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December 19, 2007 Corpses of East African refugees lie on a beach on the Gulf of Aden in Yemen. This year, over 20,000 Somalis and Ethiopians have tried to flee the conflicts of the Horn of Africa and to find refuge in Yemen. The macabre list of victims of the perilous crossing never stops lengthening. (Photo: Francois-Xavier Tregan / Rue 89)

December 19, 2007 Jack Halterman stands beneath Interstate 10 where he and over 100 other homeless people sleep each night in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since Hurricane Katrina, the number of homeless in New Orleans has more than doubled to almost 12,000 people. (Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images)

December 19, 2007 A woman covers her face as she looks for a dead relative outside the hospital morgue in Baquba, Iraq. The Senate approved $70 billion to continue funding the occupation of Iraq on Tuesday night, backtracking on earlier promises to set a timetable for withdrawal from the region. (Photo: Reuters)