A caisson carries the commingled remains of Vietnam veterans Maj. Bernard Bucher, Staff Sgt. Frank Hepler, Airman George Long, Maj. John McElroy, Lt. Stephen Moreland and Army Capt. Warren Orr Jr. during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The men were part of a crew on a C-130 Hercules plane that crashed near Da Nang, South Vietnam, on May 12, 1968. (Kevin Wolf / Associated Press)
A father and son cling to an improvised boat as they try to cross a murky river after a fire gutted more than three dozen homes at Manila’s Quezon City. Some residents jumped into the waters for safety. Hundreds of poor residents were left homeless. (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)
French students demonstrate in Paris against a proposed reform of the school system by French Minister for National Education Xavier Darcos. Darcos has indefinitely delayed the reform, but student protests continue across the country. (Ian Landsdon / EPA)
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A hospital worker attends to a young blast victim in the southern Philippine city of Iligan after bombs ripped through two department stores. Authorities blamed the attack on Muslim separatists. (AFP/Getty Images)
Vendors sell Christmas decorative items at a market in New Delhi. (Anindito Mukherjee / EPA)
A worker covers a statue of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco after dismantling it in the northern Spanish city of Santander. (Rafa Rivas / AFP/Getty Images)
A lab technician works on an artificial leg at Baghdad’s Artificial Limbs Center. The center provides artificial limbs to Iraqis who have lost arms and legs in the war and related violence. (Faleh Kheiber / EPA)
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Worshipers visit the Church of Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, which is preparing to greet thousands of tourists for the Christmas festivities. (Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press)
