Men dressed as 'Krampus' prepare to parade at Munich's Christmas market in Germany. Young single men will wear the traditional attires known as 'Krampusse', consisting of animal skins and masks, with large cow-bells to make loud and frightening noises and parade through the city.
Former French president and current French right-wing opposition Les Republicains (LR) party Nicolas Sarkozy steps out of a polling booth after voting in the second round of the regional elections in the Ile-de-France region at a polling station in Paris, France.
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Residents of the PK5 district hold a banner reading "We want to vote" as they demonstrate in front of the United Nations mission in Central African Republic's headquarters, calling for more security measures outside of the polling stations during the Constitutional Referendum, in the flashpoint enclave in Bangui, the capital city.
Residents in Nanjing attend a ceremony to mark the second national memorial day for the Nanjing Massacre, which happened in 1937, at the Nanjing Massacre Museum in Jiangsu province, China.