Scenes of shopping madness around the globe

November 25, 2011 16:51

The Friday after Thanksgiving has become a shopping phenomena in the United States, with hordes of shoppers queueing up at all hours of the night for discounted holiday goods.

The annual tradition has even resulted in deaths, with victims crushed to death by teeming crowds.

Even when the sales stay under control, images of crazed shoppers running through stores across the country invariably make headlines on what has been the country's busiest shopping day of the year since at least 2005.

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