilet stands in front of United Nations headquarters, in observance of “World Toilet Day,” Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Far from a laughing matter, the world body is drawing attention to a global sanitation crisis: 2.5 billion people lack basic sanitation services, and 1 billion people, or one in every seven people, still defecate in the open. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement Wednesday that the world has a "moral imperative" to end open defecation so that women and girls are not at risk of rape because they lack a place to use the toilet. (AP Photo/Mark Garten, United Nations)
A 15-foot inflatable toilet rests outside the United Nations in New York for World Toilet Day. AP

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**** MANDATORY BYLINE PIC BY COKE SMITH/ SOM SMITH/ CATERS NEWS **** - (PICTURED: The whale opening its mouth, whilst the seagulls circle trying to steal the fish) - Lucky birds came WHALE-Y close to being gobbled up by a hungry whale - swooping through its gaping jaws as they slammed shut. The cheeky birds were trying to poach fish being swallowed by the whale, but as they dived in the whale began to close its mighty mouth. Keen photographers Coke and Som Smith captured the incredible scene off Ban Taboon, a village around 50 miles southwest of Bangkok, Thailand. Coke, 52, a teacher by day, revealed Brydes whales do sometimes inadvertently swallow birds. But these fortunate few were able to evade becoming lunch with less than a second to spare. SEE CATERS COPY.
A whale gets lunch in Ban Taboon, Thailand. Coke Smith / Som Smith / Caters News

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