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Dozens of protesters interrupted holiday shopping to speak out about a grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.(Photo: AP)- A campaign to ban the festival has attracted support from celebrities including British actress Joanna Lumley and French movie legend Brigitte Bardot, who has petitioned Nepal's president to end the "cruel tradition". (Photo: AP)
- Organizers and the authorities defend the festival held every five years as a generations-old tradition, though animal rights activists decry it as barbaric. (Photo: AP)
- The festival kicked off at midnight amid tight security, with the ceremonial killing of a goat, rat, chicken, pig and a pigeon. Some 1,200 police personnel were patrolling the village and the field where sacrifices were taking place to control
- Sword-wielding devotees have poured into the village of Bariyapur near the Indian border which will become the world's largest abattoir during the two-day festival, with animals ranging from buffaloes to rats butchered. (Photo: AP)
- Every five years, the world's largest animal sacrifice takes place at the Gadhimai Temple in Nepal. The month-long festival has raised controversy due to the large number of animals killed - up to 500,000 over two days. (Photo: AP)
- Demonstrators march to protest the shooting of Tamir Rice at Cudell Park in Cleveland, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The 12-year-old was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer Saturday after he reportedly pulled a fake gun at the city park. (Photo: AP)
- Cleveland police Deputy Chief Ed Tomba, right, and Chief Calvin Wiliams brief reporters Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, on the investigation into the shooting by police of 12-year-old Tamir Rice over the weekend. One officer fired twice at Rice when he
- This fake handgun taken from 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was fatally shot by Cleveland police over the weekend, is displayed after a news conference. (Photo: AP)
- This still image taken from a surveillance video played at a news conference held by Cleveland Police, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, shows Cleveland police officers arriving at Cudell Park on a report of a man with a gun. Twelve-year-old Tamir Rice was
- A patrol officer shot Tamir E. Rice on Saturday after a 911 call reported someone pointing a gun at people at the Cudell Recreation Center. The caller said the gun could be a fake. Mark Duncan Cleveland Police Deputy Chief Ed Tomba, second from
- At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded, and the attack was planned by two suicide bombers who blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers at the mosque. (Photo: AP)
- Witnesses say heavy smoke could be seen billowing in the sky from a long distance away. (Photo: AP)
- It was later witnessed that an angry mob killed four of the shooters in the chaotic aftermath. They were set on fire.
- Hundreds had gathered to listen to a sermon in a region terrorized by attacks from the militant group Boko Haram. (Photo: AP)
- An explosion tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday, and officials feared the casualty toll would be high. Capt. Ikechukwu Eze said the Friday blast occurred at the main mosque in the city of Kano. Hundreds had
- Protesters stage a "die in" inside Chesterfield Mall, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in Chesterfield, Mo. The crowd disrupted holiday shopping at several locations on Friday amid a protest triggered by a grand jury's decision not to indict the police
- Online retailer Amazon is believed to have introduced the concept of Black Friday to the U.K. four years ago, with more businesses joining every year since. (Photo: AP)
- Protesters spent a few minutes at each store, shouting inside as law enforcement stood watch. There was no immediate word of arrests. The protests began Thanksgiving night and more are expected Friday. (Photo: AP)
- Protestors gather outside of the Westlake Center in Seattle on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, to protest the Ferguson grand jury decision. More than 200 protesters, some chanting "Black Lives Matter!" tried to disrupt Black Friday shopping and downtown
Dozens of protesters interrupted holiday shopping to speak out about a grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.(Photo: AP)
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