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THE GLOBAL SNAPSHOT

This week in photos: Demonstrations dominate in Tunisia, Egypt, Burma and Bangladesh

By Gloria Dawson & Jackie Snow
Thousands Gather To Protest Against Mohammed Mursi
Getty Images / Ed Giles
Nov. 27, 2012. Protesters fill Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, in response to the sweeping new powers assumed by President Mohammed Morsi.
Nov. 30, 2012. Demonstrators in Sillana, Tunisia, gather to walk to Tunis. Tunisia's Prime Minister accused opposition parties and unions Thursday of provoking three days of violent clashes in Siliana and pleaded for patience while the government tackles the nation's economic problems.
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Nov. 30, 2012. Demonstrators in Siliana, Tunisia, gather to walk to Tunis, the capital. Tunisia’s prime minister accused opposition parties and unions Thursday of provoking three days of violent clashes in Siliana and pleaded for patience while the government tackles the nation’s economic problems.
Nov. 26, 2012. The Amazon.com distribution center in Phoenix, Arizona on Cyber Monday.
Getty Images / David Paul Morris
Nov. 26, 2012. The Amazon.com distribution center in Phoenix, Arizona on Cyber Monday.
The Amir Of Kuwait On His State Visit To The UK
Getty Images / Oli Scarff
Nov. 28, 2012. British Prime Minister David Cameron leads the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, to Number 10 Downing Street in London during the Amir’s three-day state visit to the UK.
Getty Images / Chung Sung-Jun
Nov. 29, 2012. Supporters of South Korea’s ruling Saenuri Party’s presidential candidate, Park Geun-Hye, during a presidential election campaign in Seoul.
Thai People Celebrate The Loy Kratong Festival
Getty Images / Hong Wu
Nov. 28, 2012. Thai monks pray as they light floating lanterns to celebrate the Loy Krathong Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Business Leaders Meet With President Obama At The White House
Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla
Nov. 28, 2012. Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein is interviewed after a fiscal cliff meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama and other business leaders.
Congo Fighting
AP Photo / Jerome Delay
Nov. 27, 2012. A man pushes his scooter as Congolese M23 rebels drive by returning from an incursion into Rwanda.
Bangladesh Factory Fire Protest
AP Photo / Pavel Rahman
Nov. 29, 2012. Protesters hold signs while others lie down on the ground posing as dead bodies, after the death of workers in a weekend fire at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Injured monk in Myanmar
AP Photo / Gemunu Amarasinghe
Nov. 29, 2012. A Buddhist monk gets treatment for burn injuries sustained when security forces cracked down on protesters occupying a copper mine in Monywa, Myanmar.
Nov. 30, 2012. A homeless man in Mumbai, India. The country's economic growth is a a three-year low.
AP Photo / Rafiq Maqbool)
Nov. 30, 2012. A homeless man in Mumbai, India. The country’s economic growth is at a three-year low.