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Week in Photos: December 6, 2014

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From protests over the Eric Garner grand jury decision to a brutal Al-Shabab attack in Kenya and the new NASA spacecraft’s liftoff, see the week’s most striking photos.

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December 3, 2014
A NYPD policeman (R) reacts next to people protesting in midtown Manhattan against the Staten Island death of Eric Garner during an arrest in July. A New York City grand jury decision not to charge white police officer Daniel Pantaleo, who killed Garner, an unarmed black man, with a chokehold sparked outrage and protests, and the U.S. Justice Department said it would investigate the incident.

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November 30, 2014
Locally made shells are launched by Free Syrian Army fighters at forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Handarat area.

Hosam Katan/Reuters
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November 30, 2014
An injured girl in the Bab al-Hadid district reacts during what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Assad.

Mahmoud Hebbo/Reuters
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December 2, 2014
Men bury coffins of six people killed during the October 30 and 31 popular uprising.

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December 5, 2014
The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Steve Nesius/Reuters
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December 2, 2014
People stand near bodies lined up on the ground at a quarry site where Somali Al-Shabab militants killed at least 36 non-Muslim workers in a village in Korome, in the same area where attackers hijacked a bus and killed 28 passengers just over a week ago.

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November 30, 2014
A terminally ill patient raises his arm in a hospice for those dying of AIDS at the Buddhist temple Wat Prabat Nampu, north of Bangkok. Since 1992, the temple has provided housing for HIV positive patients and palliative care for those in the final stages of AIDS. Data from 2013 estimates Thailand has 450,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, but only 353,000 have access to life-saving antiretroviral drugs. December 1 is World AIDS Day.

Damir Sagolj/Reuters
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November 30, 2014
Flamingos are seen in a nature reserve park in the Panyu district.

Alex Lee/Reuters
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November 30, 2014
An image of 18-year-old Michael Brown is seen on the tie of his father, Michael Brown Sr., as he attends Sunday service under a makeshift tent next to the destroyed Flood Christian Church. Ferguson, a predominantly black city of about 21,000 people where almost all the political leaders and police are white, became the focal point of a national debate on race relations after police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown on August 9.

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December 1, 2014
An element of the installation Voyageurs by French artist Cedric Le Borgne sits atop a building at Place Bel Air. The installation is part of the Geneva Lux Festival, presenting four art installations in the city center until January 11, 2015.

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December 2, 2014
Taylor Swift performs as Victoria’s Secret model Karlie Kloss walks the runway during the 2014 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at the Earls Court exhibition centre.

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