Black Friday around the world - in pictures

Take a look at how the American sales phenomena - held the day after Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 23 - panned out around the world

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  Brazilians scramble for televisions in a store in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sebasttiao Moreira / EPA

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  Shoppers leave with TVs at Best Buy in Norwalk, Connecticut, Timothy A Clary / AFP Photo

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  A shopper wheels away big screen television outside a Best Buy store in Louisville, Kentucky. Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg

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  People wait outside a department store in Thessaloniki, Greece for the Black Friday shopping craze. Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP Photo

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  A shopper walks past a promotional sign for "Black Friday" sales in Madrid. Gabriel Bouys / AFP Photo

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  An shop assistant puts up a sign in a store on Oxford Street on 'Black Friday' in London. Simon Dawson / Reuters

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  A man walks past a sign advertising 'Black Friday' sales on a retail shop window in Paris. Benoit Tessier / Reuters

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  The scene inside a Chicago mall in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

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  Shoppers wait in line outside a Gucci store at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago mall. Daniel Acker / Bloomberg

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  A shopper snags a Sony Playstation 4 in Louisville. Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg

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  Chaos in Sao Paulo. Paulo Whitaker / Reuters

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  People walk through Macy's Herald Square in Manhattan, New York. Andrew Kelly / Reuters

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  People camping outside the Best Buy store in hopes of being some of the first inside in Mesquite, Texas. Larry W Smith / EPA

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