1. Shoppers walk through Siam Square in Bangkok, on May 19.

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  2. Traffic moves along the Olympic Highway at night in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, Jan. 25.

    Photograph by Chiho Jeong/Bloomberg

     

  3. A worker pulls racks of costumes at the Cidade do Samba factory shed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, Jan. 19.

    Photograph by Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg

     

  4. A new condominium stands in the Diamond Island area in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Monday, Jan. 16.

    Photograph by Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

     

  5. A fish porter sleeps before the opening of the tuna market at the General Santos Fish Port Complex in General Santos, the Philippines, on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

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  6. The Himalaya Range is seen as lights illuminate a neighborhood in Kathmandu, Nepal on Jan. 5

    Photograph by  Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg

     

  7. An employee welds a specialized metal product in the shop at the Amuneal Manufacturing Corp. plant in Philadelphia on Jan. 9, 2012.  Amuneal Manufacturing Corp., founded in 1965, is a metal fabrication company specializing in magnetic shielding and custom fabrication.

    Photograph by Paul Taggart/Bloomberg