2014 - best photos of the year - part i
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2014Best photos of the year
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Part I
Part I
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PPS: chieuquetoi , vinhbinh2010
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January 2014
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Jan. 1 ,2013
Participants in the festival celebrating the new year eve shooting for at Times Square in New York.
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Pope Francis kisses a baby Jesus statue as he
leads a mass at Saint Peter's Basilica at the
Vatican January 1, 2014. REUTERS/Giampiero
Sposito
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Jan. 1 ,2013 Noriaki Kasai of Japan racer jump in ski competitions in southern Germany.
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Crystal City in the State of Virginia, United States, covered under snow paper which deeply angered 2/1/14
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Teens in Harat, Afghanistan bearing tree about heaters. High unemployment and the price of Prime red activities makes it difficult for most of the population of Afghanistan.
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A worker adjustment traditional lanterns in preparation for a temple festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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A man puts a Benfica scarf on the Eusebio monument at Luz stadium in
Lisbon January 5, 2014. Portuguese great Eusebio, top scorer at the 1966
World Cup, died on Sunday from a heart attack at the age of 71 with the
small Iberian nation mourning him as an "eternal symbol" of their football
pride. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
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Jan. 7 ,2013
Red Lantern before the lunar new year in a family factory in Henan province, China.
Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash during an
eruption, as seen from Berastepu village in Karo
district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province,
January 10, 2014.
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Coffee plants covered in ash spewed out of Mount Sinabung (background) after it erupted are seen at Kuta Rakyat village in
Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, January 11, 2014. More than 22,000 villagers have been evacuated since
authorities raised the alert status for the volcano to the highest level in November 2013, local media reported on
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Jan. 12 ,2013Those attending the funeral read Koran beside of Pakistani students Aitzaz Hassan, 15 years old, died when an pre-loss suicide attack outside of school children on Thursday in Hangu district. Police suggested donating Aitzaz Hassan conferred medals for civilians.
An illuminated mosque on the eve of the Eid-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet
Mohammad, in Karachi, Pakistan, January 13, 2014. Eid-Milad-ul-Nabi, is
celebrated all over the world every year with traditional festivity and religious fervor.
(Shahzaib Akber/EPA)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
stands in front of the grave of former Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during his funeral
near Sycamore Farm, Sharon's residence in
southern Israel, January 13, 2014.
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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic of
passing the magazine published pictures of her
fans when signing autographs after winning the
men's singles match with Leonardo Mayer of
Argentina at the Australian Open tennis
tournament 2014, Melbourne, Australia.
Jan. 15, 2014. The U.S. Capitol is shrouded in a dense morning fog in Washington.
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The car is overlapping after flood waters swept away in Manado. At least 13 people were killed after flash floods and land scoured the
night in Sulawesi island of Indonesia.
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The supporters of integration the European body with duct tape the mouth paste to attend a rally against the new Act passed in Kiev, Ukraine. The
Ukrainian President Yanukovich supporters passed a sweeping Bill in Congress aims to prevent
protests against the Government.
Jan. 17, 2014. Palestinian youth clash with Israeli security forces a protest in Nahal Oz, east of Gaza City.
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A man sweeping volcanic ash on roofs after the Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sibintun work again. The volcano started spewing ash since September last year, killing over 20,000 people living around the mountain to evacuate to a couple staying in camps.
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A dog pulled sleigh carrying visitors across the Lake landscape Mirror, in the village of Lake Placid, New York.
Jan. 19, 2014. Priest consecrates water during a celebration of Epiphany not far away from Saint-
Petersburg in Petergof, Russia.Jan. 19 ,2013
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Jan. 19, 2014. Opposition leader and former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, center, is attacked and sprayed with a fire extinguisher as he tries to stop the clashes between police and protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine.
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Jan. 19, 2014. Muslims living in Greece chant religious slogans during a celebration to commemorate the birth of Muslim's Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid), in Athens, Greece.
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People visit cemeteries and memorial parks Soviet troops were killed in the crackdown Black January 1990 in Baku,
capital of Azerbaijan.
Jan. 20, 2014. A protester sets fire to a Molotov cocktail during clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine.
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A protester holding shields of anti-riot police stand in front of the fence barrier after clashes in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine.
Jan. 21, 2014. A Palestinian girl looks out a bus window as she waits with her family, hoping to cross into Egypt, at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
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Jan. 21, 2014. A Palestinian family waiting hoping to cross into Egypt, at the the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
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Senior Syrian opposition member Haitham al-Maleh sits alone during the second session of the Geneva-2 peace
conference in Montreux January 22, 2014. Syria's government and opposition, meeting for the first time,
angrily spelled out their mutual hostility on Wednesday at a U.N. peace conference where world powers also offered
sharply divergent views on forcing out Bashar al-Assad. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi
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Jan. 23, 2014. An Army honor guard escorts the caisson carrying the coffin containing the remains of Army Sgt. Peter C. Bohler, during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va..
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Protesters stand behind barriers in front of riot police in central Kyiv, Ukraine.
Jan. 24, 2014. Anti-government protestors clear a channel through barricades near Dynamo Stadium on
in Kiev, Ukraine.
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Jan. 25, 2014. Riot police keep a fire hose aimed at protesters continously during rioting on Hrusehvskoho Street in central Kiev. Freezing temperatures creates a dramatic landscape of fire and ice.
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Syrians look through rubble following a reported airstrike attack by government forces on Daraya, southwest of the capital Damascus, on January 25, 2014. Helicopters struck Daraya, using TNT-laden barrels, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group with a network of sources inside the war-torn country. (Fadi Dirani /AFP/Getty Images) #
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Rebel fighters on a street in the northeastern city of Deir Ezzoron January 25, 2014. More than 130,000 people have been killed in Syria in nearly three years, and millions more forced to flee their homes. (Ahmad Aboud/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A female member of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) takes up position at Al-Menajir village, Ras Al-Ain in the countryside near Hasaka, January 26, 2014. Violent clashes between members of the YPG and the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and other Syrian Islamic rebel groups, took place in Al-Menajir village, activists said. (Rodi Said/Reuters) #
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Jan. 26 ,2013
People walk among the debris after a fire in
Baojing Dong Minority village of Zhenyuantownship, Guizhou province January 26, 2014. More than 100 houses were destroyed after a
fire that broke out in an ancient ethnic village on Saturday. The village, which was built 300 years
ago, holds nearly 2,000 inhabitants. No casualties have been reported and the cause of
the fire is being investigated, state media reported. REUTERS/Stringer
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Jan. 26, 2014. Men carry a casket containing the body of Mikhail Zhiznevsky, 25, an anti-government protester who was killed in clashes with police, after a memorial service in his honor in Kiev, Ukraine.
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Riot police stand behind their shields at the site of clashes with anti-government protesters in Kiev,
January 27, 2014. Police clashed with protesters in central Kiev on Sunday and the fate of Ukraine's
government was uncertain after embattled President Viktor Yanukovich offered important posts to opposition
leaders, including the role of prime minister.REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
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T-34 tanks of the Soviet Union during World War II parade marks the 70th anniversary of the battle to relieve the city of Leningrad in St. Petersburg, Russia. More than a million people died, mainly of hunger, during the 900 day siege.
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An Egyptian man who standing between the wreckage after a bomb blast at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo. The three bombings targeted prominent area around Cairo on Friday, including a car bombing targeting the death dose City police headquarters.
People search for casualties under rubble at a site hit by what activists said was shelling by government forces in Aleppo's al-Jazmati district, Syria, January 28, 2014.REUTERS/Hosam Katan
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Jan. 28, 2014. Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsitalks from a cage in a makeshift courtroom inside a police
academy in Cairo, Egypt.Jan. 28 ,2013
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People rest at the aisle of a Publix grocery store after being stranded due to a snow storm in Atlanta, Georgia, January 29, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
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Fireworks over the city sky in a ceremony to welcome the new year at Marina Bay in Singapore.
A member of the Russian military walks past a rocket launcher near residential houses next to the Olympic Park in the Adler district of Sochi, January 29, 2014. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to February 23. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk
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People walk past as the Olympic rings and the cauldron for the Olympic flame are reflected in a puddle of water on the Olympic Park as preparations continue for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, January 30, 2014. The opening ceremony for the winter games will be held February 7. REUTERS/FabrizioBensch
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Worshippers burn incense and pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the Chinese New Year of the horse in Hong Kong on Jan. 30, 2014.
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Performers dance during a temple fair to celebrate the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, Jan. 31, 2014.
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February , 2014
Feb. 1, 2014. Protesters stand guard near one of the barricade during the continuing protest in Kiev, Ukraine.January 13, 2015 53
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Residents and activists hold the hand of a girl who survived
from under debris after what activists said were explosive barrels thrown by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Tariq Al Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo February 2, 2014. REUTERS/Saad Abobrahim
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Feb. 3, 2014. An anti-government protestor listens as leader Suthep Thaugsuban speaks about the elections during his daily speech in Bangkok.
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Feb. 3, 2014
Girls walk on a muddy lane towards their house in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, February 4, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
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Feb. 4, 2014
A Palestinian man reacts as he sits atop rubble after his home was demolished in Jabel Mukaber, a
village in the suburbs of East Jerusalem February 5, 2014. Three Palestinians were detained on Wednesday for throwing stones at Israeli policemen who were securing a court-ordered demolition of some three houses in East Jerusalem suburbs, a police spokesman said. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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Feb. 5, 2014. Members of the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) lynch a man suspected of being a former Séléka rebel in Bangui, Central African Republic.
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Feb. 7, 2014. Snowflakes hover above performers of Voices of Russia during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia.
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Performers dance during the opening ceremony of
the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 7, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray
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Fireworks lit the Olympic Park during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
A woman welcomes the snow as she poses for a photograph at Lujiazui financial district of Pudong, in Shanghai, February 10, 2014. Shanghai's first snow in 2014 started early Monday morning, according to local media. REUTERS/Aly Song
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Feb. 10, 2014. A girl plays the piano on the barricades on Grushevskogo Street, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad walk in the old city of Aleppo, February 11, 2014. REUTERS/George Ourfalian
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Feb. 11, 2014
Newlyweds bow to Han Hak-ja (not pictured), widow of Evangelist Reverend Sun-Myung Moon, as they attend a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, about 60 km (37 miles) northeast of Seoul February 12, 2014. The Unification Church founded by evangelist reverend Moon Sun-myung in Seoul in 1954, performed its first mass wedding in 1961 with 33 couples. Approximately 2,500 couples attended the mass wedding. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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A girl sticks out her tongue during snowfalls on a street in Hefei, Anhui
province, China, February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
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Feb. 14, 2014. Kashmiri villagers shout pro-freedom
slogans during the funeral of alleged Hizbul
Mujahideen militant Arshid Ahmed in Shopian, some
60 kms south of Srinagar, Kashmir.
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An Afghan refugee girls donated stuffed toys for you on Valentine's Day in a slum in the outskirts of the city of Islamabad, Pakistan.
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A young boy hugging his little sister survived the attack but activists say an air strike forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Masaken Hanano in the city of Aleppo.
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Anti-government protesters throw
Molotov cocktails as they attack an office of the pro-presidential Party of the Regions in Kiev, February 18, 2014. Several thousand anti-government protesters clashed with police near Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday, torching vehicles and hurling stones in the worst violence to rock the capital Kiev in more than three weeks. As the clashes extended into early afternoon, protesters ransacked a nearby office of Viktor Yanukovich's Party of the Regions. REUTERS/MaksymKudymets
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The bush smoldering after a fire in
Taman Bukit Melawati park in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
Thai police officers react after an
explosion during clashes with anti-government protesters near Government House in Bangkok February 18, 2014. REUTERS/AthitPerawongmetha
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Anti-government protesters throw missiles during clashes with riot police at the Independence Square in Kiev February 18, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
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Anti-government protesters are wounded after the clash with the police in Kiev on February 18, 2014. Police said seven officers died from gunshot wounds on Tuesday, while authorities and demonstrators said five civilians were also killed in the clashes, bringing the death toll to at least 16. Hundreds of people were injured, including dozens of police officers, some with serious wounds. (Okeksandr Ratushniak/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Anti-government protesters clash with the police as they storm in the main Police City Office in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on February 18, 2014. Anti-government protesters in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on February 18 seized the regional administration building and police headquarters as clashes raged in Kiev, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. Some 500 demonstrators stormed the regional administration after bombarding it with stones before taking the control of the local police headquarters in the largely pro-EU city. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A portrait of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich burns near the destroyed building of the security service in Lviv February 19, 2014. Opponents of Ukraine's president declared political autonomy in the major western city of Lviv on Wednesday after a night of violence when protesters seized public buildings and
forced police to surrender. (Marian Striltsiv/Reuters) #
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An aerial view shows Independence Square during clashes between anti-
government protesters and Interior Ministry members and riot police in central Kiev February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Olga Yakimovich
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Feb. 20, 2014. A protester holds an Ukranian national flag from a burned building during a face-off against police in Kiev. Ukraine.
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People pray near the bodies of anti-government protesters
killed during clashes with riot police in Kiev February 20, 2014. REUTERS/StringerFeb. 20, 2014
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An alleged sniper (C) and member of the pro-government forces is beaten by anti-government
protestors in Kiev on February 22, 2014. The regime of Ukraine's president appeared close to collapse on
February 22 as the emboldened opposition took control of central Kiev and key government and
parliament positions and voted to immediately free its jailed leader Yulia Tymoshenko. AFP PHOTO /
BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
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TOPSHOTS
Belarus soldiers share tender moments with their
sweethearts during their meeting at a military training centre
outside Minsk, on February 23, 2014. AFP PHOTO/VIKTOR
DRACHEVVIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images
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A man sits on a chair in the house of Ukraine's former
prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka in the village of
Gorenichy outside Kiev February 24,
2014. REUTERS/Konstantin ChernichkinFeb. 24, 2014
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Riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators as they try to march to the Turkish Parliament during a protest against Turkey's ruling Ak Party (AKP) government in Ankara February 26, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
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Tens of thousands gather in Kiev's Independence square to hear the line-up of the new pro-Western cabinet on February 26, 2014. The line-up of the new pro-Western cabinet is due to be read out to the masses on Kiev's barricades-riven Independence Square -- the crucible of the latest wave of protests and also the site of the pro-democracy 2004 Orange Revolution that first nudged Ukraine on its Westward course.AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Pro-Russian demonstrator waves Russian and Crimea flags atop an old Soviet Army tank during a protest in front of a local government building in Simferopol, Feb. 27, 2014.
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People carry a giant Russian flag during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol, Feb. 27, 2014.
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A flag of the Russian Navy hangs from a tree as policemen stand guard in front of the local parliament building on Feb. 28, 2014 in Simferopol.
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Members of 'Grupo Especial
Dragoes da Real' samba school
perform during the celebrations of
Carnival at the sambadrome of
Anhembi, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 28
February 2014. EPA/Sebastiao
Moreira
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A woman waves a Russian flag as armed
servicemen wait near Russian army
vehicles outside a Ukrainian border guard
post in the Crimean town of Balaclava,
March 1, 2014.
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Members of a pro- Russian group raise a Russian flag in front of a military base in Simferopol on Sunday.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei
Shoigu and head of the Russian army's main department of
combat preparation Ivan Buvaltsev watch military exercises at the
Kirillovsky firing ground in the Leningrad region, March 3,
2014. REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
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Unarmed Ukrainian soldiers approach Russian positions on the perimeter of the contested Belbek air force base in Crimea, March 4, 2014.
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A girl walks through rubble of demolished Muslims homes in the district of Miskine in the capital Bangui, Central African Republic March 5, 2014. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
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Pro-Russian demonstrators rally in front of the local parliament building in Crimea's capital Simferopol, March 6, 2014. (Yuri Kozyrev—NOOR for TIME)January 13, 2015 97
Pro-Russian demonstrators in Simferopol, Ukraine March 06 2014
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The body of a man is seen tied to a soccer goal post after al Qaeda militants shot him to death accusing him of spying for the United States outside al-Shihr city of the southeastern Yemeni province of Hadhramout March 6, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
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ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH Men try to pull a body from under the rubble at a site hit by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's district of al-Sukari March 8, 2014.REUTERS/Hosam Katan
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A general view of a deserted and damaged street filled with debris in Homs March 9, 2014. REUTERS/Thaer Al KhalidiyaJanuary 13, 2015 101
A Ukrainian soldier (2nd left) shaking hands with a soldier who is believed to Russia at a military base in the village of Ukraine Perevalnoye near Simferopol in Crimea city.Crimea's pro-Russian prime minister will give people the choice to live there passport Russia or Ukraine if the Ukrainian territory became part of Russia in a referendum on March 16
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A woman walks through blossom in a
park on March 13, in Sevastopol,
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Tatars during friday prayers ahead of the referendum to be held on Sunday to decide if the peninsula should rejoin
Russia, in Bakhchysarai, Ukraine, March 14, 2014. An 11th-hour bid by Secretary of State John Kerry to ease the crisis
over the Kremlin's intervention in Crimea ended inconclusively on Friday. (Uriel Sinai/The New York Times)
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A man inspects the damage at
a site hit by what activists said
were barrel bombs dropped by
forces loyal to Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad in
Aleppo's district of al-Sukari
March 16, 2014.
REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
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CIVIL UNREST)
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Russian army MI-35 military helicopters patrol the area as Ukrainian servicemen guard a checkpoint near the village of Strelkovo in Kherson region adjacent to Crimea, March 16, 2014. Ukraine accused "Kremlin agents" on Saturday of fomenting deadly violence in Russian-speaking cities and urged people not to rise to provocations its new leaders fear Moscow may use to justify a further invasion after its takeover of Crimea. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)
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Iraqi security forces fire an artillery during clashes
with the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL) in Jurf al-Sakhar March 17, 2014.
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A Ukrainian serviceman guards a
checkpoint near the village of
Strelkovo in Kherson region
adjacent to Crimea, March 17,
2014. REUTERS/Valentyn
Ogirenko
Ukrainian soldiers and military helicopters are seen near the village of Salkovo, in Kherson region adjacent to Crimea, March 18, 2014.REUTERS/Viktor Gurniak
A Ukrainian soldier stands near
an armored personnel carrier
(APC) at a checkpoint near the
village of Salkovo, in Kherson
region adjacent to Crimea,
March 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Viktor Gurniak
Ukrainian soldiers and an armored personnel carrier (APC) are seen near the village of Salkovo, in Kherson region adjacent to Crimea, March 18, 2014.REUTERS/Viktor Gurniak
Ukraine military on guard
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Israeli soldiers stand atop tanks in the Golan
Heights near Israel's border with Syria March
19, 2014. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
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A Free Syrian Army fighter takes a position behind piled sandbags as he aims his weapon near the Justice Palace, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, March 12, 2014.REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo
A damaged car is seen at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's district of al-Sukari, March 16, 2014.REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
Flames are seen after what Free Syrian Army fighters said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at the compound of the justice palace in the old city of Aleppo, after the FSA claimed to have taken control of the justice palace, March 19, 2014.REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
A man carries a survivor at a site hit by what activists said was an air strike from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Sad Al-Lawz in Aleppo, March 18, 2014.REUTERS/Hosam Katan
A week in Aleppo
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Vanessa Kennedy assumes a
position during the Bold & Naked
yoga class in New York March 19,
2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Iraqi Kurdish people carry fire torches up a mountain where a giant flag of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is laid, as they celebrate Newroz Day, a festival marking their spring and new year, near Dahuk, March 20, 2014. Newroz Day is also celebrated in other countries including Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Pro-Russian militia members remove a local resident as Russian troops assault the Belbek air base, outside Sevastopol, on Saturday, March 22. Following its annexation of Crimea, Russian forces have consolidated their control of the region.
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Anti-government protesters
kiss during a protest against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro'sgovernment in Caracas March 22, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Veron
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First lady Michelle Obama walks with her daughters Sasha and Malia as they visit the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China, in Beijing March 23, 2014.REUTERS/PetarKujundzic
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Steve Skaglund walks across the rubble on the east side of Saturday's fatal mudslide near Oso, Wash., Sunday, March 23, 2014. (Genna Martin/AP/The Herald) #
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President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel sit at a round at a meeting of the G7 in The Hague, Netherlands on March 24, 2014.
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Um Fathy, 70-years-old, collects clothes that were left out to dry next to mausoleums in front of her home at the El'Arafa necropolis, a cemetery located in the City of the Dead, in Cairo, Egypt March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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Ukrainian tanks are transported from their base in Perevalne, Crimea, on Wednesday, March 26
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Kosovo Albanians mourn during a reburial
ceremony of the remains of 19 Albanians who were killed during the Kosovo War and identified from a mass grave in the village of Krusha e Vogel March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Hazir Reka
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Cows graze near a tank and servicemen, believed to be Russian, outside a military base in Perevalnoye, near the Crimean city of Simferopol, March 27, 2014.REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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Afghan women attend a rally for Presidential candidate Dr. ZalmayRassoul and Vice President Habiba Sourabi, in a stadium in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, March 27, 2014. There has been a surge in Taliban attacks aimed at derailing elections leading up to voting day in Afghanistan, and the future stability of the country is unclear. (Credit: Lynsey Addario for Time Magazine)
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Gear and weapons of victims are placed by the road as security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack on
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A man reacts as he visits at the site of the recent clashes in central Ukrainian capital Kiev March 30, 2014. REUTERS/Konstantin Grishin
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A crowd prays as they start to gather in a field to see Abdullah before a campaign stop in Dashtak, Afghanistan on March 31, 2014. (WakilKohsar/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A Syrian man evacuates a child found in the rubble of a building reportedly hit by an explosives-filled barrel dropped by a government forces helicopter on March 18 in Aleppo. Iran's foreign minister that Tehran is "ready to help any logical attempts" to end the Syrian conflict, during a visit by UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. (Khaled Khatib/AFP/Getty Images) January 13, 2015 127
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Men search for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Karam homad district in Aleppo on March 26. (Hosam Katan/Reuters) #
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A spiritual leader (right) of the Huni Kui Indian tribe
performs a ceremony for a sacred samauma (silk-
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the Envira river in Brazil's northwestern Acre state on
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Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoulattend an election campaign in Bagram April 1, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodJanuary 13, 2015 135
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Fighters from Islamic State in Iraq and the
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northern Syrian city of Aleppo. More than 150,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, the Syrian
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Veteran AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus has been killed while working in Afghanistan.
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Supporters of the National Conference party attend a rally campaigning on the outskirts of Srinagar, India.
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Pro-Russian activists scuffle with police near the regional
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Municipal workers and members of Maidan self-
defence forces remove rubbish as they take down
the barricades in central Kiev, April 10, 2014.
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Somalis fleeing out fireballs and explosions in a market in the capital Mogadishu.
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Free Army fighters walk in a field of flowers during a reconnaissance
mission on the Heesh front, for what they said was an operation to take over a checkpoint belonging to the regime's forces, at the countryside in Idlib, Syria, April 10, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
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Smoke from a forest fire is seen in Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago, April 12, 2014. More than 50 homes were burned due to the forest fire but there have been no reports of death or injuries, local authorities said. REUTERS/Cesar Pincheira
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People walk amidst burnt houses after a forest fire in Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago, April 13, 2014. At least 11 people were killed and 500 houses destroyed over the weekend by the fire that ripped through parts of Chilean port city Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and used aircraft to battle the blaze. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez (CHILE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) - RTR3L2UT
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Residents survey the damage and remove the remnants of a house at the location where a forest fire burned several neighbourhoods in the hills in Valparaiso city,
northwest of Santiago, April 13, 2014. At least 11 people were killed and 500 houses destroyed over the weekend by the fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of
Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and sent in aircraft to battle the blaze. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT DISASTER TPX
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A man stands on rubble and he looks up at a site hit by what activists said was a warplanes attack by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus April 13, 2014. On Sunday, opposition activists said at least 20 people were killed when warplanes attacked Douma, a town near Damascus. REUTERS/BassamKhabieh (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3L3I6
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North Korean spectators watch from the roadside in central Pyongyang as runners pass by during the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, April 13, 2014. The annual race, which includes a full marathon, a half marathon, and a 10-kilometer run, was open to foreign tourists for the first time this year. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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Sailors aboard the Ocean Shield of Australia moving vehicle self-propelled underwater Bluefin-21 U.S. Navy in position to be used in the search of the missing plane Malaysia Airlines MH370 in south Indian Ocean 14 / 4/14
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A pro-Russian protester stands at barricades at the police headquarters in Slaviansk, April 15, 2014. Russia declared Ukraine on the brink of civil war on Tuesday as Kiev said an "anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Moscow separatists was underway, though the crackdown got off to a slow start, if at all. The banner reads "Donetsk Republic". REUTERS/GlebGaranich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
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A woman wearing a national flower crown looks back as
she attends a pro-Ukrainian rally in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine April 15, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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This photo taken at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 16, 2014 shows coast guard members searching for passengers near a South Korean ferry (C) that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon. South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced on April 16 to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew -- mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. AFP PHOTO REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT AFP PHOTO / DONG-A ILBODONG-A ILBO/AFP/Getty Images
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JINDO-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 16: In this handout image provided by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard, passengers are rescued by the Republic of Korea Coast Guard from a ferry sinking off the coast of Jindo Island on April 16, 2014 in Jindo-gun, South Korea. The ferry identified as the Sewol was carrying about 470 passengers, including students and teachers, traveling to Jeju island. (Photo by The Republic of Korea Coast Guard via Getty Images)April 2014
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Armed men, wearing black and orange ribbons of St. George - a symbol widely associated with pro-Russian protests in Ukraine, drive an airborne combat vehicle, with a Russian flag seen on the top, outside Kramatorsk April 16, 2014. Ukrainian forces tightened their grip on the eastern town of Kramatorsk on Wednesday after securing control over an airfield from pro-Russian separatist militiamen, prompting Russian President Vladimir Putin to warn of the risk of civil war. REUTERS/Maks Levin (UKRAINE - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3LGMB
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Ukrainian soldiers clash with pro-Russia protesters on the field near Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine April 16, 2014. Ukrainian forces tightened their grip on the eastern town of Kramatorsk on Wednesday after securing control over an airfield from pro-Russian separatist militiamen, prompting Russian President Vladimir Putin to warn of the risk of civil war. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTR3LH2H
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Iraqi security forces fire an artillery gun during clashes with the al
Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Jurf al-
Sakhar, 60 km (40 miles) from the capital April 16, 2014.
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An injured man walks along a street after what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Myassar neighbourhoodApril 16, 2014. REUTERS/FirasBadawi
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A fighter jet flies above as Ukrainian soldiers
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People gather near cherry trees in full blossom in Central Park in New York April 20, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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A Pro-Russian militant walks near a checkpoint that was the scene of a gunfight overnight near the city of Slaviansk, April 20, 2014. A Reuters TV witness said he had seen two bodies, one with gunshot wounds to the head and face, at a checkpoint outside the city of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine where separatists said earlier they had come under armed attack. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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Flowers from the Netherlands decorate St. Peter's Square as Pope Francis arrives to celebrate an Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the the Vatican, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Francis is celebrating Christianity's most joyous day, Easter Sunday, under sunny skies in St. Peter's. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Josphat Boit (left) and Meb Keflezighi (right) races to the finish line in the Boston Marathon in 2014 in the state of Massachusetts, United States. (USA Today Sports)
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The body of Pavel Pavelco, 42, a pro Russia militiaman, one of three people killed last Sunday in a shooting by unknown gunmen at a checkpoint, is carried by pallbearers to a church during a funeral in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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French soldiers escort a Muslim woman after she rebels against Balaka was attacked while shopping outside a mosque in the PK12, Bangui, Central African Republic.
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A masked pro-Russian protester sits on a
chair as he poses for a picture inside a
regional government building in Donetsk,
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A man reacts amid debris after what activists said were explosive barrels thrown by
forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo April 27, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan
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The long queue of mourners who mourn the victims of the sinking of the ferry Sewol, near a temporary memorial altar in Ansan, South Korea, on April 27, 2014.
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A Free Syrian Army fighter fires a rocket-
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An Orthodox priest walks past a portrait of a man on a grave, as he conducts a service in a cemetery near the village of Zimogorie, on the outskirts of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, April 27, 2014. People in eastern Ukraine visit cemeteries to remember the dead on the first Sunday following the Orthodox Easter. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko(UKRAINE - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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A pro-Russia militia member standing guard outside a seized government building allows a child to partially hold his gun, in Konstantinovka, Ukraine, April 28, 2014. The mayor of Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, was seriously wounded by unidentified gunmen on Monday, and the Obama administration ordered travel bans and asset freezes for seven Russian officials, including two said to be in Mr. Putinís inner circle, and froze assets for 17 companies. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
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Chinese visitors take souvenir photo near the field of tulips during a festival at Shunyi International Flowers Port in Beijing, China, on April 28. (Andy Wong/Associated Press) #
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Pro-Russian armed men take cover behind a car near the local police
headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, April 29, 2014. REUTERS/VasilyFedosenko
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A pro-Russian activist holds a mace outside the regional government headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, April 29, 2014. Hundreds of pro-Russian separatists seized the regional government headquarters in Luhanskon Tuesday, unopposed by police, underlining the lack of control of central government over swathes of eastern Ukraine. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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Pakistani children play cricket in the suburbs of Lahore, Pakistan, on April 30. (K.M. Chaudary/Associated Press) #
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A Palestinian sits on top of the rubble of a house under construction after it was demolished by Israeli bulldozers at Al-Aroub refugee camp, near the West Bank City of Hebron April 30, 2014. Israeli military said that "security forces carried out the demolition of two construction sites that were built illegally in Al-Aroub. The sites were demolished after the residents' requests for building permits were refused due to non-compliance with the required (construction) regulations." REUTERS/Ammar AwadApril 2014
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Trucks carrying internally-displaced Muslims arrive after having traveled in a
convoy escorted by the African Union operation in CAR (MISCA) on a four-day journey from the capital Bangui, at the transit IDP center on the outskirts of the Central African Republic-Chad border town of Sido April 30, 2014. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola
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A pro-Russian man leans on a tree with a rifle and rocket launcher near him at a checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk, east Ukraine May 1, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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An injured man waits for medical attention
after, according to activists, two barrel bombs were thrown by forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in Hullokneighbourhood of Aleppo May 1, 2014. At least 33 people were killed when Syrian government warplanes attacked a busy market in a rebel-controlled district of Aleppo on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA -Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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A protester walks past a burning pro-Russian tent camp near the trade union building in Odessa May 2, 2014. REUTERS/Yevgeny Volokin
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A mourner cries next to yellow ribbons dedicated to missing and dead passengers of sunken passenger ship Sewol, after paying tribute at the official memorial altar in Ansan May 2, 2014. A culture of cosy personal ties that can blur the lines between businesses and those regulating them, of profit over safety, and soft courts is in focus as South Korea demands answers over the sinking of the ferry with the loss of more than 300 lives, mainly high school students. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MARITIME DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Approximately 24 hours after 2 landslides buried over 2000 residents of Argo district in the mountainous northeastern state of Badakhshan under hundreds of feet of mud. The first landslide buried some 300 homes and those who had been inside or on the streets at the time as well as those attending a wedding party. The second landslide struck as villagers attempted to rescue those trapped - digging with shovels and their bare hands. Today - Saturday - rescuers called off a search for survivors due to a lack of heavy machinery required for the massive task. Mohammad Karim Khalili, one of Afghanistan’s two Vice Presidents along with a handful of ministers travelled from Kabul to pay their respects at the site of the landslide today. Saturday 3 May, 2014. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME. Men from the village look over the site of the landslide from a mound of mud that made it's way up the adjacent side of the valley. Saturday 3 May, 2014. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.
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Participants of a rally welcome men just released from a city police
department and who were earlier arrested in recent street battles between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian supporters in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, May 4, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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LAGOS, NIGERIA - MAY 4: Christians wait religious ceremony at Church of God which is on sand and floating at same time on May 4, 2014 in Lagos, Negeria. Makoko is slum neighborhood located in Nigeria, its population considered to be thousands moreover the area was not officially counted. Makoko slum is seldom visited by anyone from outside. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Afghan villagers near the scene of the landslide in Abi Barak village in Argo district of Badakhshan on May 5, 2014. (Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Afghan survivors mourn their relatives at the site of a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan Province May 5, 2014. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters) #
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2 days after 2 landslides buried an estimated 2000 residents of Abi Barak in the Argo district of the mountainous northeastern state of Badakhshan under hundreds of feet of mud. The first landslide buried some 300 homes and those who had been inside or on the streets at the time as well as those attending a wedding party. The second landslide struck as villagers attempted to rescue those trapped - digging with shovels and their bare hands. Two women walk from the main centre of aid distribution back to their village -one third of which was destroyed by the landslide of last Friday the evidence of which can be seen in the background. Monday 5 May, 2014. Photo by Andrew Quilty / Oculi for TIME.
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Debris rises in what Free Syrian Army fighters and Islamic rebels said was an operation to strike Al-Sahaba checkpoint, which is considered a gateway to Al-Dayf valley, and remove forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Maarat Al-Nouman, Idlib province May 5, 2014. REUTERS/Rasem Ghareeb(SYRIA -Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Flying carp-shaped flag waving in the wind on the Sagami River in Sagamihara, West of Tokyo, marked the day. CARP flag is this tradition in Japan.
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Boys watch as mourners attend the funeral of Ira Boevets, who was
killed in clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists on Monday, near the town of Slaviansk, in eastern Ukraine May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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The White House post to Twitter pics first lady Michelle Obama alphabet with hashtag # BringBackOurGirls called for rescuing the Nigerian schoolgirl was abducted on May 7, 2014.
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Undated handout picture made available 08 May 2014
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Victory Day
Armed pro-Russia men ride armored personnel carriers during celebrations to mark Victory Day in Slaviansk, eastern Ukraine May 9, 2014.REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A man holds a Soviet flag during celebrations to mark Victory Day outside a regional government building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine May 9, 2014.REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Former Soviet serviceman and women chat during celebrations to mark Victory Day in front of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow May 9, 2014.REUTERS/Grigory Dukor
People carrying portraits of deceased relatives who took part in World War Two, march in a parade during Victory Day commemorations in the town of Divnogorsk, near Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, May 9, 2014.REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
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Conchita Wurst representing Austria celebrates with the trophy after winning the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) at the B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, in this May 10, 2014 picture provided by Scanpix Denmark. Wurst, popularly known as "the bearded lady," won the ESC on Saturday with the James Bond-theme-like ballad "Rise Like a Phoenix", before a global TV audience of about 180 million people in 45 countries. Picture taken May 10. REUTERS/Mogens Flindt/ScanpixDenmark (DENMARKENTERTAINMENT - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. NO COMMERCIAL SALES - RTR3OMR0
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Homs Syria May 12 2014Residents return to devastated Homs to salvage what remains
The people of central Homs came to salvage what remained of their belongings and homes after years of conflict and siege after government
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Homs Syria May 12 2014Qabaris neighborhood, old Homs. Two years of relentless fighting, along with shells and barrel bombs, have destroyed this once thriving middle class neighborhood full of cafes and shops.Residents return to devastated Homs to salvage what remains of their belongings and homes after years of conflict and siege after government troops entered the neighborhoods as part of an agreement that granted rebel fighters safe exit from the city.
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Homs Syria May 12 2014Qabaris neighborhood, old Homs. Two years of relentless fighting, along with shells and barrel bombs, have destroyed this once thriving middle class neighborhood full of cafes and shops.Residents return to devastated Homs to salvage what remains of their belongings and homes after years of conflict and siege after government troops entered the neighborhoods as part of an agreement that granted rebel fighters safe exit from the city
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Pro-Russian armed men stand guard as people hold a rally to mark and celebrate the announcement of the results of the referendum on the status of Luhansk region in LuhanskMay 12, 2014. Pro-Moscow rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine called on Monday for their region to become part of Russia after declaring victory in a weekend referendum on self-rule. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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An injured miner came out carried by rescuers, on May 13, 2014 after an explosion in a coal mine in Manisa. At least 157 miners were killed in collapsed coal mine in the western Turkish city of Manisa. "At least 200-300 workers were working in the mine when an electric fault caused an explosion," the mayor of Soma, a district of Manisa, told private NTV television. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images
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Homs Syria May 13 2014Khaldiyeh, old Homs. Two years of relentless fighting, along with shells and barrel bombs have destroyed this once thriving middle class neighborhood and its mosque.
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A man sits near graves during the funeral of a
miner who died in a fire at a coal mine, at a cemetery in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 14, 2014. REUTERS
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Firefighters battle the so-called Poinsettia Fire in Carlsbad,
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Paper lanterns are released at Borobudur temple during celebrations marking Vesak Day in Magelang, Central Java May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo
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A man walks past a damaged building in rural Idlib, Syria.
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Palestinian protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during clashes at a protest marking the 66th anniversary of Nakba, in the West Bank village of El Walajanear Bethlehem May 15, 2014. Palestinians marked "Nakba" (Catastrophe) on Thursday to commemorate the expulsion or fleeing of some 700,000 Palestinians from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948. REUTERS/AmmarAwad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) -
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Greg Saska surveys the damage to his home after it was destroyed during the Poinsettia Fire in Carlsbad, California May 15, 2014. Whipped by the wind, flames swept over the parched land close to homes and roads in nine fires across the county, with black smoke filling the sky as California entered the height of wildfire season in the midst of one of the state's worst droughts. No major injuries were reported. REUTERS/Sandy Huffaker (UNITED STATES -Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
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May 16, 2014. A longtime exposure shows smolderings remains of overnight fires on the hillsides of San Marcos, San Diego county, California, USA
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Part of a riot police armoured personnel carrier is on fire after being hit by Molotov cocktail that was thrown by anti-government protesters during clashes after the funeral procession of Ali Faisal Al Akrawi in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, May 18, 2014. Akrawi was killed by a blast in Sitraon May 16, 2014. An official Ministry of Interior statement said that the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed (BAHRAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Free Syrian Army fighters fire a self-made rocket towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Bustan al-Bashadistrict in Aleppo May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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WASSENAAR, NETHERLANDS - MAY 19: Beach goers watch the detonation of a 500 pound British bomb on the beach on May 19, 2014 in Wassenaar, Netherlands. The bomb was dropped by the British allied forces during the second world war over nearby Leiden where it was found on a building site. (Photo Michel Porro/Getty Images)
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A man waits to be rescued from his house during heavy floods in Vojskova May 19, 2014. More than a quarter of Bosnia's four million people have been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in more than a century, the government said on Monday, warning of "terrifying" destruction comparable to the country's 1992-95 war. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
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Anti-government protest leader SuthepThaugsuban gives a traditional greeting to media before leaving Government House in Bangkok May 20, 2014. Thailand's army chief said rival political groups should talk to each other and that the martial law imposed on Tuesday would last until peace and order had been restored. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom(THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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German armed forces Bundeswehrsoldiers fire mortars during the JAWTEX 2014 (Joint Air Warfare Tactical Exercise) at an army training area in Bergen, May 20, 2014. About 4500 soldiers from eleven countries take part at the largest European military exercise in 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY -Tags: MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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TOPSHOTSRussian President Vladimir Putin (R) leaves after being greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping before the opening ceremony at the Expo Center at the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Shanghai on May 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO/POOL/ Mark RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
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A Ukrainian helicopter Mi-24 gunship fires its cannons against rebels at the main terminal building of Donetsk international airport May 26, 2014.Three Ukrainian helicopter gunships mounted a heavy attack on the rebel-held international airport terminal at Donetsk on Monday, firing rockets and cannon and throwing out decoy flares as militants shot at them from the ground. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY TRANSPORT) May 26 , 2014
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Free Syrian Army fighters fire a self-made rocket towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad who are positioned in the Maysalounneighbourhood in Aleppo May 26, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT MILITARY)
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Smoke rises from the 998-tonne fuel tanker Shoko Maru after it exploded off the coast of Himeji, western Japan, in this photo taken and released by the 5th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters - Japan Coast Guard May 29, 2014. The fuel tanker captain is missing and four crew members have sustained severe injuries following the explosion aboard the vessel off Himeji, in western Japan, Kyodo news reported. REUTERS/5th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters - Japan Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER MARITIME TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Civil Defence members, rebel fighters and civilians search for survivors at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in al-Qarlaq neighbourhood of Aleppo May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Jalal Al-Mamo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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QINGTIAN, May 29, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May
29, 2014 shows the terraced fields in XiaozhoushanTownship of Qingtian County, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu) (ry) XINHUAMay 29 , 2014
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Pakistanis run as they get caught in a sand storm on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. The temperature in the capital city reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 29: Chinese commuters line-up for a security check at a subway station on May 29, 2014 in Beijing, China. Authorities have increased security in various public locations after an attack left 31 dead in the restive Xinjiang Province last week. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers of the Caracal battalion rest after finishing a 20-kilometre march in Israel's Negev desert, near Kibbutz Sde Boker, marking the end of their training, May 29, 2014. The "Caracal" battalion, two-thirds of whose members are women, was established in 2004 with the purpose of incorporating female soldiers in combat units. The main mission of Caracal is routine patrols on Israel's border with Egypt to intercept infiltrators and smuggling from the Sinai desert. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Free Syrian Army fighters look at the sky as they stand on a truck mounted with an anti-aircraft gun in Maarat Al-Nouman, Idlib province May 20, 2014.REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
New Free Syrian Army recruits run as they receive military training to join Jabhet Thowar Syria in Idlib May 19, 2014.REUTERS/Nour Kelze
A Free Syrian Army fighter climbs through a hole in a wall in Bustan al-Basha district in Aleppo May 19, 2014.REUTERS/Hosam Katan
New Free Syrian Army recruits receive military training to join Jabhet Thowar Syria in Idlib May 19, 2014.REUTERS/Nour Kelze
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Free Syrian Army fighters fire towards what they said was a government forces helicopter dropping aid using parachutes to the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Idlib countryside May 16, 2014.REUTERS/Hamid Khatib
Mohamed Faydallah, 43, poses with his baby son for a picture inside his house in Aleppo May 15, 2014.REUTERS/Aref Haj Youssef
A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Maarat Al-Nouman, Idlibprovince May 14, 2014.REUTERS/Rasem Ghareeb
Rebel fighters take up positions at a trench in the village of Aziza, in the southern countryside of Aleppo, near Nairab military airport, which is controlled by the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, May 14, 2014.REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
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Bob Bergdahl, father of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, speaks during a news conference at the
Idaho National Guard headquarters in Boise, Idaho June 1, 2014. Freed U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl needs
time to decompress, his father said on Sunday, predicting that recovering from nearly five years of
captivity in Afghanistan will be like a diver who has to return to the surface slowly. Army Sergeant Bergdahl
was released on Saturday in an exchange deal in which five Taliban prisoners were freed from
Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and flown to Qatar. REUTERS/Brian Losness (UNITED STATES - Tags:
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An Ukrainian border post is seen through bullet holes in a truck's windscreen on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk June 3, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) -
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ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATHA man holds an injured child at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the al-Kalasehneighbourhood in Aleppo June 3, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) TEMPLATE OUT
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A student of the Scorpion Youth Military Club carries AK-74 Kalashnikov automatic rifles for a training session on a summer base in a school in the village of Molodyozhny, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin(RUSSIA - Tags: MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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A man points to a damaged car, parked near warehouses that according to local media reports were targeted by Grad rockets fired by irregular forces loyal to former Libyan army general Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi June 5, 2014. The attack is part of a campaign by irregular forces loyal to Haftar who earlier in May launched operations against Islamist militants. ?REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST)
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A South Korean relative of the war dead mourns at the Seoul National Cemetery
in Seoul, South Korea 06 June 2014. South Korea marks the 59th anniversary of the Memorial Day for those killed in the 1950-53 Korean War. EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN
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Smoke rising from Jinnah International Airport, where security forces continue to battle with militants in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 8, 2014. Gunmen disguised as police officers attacked an airport terminal with machine guns and rocket launchers in a siege lasting 5 hours, killing at least 28 people.Security forces responded and killed all the attackers, according to officials.
A supporter of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah holds an Afghan flag after an election campaign rally in Paghman district of Kabul June 9, 2014. The second round of Afghanistan's presidential election will take place on June 14. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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An image uploaded June 14 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executing dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. A major offensive spearheaded by ISIL but also involving supporters of executed dictator Saddam Hussein has overrun all of one province and chunks of three others since it was launched on June 9. (AFP/Getty Images) #
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A Brazilian army personnel (C) goes through a decontamination procedure during a simulated chemical and radiological attack exercise at the Mane GarrinchaNational Stadium in Brasilia June 9, 2014. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL -Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY MILITARY)
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A shop owner looks at destroyed lamps in his store after what locals say was overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces, in the eastern Ukrainian town of SlavianskJune 9, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Iraqis fleeing the violence wait in their vehicles at a Kurdish checkpoint in Aski Kalak on June 10.
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A student clashes with riot police during a demonstration against the government demanding for changes in the state education system in Santiago, June 10, 2014. Chilean students have been protesting against, what they say is, profiteering in the state education system. REUTERS/Fernando Rodriguez (CHILE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Civilian children stand next to a burnt vehicle during clashes between Iraqi security forces and al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in
the northern Iraq city of Mosul, June 10, 2014. Radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of most of Iraq's second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday,
overrunning a military base and freeing hundreds of prisoners in a spectacular strike against the Shi'ite-led Iraqi government. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags:
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Peruvian shamans perform a ritual while holding the official ball for 2014 World Cup and a poster of Portugal's
soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo at the National Stadium in Lima, June 10, 2014. The shamans are blessing the 2014
World Cup host nation Brazil and key soccer players good luck. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags:
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Kashmiri farmers work in paddy fields at Bandipora, north of Srinagar June 10, 2014. Sowing operations in rice, pulses and cotton have already started in many growing areas of Northwest and Southern India, taking advantage of pre-monsoon showers. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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College students taking pictures with a 3-dimensional picture on a road in the university campus in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on June 11, 2014.
A girl takes a selfie in front of a
promotional banner at the Brasilia Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport in Britain, ahead of the 2014 World Cup, in Brasilia June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Paul Hanna
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A woman, whose son was aboard the missing Malaysia
Airlines flight MH370, reacts after she and other family
members failed to express their appeals to the airline
outside its office in Beijing, China, June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Lee
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Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, June 11, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
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Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraq
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Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, June 11, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stand guard at a checkpoint in the
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Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, June 11, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
A tank of the Iraqi security forces patrols during a search for militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in the city of Ramadi, May 22, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
Iraqi security forces arrest suspected militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a raid and weapons search operation in Hawija, April 24, 2014.REUTERS/Yahya Ahmad
Armed Iraqi security forces take their positions during clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the city of Ramadi, May 26, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
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A burnt vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces is pictured at a checkpoint in east Mosul, one day after radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of the city on June 11. Sunni insurgents from an al Qaeda splinter group extended their control from the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday to an area further south that includes Iraq's biggest oil refinery in a devastating show of strength against the Shi'ite-led government. (Reuters) #
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US singer Jennifer Lopez (R) and Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte perform
during the opening ceremony prior to the FIFA World Cup 2014 group A
preliminary round match between Brazil and Croatia at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 12 June 2014. (DIEGO AZUBEL/EPA) #
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A Brazil soccer fan covered in flowers and his nation's flag cheers inside the FIFA Fan fest area before the start of the World Cup openes between Brazil and
Croatia on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014. After taking the early lead in
the opening match of the international soccer tournament, Croatia fell 3-1 to the five-time champion Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Brazil's Neymar celebrates a goal during the 2014 World Cup opening match between Brazil and
Croatia at the Corinthians arena in Sao Paulo June 12, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (BRAZIL -
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Brazil's Fred is fouled by Croatia's DejanLovren inside the area during their 2014 World Cup opening match at the Corinthians arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 12, 2014. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
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Palestinian girl carries her sister as they pass
militants during the funeral of militant Mohammed Al-Awor in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip June 12, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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A volunteer who is going to join the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants who have taken over Mosul and other northern provinces, reacts to camera as he waits to register in Diwaniya province, June 12, 2014.REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Insurgents capture Iraqi citiesGunmen stand near members of a police special
forces battalion after they were captured by fighters in the Iraqi city of Tikrit June 12, 2014.
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Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against predominantly Sunni militants, who have taken over Mosul and other northern provinces, chant slogans in Basra, southeast of Baghdad June 12, 2014.REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani
Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants, who have taken over Mosul and other Northern provinces, line up before traveling in an army truck, in Baghdad, June 12, 2014.REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
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Masked Sunni gunmen walk with their weapons during a patrol outside the city of Falluja, April 28, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
An Iraqi security forces member aims his weapon during a patrol looking for militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), explosives and weapons in a neighborhood in Ramadi , May 24, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer
A general view shows damaged houses in the city of Ramadi, May 17, 2014.
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Un Muayad, a Ramadi resident fighting alongside tribal fighters, poses with her fellow fighters during clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Ramadi, May 19, 2014.REUTERS/StringerJanuary 13, 2015 255
An aerial bomb is detonated in a railway area in Leipzig, Germany, 12 June 2014.
Experts of the bomb disposal team demolished the bomb, after the American aircraft bomb was discovered during construction works at the old post station. EPA/JAN WOITAS
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A donkey transports ballot boxes and other
election material on to polling stations which are not accessible by road in Shutul, Panjshir province, Afghanistan, June 13, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants, who have taken over Mosul and other Northern provinces, board army trucks in Baghdad, June 13, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
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Iraqi men volunteered to fight against the advancing of the holy warriors fighting in northern Iraq to leave a military recruiting center in Baghdad. Iraqi forces clashed with armed elements entered the city of Baquba, just 60 km north of Baghdad.
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Lanterns decorate remaining after Vesak celebration at Chogye temple in Seoul, South Korea.
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Locals around a military vehicle burning in a place of fighting between the army and Ukraine armed pro-Russian elements in the city of Mariupol, eastern
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KALAK, IRAQ - JUNE 13: A boy cries for reasons unknown while waiting in a car at a Kurdish checkpoint on June 13, 2014 in Kalak, Iraq. Thousands of people have fled Iraq's second city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP (internally displaced persons) camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi Shiite man cleans weapons as he gets ready to defend his Sadr City district in case of an attack by Sunni extremists on June 13 in Baghdad. Leading Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called on Iraqis today to take up arms against the offensive spearheaded by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching on Baghdad, as thousands volunteered to bolster the thecapital's defenses. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images) #
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An armed pro-Russian separatist stands guard at the site of the crash of the Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in Luhansk, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
Pro-Russian separatists gather ammunition at the site of the crash of the Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in Luhansk, June 14, 2014.REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
Pro-Russian separatists gather ammunition at the site of the crash of the Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in
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Pro-Russian separatists search for ammunition at the site of the crash of the Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in Luhansk, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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Volunteers who are going to join the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants who have taken over Mosul and other northern provinces wait to register in Diwaniya province, June 12, 2014.REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Iraqi Shi'ite men shout slogans in support for the call to arms by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who is the highest religious authority for Shi'ites in Iraq, in Baghdad's Sadr city, June 14, 2014.REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants, who have taken over Mosul and other Northern provinces, travel in army trucks in Baghdad June 13, 2014.REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
Volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants who have taken over Mosul and other Northern provinces, travel in army trucks in Baghdad June 14, 2014.REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
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France's Mathieu Debuchy fights with Roger Espinoza of Honduras for the ball during their 2014 World Cup Group E soccer match at the Beira-Rio stadium in Porto AlegreJune 14, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer(BRAZIL - Tags: SOCCER SPORT WORLD CUP) - RTR3TXDK
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An armed pro-Russian separatist stands guard at the site of the crash of the Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in LuhanskJune 14, 2014. Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian army transport plane with an anti-aircraft missile as it came in to land early on Saturday in the eastern city of Luhansk, killing all 49 military personnel on board. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT MILITARY CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3TQQ7
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An armed pro-Russian separatist stands guard at the site of the crash of a Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in Luhanskshot down by pro-Russian separatists, June 14, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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Portugal's Pepe headbuttsGermany's Thomas Mueller, earning him a red card, during their 2014 World Cup Group G soccer match at the FonteNova arena in Salvador, June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
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Fans cheer after the U.S. scored a second goal during the 2014 Brazil World Cup Group G soccer match between Ghana and the U.S. at a viewing party in Hermosa Beach, California June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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Muslim boys stand next to a burnt house after clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Aluthgama, Sri Lanka June 16, 2014. At least three Muslims were killed and 75 people seriously injured in violence between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Sri Lankan coastal towns best known as tourist draws, with Muslim homes set ablaze, officials and residents said. REUTERS/DinukaLiyanawatte
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Personnel from the Kurdish security forces detain a man suspected of being a
militant belonging to the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the outskirts of Kirkuk June 16, 2014. Iraq's Shi'ite rulers defied Western calls to reach out to Sunnis to defuse the uprising in the north of the country, declaring a boycott of Iraq's main Sunni political bloc and accusing Sunni power Saudi Arabia of promoting "genocide". REUTERS/Ako Rasheed
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Demonstrators chant pro-al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on June 16 as they carry al-Qaida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The CIA and other spyagencies are scrambling to close intelligence gaps as they seek ways to support possible military or covert action against the leaders of the al-Qaida-inspired militant group that has seized parts of Iraq and threatens Baghdadís government. (Associated Press) #
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Iraqis who have fled fighting between security forces and al-Qaida inspired militants in their hometown of Tal Afar carry their belongings at Germawa camp for displaced Iraqis, in a hot dusty plain in the largely-autonomous Kurdish area of Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad on June 17. (Associated Press) #
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Members of the Shiite Muslim Mehdi Army militia, take part in training in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on June 17. Iraqi Shiite volunteers, who had been fighting in neighboring Syria, have been heading home to battle an offensive that has brought militants to near Baghdad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (AFP/Getty Images) #
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Enthrall fans watched live TV Brazil-Mexico match in Sao Paulo, on 06/17/2014.
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Iraqi Shiite women shout slogans supporting the Iraqi army in Najaf, south of Baghdad, June 17, 2014. Iraq's Shi'ite rulers defied Western calls to reach out to Sunnis to defuse the uprising in the north of the country, declaring a boycott of Iraq's main Sunni political bloc and accusing Sunni power Saudi Arabia of promoting "genocide". Washington has made clear it wants Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to embrace Sunni politicians as a condition of U.S. support to fight a lightning advance by forces from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
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A Palestinian woman hoping to cross into Egypt stands behind a fence as she waits at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip June 18,
2014. Egyptian authorities partially reopened Rafah border crossing, Gaza's main window to the world, for two days, Palestinian border officials said. Since the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in July 2013, the authorities have largely kept the crossing closed, only opening it partially for limited periods of time, on humanitarian grounds. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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A Pakistani tribal girl sits next to her belongings on a truck after arriving to Bannu, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Thousands of villagers fled as Pakistani army relax a curfew in troubled North Waziristan. Pakistani jets pounded targets in the country's northwest in major offensives designed to root out safe havens in the volatile region. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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A racegoer checks her mobile device
in the Royal Enclosure on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing festival at Ascot, southern England June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
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Jun. 19, 2014. A Soccer fan wearing England's team colors watches a live telecast of the group D World Cup match between Uruguay and England, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Leo Correa—AP)
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June 19, 2014. Uruguay's Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the
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Striker Bryan Ruiz of Costa Rica delighted after scoring his team's first win in Group D match between Italy and Costa Rica at Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil in the 2014 World Cup.
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Members of the Iraqi Special Operations
Forces take their positions during clashes with the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the city of Ramadi, June 19, 2014. REUTERS/StringerJune 19 , 2014
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Jun. 19, 2014. An Afghan policeman stands guard near the scene of an attack in Torkham, Nangarharprovince, Afghanistan. (Rahmat Gul—AP)
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Mehdi Army fighters participate in military training in the street in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 20, 2014. (Essam Al-Sudani/Reuters) #
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Israeli soldiers search for clues in connection with the three Israeli teenagers missing case at the countryside on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Hebron, 20 June 2014. Since the beginning of the Israeli operation about 370 Palestinian activists have reportedly been arrested, including 200 members of the radical Hamas organization, and some 900 buildings have been searched. Israel pushed ahead with large-scale raids of Palestinian towns and cities in a search for three teenagers it says were abducted by Hamas in the West Bank. The raids have been taking place since the teens went missing on June 12 from a common hitchhike stop near a settlement block south of Jerusalem. Neither Hamas nor any other group has claimed responsibility for the disappearances. EPA/ABIR SULTAN
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Fans of the U.S. cheer before their
2014 World Cup G soccer match against Portugal at the Amazonia arena in Manaus June 22, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
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A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a
weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held crisis talks with leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region
urging them to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country. REUTERS/Stringer
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A member of the "Donbass" self-defense battalion swears the oath to be officially included into the reserve battalion of the
National Guard of Ukraine near Kiev June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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Mexico's goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa (in blue) fails to save Croatia's first goal, scored by Croatia's midfielder Ivan Perisic (L) during a Group A football match between Croatia and Mexico at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 23. (Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A Lebanese army soldier gathers the remains of a car at the site of an explosion in Beirut June 24, 2014. REUTERS/Sharif Karim
A woman talks on the phone inside her damaged house at the site of an explosion in Beirut early June 24, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A forensic inspector takes pictures as Lebanese army soldiers secure the explosion site in Beirut, early June 24, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A forensic inspector works at the site of an explosion in Beirut June 24, 2014. REUTERS/Sharif Karim
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Visitors walk inside a cave situated below the ancient
towns of Maresha and Beit Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands, Israel June 24, 2014. REUTERS/FinbarrO'Reilly
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A woman comforts the sister of three-year-old Palestinian girl Jud al-Danafduring her funeral, in Gaza City June 25, 2014. The Gaza girl was killed and three of her family were wounded in an explosion which residents blamed on Israel. The Israeli military denied targeting their house and said a militant rocket that fell short was the cause. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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A man carries an injured child after what activists claim was a car explosion in a market in Douma, near Damascus, Syria June 28, 2014. Dozens of people were wounded when a car bomb exploded in Douma, local activists and a monitoring group said. REUTERS/Mohammed Abdullah
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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of the Netherlands kicks a corner flag to celebrate after scoring a goal
during the 2014 World Cup round of 16 game between Mexico and the Netherlands at the
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Militant Islamist fighters take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqaprovince, Syria June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
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A militant Islamist fighter gestures as he takes
part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014.
The fighters in the Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot previously known as Islamic State in Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL), held the parade to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic "caliphate" after
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Militant Islamist fighters on a tank take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
A militant Islamist fighter uses a mobile to film his fellow fighters taking part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Militant Islamist fighters parade on military vehicles along the streets of northern Raqqa
province, Syria June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Militant Islamist fighters wave flags as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
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Iraqi security forces pull down a flag belonging to Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a patrol in the town of Dalli Abbas in Diyala province, June 30, 2014. The leader of the al Qaeda offshoot now calling itself the Islamic State has called on Muslims worldwide to take up arms and flock to the "caliphate" it has declared on captured Syrian and Iraqi soil. Picture taken June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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An Argentine fans cheer before the round of 16 soccer match between Argentina and Switzerland in the Corinthians stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, FIFA World Cup 2014.
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Oryan Salberg leaves a note on the gravestone of his friend Eric Marsh at the cemetery where the 19 fallen firefighters from the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew are buried in Prescott, Arizona, June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Nancy Wiechec
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