Pictures of the Day: Monday, Nov. 30, 2009

Eleven-year-old Salu Raikwar, who was born with six fingers on both hands, walks in a slum area next to the Union Carbide Corp pesticide
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Catastrophe

Eleven-year-old Salu Raikwar, who was born with six fingers on both hands, walks in a slum area next to the Union Carbide Corp pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. The 25th anniversary of the disastrous chemical leak at the facility, which activists blame for birth defects in the area, falls on December 3.