An unidentified member of a JROTC honor guard participates in a Veterans Day ceremony in Omaha, Neb., on Nov. 11.
Nati Harnik, AP
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man pauses in front the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site and known by Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, on Nov. 11.
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Revelers kiss as they celebrate the start of the carnival season in Cologne, Germany, on Nov. 11, where many of those present wore masks to protect themselves against swine influenza.
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Eighteen-year-old Rifleman Craig Wood, from Doncaster, United Kingdom, participates in a remembrance ceremony under the Menin Gate in Ieper, Belgium, on Nov. 11. Rifleman Wood was wounded in Afghanistan by a bomb and is one of only three triple amputees who have survived the war.
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Buddhist monks watch a cultural show by devotees during a public meeting addressed by the Dalai Lama in Tawang, India, on Nov. 11.
Manish Swarup, AP
Indian men perform rituals after taking a morning bath in the River Ganges in Kolkata, India on Nov. 11.
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People walk next to muddy volcanoes near Buzau, Romania, on Nov. 11.
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The Grave of the Unknown Warrior is filled with poppies after the Armistice Day service at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 11 in London. The service was held to commemorate the passing of a generation who fought in World War I.
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People throw poppies in a fountain pool following a two-minute silence for Armistice Day in Trafalgar Square in London on Nov. 11. Queen Elizabeth II led Britain in marking Armistice Day. Ninety-one years since the armistice came into effect, people fell silent for two minutes to remember those who fought and gave their lives in the 1914-18 conflict.
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Indian men wash themselves in the River Ganges as a British-built bridge looms in the background in Kolkata on Nov. 11. Millions of Hindu devotees across India worship the river as a goddess, washing and drinking its water in religious rituals in spite of the high pollution levels.
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