The World in Photos This Week

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

Dec. 13 was the 75th anniversary of the Nanjing massacre -- a mass killing and rape carried out by Japanese soldiers in the Chinese city of Nanjing. In this photo, a Nanjing massacre survivor is pictured between Chinese Buddhist monks at a Dec. 13 ceremony for the victims at the Memorial Museum in Nanjing.

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