November 15 - November 21 (20 images)

Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning his fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship in a row at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida on November 21, 2010. UPI/Michael Bush

Palestinian inmates leave a Hamas-run prison in Gaza City after their release November 15, 2010. The Islamist Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip, freed some 240 inmates on Monday, as a gesture for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. UPI/Ismael Mohamad

Spectators watch as fireworks light up the night sky during the annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in St. Louis on November 19, 2010. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Denver Nuggets mascot Rocky climbs on the shoulders of a fan for a photograph during the first quarter of the New York Knicks-Denver Nuggetsw game at the Pepsi Center in Denver on November 16, 2010. UPI/Gary C. Caskey