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Obama vs. Romney
Mon, Oct 22 2012

Romney and Obama meet for the last debate.

Trekkie convention
Mon, Oct 22 2012

Star Trek fans break the record for the largest gathering of fans dressed as characters from the TV series.

Journey to Mecca
Mon, Oct 22 2012

The annual haj pilgramage begins.

Inside Iran
Mon, Oct 22 2012

The people and places that define Iran.

The Romneys
Mon, Oct 22 2012

Snapshots from the Romney family photo album.

China: Then and now
Mon, Oct 22 2012

The China of yesterday and the rising superpower of today.

The long war
Mon, Oct 22 2012

Scenes from the war in Afghanistan.

North Dakota's oil boom
Mon, Oct 22 2012

Thousands of people have flooded into North Dakota to work in the oil drilling industry.

Acting like a soldier
Mon, Oct 22 2012

China theme park guests role-play as Japanese army and Eighth Route Army soldiers, with the aid of professional sound and lighting effects.

Lance Armstrong's career
Mon, Oct 22 2012

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life, after the United States Anti-Doping Agency said his cycling team ran the most sophisticated doping program in sport.

A child looks on as she observes the Bisket festival at the ancient city of Bhaktapur near Kathmandu. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Imaging religion: Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal-based photographer Navesh Chitrakar documents almost all the country's religious festivals.   Full Article 

A group of riot policemen are engulfed in flames after protesters threw petrol bombs in Athens' Syntagma square. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

Images of September

Our best photos from the month of September.   Full Article 

Syrians cross to Turkey by boat over the Orontes river on the Turkish-Syrian border near the village of Hacipasa. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

A river out of Syria

A dangerous crossing to escape the fighting.   Full Article 

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Witnessing my generation’s gold rush

22 Oct 2012

Within 50 miles there was still farmland but you couldn't travel a mile without seeing a new housing project going up, or new road being cut to an oil rig out in the middle of the corn or wheat fields. I was witnessing the gold rush of my generation.

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Two Candidates… Smiles Apart

18 Oct 2012

Both men have so far scored high marks as fearless debaters eloquently pointing out the glaring weaknesses and flaws hiding inside the “other” party’s ideologue with precise, intellectual arguments measuring up to the price of their Harvard University degrees.

Weekly Gallery Showcase

Inmates stand in a gymnasium due to overcrowding at the California Institution for Men state prison in Chino.  REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

California's overcrowded prisons

Inside California's overcrowded prisons.  Slideshow 

Rescuers and relatives stop a woman from committing suicide by jumping off a building in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province. REUTERS/Stringer

Suicides in China

A look at attempted suicides in China.  Slideshow 

A dog looks back at a competitor as it catches a wave during the Surf City Surf Dog contest in Huntington Beach. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Surfer dogs

Dogs hit the waves in California.   Slideshow 

A worker cleans near a poster of the late Chairman Mao Zedong at a thermal power plant of the Nanjie Cun Group in Nanjie village.   REUTERS/Jason Lee

Where Mao lives on

The Communist principles live on in Nanjie .   Slideshow