2014 Year in Pictures Part III

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Part III

October , 2014

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Protesters gather around the Golden Bauhinia Square before an official flag raising ceremony to commemorate the Chinese National Day in Hong Kong, October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Kazakhstan's Olga Safronova celebrates winning the women's 200m final at the Incheon

Asiad Main Stadium during the 17th Asian Games October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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Kim Hyeon-athletes Korean kyu was Mamazulunov athletes of Uzbekistan

Oybek punch in boxing semifinals in the men's 81kg weight class Seonhak

Seonhak indoor competition at the Congress in 17th Asian Games in

Incheon, South Korea .

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A Turkish soldier carrying a baby lost while searching for the mother at the time of thousands of new refugees from the town of Kobani Syria border to the Turkish-Syrian Yumurtalik near the town Suruc, Turkey Turkey.

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Bodies of victims killed by recent shelling lie at a bus stop near a

burnt-out bus on a street in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

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A Palestinian youth practices his Parkour skills over the ruins of houses, which witnesses said were destroyed during a seven-week Israeli offensive, in the Shejaianeighborhood east of Gaza City, October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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People inspect damage at an oil refinery that was targeted by what activists said were U.S.-led air strikes at al-Khaboura village, near the Syrian town of Tel Abyad of Raqqa governate, October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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A Syrian Kurdish refugee boy stands behind security fences after crossing into Turkey near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfaprovince September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Syrian Kurdish refugees cover themselves from rain after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian border town Kobani, near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

An elderly Syrian Kurdish refugee woman is carried by a man after

crossing into Turkey from the Syrian border town Kobani, near

the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province

October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

A Syrian Kurdish refugee woman with her daughter wait for transportation

after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian border town Kobani, near the

southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 2, 2014.

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An elderly Syrian Kurdish refugee woman sits with her belongings after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian border town Kobani, near the southeastern Turkish town of Surucin Sanliurfa province October 2, 2014.REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Syrian Kurdish refugees wait behind the fences to cross into Turkey from the

Syrian border town Kobani, near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in

Sanliurfa province October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Rula, an eight-year-old Syrian Kurdish refugee girl holding her three-month-old brother Ciwan, waits for transportation after crossing into Turkey near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfaprovince October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

A Turkish soldier carries a Syrian Kurdish refugee baby from the Syrian border town Kobani, near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfaprovince October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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Local residents react as they stand at their block of flats, which was damaged by shelling a day before in the village of Pisky, near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine October 3, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

The damaged main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is seen through smoke during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 3, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

The traffic control tower of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is seen through smoke during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 3, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

Maria Savchenko, 60, reacts as she sits in front of her home which was damaged by shelling a day before in the village of Pisky, near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine October 3, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

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Muslim women attend an Eid al-Adha mass prayer at Senen market in Jakarta

October 5, 2014. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, marking the end of the Haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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Indian Muslims in prayers to mark the Festival of Eid al-Adhaat the Jama Masjid in New Delhi.

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Oct. 6 , 2014

A view shows a part of the al-Dukhaneya neighborhood near Damascus after

soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad took control of it from rebel fighters, October 6, 2014. REUTERS/SANA

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Oct. 6 , 2014

Fighting for Assad

Forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad erect the Syrian national flag after burning a flag of al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, which they said was left behind by rebel fighters in Zor al-Mahruqa village, after the forces said they had regained control of the area and its surrounding hills in the Hama countryside October 6, 2014. REUTERS/George Ourfalian

A part of the al-Dukhaneya neighborhood near Damascus is seen after soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad took control of it from rebel fighters, October 6, 2014, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters

A member of forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad inspects mortar shells, which they said were left behind by rebel fighters in Zor al-Mahruqa village, after the forces said they had regained control of the area and its surrounding hills in the Hama countryside October 6, 2014. REUTERS/George Ourfalian

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are seen at al-Dukhaneyaneighborhood near Damascus, after taking control of it from rebel fighters October 6, 2014, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters

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Islamic State fighters stand

along a street in the countryside of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, after taking control of the area October 7, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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Oct. 7 , 2014

Protesters run away as an armoured army vehicle sprays water to disperse them during a pro-Kurdish demonstration in solidarity with people of Kobani, near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, in the Turkish town of Suruc in southeastern Sanliurfa province October 7, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

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A woman in a village in Karo regency

watches Mount Sinabung erupt in Indonesia's North Sumatra province October 8, 2014. REUTERS/YT Haryono

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Oct. 8 , 2014

German scientist and Nobel prize winner Stefan Hell poses with a nanoscale microscope at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen October 8, 2014. U.S. citizens Eric Betzig and William Moerner and Germany's Stefan Hell won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for smashing the size barrier in optical microscopes, allowing researchers to see individual molecules inside living cells.REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

American scientist and Nobel prize winner Eric Betzig talks to

journalist prior to a lecture at the Helmholz center in Munich

October 8, 2014. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Japanese-born U.S. citizen Shuji Nakamura talks about a laser in a lab after winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics, at the University of California Santa Barbara in Isla Vista, California October 7, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Japanese-born U.S. citizen ShujiNakamura is photographed in his office after winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics, at the University of California Santa Barbara in Isla Vista, California October 7, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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A Turkish Kurd watches as airstrikes hit Kobani, inside Syria, as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, in Mursitpinar, on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Kobani, also known as AynArab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani as Turkish Kurds watch near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc October 9, 2014. Islamic State fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said on Thursday, as U.S.-led air strikes failed to halt their advance and Turkish forces nearby looked on without intervening. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: politics society immigration civil unrest conflict tpx images of the day)

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Indian children's right activist Kailash Satyarthi is congratulated by an unidentified man after winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Price at his office in New Delhi October 10, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

A black flag belonging to the Islamic State is seen in the Syrian town of Kobani, as pictured from the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc October 9, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani as Turkish Kurds watch near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, Turkey, October 9, 2014.REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Pro-democracy protesters argue with a man as he walks away from an area blocked by protesters outside the government headquarters office in Hong Kong, China, October 9, 2014.REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Malala Yousafzai was United in a press conference at the library of Birmingham in Birmingham, England, after being named as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The award was presented to the Pakistanis and Yousafzai Kailash Satyarthi of Indians because of his adventure to fight for the rights of children.

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Nobel Prize winners

A Turkish Kurd points at the Syrian town of Kobani as they sit near Mursitpinar border crossing in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 8, 2014.REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Smoke rises after an U.S.-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobani Ocotber 8, 2014.REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A Turkish soldier sits on top of a tank, with the Syrian town of Kobani in the background, as seen from the southeastern town of Suruc close to the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border October 10, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

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Turkish army tanks take position on top of a hill near Mursitpinar border crossing in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 11, 2014REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Smoke rises after an U.S.-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobani Ocotber 10, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Smoke rises after an U.S.-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobani October 10, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from the southeastern town of Suruc near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border October 10, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from the southeastern town of Suruc near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border October 10, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

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Turkish Kurds in the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, offer their Friday prayers as they gather to support Syrian Kurds over the border in nearby Kobani, Syria, where fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group intensified, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Kurds in a refugee camp Sanliurfa , Turkey

Rebel fighters prepare their weapons during what they said was an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad around Handarat area, north of Aleppo in an attempt to regain control of the area October 11, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof

A rebel fighter carries shells before they are fired towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Sifat, northern Aleppo countryside October 16, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Rebel fighters fire their weapons at the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in al-Amriyah neighborhood of Aleppo October 11, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

Rebel fighters carry their weapons as they run to avoid snipers at the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in al-Amriyah neighborhood of Aleppo October 11, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

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Syria's other frontlines

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ISIS militants pose on the frontline near Aleppo , Syria, on Oct. 17 ,2013

As seen from Mursitpinar in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, a Turkish forces armoured vehicle patrols the border road as in the background thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Oct. 12 , 2014

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Oct. 13 , 2014

Motorcade to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wool over streets in Shejaiya neighborhood, East of Gaza City.

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Oct. 14 , 2014

A fisherman sits in his boat as the trees in autumn colors reflect in the Vltava river near Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 14. (Petr David Josek/Associated Press)

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A Spanish Civil Guard pulled a African immigrants from the border fence in an

attempt to invade the North African enclave of Melilla, Spain between Morocco and

Spain.

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Smoke rises from a village on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Turkish Kurds gather on the hill near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Unidentified people gather in the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border, October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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Senior soloist of the Joburg Ballet Kitty Phetla performs in a classroom at the Nka-ThutoPrimary School in Soweto on October 16, 2014. Using ballet and dance to promote healthy and positive choices, Joburg Ballet will provide lecture demonstrations to twenty schools in Soweto, raising awareness and informing students of the available free classes they provide together with the provincial department of education. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARIMARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images

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Kurdish refugees from the town of Kobani in Syria share bread in a refugee camp in Suruc town of the southeastern province Sanliurfa, Turkey.

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Oct. 17 , 2014

Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani show victory signs in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border, October 19, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Turkish army tanks pass abandoned cars of Kurdish Syrian refugees near 'no-man's land' at the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on October 17, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

A general view of the Syrian town of Kobani is pictured from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, October 19, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, October 19, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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Battle for Kobani

Kurdish fighters walk past a road in the town of Kobani, Syria, on Oct.19,2014

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Turkey's Kurdish war in Kobani track from the border gate Mursitpinar Turkey-Syria, on 19.10.2014.

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Oct. 19 , 2014

Palestinian school children walk through destroyed houses in Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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The Kurdish refugees from the town of Kobani in Syria's biggest pot in a refugee camp in Suruc town of the southeastern province of Sanliurfa in Turkey.

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Oct. 20 , 2014

Smoke rise over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on

the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 21,

2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Tracer rounds light the sky over the Syrian town of Kobani during heavy fighting downtown, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Turkish Kurdish women mourn during the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed during clashes against Islamic State in Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfaprovince October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Turkish Kurdish women show victory sign during the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed during clashes against Islamic State in Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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Pope Francis met Bayern Munich's coach Pep Guardiola during a private audience with him and the Bayern Munich team at the Vatican.

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Turkish Kurds sit around a fire to warm themselves as they watch the Syrian town of Kobani from a hill near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 22, 2014.REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Turkish Kurds watch as smoke and dust rise over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 22, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Smoke and dust rise over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinarcrossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfaprovince October 22, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Turkish Kurds show victory sign during the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed during clashes against Islamic State in Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 22, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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Oct. 22, 2014. A man does his morning exercise on a polluted day by the side of a lake at Nanhu Park in Changchun, Jilin province.

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A woman passes the campaign posters in the upcoming Parliament election in Tunis, Tunisia.

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Russian artist Yelena

Zelenskaya baking cakes

inside the Korean leaders

Kim Jong-Un, u.s.

President Barack Obama

and German Chancellor

Merkel, preparing for a performance art.

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Patient Nina Pham is hugged by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, outside of National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md. Pham, the first nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected man at a Dallas hospital is free of the virus.

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A farmer carries a fully grown cabbage after plucking it out from the main crop which will be harvested early next month, and used to make Kimchi, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 at the Chilgol vegetable farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. It looks like the residents of Pyongyang won’t be lacking for cabbage and vegetables come next month, when the crops will be harvested. Providing enough food to feed the nation is always a struggle for North Korea, which suffered a near cataclysmic famine in the 1990s but has since managed to increase its agricultural production to what international organizations believe is closer to the self-sufficiency level than the country has seen in years. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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People carry the coffins of a Kurdish fighters who were killed in fighting against the 'Islamic State' in Kobane, Syria, during a funeral at the Suruc district city of Sanliurfa, Turkey. The 'Islamic State' militant group reportedly has gained ground around the Syrian town of Kobane in the last few days, despite more than two weeks of US-led airstrikes and an airdrop of weapons and ammunition to its Kurdish defenders.

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People wait at a church where students were taken to be reunited with parents following a shooting Friday at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington.

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Palestinian burn tires during clashes with Israeli security forces after the funeral of Palestinian-American, Orwah Hammad, 14, who was shot dead last Friday during clashes with Israeli army soldiers, at the entrance of Hammad's home village of Silwad, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Sunday Oct. 26, 2014. Hammad is the second Palestinian teen to be killed by Israeli army fire in ten days. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)Oct. 26, 2014

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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters undergo training by British soldiers at a shooting range in Arbil, in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdistan region, October 16, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

A displaced Iraqi girl stands at the Bilad al-Arab Elementary School, which has been turned into a housing complex for almost 31 families who fled from Islamic State violence in Mosul, in Baghdad October 22, 2014. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Kurdish Peshmergas take part in a training session on how to search for unexploded ordnance, conducted by a British company in SulaimaniyaOctober 14, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

A Kurdish Peshmerga demonstrates his skills in searching for unexploded ordnance, during a training session conducted by a British company in Sulaimaniya October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

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A Shi'ite fighter carries his weapon during a patrol in Jurf al-Sakhar October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State

militants in Zumar October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

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A Shi'ite fighter wears a headband as he patrols in Jurf al-Sakhar October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

A member of the Kurdish peshmerga forces stands guard during an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants in ZumarOctober 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ari JalalJanuary 13, 2015 59

Bomber B-1 US overflight Kobani town in Syria, dated 26.10.2014.

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Kurdish refugees tracking in Kobani fierce fighting between rebel fighters Peshmerga and the Islamic State, dated Oct.26,2014.

Oct. 26, 2014

Smoke rises following an air strike by US-led coalition in Kobani, looking from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruç, Turkey, dated Oct.26,2014.

Oct. 26, 2014

The crowd gathered to see flower poppy red ceramic forming art set "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" in the Tower of London.

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A Palestinian man in front of his home, which was demolished by Israeli bulldozers near the Jewish settlement of Karmel

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, bottom row, third left, and his deputy JusufKalla, bottom row, third right, pose for photographers with the newly appointed cabinet ministers after their the inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Afghan security officials secure the scene of a suicide bomb blast that targeted the office of a local attorney general in Kunduz,

Afghanistan, 27 October 2014. At least eight people, including the four perpetrators, were killed during a Taliban attack on theoffice of a local attorney general in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz. The victims included two policemen and two prosecutors. Three policemen and three prosecutors were also injured in the attack, which was claimed by the Taliban. EPA/NASIR WAQIF Oct. 27, 2014

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The sailors and Marines Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan plane KC-130 in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The Marines ended their mission in Helmand province and all the Marines, sailors and soldiers of the United States withdrew from the region of South-Western Afghanistan. (Photo by U.s. Marine Corps forces

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Iosif Kobzon (R), Russian singer and a deputy of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of Parliament, and Alexander Zakharchenko, separatist leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, sing during a concert, at a local theatre in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 27, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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Iraqi families surrender to Shi'ite fighters and the Iraqi Army after they took control of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud

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The Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, in Sanliurfa province, October 28, 2014.

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Oct. 28, 2014

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a base in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani,October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a base in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani, October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Kurdish peshmergafighters prepare before leaving their base on the outskirts of Arbil in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani, October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

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Go to the Syrian town of Kobane on October 28, 2014. Getty Images

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A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a base in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani, October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a base in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani ,October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a base in northern Iraq, Kobani ,October 28, 2014.-03

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a base in northern Iraq, Kobani ,October 28, 2014.-04

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Oct. 28, 2014

A photograph made available on 30 October 2014 shows lava from Kilauea

Volcano on the island of Hawaii, threatening the town of Pahoa, 29 October 2014. A breakout occured in the middle of the flow field as pressure from within builds. The lava has been flowing since an eruption on 27 June 2014. The Kƒ´laueavolcano has been active since a fissure eruption on in January 1983. It attracts tourists who travel to Hawaii to watch red hot glowing lava flow into the Pacific Ocean. epa/bruce omori mandatory credit: bruce omori/paradise helicopters

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Visitors crouch by a Halloween installation of 500 pumpkin lights in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China

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Oct. 29, 2014

A convoy carrying peshmerga soldiers on their way to the border of Turkey-Syria, near the town of Kiziltepe in Mardin's South-East. Peshmerga fighters from Iraq to southern Turkey to the Syrian town of Kobani help Kurdish Islamic State of siege

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Singer Rihanna poses at amfAR's fifth annual Inspiration Gala in Los Angeles, California October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014

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A Hindu devotee pushes the foam away to make space for other devotees to worship the sun god Surya in the River Yamuna during the religious festival of Chatt Puja in DelhiOct. 30, 2014

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Palestinians watch as the Egyptian army demolishes houses on the Egyptian side of the southern Gaza StripOct. 30, 2014

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Taylor Swift performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" to promote her new album "1989" in New York, October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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Nurse Kaci Hickox is accompanied by her boyfriend Ted Wilbur as she speaks to the media outside their home, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, in Fort Kent, Maine. Hickox, a nurse who defied an Ebola quarantine in the state of Maine after treating patients in West Africa, can travel unrestricted after a judge rejected the state's bid to limit her movements. Judge Charles C. LaVerdiere said Friday that Hickox must continue daily monitoring and co-ordinate travel with state officials so monitoring can continue. But the judge said there's no need for further restrictions because she's not infectious. ( AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket separates from the carrier aircraft prior to

it exploding in the air during a test flight on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The explosion killed a

pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering

wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert,

witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Kenneth Brown)

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A piece of debris is seen near the scene of the crash of Virgin Galactic'sSpaceShipTwo near Cantil, California October 31, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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Kurdish peshmerga fighters wave Kurdish flags atop an army vehicle

as they move towards the Syrian town of Kobani, October 31, 2014.

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An explosion following an airstrike is seen in the Syrian town of Kobani.

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Rurik Jutting, a 29-year-old British banker who has been charged with two counts of murder,

sits in a police van as it arrives at a court in Hong Kong. Police have charged Jutting with

two counts of murder after authorities found the bodies of two women in his apartment,

including one that had been hidden in a suitcase on a balcony.

Reuters / Sunday, November 02, 2014

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People visit the "Nueva Esperanza" (New Hope) cemetery during the Day of the Dead celebrations on the outskirts of Lima, Peru.Reuters / Sunday, November 02, 2014

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Taylor SwiftCredit Richard Perry-The New York Times

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Photographers take pictures of Rurik Jutting, a 29-year-old British man accused of murdering two women in Hong Kong, who has been remanded in custody.Nov. 3 , 2014

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US officials say a descent-safety device on the crashed Virgin Galactic spacecraft deployed early during Friday's fatal test flight. Air safety chief Christopher Hart said the "feathering" device, designed to slow the craft on re-entry, had activated without a command from the pilots. But he said it was too soon to confirm any possible cause of the crash.Nov. 3 , 2014

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Smoke rises from the explosion, demolishing houses in Rafah town on the other side of the border in Egypt as seen from the southern Gaza Strip of Palestine. The Egyptian army has been demolishing houses located along the border of the Gaza Strip after the army last week ordered residents to pay the land to make room for a buffer is planning to block the war element and the smugglers.

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Palestinian children take cover from the rain as they stand atop the ruins of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during the most recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, on a rainy day in the east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.Reuters / Tuesday, November 04, 2014

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A Palestinian man runs for cover from rain near houses that witnesses said were destroyed or damaged by Israeli shelling during the most recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the east of Gaza City.Reuters / Tuesday, November 04, 2014

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Afghan children study outside in Jalalabad province.

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A paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, hugs his wife after returning home from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300 troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military.Reuters / 7:20pm EST

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Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani walk through a refugee camp on their way to collect water for their families in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province November 5, 2014.Reuters / Wednesday, November 05, 2014

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Smoke rises as a house is blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in the Egyptian city of Rafah, near the border with southern Gaza Strip, November 6, 2014.Reuters / 7:45pm EST

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Smoke rises as Egyptian forces demolish homes as part of a military operation near the border with the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Egypt, on Nov. 4. Egyptian authorities evacuated 802 houses belonging to 1,165 families to seal off smugglers' tunnels and tried to crush a militant insurgency in northern Sinai.January 13, 2015 100

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TOPSHOTSA young boy looks on as he attends the funeral of a Kurdish Women's Protection Unit (YPJ) fighter who died during fighting in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on November 7, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINISARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images

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A mourner leans against the cemetery wall during the funeral of 19 year-old female Syrian Kurdish fighter Perwin Mustafa Dihap who died after being wounded during fighting against the Islamic State forces in her home town of Kobani, in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A mourner cries holding onto the coffin of 19 year-old Syrian Kurdish female fighter Perwin

Mustafa Dihap who died in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, after

being wounded during fighting against the Islamic State forces in her home town of Kobani.

Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by

extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish

fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Workers hoist an 85-foot-tall Norway Spruce from Hemlock Township, Pennsylvania into position as the 2014 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York November 7, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew KellyReuters / 12:45am EST

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The scale is best appreciated from on high. Here, the red moat of the Tower of

London is pictured from the top of The Shard.

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Thick black smoke rises over an eastern Kobani neighborhood following an airstrike on November 8, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

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A priest sprinkles holy water over a mass grave for Typhoon Haiyan victims during a commemoration

ceremony in Tacloban city in central Philippines November 8,

2014. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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People walk under the lit balloons installation along the river Spree in Berlin November 8, 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

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People run from an area filled with smoke at Taghyeer (Change) Square, after demolished huts were set on fire, in Sanaa November 10, 2014. These temporary shelters, set up by pro-democracy protesters in 2011, had not been removed from the square after protesters vacated it last year. It was not immediately apparent who had set the demolished huts on fire. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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Smoke rises in the sky after Afghan security forces detonated an explosive device at the site of a blast in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan, November 10, 2014. REUTERS/ ParwizNov. 10, 2014

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An ISIS fighter emerges from a tunnel in a screen grab from a

YouTube video published by the Islamic terror group's

media -Nov 10

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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L) walk ahead of other leaders as they arrive for the APEC Summit family photo in Beijing November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

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China's President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on the sidelines of the APEC meetings, in Beijing November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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A Palestinian uses a slingshot to throw stones toward Israeli soldiers during clashes in Siear town near the West Bank city of Hebron, November 11, 2014. REUTERS/ Mussa Qawasma

Nov. 11, 2014

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APEC leaders attend a family photo shoot at the International Convention Center at Yanqi Lake in Beijing.

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PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaPeople inspect a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on al-Marjeh neighborhood of Aleppo November 12, 2014.

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PhotographerChina Stringer NetworkLocationHANGZHOU, ChinaAlibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma looks back at a giant electronic screen showing real-time sales figures of the company's Taobao.com and Tmall.com, on the "Singles' Day" online shopping festival, at the company headquarters in Hangzhou, China.

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationSURUC, TurkeyKurdish refugee boys from the Syrian town of Kobani carry a wooden beam in a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province.Reuters / Wednesday, November 12, 2014

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaA group of around 400 demonstrators participate in a protest by burying their heads in the sand at Sydney's Bondi Beach, November 13, 2014. Hundreds of protesters participated in the event, held ahead of Saturday's G20 summit in Brisbane, which was being promoted as a message to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's government that, "You have your head in the sand on climate change".Reuters / Thursday, November 13, 2014

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A farmer harvests seaweed in Lianyungang, in east China's Jiangsu province.

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PhotographerKevin LamarqueLocationYANGON, MyanmarPresident Obama and opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi hold a press conference after their meeting at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar, November 14, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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PhotographerArnd Wiegmann

LocationLENZBURG, Switzerland

Sonja Enz of the Stapferhaus, an event place for contemporary exhibitions,

holds coins in her hands as she sits in a room filled with 4 million Swiss five

cent coins during a media preview of the exhibition "Geld - Jenseits von Gut und Boese" (Money -beyond good and

evil) in the town of Lenzburg west of Zurich, November 14, 2014.

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationBRISBANE, AustraliaAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he officially welcomes leaders to the G20 summit in Brisbane November 15, 2014. A showdown between Western leaders and Putin is likely at the G20 summit in Australia starting on Saturday, following fresh reports of Russian troops pouring into eastern Ukraine. REUTERS/David Gray

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PhotographerKevin LamarqueLocationBRISBANE, AustraliaU.S. President Barack Obama (C) gestures as he meets with European leaders to discuss the situation in Ukraine, at the G20 in Brisbane November 16, 2014. Pictures are (L-R) Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, French President Francois Hollande, Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission...

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PhotographerBrent Smith

LocationINDIANAPOLIS, United States

Paula (L) and Ed Kassig, parents of U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig who was behaded by Islamic State militants, walk toward microphones before reading a statement to the

press in Indianapolis, Indiana. The parents of Peter, beheaded by Islamic State militants after his abduction in Syria, asked for prayers for other captives in Syria and Iraq

in a brief public statement at their Indianapolis church.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerHosam Katan

LocationALEPPO, Syria

Men search for belongings amongst the rubble of damaged buildings in al-

Kalaseh neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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Thousands of those pieces of colorful sticky notes stuck on "Lennon Wall" while a couple holding a yellow umbrella, the symbol of civil disobedience movement occupied the Middle, passing by at the Admiralty Hong Kong in protest.

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PhotographerTyrone Siu

LocationHONG KONG, China

A masked pro-democracy protester climbs on a barricade after the arrival of bailiffs under a court injunction to

clear up part of the protest site, outside the government headquarters

in Hong Kong.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hugged by his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott during a reception at the Melbourne Cricket GroundDoctors perform surgeries, provided by Operation Smile, to repair facial deformities for patients, at the Vietnam Cuba hospital in Hanoi on 18 November 2014.

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PhotographerBaz Ratner

LocationJERUSALEM, Israel

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the

media on a Palestinian attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem November 18,

2014.

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PhotographerInts KalninsLocationSIAULIAI, LithuaniaPortuguese Air Force fighter F-16 (R) and Canadian Air Force fighter CF-18 Hornet patrol over Baltics air space, from the Zokniaiair base near Siauliai, Lithuania, November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

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PhotographerInts KalninsLocationSIAULIAI, LithuaniaPortuguese Air Force fighter F-16 (R) and Canadian Air Force fighter CF-18 Hornet patrol over Baltics air space, from the Zokniai air base near Siauliai, Lithuania, November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

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PhotographerCarlos JassoLocationMexico City, MexicoA masked demonstrator throws a petrol bomb towards riot police during a protest over the 43 missing Ayotzinapastudents, near the Benito Juarez International airport in Mexico City November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

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PhotographerStringer .Location

Yamal Peninsula, RussiaA member of an expedition group stands on

the edge of a newly formed crater on the Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia November 9,

2014. REUTERSReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

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An aerial picture shows a deforested area dotted with blue tarpaulins that mark the homes of miners at an illegal gold mining

site in La Pampa in Peru. Less than a month before the country plays host to

global climate talks, the government sent a battalion of police into south-eastern

jungles to dismantle camps like this one.Ballot boxes arrive at Medway Park in Gillingham as as the polls close on the

Rochester and Strood by-election.

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PhotographerAthit PerawongmethaLocationBANGKOK, ThailandThousands of Buddhist monks attend a mass alms-offering ceremony in Bangkok's shopping district November 23, 2014. A total of 10,000 Buddhist monks attended the event, according to organisers. REUTERS/Athit PerawongmethaReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

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PhotographerMario Anzuoni

LocationLOS ANGELES, United States

Taylor Swift performs "Blank Space" during the 42nd American Music Awards in Los Angeles,

California November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq

LocationJALAWLA, Iraq

Members of the Kurdish security forces take part in an intensive security deployment

after clashes with Islamic State militants in Jalawla, Diyala province November 23, 2014.

Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq

LocationSAADIYA, Iraq

A member of the Iraqi security forces fires his weapon during an intensive

security deployment after clashes with Islamic State militants in Saadiya,

Diyala province November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

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A demonstrator walks down the street after getting tear gas in her face in Ferguson, Mo., on Nov. 24.

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSAADIYA, IraqSmoke raises behind an Islamic State flag after Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters took control of Saadiya in Diyalaprovince from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSAADIYA, IraqMembers of the Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters celebrate after taking control of Saadiya in Diyala province from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSAADIYA, IraqIraqi Shiite fighters hold an Islamist State flag, which they pulled down from the frontlines after taking control of Saadiya in Diyalaprovince from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationJALAWLA, IraqIraqi Shi'ite fighters pose with an Islamic State flag which they pulled down on the front line in Jalawla, Diyala province, November 23, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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People walk on a walkway between two rows of trees in the city of Frankfurt, Germany.

Nov. 24, 2014

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A block of flats has collapsed in Egypt's capital, Cairo, killing at least 15 people, officials say. Seven people were also injured when the eight-storey building in the western suburb of Matariya collapsed overnight. Emergency services chief Gen Mamdouh Abdul Qader said: "We don't yet know the cause of the accident, but we have been told that two storeys were recently added totally illegally."

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The Kashmir people queued to vote outside a polling during the first vote elected legislature in Jammu and Kashmir in the Shadipora, a suburb of the city of Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

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A Syrian Kurdish refugee child from the Kobani area peers from a tent at a refugee camp in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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PhotographerJim Young

LocationFERGUSON, United States

Police officers look over the site of a building that was burned in riots the previous night in Ferguson, Missouri

November 25, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineA damaged dome is seen in yard of orthodox church damaged by recent shelling in Kuibyshevski district in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 25, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationFERGUSON, United StatesA resident, lying shirtless, keeps warm as another approaches the blazing skeleton of Juanita's Fashions R Boutique after it was burned to the ground in Ferguson, Missouri early morning November 25, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front carry their weapons as they move towards their positions near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, Syria, November 25, 2014.

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PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front sits in a tank decorated with the Nusra flag near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

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PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front carry their weapons as they walk near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

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PhotographerMAXIM ZMEYEVLocationPervomaisk, UkraineReuters / Saturday, November 15, 2014Pro-Russian separatists stand guard outside the building of a perinatal center damaged by what locals say was shelling by Ukrainian forces in the town of Pervomaisk, west of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, November 15, 2014.

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PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationHrabove, UkraineReuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014Pro-Russian separatists pose at a checkpoint near the village of Hrabove(Grabovo) in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine November 20, 2014.

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PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014Military boxes are seen near Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in a territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 21, 2014.

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PhotographerAntonio Bronic

LocationDonetsk, Ukraine

Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014A woman cleans a house damaged by

recent shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 23, 2014.

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PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A man walks past a car repair service building damaged by recent shelling in Kuibyshevskidistrict in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 25, 2014.

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PhotographerAndrew KellyLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Shoppers wait to enter Macy's to kick off Black Friday sales in New York.

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKIEV, UkraineReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (R) congratulates newly appointed Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk during a parliament session in Kiev, November 27, 2014. Ukraine's new parliament elected Yatseniuk for a new term as prime minister at its opening session, after Poroshenko and a newly-formed coalition in the assembly supported his appointment.

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Children are seen during an event at a psychological support centre organised by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Douma, a rebel-controlled suburb of the capital Damascus. Douma has been under government siege for more than a year, with residents facing dwindling food and medical supplies.

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Cricket Australia will conduct an immediate investigation into player safety after Phillip Hughes's death. The 25-year-old died on Thursday - two days after being struck on the neck by a short-pitched delivery during a domestic match in Australia.

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A young girl lies on a couch as the woman she was accompanying checks out shoes while shopping on Black Friday at the Garden State Plaza mall Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in Paramus, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A butcher holding his blade stands among sacrificed buffaloes inside an enclosed compound during the sacrificial ceremony of the "Gadhimai Mela" festival held in Bariyapur November 28, 2014. Sword-wielding Hindu devotees in Nepal began slaughtering thousands of animals and birds in a ritual sacrifice, ignoring calls by animal rights activists to halt what they described as the world's largest such exercise.

Nov. 28, 2014

Sacrificial slaughter in Nepal

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PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Sacrificed buffaloes lie on the ground of an enclosed compound during the sacrificial ceremony November 28, 2014.

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Sacrificial slaughter in Nepal

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PhotographerStringer .LocationKano, NigeriaReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Police officers stand near wreckage at a scene of multiple bombings at Kano Central Mosque, Nigeria, November 28, 2014.

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PhotographerStringer .Location

Kano, NigeriaReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014

Security and emergency agency staff investigate the Kano Central Mosque bombing scene in Kano November 29, 2014. Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria's biggest city Kano on Friday, killing at least 81

people, witnesses and officials said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerBobby Yip

LocationHONG KONG, China

Reuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014

A pro-democracy protester blocks a riot policeman during a clash outside

the government headquarters in Hong Kong December 1, 2014.

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PhotographerTyrone Siu

LocationHONGKONG, China

Reuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014Pro-democracy protesters sleep at a

tunnel blocked by protesters near the office of the Chief Executive in Hong

Kong December 1, 2014.

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PhotographerStringer .Location

ALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014Rebel fighters take up position behind

piles of sandbags on the Karm al-Tarabfrontline, next to Aleppo International

airport November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaRebel fighters aim their weapons as they take positions at the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Maysalounneighborhood in the old city of Aleppo November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerStringer .Location

Latakia, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November 25,

2014A rebel fighter fires an anti-tank

missile towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad

in the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province

November 25, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Khweled

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Monday, November 24, 2014Rebel fighters carry their weapons as they stand along an alleyway at the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Maysaloun neighborhood in the old city of Aleppo November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

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PhotographerMahmoud HebboLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014An injured girl reacts during what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, in the Bab al-Hadid district of Aleppo November 30, 2014.

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Photographer

Hosam Katan

Location

ALEPPO, Syria

Reuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014

Free Syrian Army fighters fire an anti-aircraft

weapon towards forces loyal to Syria's

President Bashar al-Assad in the Handarat

area, north of Aleppo. REUTERS/Hosam

Katan

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December , 2014

Indians walk though a tunnel decorated with murals during the Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Delegates from more than 190 countries will meet in Lima for two weeks to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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PhotographerMohammed SalemLocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Monday, December 01, 2014Palestinians warm themselves by a fire near the ruins of houses which witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during the most recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the east of Gaza City.

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PhotographerRonen ZvulunLocationEFRAT, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Monday, December 01, 2014Israeli soldiers stand at the scene of a stabbing attack near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, part of the Gush Etzion bloc, December 1, 2014. A Palestinian woman stabbed and slightly injured an Israeli in the occupied West Bank and was then shot and wounded by security forces, the military and police said.

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Photos by the Honduran President's Office announced

that the Christmas tree because of people standing together

established a new world record with the largest number of people in the square of the

capital, Tegucigalpa, on December 1, 2014.

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A Syrian refugee girl sits on the mud at a refugee camp in the city of Al-Faour of Lebanon near the border with Syria.

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The men of the Naga tribe performed a traditional dance festival in the village of horny Beak in Kisama in Nagaland, India. The Festival lasts for 10 days was named species of hornbills and is one of the largest festivals in the northeast of India, introduced the traditions and rich cultural heritage of the indigenous of Naga.

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PhotographerJonathan ErnstLocationWASHINGTON, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, December 02, 2014People gather to watch the lighting of U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an 88-foot white spruce from the Chippewa National Forest in Cass Lake, Minnesota, in Washington.

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PhotographerBobby Yip

LocationHONG KONG, China

Reuters / Tuesday, December 02, 2014Student leader Joshua Wong makes a

phone call during a hunger strike outside the government headquarters in Hong

Kong December 2, 2014.

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PhotographerDanish IsmailLocationKULANGHAM, IndiaReuters / Tuesday, December 02, 2014An Indian paramilitary trooper keeps guard near a polling station during the second phase of the state assembly election in Kulangham, north of Srinagar.

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Former Prime Minister and leader of the Fatherland party Yulia Tymoshenko, center, and lawmakers from her party vote during a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Ukraine’s parliament has approved the formation of a new government, bringing an end to weeks of behind-the-scenes political wrangling following an October election that ushered in a group of ardently pro-Western parties. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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PhotographerSuzanne Plunkett

LocationLONDON, United Kingdom

Reuters / Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Singer Ariana Grande performs during the 2014

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in London.

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A man reads the newspaper on the waterfront in the Urcaneighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Urca is a small and charming neighborhood located at the foot of the Sugar loaf mountain and surrounded by the Guanabara Bay. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi

LocationSanaa, Yemen

Reuters / Wednesday, December 03, 2014Rescuers search for survivors at the

residence of the Iranian ambassador after a suicide attacker drove a car laden with

explosives into the residence in Sanaa.

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PhotographerPOOL NewLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Wednesday, December 03, 2014Gregory Hughes (front), the father of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, cries as he carries his son's casket past mourners after his funeral service in the town of Macksville, Australia, December 3, 2014.

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PhotographerBobby YipLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, December 03, 2014(L-R) Cardinal Joseph Zen, former head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong, walks with Occupy Central civil disobedience founders Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, Chinese University sociology professor Chan Kin-man and University of Hong Kong law professor Benny Tai as they arrive at the Central Police Station to voluntarily surrender themselves to the police in Hong Kong December 3, 2014.

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PhotographerStringer Russia

LocationGrozny, Russia

Reuters / Thursday, December 04, 2014

The Press House burns as militants attack in Grozny,

December 4, 2014.

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PhotographerStringer RussiaLocationGrozny, RussiaReuters / Thursday, December 04, 2014A man looks into a burnt-out car near the Press House building, a local media agency, after a gun fight between gunmen and policemen in the Chechen capital Grozny.

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PhotographerAlaa Khweled

LocationLATAKIA, Syria

Reuters / Friday, December 05, 2014A rebel fighter fires a Grad long distance

shell towards forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad located in the

city of Jableh at the Syrian coast, from Jabalal-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province December 4, 2014.

REUTERS/Alaa Khweled

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PhotographerAntonio Bronic

LocationDonetsk, Ukraine

Reuters / Friday, December 05, 2014

Galina Bayeva cries with her son and husband next to the body of her father Vladimir Churilov who

was killed by recent shelling at the Azotny district in Donetsk, eastern

Ukraine, December 5, 2014. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

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PhotographerRobert Pratta

LocationLYON, France

Reuters / Friday, December 05, 2014

"Color or Not" installation by artist Yves Moreaux at the Saint-Jean Cathedral.

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PhotographerEduard KorniyenkoLocationStavropol, RussiaReuters / Friday, December 05, 2014An elderly woman sits on a bench during a religious procession in Stavropol, southern Russia, December 5, 2014. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko

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PhotographerPatrick FallonLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Saturday, December 06, 2014Logan Browning, with duct tape over her mouth, joins demonstrators protesting against police violence, including the July chokehold death of unarmed black man Eric Garner in New York, as they march near the area where LAPD shot an assault suspect on December 5, in Hollywood, California December 6, 2014. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon

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PhotographerNoah BergerLocationBERKELEY, United StatesReuters / Sunday, December 07, 2014Protesters retreat while police officers deploy teargas to disperse a crowd comprised largely of student protesters during a protest against police violence in the U.S., in Berkeley, California December 7, 2014.

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PhotographerOlivia HarrisLocationKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaReuters / Sunday, December 07, 2014A Vietnamese fan wipes blood on his head after scuffles between fans during the first leg of the Suzuki Cup 2014 semi-final match between Vietnam and Malaysia at Shah Alam stadium in Kuala Lumpur December 7, 2014.

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A fighter from the self-styled Donestk People's Republic (DPR) stands guard at the Savur-Mohyla monument to Red Army soldiers who died during World War Two near the eastern Ukrainian city of Snizhne. The DPR held a ceremony there on Sunday in memory of pro-Russian rebels who have died fighting the Ukrainian army this year.

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Supporters of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi waiting for him to speak at a meeting of the jugal-essential local before the election in Srinagar, the Indian Kashmir region under control.

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PhotographerAhmed SaadLocationBAIJI, IraqReuters / Monday, December 08, 2014Members of Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters eat on their vehicle on the outskirts of Baiji, north of Baghdad, December 8, 2014.

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PhotographerFeisal Omar

LocationMOGADISHU, Somalia

Reuters / Monday, December 08, 2014Blindfolded suspects crouch as they are detained during a security operation in

Hodan district of the capital Mogadishu, December 8, 2014, against suspected

militant Islamist group al Shabaabsympathisers.

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PhotographerPatrick Fallon

LocationLOS ANGELES, United States

Reuters / Saturday, December 06, 2014Actor Tyrese Gibson and daughter Shayla Somer join

demonstrators protesting against police violence, including the July chokehold death of unarmed black man Eric Garner in New York, as they march near the

area where LAPD shot an assault suspect, in Hollywood, California December 6, 2014.

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PhotographerAkhtar SoomroLocationMEERAN PUR, PakistanReuters / Tuesday, December 09, 2014A boy pushes a donkey cart loaded with bundles of cotton blooms that were collected by women cotton pickers in Meeran Pur village, north of Karachi September 25, 2014. Women make up the bulk of Pakistan's half a million cotton producers, but labor rights activists say they are often exploited by overseers, who often withhold their wages and may subject some of them to sexual harassment. Many women work in Pakistan's cotton fields...more

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Christmas lights illuminate the Medellin River in Colombia.

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PhotographerSuzanne PlunkettLocationOSLO, NorwayReuters / Wednesday, December 10, 2014Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai poses with the medal and the diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo December 10, 2014.

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PhotographerMahmoud HebboLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, December 10, 2014People walk past damaged buildings in Aleppo's al-Shaar district, December 10, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDERAA, SyriaReuters / Monday, December 08, 2014The word Steadfast is seen on a graffiti on a damaged building in al-Manshiyehneighbourhood in Deraa, December 7, 2014. REUTERS/Wsam Almokdad

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Members of the Palestinian national security forces carry the body of Palestinian Cabinet member Ziad Abu Ain during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Israeli and Palestinian pathologists disagreed Thursday on whether a blow to the body or a bad heart was the main cause of death of the Palestinian Cabinet minister who collapsed shortly after scuffling with Israeli troops during a West Bank protest. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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You came across the Christmas decoration lights in Vienna, Austria.

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A worker standing on a pile of rocks and mud after a landslide struck down at least eight homes in the rain at Camarillo Springs, California, United States of America.A worker standing on a pile of rocks and mud after a landslide struck down at least eight homes in the rain at Camarillo Springs, California, United States of America.Dec. 12 , 2014

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Activists perform as heads of state, from left, President Barack Obama, Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, China's President Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the Climate Change Conference COP20 in Lima Peru, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. The boat's sign reads in Spanish "Leave behind emissions. Climatic agreement." Delegates from more than 190 countries are meeting in Lima to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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Shiite faithful pilgrims gather between the holy shrine of Imam Hussein and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas, in the background, during the preparations for the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. The holiday marks the end of the 40-day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP Photo/HadiMizban)Dec. 12 , 2014

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PhotographerJonathan ErnstLocationWASHINGTON, United StatesReuters / Sunday, December 14, 2014President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia (R) and Sasha (not pictured) greet children with gifts as they arrive for the taping of the "Christmas in Washington" television special to benefit the Children's National Medical Center in Washington December 14, 2014.

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Toby Melville

Location

LONDON, United Kingdom

Reuters / Sunday, December 14, 2014

Rolene Strauss of South Africa (C) is

crowned Miss World 2014, as Elizabeth

Safrit of the U.S. (R) and Edina Kulczar of

Hungary (L) who placed third and second

respectively, look on at the ExCel Centre

in east London, December 14, 2014.

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PhotographerIssei KatoLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Sunday, December 14, 2014Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pauses as he puts a rosette on a name of a candidate who is expected to win, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, December 14, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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PhotographerJason Reed

LocationSYDNEY, Australia

Reuters / Monday, December 15, 2014

A hostage runs towards a police officer outside Lindt cafe, where

other hostages are being held, in Martin Place in central Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2014.

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PhotographerDavid Gray

LocationSYDNEY, Australia

Reuters / Monday, December 15, 2014Paramedics remove an injured woman on a

stretcher from the Lindt cafe, where hostages were being held, at Martin Place

in central Sydney December 16, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray

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The gunman has been named as Iranian self-styled cleric Man Haron

Monis, who received political asylum in Australia in 1996 and was on bail on a

number of charges.A female employee manages to escape from the Lindt Chocolate cafe in Martin

Place, Sydney, Dec. 15, 2014 after a gunman took dozens of people

hostage.

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationDonetsk region, UkraineReuters / Monday, December 15, 2014A man rides his bicycle past the wreckage of MH17, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane, at the site of the plane crash near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 15, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (

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PhotographerHasan ShaabanLocationBEIRUT, LebanonReuters / Monday, December 15, 2014Wadha al-Sayyed, wife of captive Lebanese soldier Khaled Moqbel, protests for his release and government action, near burning tyres blocking a road in Beirut, December 15, 2014. REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban

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PhotographerStringer .Location

Qamishli, SyriaReuters / Monday, December 15,

2014A refugee from the minority Yazidi

sect wraps himself with a blanket as he stands on a muddy path during wintry weather at Nowruz refugee

camp in Qamishli, northeastern Syria December 14, 2014.

REUTERS/Massoud Mohammed

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A man stands by tombstones carrying names of Romanian military personnel killed in fighting around the Otopeniairport during the anticommunist uprising 25 years ago, outside Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. The uprising, which left more than thousands dead, and ended the rule of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was executed, started in the western Romanian town of Timisoara on Dec. 16, 1989. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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PhotographerKhuram ParvezLocationPESHAWAR, PakistanReuters / Tuesday, December 16, 2014A soldier escorts schoolchildren from the Army Public School that is under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan, December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez

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PhotographerKhuram ParvezLocationPESHAWAR, PakistanReuters / Tuesday, December 16, 2014Men carry the coffin of a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, during a funeral in Peshawar December 16, 2014. REUTERS/KhuramParvez

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PhotographerAkhtar Soomro

LocationKARACHI, Pakistan

Reuters / Tuesday, December 16, 2014A man lights candles to mourn the

victims from the Army Public School in Peshawar, which was attack by Taliban

gunmen, in Karachi, December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

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An electronic board shows exchange rates for the Dollar, top, and the Euro, bottom, next to a luxury St. Petersburg china's shop in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. The exchange bureau used the double zero to show the 100 ruble threshold that the euro crossed against the ruble on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Tuesday, December 16, 2014Members of the public stand behind a note that can be seen among floral tributes that have been placed near the cafe where hostages were held for over 16-hours, in central Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray

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ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATHWomen mourn their relative Mohammed Ali Khan, 15, a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, at his house in Peshawar December 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen in Pakistan took hundreds of students and teachers hostage on Tuesday in a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, military officials said. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN -Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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The local hospitals were full of distraught parents

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A picture inset shows the House with Christmas decorations lights in the cities of Berlin, Hamburg-

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Photographer

Noor Khamis

Location

NAIROBI, Kenya

Reuters / Wednesday, December

17, 2014

Rescuers search for survivors in

the rubble of a collapsed

residential building in Makongeni

estate in Kenya's capital Nairobi

December 17, 2014.

REUTERS/Noor Khamis

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Photographer

Fayaz Aziz

Location

PESHAWAR, Pakistan

Reuters / Wednesday, December

17, 2014

People carry the coffin of a male

student who was killed in

Tuesday's attack on the Army

Public School, which was

attacked by Taliban gunmen,

during his funeral in Peshawar,

Pakistan, December 17, 2014.

REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

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People have left thousands of floral

tributes for hostages Tori Johnson

and Katrina Dawson who died,

along with the gunman, as police

commandos stormed a cafe in

Martin Place in the heart of Sydney early on Tuesday morning.

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Afghan students learn outdoors in the District of Mohmand Dara District of Eastern province.

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Damages inside the Army Public School attacked last Tuesday by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. The Taliban massacre that killed more than 140 people, mostly children, at a military-run school in northwestern Pakistan left a scene of heart-wrenching devastation, pools of blood and young lives snuffed out as the nation mourned and mass funerals for the victims got underway. (AP Photo/MuhammedMuheisen)

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Chechen fighters in Ukraine

Chechen fighters in Ukraine

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Gene Desrosiers, dressed as Santa Claus, rides his scooter down SconticutNeck Rd., Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, in Fairhaven, Mass. (AP Photo/Standard Times, Peter Pereira)

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PhotographerStringer .LocationSINJAR, IraqReuters / Sunday, December 21, 2014People from the minority Yazidi sect pass a destroyed military vehicle belonging to Islamic State militant at Mount Sinjar, in the town of Sinjar, Iraq, December 21, 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

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Decorative lights stuck on the tree to celebrate Christmas and the new year coming in the garden Than in Gapyeong, South Korea.

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PhotographerFayaz AzizLocationPESHAWAR, PakistanReuters / Monday, December 22, 2014Grandmother (R) and mother of Muhammad Ali Khan, a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on Army Public School, react during a visit by Imran Khan (L), chairman of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, at the school in Peshawar December 22, 2014. REUTERS Fayaz Aziz

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PhotographerStringer .Location

IDLIB, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Rebel fighters walk around al-Hamidiyeh base, one of two military

posts they took control of from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-

Assad in the northwestern province of Idlib, December 15, 2014.

REUTERS/Stringer

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The Syrian front

The Syrian front

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PhotographerSultan Kitaz

LocationALEPPO, Syria

Reuters / Sunday, December 21, 2014

A rebel fighter rests after clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-

Assad in Ramouseh, an area located beside Aleppo

Artillery school, December 21, 2014. REUTERS/Sultan

Kitaz

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PhotographerBassam Khabieh

LocationDAMASCUS, Syria

Reuters / Monday, December 22, 2014A general view shows damaged buildings in Jobar, a suburb of Damascus, December 22,

2014. The city of Damascus is seen in the background. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

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PhotographerStringer .LocationSNOUN, IraqReuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014Female fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) stand near the border between Syria and Iraq, close to the Iraqi town of Snoun December 22, 2014. Kurdish and Yazidi fighters battled to take the Sinjar back from Islamic State after breaking a months-long siege of the mountain above it. Seizing the town would restore the majority of territory Iraq's Kurds lost in Islamic State's surprise offensive in August....more

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Photographer

Tami Chappell

Location

ATLANTA, United States

Reuters / Tuesday, December 23,

2014

General Manager Brandon Delaney

looks up at the marquee sign after

the announcement that the Plaza

Theatre would be showing the movie

"The Interview" beginning Christmas

Day in Atlanta, Georgia December 23,

2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

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The victim's coffin Tori Johnson killed in service holding hostages at a cafe in Sydney were given hearse after the funeral in Sydney, Australia. Ms. Johnson was hailed as a hero after trying so enraged taking weapons from the gunmen.

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PhotographerAlexandre Meneghini

LocationHAVANA, Cuba

Reuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014Children play on the

street in Havana, Cuba, December 23,

2014. REUTERS/Alexandre

Meneghini

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PhotographerFaisal MahmoodLocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Tuesday, December 23, 2014Men decorate a Christmas tree ahead of Christmas in a Christian slum in Islamabad, December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

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Christmas revellers have been enjoying a spectacular

light installation in Seville, SpainDec. 24 , 2014

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Bomb squad officers in Malang, on the Indonesian island of Java, are carefully searching churches ahead of Christmas services

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Volunteers clad in Santa Claus costumes throw their hats in the air as they gather to deliver gifts for the poor in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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PhotographerZohra Bensemra

LocationISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Reuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014

A girl carries her nephew at her house in a Christian slum in Islamabad on

Christmas eve, December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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PhotographerLucas Jackson

LocationGAMBERI, Afghanistan

Reuters / Wednesday, December 24, 2014U.S. soldier from the 3rd Cavalry

Regiment take part in a Christmas Eve celebration with soldiers from the Polish

army's 21st Mountain Brigade on forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman

province of Afghanistan December 24, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Thursday, December 25, 2014Two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters carry U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) away after a Christmas Day visit to forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghmanprovince of Afghanistan December 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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The Salaj family in the town of Cazma, Croatia, have turned their estate into a massive Christmas light installation featuring 1.5 million lights

Seasonal lightsDec. 25 , 2014

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An impromptu nativity scene and tree are made using rubble in the heavily-damaged Hamedieh neighbourhood of Homs, Syria

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The Champs Elysees avenue in Paris is illuminated by Christmas lights hanging from trees, as rush hour traffic fills the avenue leading to the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, Dec. 17. (Remy de la Mauviniere/Associated Press)

Seasonal lights

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Shoppers tour a shopping mall decorated with light installation for the Christmas season in Beijing, China, Dec. 7. (Andy Wong/Associated Press)

Seasonal lights

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Community members look for the nameplates of their loved ones Dec. 9, at Myers Funeral

Service and Crematory in Porterville, Calif. during the 20th

year of the memorial tree lighting. (Chieko Hara/The

Porterville Recorde via Associated Press)

Seasonal lights

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People enjoy the Christmas lights on the 700 block of 34th Street in the Hampden community of Baltimore, Maryland on Dece. 12. The display called "Miracle on 34th Street" dates back to 1947 and attracts thousands of tourists each year. (MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Seasonal lights

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PhotographerLucas Jackson

LocationGAMBERI, Afghanistan

Reuters / Friday, December 26, 2014U.S. soldiers from Dragon Company of the

3rd Cavalry Regiment search a range for improvised explosive devices before an

exercise near forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of

Afghanistan December 26, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik India edit the final definition for the sand sculpture of two missing aircraft, AirAsia's QZ8501 and MH370 of the Malayasia Airlines, on the beach of Golden Sea in Puri, about 65 miles east of the city of Bhubaneswar, India.

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PhotographerStringer .LocationRas Lanuf, LibyaReuters / Monday, December 29, 2014Firefighters work to put out the fire of a storage oil tank at the port of Es Sider in Ras Lanuf December 29, 2014. Oil tanks at Es Sider have been on fire for days after a rocket hit one of them, destroying more than two days of Libyan production officials said. REUTERS/Stringer

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A crew member of Indonesian Navy CN-235 airplane prays prior to the start of a search operation for the missing AirAsia flight 8501 at the airport in PangkalPinang, Bangka Island, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Six bloated bodies and debris seen floating in Indonesian waters Tuesday painful ended the mystery of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the Java Sea and was lost to searchers for more than two days. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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PhotographerBeawiharta BeawihartaLocationSURABAYA, IndonesiaReuters / Tuesday, December 30, 2014Family members of passengers onboard missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 cry at a waiting area in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia, December 30, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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Fireworks light up Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong to celebrate by 2015.

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PhotographerSigit PamungkasLocationSURABAYA, IndonesiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Indonesian military carry the caskets containing the bodies of two AirAsiaflight QZ8501 passengers recovered off the coast of Borneo at a military base in Surabaya, Indonesia, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A woman wears a head band displaying 2015 as she waits for the annual New Year fireworks display on Sydney Harbour, Australia, December 31, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray

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PhotographerTatyana MakeyevaLocationMoscow, RussiaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks light the sky over the Kremlin's Spasskaya (Saviour) Tower, covered by scaffolding, during celebrations of New Year's Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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PhotographerKim Kyung HoonLocationBEIJING, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Performers and attendees celebrate the arrival of the new year in front of the National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest", on which the year 2015 is projected, during a new year's countdown event celebrating the arrival of the new year and wishing in winning the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in Beijing January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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PhotographerJason ReedLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the annual fireworks display to usher in the new year, early January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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PhotographerSuzanne PlunkettLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Fireworks explode behind the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben on the River Thames during New Year celebrations in London January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

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PhotographerLucas Jackson

LocationGAMBERI, AfghanistanReuters / Wednesday,

December 31, 2014U.S. soldiers from Dragon

Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment take part in their

last exercise of 2014 near forward operating base

Gamberi in Laghmanprovince, Afghanistan,

December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerAlessandro BianchiLocationVatican, Vatican CityReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014Pope Francis kisses the statue of baby Jesus as he arrives to lead the First Vespers and TeDeum prayers in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

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PhotographerThomas PeterLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014A woman ties a piece of paper to a string as part of a Shinto ritual on the first day of the new year at the Shinto Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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PhotographerThomas Peter

LocationTOKYO, Japan

Reuters / Wednesday, December 31, 2014

People pray during ceremonies bidding farewell to 2014, ahead

of New Year's Day, at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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