NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 31: A crowd of people cross the street in midtown Manhattan on October 31, 2011 in New York City. Around the world countries marked the global population reaching seven billion Monday. The UN is using Monday to symbolically mark the day as demographers are not sure exactly when the world's population will reach the seven billion mark. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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