Day in Photos: Thanksgiving Turkeys, Olympic Flame Rehearsal, Explosion in Pakistan
National Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble are presented to journalists in the Willard Room of the Willard InterContinental in Washington on Nov. 24, 2025. The turkeys came from North Carolina and will participate in the 78th annual Turkey Pardoning at the White House. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
National Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble are presented to journalists in the Willard Room of the Willard InterContinental in Washington, DC, on Nov. 24, 2025. The Turkeys come from North Carolina and will participate in the 78th annual Turkey Pardoning at the White House. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Day in Photos: Thanksgiving Turkeys, Olympic Flame Rehearsal, Explosion in Pakistan

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Members of the Special Forces take part in a joint military exercise by the French and Emirati forces in the Abu Dhabi desert as part of GULF-25 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 24, 2025. Giuseppe CACACE / AFP via Getty Images
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Actress Mary Mina participates in a rehearsal for the lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece, on Nov. 24, 2025. Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
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Visitors stroll around the Christmas market at the central Roemer square in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Nov. 24, 2025. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
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Soldiers arrive with sniffer dogs after suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of the Federal Constabulary, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Nov. 24, 2025. Muhammad Zubair/AP Photo
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A teenager is rescued from a crane platform atop a skyscraper in Jerusalem, after dangling 36 stories in the air for seven hours on Nov. 24, 2025. Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo
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Youths play football in a waterlogged field following heavy rain in Jantho, Aceh Province, Indonesia, on Nov. 24, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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Military police are transported on a backhoe during an operation to dismantle barricades set up by criminals at the Cidade de Deus favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 24, 2025. Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images
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Cat figures holding “kumade,” a traditional bamboo rake for good fortune, are pictured during the Tori-no-Ichi festival at the Hanazono Shrine in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, on Nov. 24, 2025. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
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First Lady Melania Trump welcomes the official White House Christmas tree to the White House, on Nov. 24, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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A man exercises at an outdoor gym made from scrap metal in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 24, 2025. Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images
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National Guard members at Judiciary Square metro stop in Washington, on Nov. 24, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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Istanbul's nostalgic tram passes Saint Anthony of Padua Church as a banner hangs on its gate with a poster of Pope Leo XIV that reads “Welcome to Turkey,” ahead of the pope's visit to Turkey on Nov. 24, 2025. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images
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An Indian navy band stands in front of the INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, during its commissioning ceremony at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, on Nov. 24, 2025. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images
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Archaeologists in the Barranco de Viznara ravine work to clean remains during the exhumation of the bodies of victims of repression executed between 1936 and 1939 in the Spanish Civil War and the Franco regime, on Nov. 24, 2025. Several mass graves were discovered in Barranco de Viznara ravine about 6 miles north of Granada, Spain. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images
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A security guard uses binoculars to keep vigil near the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on the eve of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, on Nov. 24, 2025. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images
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Taxis drive past the Bandim Market in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, on Nov. 24, 2025. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
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Nikhil Chaudhary of the Tigers bats during day three of the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Tasmania at Cricket Central in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 24, 2025. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
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Members of the Honduran Air Force prepare to transport electoral material to Mosquitia, Gracias a Dios Department, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Nov. 24, 2025. Honduras will hold presidential elections on Nov. 30, 2025. Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images
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A view of the New Year's Eve ball during a media tour in Times Square in New York City, on Nov. 24, 2025. The Times Square ball will be dropped as part of New Year's Eve celebrations on Dec. 31. The brand new ball is the ninth iteration since the tradition began in 1907. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
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Supporters of National Unity Platform presidential candidate and opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, run to take cover from tear gas fired by Ugandan police officers during a dispersal operation following his presidential campaign rally in Kampala, Uganda, on Nov. 24, 2025. Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the public enjoy a trip on the Starflyer in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Nov. 24, 2025. Along with a number of other rides, the 262-feet-tall Starflyer has returned to East Princes Street Garden Christmas Market to give thrill-seekers an unbeatable view over the Edinburgh skyline during the festive period, through Jan. 4, 2026.  Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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A Eurasian eagle owl is part of a scientific exhibition at the Kuwait University's College of Science in Kuwait City, on Nov. 24, 2025. Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images