German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin address a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin on November 26, 2010. Putin said that closer ties with Europe were unavoidable, a day after his proposal for a free trade zone 'from Lisbon to Vladivostok' met with a cool German response. By Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images.
With less than one week before Thanksgiving, a turkey stands in a barn at the Willie Bird Turkey Farm on November 22, 2010 in Sonoma, California. An estimated forty six million turkeys are cooked and eaten during Thanksgiving meals in the United States. By Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.
A man yawns as he waits in a security screening line November 24, 2010 at LaGuardia airport in the Queens borough of New York City. Experts expect over 1.6 million people to fly over the Thanksgiving holiday this year, a 3.5% increase from last year. Airport officials are concerned that public protests against new security techniques such as National Opt-Out Day could further delay holiday travel. By Chris Hondros/Getty Images.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair participates in the open portion of an open meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council at the Treasury Department November 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. Created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the council is charged with identifying and responding to emerging risks and threats to the financial stability of the United States. By Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
Students from St Andrews University indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the 'academic family' on November 22, 2010, in St Andrews, Scotland. Every November the 'raisin weekend' which is held in the university's St Salvator's Quadrangle, is celebrated and a gift of raisins (now foam) is traditionally given by first year students to their elders as a thank you for their guidance and in exchange they receive a receipt in Latin. By Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.
Members of a Haitian Ministry of Health body collection team place cotton balls around the face of Nixon Merise,24, as they prepare to remove his body from his home to their vehicle for disposal of it and other victims of the cholera epidemic on November 20, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They placed cotton balls and gauze around his face to keep fluids from flowing out. Doctors say poor sanitary conditions after January's earthquake made the country vulnerable to cholera, which is caused by bacteria transmitted through contaminated water or food. By Joe Raedle/Getty Images.
Robin, a two-week-old gray seal, swims through her basin at the animal collecton point in Friedrichskoog, northern Germany, on November 19, 2010. The orphaned seal was found on the North Sea island of Pellworm and will be brought up at the Friedrichskoog station now before returning to the North Sea in two or three months. By Carsten Rehder/AFP/Getty Images.
A Lebanese airborne commando puts camouflage paint on the face of a young student during a combat demonstration at a school in Jounieh, north of Beirut, on November 19, 2010 to mark Lebanon's Independence Day, which falls on November 22. By Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images.
Some explanation:
A few years ago, French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations. Grandma reluctantly agreed, but once they got rolling, she couldn't stop smiling.
More info here. Frederika has a MySpace page as well.
Workers at Aynsley China start producing commemorative plates, cups and mugs to mark the engagement between Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton on November 17, 2010 in Stoke On Trent, United Kingdom. The historic china company has rushed through production of collectable china after the announcement of their royal wedding yesterday. By Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.
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