Fireworks lit the sky during King Bhumibol Adulyadej birthday celebrations, in Bangkok. Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej marked his 86th birthday with a call for national unity, but failed to offer guidance on how his polarized nation might find its way out of its bitter political conflicts.
Young cros*****reed dogs cuddle up in a small basket at Gut Aiderbichl in Henndorf, in the Austrian province of Salzburg, Dec. 4, 2013. Gut Aiderbichl is a place of mercy for rescued animals.
Officials in boats monitor the scene where dozens of pilot whales are stranded in shallow water in a remote area of Florida's Everglades National Park, USA, Dec. 4, 2013.
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A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, Dec. 3, 2013. The rocket carried its first commercial payload, a communications satellite.
A Cambodian family collects water lilies from O-Treng lake to sell at a market, in Kampong Speu province, some 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh. Locals purchase the lilies as an ingredient for soup.
A rare total cloud inversion at Mather Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. Cloud inversions are formed through the interaction of warm and cold air masses.
Artist Alex Chinneck poses on the rooftop of his latest art installation Miner on the Moon (Upside Down House) upon its unveiling on Blackfriars Road in Central London.
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