Day in Photos: Nov. 13
Guinness World Record Day, tiger on the loose near Disneyworld Paris, the 10th Airshow China and more.
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The shortest man ever, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, meets the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, for the first time on Thursday in London. Dangi, of Nepal, measures 21.5 inches tall while Kosen, of Turkey, measures 8 feet, 3 inches. The two met as part of the 10th annual Guinness World Record Day celebrations.
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Indian flower vendors arrange rose petals and garlands prior to selling them to devotees for offering at the shrine of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya in New Delhi Thursday.
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President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands at the U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting at the Myanmar International Convention Center, Thursday in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. From left, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Obama, Myanmar President Thein Sei, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah.
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A Kurdish refugee boy from the Kobani, Syria, area holds a toy weapon at a camp in Suruc, Turkey, near the border Thursday.
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French authorities say a young tiger, reportedly pictured here in a photo provided by the town council of Montebrain, France, on Thursday, is on the loose near Disneyland Paris.
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Rosetta’s lander Philae stands safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in this combination photo released Thursday. Philae became the first spacecraft to land on a comet when it touched down Wednesday after a 4-billion-mile, decade-long journey managed by the European Space Agency.
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The United Arab Emirates Air Force performs during the 10th Airshow China on Thursday in Zhuhai, China.
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Police officers hold flares as they march during a rally to demand better working conditions in Paris Thursday.
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Women watch girls compete in a Taekwondo match in Herat, Afghanistan, on Thursday.
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Arnold Abbott, a 90-year-old chef, is surrounded by media as he prepares to feed the homeless in violation of a recently passed city law in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday evening. The city said they passed the ordinance for sanitary and security reasons, which tightens restrictions on outdoor feedings in public spaces.
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Plywood covers the glass front of a strip mall along West Florissant Street on Wednesday night in Ferguson, Mo., in anticipation of a grand jury decision in the shooting death of Michael Brown.
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People cycle past the giant sculpture entitled "Popped up" on the banks of the Danube River on Wednesday in Ulm, Germany. The giant was made by artist Ervin Herve-Loranth for the 2014 ArtMarket Budapest.
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