Friday: The day in photos
Peter Moore, town crier to the city of Westminster, announces extended early-morning opening hours outside the Liberty department store on Regent Street in London. Many West End shops are opening early in a bid to entice Christmas shoppers who want to avoid the notoriously busy street during peak hours. (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)
A view of Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, where gunfire and explosions continue after terrorists launched a series of coordinated attacks across India’s financial hub. (Harish Tyagi / EPA)
A resident takes cover as Indian commandos fire at suspected militants holed up at Nariman House in Mumbai, two days after a chain of militant attacks left more than 150 people dead and the city in panic. (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)
A man visits the Forbidden City in Beijing. The global financial crisis has been having an adverse effect on the tourism industry in China. (Guang Niu / Getty Images)
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A worker trims plastic shoe soles at a factory in Jinjiang, China’s biggest sports footwear production base. (San Lang / EPA)
An elderly Congolese refugee waits to be relocated from the Kibati camp in Rutshuru. As fighting between rebels and the government continues, more than 20 refugees -- mainly the elderly, the ill and children -- were moved to a more secure location about 9 miles to the south. (Tony Karumba / AFP/Getty Images)
Svetlana Gileva performs in the dress rehearsal of “La Bayadere†at the Semper Opera House in Dresden, Germany. (Matthias Hiekel / EPA)
A medical technician conducts HIV screening tests on blood samples from clients at the social hygiene clinic of the Manila Health Department. Cases of HIV/AIDS could hit 10 million in Asia by 2010 unless nations take stronger steps to control the disease, according to experts of the Asian Development Bank and the Joint U.N. Program on AIDS. (Romeo Gacad / AFP/Getty Images)
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Satu Palosaari feeds one of her reindeer on her farm in Kuusamo, Finland. (Oliver Morin / AFP/Getty Images)
As an athlete skis past, a man dressed as Santa Claus waves as he arrives at the nordic skiing arena before the World Cup ski jumping team event in Kuusamo-Ruka, Finland. (Oliver Morin / AFP/Getty Images)
