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Day in photos: Nov. 5, 2012

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Firefighters battle a blaze engulfing an under-construction home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. None was injured and the fire was contained to the one home. Splash News
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An unorthodox pair of guys Fawkes join protests outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament in London. AP
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Korean pop superstar Psy takes in the view of the thousands who’d come to see him perform in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Startracks
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Afghan women clad in burkas and a young girl wait for their ride on a Kabul roadside. Reuters
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An Indian man showers in water from a broken pipe under an expressway in New Delhi. AP
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The mother of Ahmed Al- Nabahin, 23, grieves over his body during his funeral in the Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip. AP
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Campaigning one day ahead of the election, Vice President Biden chats with a woman at a Sterling, Va., restaurant. Reuters
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Paul Ryan’s son Sam practices his victory pose backstage at a campaign event in Reno, Nevada. Reuters
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Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler performs for Bostonians in front of the band’s old apartment building in the Allston neighborhood. Reuters
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Rockaways resident Cora Nelsen makes a call to her insurance agency while sitting among the debris and trash outside her home. Reuters
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A flock of ducks searches just-harvested rice paddies for leftovers in Nantong, China. Barcroft Media
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Residents and emergency responders mill about the site of a bombing in Damascus, Syria, that killed at least 11 and injured dozens more. EPA