Today in Pictures: Clown Therapy, South Korea Elections, and Russian Space Launch

The director of "Club of Clowns" clown school, Tito Aguirre, known as "Dr. Quelokura," delivers a present to a patient during a visit to La Mascota Children Hospital in Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 18, 2012. Each year, members of "Club of Clowns" visit hospitalized children before Christmas to make them laugh as part of an alternative therapy. (Esteban Felix/AP Photo)

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