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A last outpost against encroaching development, a "nail house" stands alone in defiance of the shopping mall that has sprung up around it in Changsha, China. Nail houses are homes whose owners have successfully resisted demolition.

Photo: STRINGER SHANGHAI / REUTERS

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Dusty duty: Humvee gunner Staff Sgt. Anttwain Dobbins patrols near a Taliban stronghold in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
Para-peddling: China's Xuetong Kuai races in the 4,000-meter pursuit at the Parapanamerican Games in Cali, Colombia.
My wife is a dog: To atone for stoning to death two dogs in his youth, P. Selvakumar marries a sari-draped mutt named Selvi in Manamadurai, India. Selvakumar believes his cruelty left him cursed.
A last outpost against encroaching development, a "nail house" stands alone in defiance of the shopping mall that has sprung up around it in Changsha, China. Nail houses are homes whose owners have successfully resisted demolition.
Dinner for 1,000: The new year's banquet table for ethnic Miao minority Chinese extends 656 feet along a street in Leishan, China.
A girl kisses the skull of St. John Chrysostom in a Greek Orthodox church dedicated to the saint in Lakatamia, Cyprus. Thousands of Cypriots queued for hours to touch the revered Christian relic, credited with two miraculous cures in the past three days. The silver-encased skull, on a rare trip from its home in a northern Greek monastery, will remain in Cyprus until Nov. 20.
Wrist and reward: Bangle bracelets are all the rage in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Suppression of expression: A supporter of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto pushes away a policeman's baton as she is shoved into a police van near Bhutto's residence in Lahore. Bhutto, who remains under house arrest, called for the resignation of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
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