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Pakistanis welcome Muhammad Shahid Nazir, center, the singer of "One Pound Fish," at Lahore's airport Thursday. Hamza Ali/AP hide caption
A member of Rio de Janeiro's Social Work Department speaks with crack addicts in a slum area known as "Crackland," during a police operation in the city in November. Christophe Simon /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Joe (Bruce Willis) fights a younger version of himself in Looper. Alan Markfield/Sony Pictures hide caption
Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in the science-fiction thriller Looper. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment hide caption
When completed, the Crazy Horse mountain carving will be 641 feet long by 563 feet high. Matthew Staver /Landov hide caption
The majority of what happens on Jan. 1, 2013, is tax increases and cuts in tax deductions to pay for the changes coming in 2014. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Sen.-elect Ted Cruz of Texas answers a question from a television reporter on Nov. 6 in Houston. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Rep.-elect Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., appears at a news conference with newly elected Democratic House members in Washington on Nov. 13. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
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Peace Pilgrim near Topeka, Kan., in the late 1970s. She had walked 25,000 miles by 1964, and continued for almost two more decades. She carried only a pen, a comb, a toothbrush and a map. James B. Burton/Courtesy of Friends Of Peace Pilgrim hide caption
"Rose Tattoo," by the Irish punk band Dropkick Murphys, memorializes the grandfather of singer and bassist Ken Casey (left of center, at table). Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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