Pictures in the News | November 12, 2015

Heavy smoke billows during an operation by Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led strikes in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar to retake the town from the Islamic State group and cut a key supply line to Syria.

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Vietnam era veteran Mike Raczka wipes a tear during a POW/MIA remembrance at the 28th annual Veterans Day ceremony and parade in Fullerton.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

A military honor guard is reflected in the panels of a replica of the Vietnam War Memorial during Veterans Day ceremonies at Marie Kerr Park in Palmdale.

(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Anthony Mackie, Seth Rogen, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, are all lit up at The Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills for their new movie ‘The Night Before.’

(Christina House / For The Times)

Around 20,000 people demonstrated against fresh cuts in Athens, with sporadic outbreaks of violence, in the first general strike against the leftist government of Alexis Tspiras who swept to power on an anti-austerity ticket.

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A trailer sports an whimsical picture in Berlin.

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Ukrainian police detain an activist of the feminist movement Femen as she shouts slogans during a demonstration calling for gay rights outside the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev.

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Singers of the Hamburg State Opera perform the opera “The Marriage of Figaro” by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the State Opera in Hamburg, Germany.

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A woman practices Tai-Chi in front of the Sforzesco Castle at the Sempione park in Milan, Italy.

(Luca Bruno / Associated Press)

Devotees wait to get holy rice that is offered from the top of a temple during the Annakut festival in Calcutta, India. Annakut Puja is held a day after the Diwali festival.

(PIYAL ADHIKARY / EPA)

Imperial Stormtroopers from the Star Wars film franchise travel up an escalator during a promotional event at the Changi International airport in Singapore.

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