Thursday: Day in photos - Netherlands

Workers place a wax figure of President George W. Bush with suitcases outside Madame Tussauds museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands as a figure of a smiling President-elect Barack Obama, left, sits in a window display. Five days before his inauguration, Obama's figure was also unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London, Berlin, New York and Las Vegas.

Evert Elzinga / Associate Press / January 15, 2009

Workers place a wax figure of President George W. Bush with suitcases outside Madame Tussauds museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands as a figure of a smiling President-elect Barack Obama, left, sits in a window display. Five days before his inauguration, Obama's figure was also unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London, Berlin, New York and Las Vegas.

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