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United States' goalkeeper Tim Howard, left, makes a save as Belgium's Romelu Lukaku, front, looks on during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Belgium and the USA at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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Belgium's Marouane Fellaini kicks the ball near Jermaine Jones of the U.S. during their 2014 World Cup round of 16 game at the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador July 1, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCCER SPORT WORLD CUP TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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A Palestinian kicks a tyre after setting it ablaze during clashes with Israeli police in Shuafat, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem July 2, 2014. The discovery of a body in a Jerusalem forest on Wednesday raised suspicions that a missing Palestinian youth had been killed by Israelis avenging the deaths of three abducted Jewish teens. Rock-throwing Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in Jerusalem after the news, but no serious injuries were reported. REUTERS/AmmarAwad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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A Palestinian inspects a crater which police said was caused by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City July 3, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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A Palestinian stone-thrower takes

cover behind a street pole during clashes with Israeli police in Shuafat, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem, July 3, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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A young soccer fan shouts from outside the fence at the stadium where the training requirements of the Brazilian soccer squad in Fortaleza, Brazil, July 3, 2014.

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The Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado Hill in Rio de Janeiro is photographed by Carl De Souza. The drama continued at the World Cup in Brazil.

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An enthusiast wearing a costume takes part in a re-enactment of a decisive

Crusaders battle in northern Israel's Galilee region July 5, 2014. About 50 people participated in the re-enactment of the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, where Muslim forces led by the legendary Salah al-Din defeated Christian fighters in the late 12th century. REUTERS/Tomer AppelbaumJuly 5 , 2014

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Tariq Khdeir is greeted by his mother after being released from jail in Jerusalem July 6, 2014. An Israeli judge

released from jail and placed under house arrest the 15-year-old American of Palestinian descent whose apparent beating by Israeli police in East Jerusalem has drawn U.S. concern. Tariq Khdeir from Tampa, Florida, is a cousin of Mohammed Abu Khudeir, 16, whose abduction and killing in Jerusalem sparked violent protests and calls from Palestinians for a new uprising against Israel. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Volunteer firefighters extinguish a forest fire at the Kareas suburb, east of Athens, Greece July 6, 2014. REUTERS/AlkisKonstantinidis

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Ukraine takes back Slaviansk

A Ukrainian soldier stands near a destroyed military vehicle of pro-Russian separatists just outside the eastern Ukrainian town of SlavianskJuly 7, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ammunition and mines lie near a destroyed vehicle just outside the eastern

Ukrainian town of SlavianskJuly 7, 2014.

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A Ukrainian soldier stands near a destroyed tank of pro-Russian separatists just outside the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk July 7, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A Ukrainian soldier looks at debris near a destroyed vehicle on a road just outside the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk July 7, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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The pack of riders cycles on its way past the Big Ben clock tower and Houses of Parliament during the third 155 km stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Cambridge to London July 7, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Aerial view of the pack on its way during the second 201 km stage of the Tour de France cycling race from York to Sheffield, July 6, 2014. REUTERS/Christophe Ena/Pool

The pack of riders cycles on its way past King's College in Cambridge during the 155 km third stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Cambridge to London July 7, 2014 REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

Spectators await the pack of riders at Buckingham Palace during the third 155 km stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Cambridge to London July 7, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall

Tour de France beginsJuly 7 , 2014

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Air strikes in GazaSmoke rises following what witnesses said were Israeli air strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 7, 2014.REUTERS/Abed Rahim Khatib

Palestinian boys look at a crater which police said was caused by an Israeli air strike in the central Gaza Strip, July 7, 2014.REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Palestinians inspect what police said is the aftermath of an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 6, 2014.REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Israeli soldiers ride atop a tank outside the southern Gaza Strip, July 7, 2014.REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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A photograph made available on 07

July 2014 showing masked Palestinian protesters from the West bank city of Hebron, during clashes with Israeli soldiers (unseen) on 06 July 2014 as they search for the kidnappers of the three Israeli teenagers who were found dead near Hebron on 30 June 2014. EPA/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN

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A fan of Brazil's soccer team in a row crying when Germany scored during the 2014 World Cup semi-final at Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on July 8, 2014.

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Brazil's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari gestures to Bernard

during their 2014 World Cup semi-finals against Germany at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte July 8, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray

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An Israeli missile explodes on impact in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The

Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on

Tuesday, striking nearly 100 sites in Gaza and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion

aimed at stopping a heavy barrage of rocket attacks against Israel. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

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A Palestinian boy carries belongings from a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 8, 2014.REUTERS/IbraheemAbu Mustafa

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Beach goers run for cover as air raid sirens, warning of incoming rockets, sound in Tel Aviv July 8, 2014. Israel shot down a rocket fired at its commercial capital Tel Aviv on Tuesday, a military source said, the deepest such attack from the Gaza Strip during a two-week-old escalation of fighting in the Palestinian territory. REUTERS/Daniel Bar-On (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

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Free Syrian Army fighters sit in a

shelter in Aleppo's Sheikh Najjar July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

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Ukrainian troops are seen near Slaviansk July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukrainian troops are seen near Slaviansk July 8, 2014.

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukrainian military helicopters fly near

Slaviansk July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb

Garanich

Ukraine prepares for offensive

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (3rd R, front) inspects weapons seized from pro-Russian separatists as he meets with Ukrainian servicemen near the town of Slaviansk, July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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Air strikes in Gaza

Smoke and flames are seen following what police said

was an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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A Palestinian boy carries his belongings as he walks past the rubble of his family's house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip July 9, 2014.

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Participants run along Estafeta in chase events with bull at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.

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Germany's Andre Schuerrle (left) and Thomas Mueller celebrate a goal during the FIFA World Cup 2014 semifinal match between Brazil and Germany. (Dennis Sabangan/EPA) #July 9 , 2014

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The Argentine players rejoice after the striker Maxi Rodriguez scored in the win on penalties after extra time in the World Cup semi-final between the Netherlands and Argentina at Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo Brazil, on July 9, 2014.

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Argentina's Lionel Messi takes a free kick near Netherlands' players (L-2nd R) Nigel de Jong, Robin van Persie, Stefan de Vrij, Ron Vlaar and Bruno Martins Indi during their 2014 World Cup semi-finals at the Corinthians arena in Sao Paulo July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

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A Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighter gestures towards fellow fighters operating a tank during what the FSA said was an offensive to take control of al-Zaalanacheckpoint in Wadi al-Deif military camp, which remains under government control, in the southern Idlib countryside July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Damaged buildings are seen at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib

Free Syrian Army fighters sit together at the Handarat camp frontline, an area located beside Aleppo Central prison July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes up a position in Aleppo's Sheikh Najjar July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

Syrian rebels fight onJuly 9 , 2014

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Israelis take cover in a stairwell as an air raid siren

sounds, warning of incoming rockets, in Tel Aviv July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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An armored vehicle from pro-Russian separatist Battalion Vostok (East) sets out from a base in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, July 10, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

An armed pro-Russian separatist from the so-called Battalion Vostok (East) stands guard at a checkpoint in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

An armed pro-Russian rebel stands on the road as others drive past near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk July 5,

2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

A pro-Russian fighter mans a checkpoint in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk July 7, 2014.

REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

Rebel stand in DonetskJuly 10 , 2014

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A Bosnian Muslim woman and child cry near the coffin of their relative, which is one of the 175 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in the Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica, July 10, 2014. Family members, foreign dignitaries and guests are expected to attend a ceremony in Srebrenica on July 11, marking the 19th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys. The remains of 175 identified victims will be buried at a memorial cemetery during the ceremony. Their bodies were found in some 60 mass graves around the town. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY OBITUARY CONFLICT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Workers sew prayer caps, which are high in demand during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a factory in old Dhaka July 10, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: RELIGION BUSINESS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Israeli firefighters extinguish a fire that broke out after a rocket hit a petrol

station in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod July 11, 2014. Israeli firefighters extinguish a fire that broke out after a rocket hit a petrol station in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod July 11, 2014. REUTERS/Avi RoccahJuly 11 , 2014

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Smoke and flames are seen following what witnesses said

was an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza

Strip July 11, 2014.REUTERS/Abed Sha'at

Palestinian fire-fighters extinguish a fire in a house which police said was hit in an Israeli air strike, in the northern Gaza Strip July 11, 2014.REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Palestinians look at the remains of a missile which witnesses said was fired by an Israeli aircraft on a street in Deir El-Balah in the central Gaza Strip July 11, 2014.REUTERS/Ashraf Amrah

A Palestinian woman reacts as she looks at her son's boat, which police say was damaged in a fire that started following an Israeli naval strike, at the seaport of Gaza City July 11, 2014.REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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On the ground in Gaza

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Illumination flares are seen above the northern Gaza Strip July 11, 2014.REUTERS/ Amir Cohen

Palestinians and rescue workers search for victims under the rubble of a house which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 11, 2014.REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A Palestinian firefighter extinguishes a fire after what police said was an Israeli air strike on a house, in Gaza City July 11, 2014.REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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A Palestinian man looks at a house which police said was hit in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City July 11, 2014.REUTERS/Mohammed SalemJanuary 13, 2015 38

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Palestinians search for scattered body parts amongst the rubble of Tayseer Al-Batsh's family house, which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City July 13, 2014. The Israeli air strike on the home of Al-Batsh, Gaza's police chief, killed 18 people on Saturday, Gaza's health ministry said, and Hamas fired the largest salvo of rockets yet on Tel Aviv since the start of the Jewish state's offensive in the Palestinian enclave. The strike on the home of Al-Batsh in Gaza City was the deadliest bombing since Israel launched its offensive on Tuesday to end Palestinian rocket fire into its territory. Israel's offensive has killed 145 Palestinians since Tuesday. Gaza medical officials said at least 82 civilians, including 25 children, were among the dead from the air strikes on the territory into which nearly 2 million people are packed. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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A Palestinian man, who is a relative of Tayseer Al-Batsh's family, reacts next to the rubble of Al-Batsh's family house, which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City July 13, 2014. The Israeli air strike on the home of Al-Batsh, Gaza's police chief, killed 18 people on Saturday, Gaza's health ministry said, and Hamas fired the largest salvo of rockets yet on Tel Aviv since the start of the Jewish state's offensive in the Palestinian enclave.The strike on the home of Al-Batsh in Gaza City was the deadliest bombing since Israel launched its offensive on Tuesday to end Palestinian rocket fire into its territory. Israel's offensive has killed 145 Palestinians since Tuesday. Gaza medical officials said at least 82 civilians, including 25 children, were among the dead from the air strikes on the territory into which nearly 2 million people are packed. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3YC86

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The son of one of the Palestinian

members of Tayseer Al-Batsh's family, who hospital officials said were killed in an Israeli air strike, mourns during their funeral in Gaza City July 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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Germany's Andre Schuerrle holds up the World Cup trophy as the team celebrates their 1-0 victor over Argentina after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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A sapper holds a land mine in the eastern Ukrainian village of Semenovka, near Sloviansk, July 14, 2014.

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Entrenched in east Ukraine

Residents of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine say farewell before boarding a bus for Rostov-on-Don in Russia from a collection point in Donetsk July 14, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

A member of the Ukrainian police special task force "Kiev-1" stands guard as sappers check positions once held by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian village of Semenovka, near Sloviansk, July 14, 2014.

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Residents of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine prepare to board buses for Rostov-on-Don in Russia from a collection point in Donetsk July 14, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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A member of the Ukrainian police special task force "Kiev-1" patrols in the eastern Ukrainian village of Semenovka near Sloviansk, July 14, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

The Soviet-era monument "To DonbassLiberators" stands in an empty park in

Donetsk July 14, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

A pro-Russian separatist stands guard nearby a rally in support of Novorossiya (New Russia) on Lenin Square in the center of the eastern

Ukrainian city of Donetsk, July 13, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

A pro-Russian separatist stands with the flag of Novorossiya (New Russia) nearby a rally in support of Novorossiya on Lenin Square in the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, July 13, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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Fans throng a street in central Berlin to cheer Germany's 2014 Brazil World Cup squad as they proceed in an open-top bus through the capital during a parade to mark the team's victory July 15, 2014. Germany's victorious soccer team led by coach Joachim Loew returned home on Tuesday after winning the 2014 Brazil World Cup. A triumphant Germany team landed in Berlin on Tuesday to a hero's welcome, greeted by hundreds of thousands of jubilant Germans waving flags and wearing the national colours, revelling in the nation's fourth World Cup victory on Sunday in Brazil. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen(GERMANY - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Villagers gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Urgon district, eastern province of Paktika July 15, 2014. A car packed with explosives exploded on Tuesday as it sped through a crowded market in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika, killing at least 89 people, officials said, one of the most violent attacks in the country in a year. REUTERS/Pajhwok News Agency (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)

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A street lamp is seen in floodwaters in front of partially submerged buildings by an overflowing river at the ancient town as heavy rainfall hits Fenghuang county, Hunan province July 15, 2014. More than 50,000 locals and tourists were evacuated since Monday night as record downpours hit Fenghuang county of central China's Hunan province, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - RTR3YQ6N

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SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 14: Israelis look for outgoing rocket fire from Gaza and wait for Israeli airstrikes from a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip on July 14, 2014 in Sderot, Israel. 'Protective Edge' has entered a seventh day as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to carry out massive airstrikes across the Gaza Strip with reports suggesting over 166 people have been killed, the majority of whom are civilians. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOTSTwo Somalis, convicted of the murder of a Somali nurse working with a Turkish medical aid unit, are tied to large wooden stakes as they wait to be executed by a firing squad on July 15, 2014 in Mogadishu. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED ABDIWAHABMohamedAbdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images

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Fishing boats are pictured amid heavy winds and rain brought by Typhoon Rammasun (locally named Glenda) as it hit the town of Imus, Cavite southwest of Manila, on July 16. (Erik De Castro/Reuters) #

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A squatter's house is pounded by strong winds and rain brought by Typhoon Rammasun as it hit the coastal town of Bacoor, Cavite southwest of Manila, July 16, 2014. Philippine authorities evacuated almost 150,000 people from their homes and shuttered financial markets, government offices, businesses and schools on Wednesday as typhoon Rammasun gathered strength and hit the capital, Manila. The typhoon, the strongest to hit the country this year, has already torn through eastern islands, toppling trees and power lines and causing blackouts. On Wednesday, it brought storm surges to the Manila Bay area and prompted disaster officials to evacuate slum-dwellers on the capital's outskirts. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

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A Filipino crew ask residents to flee their house after it was damaged by strong winds and rain brought by typhoon Rammasun along the coastline of the Tondoslum area, in Manila, Philippines, on July 16. (Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA) #

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A Free Syrian Army fighter runs while holding a weapon in Wadi Al-Dayfin the southern Idlib countryside July 16, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires a heavy machine gun as a fellow fighter covers his ears in Wadi Al-Dayf in the southern Idlib countryside July 16, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Free Syrian Army fighters are seen together in Wadi Al-Dayf in the southern Idlibcountryside July 16, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

A general view shows the city of Damascus pictured from Jobar, a suburb of Damascus July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

War deepens in Syria

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A new volunteer of Ukrainian self-defence battalion "Azov"

embraces his girlfriend after a ceremony where he took an

oath of allegiance to the country, in Kiev July 16, 2014.

The volunteer would shortly head to eastern Ukraine.

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Crash of Flight MH17

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People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Smoke rising from where the plane crashed near the village of Ukraine Grabovo

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An Emergencies Ministry member walks at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17. The Malaysian airliner flight MH-17 was brought down over eastern Ukraine and sharply raised the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. (Maxim Zmeyev /Reuters) #

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Emergencies Ministry members walk at the site of

a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July

17, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim ZmeyevJuly 17, 2014

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UKRAINE. Torez. July 17, 2014.The remains and the corps of the passengers of the Malaysian Airlines shot over Ukraine.

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Flowers placed on debris from a Malaysia Airlines aircraft was shot down near the village Rozsypne Thursday, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine.

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Debris from a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed on

Thursday lies on the ground near the village of Rozsypne in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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Wreckage from the nose section of a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 plane which was downed is seen near the village of Rozsypne, in the Donetsk region July 18. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters) #

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A journalist takes photographs at the site of Thursday's Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo, in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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Debris and bodies of passengers of Boeing 777, Malaysia Arilines flight MH17, which

crashed during flying over the eastern Ukraine region near Donetsk, Ukraine, July

18. (ANASTASIA VLASOVA/EPA) #

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UKRAINE. Rasipnoye. July 18, 2014.Site of the crash of Malaysian airlines plane. Corps of passengers and remains of the plane are found in a radius of aproximately 10 kms.Minors and rescuers scan the fields to search for bodies.

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GRABOVKA, UKRAINE - JULY 18: A group of miners prepare to search a field for debris and human remains from an Air Malaysia plane on July 18, 2014 in Grabovka, Ukraine. Air Malaysia flight MH17 travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed yesterday on the Ukraine/Russia border near the town of Shaktersk. The Boeing 777 was carrying 298 people including crew members, the majority of the passengers being Dutch nationals, believed to be at least 173, 44 Malaysians, 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians and 9 Britons. It has been speculated that the passenger aircraft was shot down by a surface to air missile by warring factions in the region. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

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Members of the Ukrainian Emergency Ministry carry a body at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region July 19, 2014. Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying evidence of "international crimes" from the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner that Kiev says militants shot down with a missile, killing nearly 300 people. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev (UKRAINE - Tags: TRANSPORT POLITICS DISASTER) - RTR3ZBLY

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People watch as pyres burn at a cremation ground on the banks of river Ganges in Varanasi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, June 19, 2014. The city of Varanasi, on the banks of the River Ganges, is widely considered Hinduism's holiest city and many Hindus believe that dying there and having their remains scattered in the Ganges allows their soul to escape a cycle of death and rebirth, attaining "moksha" or salvation. "Mukti Bhavan" or "Salvation House", is a charity-run hostel that caters for people who wish to come to Varanasi to die. Guests can normally stay up to two weeks after which, if they haven't yet passed away, they are gently asked to leave. Picture taken June 19, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)ATTENTION EDITORS PICTURE 34 OF 35 FOR PACKAGE "WAITING TO DIE AT SALVATION HOUSE"SEARCH 'MUKTI BHAVAN' FOR ALL IMAGES - RTR3ZSF4

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Gaza Strip, Gaza City: Palestinians flee the Shujayehneighbourhood during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City. ALESSIO ROMENZI

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Israeli soldiers mourn with the brother of Israeli soldier Bnaya Rubel(kneeling) during Rubel's funeral in Holon, near Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2014. REUTERS/Nir Elias

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Bosnian Muslims pray

in front of coffins of their relatives during a mass funeral in the village of Biscani, near Prijedor, July 20, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

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A part of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 is seen at its crash site, near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, July 20, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday laid out what he said was overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of the Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine as he made the U.S. case against Moscow in the most emphatic and explicit terms yet. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev (UKRAINE - Tags: DISASTER POLITICS TRANSPORT CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Israelis take cover as a siren warning of incoming rockets sounds in the southern city of Ashkelon July 21, 2014. The Palestinian death toll in an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip jumped to more than 500 on Monday, as the United States, alarmed by escalating civilian bloodshed, took a direct role in efforts to secure a ceasefire. Non-stop attacks lifted the Palestinian death toll to 518, including almost 100 children, since fighting started on July 8, Gaza health officials said. Israel says 18 of its soldiers have also died along with two civilians. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko second (right)

and the Dutch Ambassador in Ukraine Kees

Klompenhouwer commemorate victims of the Malaysia

Airlines flight MH17 outside the Dutch Embassy in Kiev,

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A rebel fighter sits on chairs as he aims his weapon through a hole inside a house in the town of Morek in Hama province, Syria, July 21, 2014. REUTERS/Badi Khlif

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An Israeli tank manoeuvres outside the northern Gaza Strip July 21, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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Jul. 22, 2014. Israeli soldiers stand near their tank while smoke due to airstrikes and shelling rises from Gaza near Sderot, Israel. (Andrew Burton—Getty Images)

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Jul. 22, 2014. Bodies of crew members lie next to a destroyed Ukrainian tank in the northern outskirts of city of Donetsk. (Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images)

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SDEROT, ISRAEL - JULY 22: Israeli soldiers practice training missions near the Israeli-Gaza border on July 22, 2014 as seen from near Sderot, Israel. As operation "Protective Edge" goes into it's third week, the death toll continues to mount, including 27 Israeli soldiers and over 500 people in Gaza, the vast majority of whom are civilians. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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A Palestinian woman walks past the rubble of a residential building, which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City July 22, 2014-POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

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A pro-Russian separatist shows

members of the media a black box belonging to Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, before its handover to Malaysian representatives, in Donetsk, Ukraine, July 22, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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Palestinian relatives of Tawfiq al-Aga, who medics said was killed in Israeli shelling, mourn during his funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 23, 2014. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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Israeli army reservists take cover as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets near the southern city of Ashkelon, Israel, July 23, 2014.REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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Army participated in the ceremony of honor at Kharkivairport before making coffins of victims of aviation flight MH17 Malaysai downed the territory was occupied rebels in eastern Ukraine returned to the Netherlands

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A worker uses a forklift to lift the coffin of a victim of the MH17 flight of Malaysia Airlines on a downed military aircraft at the airport Khakiv Netherlands in Ukraine, to take to the Netherlands, 24/7 / 14

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A piece of the wreckage is seen at a crash site of the

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of

Petropavlovka, Donetsk region July 24, 2014.

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Flowers are pictured near debris at the site of Thursday's

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash, near Petropavlovka

village in the Donetsk region July 23, 2014.

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Debris is pictured at the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed, near Petropavlivka village in the Donetsk region July 23, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

MH17 crash site

A local resident walks past debris at the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed, near Petropavlovkavillage in the Donetsk region July 23, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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Jul. 24, 2014. Rescue personnel survey the wreckage of a TransAsia Airways turboprop plane that crashed, on Taiwan's offshore island Penghu. (Reuters)

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A Palestinian woman sits in a debris-strewn street as she

looks at houses which witnesses said were damaged in an Israeli air strike that killed two children, in the northern Gaza Strip July 24, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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A Palestinian boy looks at a car which witnesses said was damaged in an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City July 24, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

A Palestinian reacts following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City July 24, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Israeli soldiers patrol near Kibbutz Nir Am, just outside the

Gaza Strip July 24, 2014.REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Palestinians walk past a fire following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City July 24, 2014.REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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A general view of destroyed buildings after Israeli attacks in a part of the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in east Gaza City, 26 July 2014. Dozens of Palestinian

bodies were recovered from rubble in the Gaza Strip, medics said, in the middle of a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire. Since the start of Israel's offensive 900 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, most of them civilians, and about 6,000 injured. The Israeli government launched the offensive saying the goal was to curb rocket fire from Gaza. Since the ground operation started a week earlier, the objective has been expanded to target tunnels penetrating from Gaza into Israel. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN

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A small white lamb follows a white donkey through the rubble of homes in the northern district of Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip during an humanitarian truce on July 26, 2014. The bodies of at least another 35 Palestinians were recovered from rubble across Gaza during a truce, raising to over 900 since July 8 . (Photo by Heidi Levine /SipaPress)./LEVINE_IMG_7851/Credit:HeidiLevine/SIPA/1407261901

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A civil defense member is stuck under debris

at a site hit by what activists said were two barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Al-Shaarneighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, July 27, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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Lifeguards prepare to move a victim of a lightning strike in Venice, California July 27, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn

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Smoke rises during an Israeli offensive in the east of Gaza City July 27, 2014.REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot

Palestinians attend the Eid al-Fitr prayer at al-Farouk mosque, which witnesses said was hit by an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 28, 2014. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Palestinians carry a body from a destroyed building in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip July 26, 2014.REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

Israeli soldiers relax in the shade outside the northern Gaza Strip July 26, 2014.REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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KAFAR AZZA, ISRAEL - JULY 28: Used artillery shells litter the ground on the morning of July 28, 2014 near Kafar Azza, Israel. As Israel's operation "Protective Edge" in Gaza continues, the international community struggles to find a truce agreement. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

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A woman walks out of a damaged multi-storey block of flats carrying her belongings following what locals say was recent shelling by Ukrainian forces in central Donetsk, July 29, 2014. Intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine killed dozens of civilians, soldiers and rebels, as Kiev pressed on with an offensive on Tuesday including near the wreckage of Malaysian flight MH17. Shells hit the centre of Donetsk, a city with a pre-war population of nearly a million people where residents fear they will be trapped on a battlefield between advancing Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed rebels who have vowed to make a stand.REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

A car drives past the remains of a spent ammunition on the suburbs of Donetsk July 29, 2014. Intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine killed dozens of civilians, soldiers and rebels, as Kiev pressed on with an offensive on Tuesday including near the wreckage of Malaysian flight MH17. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

July 29, 2014Shelling in east Ukraine

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A Palestinian man takes a picture of a fire raging in Gaza's main power plant following an overnight Israeli airstrike, south of Gaza City, 29 July 2014. Violence escalated overnight, as Israel renewed intense airstrikes on Gaza in response to barrages of Palestinian rockets after an attempted unofficial truce for the three-day Eid al-Fitrholiday crumbled. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN

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Palestinians search for victims as people gather atop the

remains of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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Smoke rises following what witnesses said were Israeli air strikes in the east of Gaza City July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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A car drives past the remains of a spent ammunition on the suburbs of Donetsk, Ukraine, July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

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A tower collapsed mosque Al-Sousi, was destroyed in an Israeli attack in the Shati refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip

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A tower collapsed mosque Al-Sousi, was destroyed in an Israeli attack in the Shatirefugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip

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A statue of Buddha and storm debris covered

with mud outside a flooded house after heavy rains hit the town of Ittre in Belgium, July 30, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

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Rescue workers and volunteers clear the debris from the

site of a landslide at Malin village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra July 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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Palestinians gather near the minaret of a mosque that police said was destroyed by an Israeli Air strike in Gaza City July 30, 2014. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

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July 30, 2014 - Khan Younis, Gaza,

Palestinian Territory: IDF soldiers of the

Paratroopers Brigade guarding and

neutralizing tunnels that were dug by

the Hamas organization and leading

into Israel. The tunnel was dug 200

meters into Israeli territory, and reached

a distance of 800 meters from Kibbutz

Ein-Hashlosha. (Ziv Koren/Polaris)

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Ukrainian army advances

Ukrainian tanks move along a road near Eastern

Ukrainian village of Novoselivka Persha July 31,

2014.

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Members of Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Donbass" fire their weapon near the town of Pervomaysk July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Maks Levin

A Ukrainian tank moves along a road near Eastern

Ukrainian village of Novoselivka Persha July 31, 2014.

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A member of Ukrainian self-defence battalion "Donbass" stands at the positions near the town of Pervomaysk July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Maks Levin

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Members of Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Donbass" are seen at their positions near the town of Pervomaysk July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Maks Levin

Members of Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Donbass" are seen at their positions near the town of Pervomaysk July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Maks Levin

A Ukrainian tank moves along a

road near Eastern Ukrainian

village of Novoselivka Persha

July 31, 2014.

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A member of Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Donbass" fires a rocket-

propelled grenade (RPG) near the town of Pervomaysk July 31, 2014.

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An Israeli tank manoeuvres outside the northern Gaza Strip after crossing into Israel from Gaza July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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A person is seen lying on the ground after a gas explosion in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, August 1, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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A Dutch police team of international experts to where Malaysia Airlines MH17 aircraft was shot down near the village Hrabove(Grabovo) in the Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.

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Palestinians carry their belongings after salvage from the wreckage of houses destroyed by them in Beit Hanoun city was ferocious bombing of the Gaza Strip, near Israel's border.

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KASHGAR, CHINA - AUGUST 02: Uyghur labourers stand in front of a map of the plans for development of old Kashgar where traditional homes have been demolished by local authorities in recent years on August 2, 2014 in Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China. Nearly 100 people have been killed in unrest in the restive Xinjiang Province in the last week in what authorities say is terrorism but advocacy groups claim is a result of a government crackdown to silence opposition to its policies. China's Muslim Uyghur ethnic group faces cultural and religious restrictions by the Chinese government. Beijing says it is investing heavily in the Xinjiang region but Uyghurs are increasingly dissatisfied with the influx of Han Chinese and uneven economic development. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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A Palestinian man in pain when his mother's body was brought out of the rubble of their homes, but according to witnesses, was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Strip Gaza.

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Three men found guilty by a Somali military court of killing civilians and masterminding a recent attack on the Presidential Palace stand tied to poles shortly before they were executed by a firing squad in capital Mogadishu August 3, 2014. The three were also members of the militant group Al Shabaab. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA - Tags: CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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An Israeli soldier salutes as he rides atop a tank near the border with the Gaza Strip

August 3, 2014. An Israeli air strike killed at least 10 people and wounded about 30 others on Sunday in a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said, as dozens

died in Israeli shelling of the enclave and Hamas fired rockets at Israel. The Israeli

military said it was looking into the reported attack, the second to hit a school in less than a

week. Israeli media, on the 27th day of the fighting, reported that most Israeli troops had

pulled out of Gaza, and Reuters TV footage showed a column of Israeli tanks and dozens of infantrymen leaving the enclave. REUTERS/BazRatner (ISRAEL - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT)

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A helicopter flies above collapsed houses after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Longtoushan town, Ludian county, Zhaotong, Yunnan province, August 4, 2014. The death toll from the earthquake that hit southwestern China on Sunday climbed to 398 people, state media reported on Monday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

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A man holds a picture as he stands among debris of collapsed buildings after an earthquake hit Longtoushantownship of Ludian county, Yunnan province August 4, 2014. REUTERS/Wong Campion

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Palestinians look at destroyed houses after returning to the Shejaia

neighborhood, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during the Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City August 5, 2014.

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Syrian refugees, run flee recent fighting in Arsal, waiting in Majdel Anjar in the Bekaa Valley, near the Lebanese border with Syria. The refugees, who had sought refuge in Arsal, is looking to return to Syria. However,They say that the authorities at the border not to go back until their identity and their identity is verifiedJanuary 13, 2015 122

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A Palestinian sits amid the ruins of destroyed homes in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in Gaza City August 6, 2014. A Gaza ceasefire was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to a war that has devastated the Islamist Hamas- dominated enclave. Gaza officials say the war has killed 1,867 Palestinians, most of them civilians. Israel says 64 of its soldiers and three civilians have been killed since fighting began on July 8, after a surge in Palestinian rocket launches. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) -

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Protesters hold a petrol bomb during clashes with pro-government forces at Independence Square in Kiev

August 7, 2014. Tensions flared on Thursday on Kiev's Independence Square, the scene of street protests

that toppled a Moscow-backed president in February, when protesters still camped there clashed with city

workers who tried to clear away their tents. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE - Tags:

POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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An Afghan refugee child chases bubbles released by other children, while playing on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. For more than three decades, Pakistan has been home to one of the world’s largest refugee communities: hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have fled the repeated wars and fighting in their country. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Aug. 8, 2014. Palestinians attend Friday noon prayers in the shadow of a toppled minaret at a mosque in Gaza City.

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Aug. 9, 2014. Smoke rises after the impact of an airstrike in the Ansar neighbourhood in Gaza City.

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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 10, 2014. Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday. The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, has prompted tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push to within a 30-minute drive of the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. Picture taken August 10, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR41YW4

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Fishkhabur, Iraq. August 10, 2014.A displaced Yazidi man carries his two daughters as he crosses the border into Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq near the village of Fishkhabur. Thousands of displaced Yazidis from the Sinjar region of northern Iraq have taken refuge in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq after fleeing their homes due to the advance of militants from ISIS.(Photo by Moises Saman/MAGNUM)

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Aug. 10, 2014. Lisa Soroka, 80, who lost a grandson to a rocket attack, is treated for injuries after heavy shelling in the morning near the city's airport, in Donetsk, Ukraine.

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Aug. 11, 2014. A man backs away as law enforcement officials close in on him and eventually detain him during protests over the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer, in Ferguson, Mo

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Gaza Strip, Gaza City: Destroyed buildings in Al Shaaf neighbourhood during a 72 hours ceasefire on August 11, 2012. ALESSIO ROMENZI

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Aug. 11, 2014. A Palestinian mourner weeps at the family house of Ehsan al-Agha, who was killed in an Israeli strike Sunday, as his body is carried away during the funeral, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

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Men carry a wounded woman at a site hit by what activists said was a missile fired by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Aleppo's Bab al-Nairab district, Syria, August 11, 2014. REUTERS/Rami Zayat

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A Palestinian relative of al-Aqrah Zakariah, 21, who was killed in a military operation by the Israeli military, talking with soldiers in the village of Qabalan near Nablus in the West Bank. The Israeli army said it killed the Al-Aqrah, suspected Palestinian militants after people opened fire on Israeli forces.

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A displaced man and a woman from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjartown, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 11, 2014. Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday. The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, has prompted tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push to within a 30-minute drive of the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. Picture taken August 11, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY)

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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 11, 2014. Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday. The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, has prompted tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push to within a 30-minute drive of the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. Picture taken August 11, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (IRAQ -Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Displaced children from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, ride on a donkey as they head towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjarmountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 11, 2014. Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday. The Islamic State, which has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, has prompted tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians to flee for their lives during their push to within a 30-minute drive of the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. Picture taken August 11, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY)

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Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. August 12, 2014.A boy whose mother was onboard the helicopter cries as he does not know the fate of his mother, she survived. An Iraqi Air Force helicopter on a rescue mission in the SinjarMountains crashed shortly after takeoff. Onboard the helicopter were dozens of Yazidi refugees stranded in the mountain for days unable to reach the safety of Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Iraq.(Photo by Moises Saman/MAGNUM)

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Women observing the ritual to wash away the sins committed during mentruation at the annual Rishi Panchami festival, Kathmandu. Nepal.

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A girl sits on the ruins of her family's home that witnesses say was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Beit Hanounneighborhood of Gaza City, August 12, 2014. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

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Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. August 12, 2014.Yazidi women stranded in the SingarMountains wait for the arrival of a rescue helicopter.(Photo by Moises Saman/MAGNUM)

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An armed pro-Russian separatist points at a bus riddled with bullet holes at a checkpoint on

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Riot police stand guard as demonstrators protest the

shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

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Visitors run away as waves caused by a tidal bore surge

past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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A girl from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province, Iraq, August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Displaced Iraqi families from the Yazidi community cross the Iraqi-Syrian border at the Fishkhabur crossing, in northern Iraq, on August 13, 2014. At least 20,000 civilians, most of whom are from the Yazidi community, who had been besieged by jihadists on a mountain in northern Iraq have safely escaped to Syria and been escorted by Kurdish forces back into Iraq, officials said. The breakthrough coincided with US air raids on Islamic State fighters in the Sinjar area of northwestern Iraq on August 9, and Kurdish forces from Iraq, Syria and Turkey working together to break the siege of Mount Sinjar and rescue the displaced AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Shi'ite volunteers, from Abbas Unit who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, parade down a street in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad August 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed

Shi'ite volunteers, from Abbas Unit who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, parade down a street in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad, August 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi

town of Sinjar, re-enter Iraq from Syria at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in

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Members of the Kurdish security forces take part during an intensive security deployment after clashes with militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, in Jalawla, Diyala province August 12, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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Kurdish peshmerga troops keep watch during an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants on the frontline in KhazerAugust 14, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units sit inside an Iraqi military camp in Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said

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Members of the Kurdish security forces take part during an intensive security deployment after clashes with militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, in Jalawla, Diyala province August 12, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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Robin Williams in a seminar on the HBO program titled: "Robin Williams: Weapons self-destruction" in Pasadena, California, on 30/7/2009

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A Yazidi fighter who recently joined the Kurdish People's Protection Units gestures while securing a road in Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq for displaced people from the Yazidi religious minority fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, as they make their way towards Newrooz camp in Syria's al-Hasakah province August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town

of Sinjar, rest amongst garbage at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour,

Dohuk province August 13, 2014.

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Displaced people from the Yazidi religious minority, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, ride on a truck as they are evacuated from Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq with the help of members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, as they make their way towards Newrooz camp in Syria's al-Hasakah province, August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said

A man from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, sits on the ground at Bajed Kadal refugee camp south west of Dohuk province August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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People gather on August 16, 2014 in front of the hill where two years ago miners where gunned down by the South African police during a violent wave of strikes. Thousands of South African platinum mineworkers on August 16 gathered at Marikana to commemorate the second anniversary of the killing of 34 of their colleagues by police during a strike. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)

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A performer taking part in the opening ceremony on Aug. 16 for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, eastern China's Jiangsu province. More than 3,700 competitors aged 15 to 18 were expected to participate in the games, with many hoping to build towards a place at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images) #

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A tank drives on the course of the Tank Biathlon world championship in Alabino outside Moscow, Russia, August 16, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

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A follower of the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi group carries his weapon on his shoulder as he attends an anti-government gathering in Arhab, north of Yemen's capital Sanaa August 17, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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A Palestinian woman walks past the ruins of houses which witnesses said were destroyed during the Israeli offensive in Johr El-Deek village near the central Gaza Strip August 17, 2014. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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Kurdish Peshmerga forces stand guard near the

town of Makhmur, south of Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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Palestinians ride in a motorbike

rickshaw past the ruins of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed during the Israeli offensive, on the fifth day of ceasefire in Khan Younisin the southern Gaza Strip August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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Palestinian fighters from the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, are seen inside an underground tunnel in Gaza August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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Palestinian fighters from the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades,

the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stand inside an underground tunnel in Gaza August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemAug. 18 , 2014

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Aerial photographs showed landslides swept through a residential area in Ward Asaminami in Hiroshima, western Japan. (Photo by Kyodo)Aug. 19 , 2014

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A Kurdish fighter keeps guard while overlooking positions of Islamic State militants near Mosul in northern Iraq August 19, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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James Wright Foley is seen in this undated image provided to TIME.

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Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi group brandish their weapons during a

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Peshmerga fighters stand on a vehicle with a Kurdish flag as they guard Mosul Dam in northern Iraq August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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A displaced family from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence, walks towards the entrance of Mosul, in northern Iraq August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

The wreckage of a car belonging to Islamic State militants lies beside a tree after it was targeted by a U.S. air strike at Mosul Dam, northern Iraq August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Peshmerga fighters stand at the entrance of the tourist village in Mosul Dam in northern Iraq August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

A Peshmerga fighter is seen in a vehicle as he guards Mosul Dam in northern Iraq August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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A Ukrainian sniper leaves his shelter at a military

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A Ukrainian serviceman shoots with a grenade

launcher after seeing something suspicious at a military camp in Luhansk region August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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Hamas militants grab Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel, before executing them in Gaza City, August 22, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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A view of what witnesses said was an explosion caused by an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza City August 23, 2014. REUTERS/Ezz Zanon

Smoke rises during what witnesses said was an explosion caused by an Israeli air strike as debris from a house are scattered in Gaza City August 23, 2014. REUTERS/Ezz Zanon

A Palestinian firefighter reacts at the scene of what witnesses said

was an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza City August 23, 2014.

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An Israeli police explosives expert removes the remains of a rocket which was fired from Gaza, after it exploded in the southern city of GanYavne August 22, 2014. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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A man stands next to a house

destroyed by, what locals say, was recent shelling by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk August 23, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Armed pro-Russian separatists

force-march Ukrainian prisoners of war along the main street of the

rebel-held Ukrainian town of Donetsk August 24, 2014.

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U.S. troops assess the damage to an armored vehicle of NATO-led International Security Assistance force (ISAF) at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad province, August 24, 2014. REUTERS/Parwiz

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A resident of Tabqa city touring the streets on a motorcycle waves an Islamist flag in celebration after Islamic State militants took over Tabqa air base, in nearby Raqqa city August 24, 2014.REUTERS/Stringer

Residents of Tabqa city and Islamic State militants tour the streets in celebration after Islamic State militants took over Tabqa air base in northeast Syria August 24, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

A warplane operated by forces of Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad carries out what activists said was an air raid around al-Tabqa military base at a government-controlled airport that is surrounded by militants, west of Raqqa city, August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

A man inspects damage at the entrance of the National Hospital of al-Tabaqa, caused by what activists said was an airstrike by forces of Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad on the hospital, beside al-Tabqa military base, west of Raqqa August 23, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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Pro-Russian separatists hold their weapons as they

rest after a rally in Donetsk August 24, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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A general view of the remains of a mosque, which

witnesses said was hit by an Israeli air strike, is seen in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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Smoke and sand are seen following what witnesses said was

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Rebel fighters stand in front of the building was damaged in the Karam al-Jabal neighborhood of the city of Aleppo, Syria.

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Palestinian women stand next to the remains of one of Gaza's tallest apartment

towers, which witnesses said was hit by an Israeli air strike that destroyed much of it, in Gaza City August 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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A combination of pictures shows a missile, which witnesses said was fired by an Israeli aircraft, hit the house of Palestinian senior Islamic Jihad leader NafezAzzam in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 26, 2014. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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A new volunteer of the Ukrainian interior ministry's special battalion "Sich" holds flowers during a ceremony, where he and his comrades will take an oath of allegiance to his country, in Kiev August 26, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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An Ukrainian serviceman is seen at his position

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Palestinians sit on a couch as they return to the remains of their house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli offensive, after a ceasefire was declared, in the east of Gaza City August 27, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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Palestinian militants from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) take part in a news conference in Gaza City August 27, 2014. An open-ended ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and the Palestinians held on Wednesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced strong criticism in his country's newspapers over a campaign in which no clear victor emerged. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR43Y06

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Train wagons are seen on the destroyed railway bridge which collapsed during

the fighting between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists, over a main road leading to the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, near the village of Novobakhmutivka, north of Donetsk city, August 27, 2014. REUTERS/GlebGaranich

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A Pro-Russian separatist sits at his position at Savur-Mohyla, a

hill east of the city of Donetsk, August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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A Pro-Russian separatist

stands near the damaged war memorial at Savur-Mohyla, a hill east of the city of Donetsk, August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Metal boards in the shape of gunmen sit on an old bunker at an observation point on Mt. Bental in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, overlooking the border with Syria near the Quneitra province, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. An armed group detained more than 40 U.N. peacekeepers during fighting in Syria early Thursdayand over 80 peacekeepers are trapped, the United Nations said. The peacekeepers were detained on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights during a "period of increased fighting between armed elements and the Syrian Arab Armed Forces," the office of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement. ( AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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The art installation Pulse & Bloom is seen during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 29, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

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Dillon Bracken (L) and Atalya Stachel

dance during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 30, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

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Aug. 31, 2014. Russia's president Vladimir Putin (C) gives a thumbs up during the closing ceremony of the 2014 World Judo Championships.

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A participant rides a bike to an art installation on the last day of the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 31, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

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Syrian army soldiers fire during a battle in Syria with rebels near the border fence with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights September 1, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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Iraqi Shiite militia fighters fire their weapons as they celebrate breaking a long siege

of Amerli by Islamic State militants September 1, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

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A mother and child hide in a bomb shelter in Petrovskiydistrict in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. The Petrovskiy district of Donetsk is currently a frontline and one of the districts which suffered the most from the artillery fights between Ukrainian army and Pro-Pussian rebels. (AP Photo/Mstislav Chernov)

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GAZA STRIP - SEPTEMBER 01: A boy sleeps amid the rubble of his destroyed

house on September 1, 2014 in Gaza Strip. Local residents visited their house that was shelled by Israel during the Operation Protective Edge by Israel, in the Shejaia neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. Ahmed Hjazy/Barcroft Media /Landov

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Villagers dry their clothes on a stone wall in the mountain village of Chupon, Peru, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. The village lies in the Peruvian Andes in the province of Ayacucho and houses about 30 peasants that subsist on farming corn and potatoes. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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A turret with a gun from a Ukrainian army tank is pictured at the site of a destroyed Ukrainian check-point as road workers clear debris outside the town of Olenivkanear the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, September 2, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Relatives and soldiers from the Lebanese

army react as they carry the coffin of Lebanese soldier Ali al-Sayyed, who was

beheaded by Islamic State militants in Arsal, during his funeral in Qalamoun, in Akkar

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Who put hands up and jam Lebanon funeral weapons while others put the coffin of Sgt. Ali Sayid being the war Islam beheaded, during his funeral in his home town of Fnaydek, in Akkar in Northern Lebanon. Sergeant Ali Sayid went missing around the same time that about two dozen soldiers and policemen are the first since Syria arrests. The fighting has battered frontier town Arsal for days last month.

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A Palestinian man looks out of his heavily damaged house at neighbouring

houses which witnesses said were destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City, September 3, 2014. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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A man walks past a garage set ablaze by what locals say was shelling by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk, September 4, 2014.REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A Ukrainian army serviceman smokes as he repairs military vehicles at his camp near Kramatorsk September 4, 2014.REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A member of the military special forces sits in an armored vehicle near Kramatorsk September 4, 2014.REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A Ukrainian serviceman smokes as he sits on an armored vehicle near Kramatorsk September 4, 2014.REUTERS/Gleb Garanich AY)

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A member of the military special forces sits on an armored vehicle near Kramatorsk September 4, 2014.REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A Ukrainian army serviceman repairs military vehicles at his camp near Kramatorsk September 4, 2014.REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A Ukrainian army serviceman rests as he repairs military vehicles at his camp near Kramatorsk September 4, 2014.REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Ukrainian army servicemen repair armored vehicles at their camp

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Militia fighters and civilians cover their faces as they stand near bodies recently dug up from a mass grave outside the town of Sulaiman Pek in northern Iraq September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter inspects the burnt, former media office of Islamic State militants in Sulaiman Pek, after the town was recaptured on Monday, September 3, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

A vehicle that was burnt during heavy fighting between militants from the Islamic State and Shi'ite militias is seen on the outskirts of the town of AmerliSeptember 5, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

The shoes of men who were recently dug up from a mass grave are seen outside the town of Sulaiman Pek in northern Iraq September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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A member of Iraqi security forces, backed by Sunni tribesmen, gives assistance to

comrades who were wounded during an attack at a military post during the visit of Ahmed al-Dulaimi, the governor of Iraq's Anbar province on September 7, 2014 on the road between Barwanah and Hadithain Anbar province, west of the provincial

capital Ramadi. Dulaimi was injured during the attack, which also wounded

Abdulhakim al-Jughaifi, the administrative official responsible for Haditha, and seven

soldiers, shortly after the town of Barwanah was retaken from militants, an

AFP journalist said. A suicide bomber then struck the convoy carrying Dulaimi toward

Haditha for treatment, killing one soldier and wounding six. AFP PHOTO / AZHAR

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Devotees splash water on an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, as it is carried for immersion into the Arabian Sea on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai September 8, 2014. Ganesh idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing, and later immersed in a river or the sea, symbolising a ritual seeing-off of his journey towards his abode, taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (india - tags: religion society tpx images of the day)

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A Palestinian woman makes coffee on a fire outside her makeshift shelter near the ruins of her house, which witnesses said was destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in Al Mughraga village in the south of Gaza City September 8, 2014. An open-ended ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Gaza militants, mediated by Egypt, took effect on August 26 after a seven-week conflict. It called for an indefinite halt to hostilities, the immediate opening of Gaza's blockaded crossings with Israel and Egypt, and a widening of the territory's fishing zone in the Mediterranean. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: politics civil unrest conflict society tpx images of the day)

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Those affected by the floods across the boat flooded part of flood waters in Srinagar, India.

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An Indian resident sits outside her destroyed home following flash-floods in Jammu on Sept. 8. Desperate residents were huddled on rooftops September 8 as they tried to escape flood waters which have already claimed more than 350 lives in India and Pakistan and left tens of thousands homeless.(AFP/Getty Images) #

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Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush laugh on stage during a

Presidential Leadership Scholars program event at the Newseum in Washington September 8, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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A tractor evacuating Kashmiri flood victims to higher grounds travels through a

flooded street in Srinagar September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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A boy collects items thrown by devotees as religious offerings next to idols of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, a day after they were immersed in the waters of the Sabarmati river in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Amit DaveSep. 9 ,2014

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An injured man sits at a field

hospital after what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Badra Mamet

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Pakistani Army soldiers drop a blue bag of food supplies to flooded areas in Jhang, Punjab province, Pakistan, 10 September 2014.

Pakistani troops and rescue workers on 10 September raced to evacuate thousands of people as swollen rivers headed towards the southern province of Sindh. Mudslides and flooding killed more than 240 in the central province of Punjab and parts of disputed Kashmir region, the National Disaster Management Authority said. EPA/OMER SALEEM

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A flood victim sits on a boat while being evacuated from her flooded house following heavy rain in

Jhang, Punjab province September 10, 2014. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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Rescue workers mark the road boundaries in flooded areas in Jhang, Punjab province, Pakistan, Sept. 11. Flooding in Pakistan might affect more than 5 million people, an official said Sept 11.as the government ordered an initial assessment of losses and international help started flowing in. (LYAS SHEIKH/EPA) #

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Pro-Ukrainian fighters wrestle during guerilla tactics training in a forest outside Kiev September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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Image taken from a helicopter of the Pakistan air force shows a flooded area in Multan, Punjab province. The floods killed 450 people in India and Pakistan has begun withdrawing the country Wednesday and for rescue teams the opportunity to evacuate thousands of people trapped.

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Shi'ite fighters from Mahdi Army launch rockets during heavy fighting against Islamic state members at Bo Hassan village, near Tikrit in northern Iraq September 12, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Shi'ite fighters from Mahdi Army fire their weapons during heavy fighting with Islamic State militants at Bo Hassan village in near Tikrit, northern Iraq September 12, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

A Shi'ite fighter from Mahdi Army launches mortars during heavy

fighting with Islamic State militants at Bo Hassan village in near Tikrit,

northern Iraq September 12, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

A Shi'ite fighter from Mahdi Army covers his face during heavy fighting with Islamic State militants at Bo Hassan village in near Tikrit, northern Iraq September 12, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter uses sandbags to make a gun placement over-looking the road to Makhmur that

was retaken from the Islamic Sate, south of Erbil September 10, 2014.

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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at Baretle village, which is controlled by the Islamic State, in Khazir, on the edge of Mosul September 8, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Kurdish Peshmerga vehicles escort media vehicles in an area they had retaken from the Islamic State, on Bashiqah mountain, on the edge of Mosul September 8, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

A Shi'ite fighter from the Saraya al-Salam militia examines bodies recently dug up from a mass grave outside the town of Sulaiman Pek in northern Iraq September 5, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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Members of Iraqi security forces are seen during a fight with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Ramadi, September 14, 2014. REUTERS/Osama Al-Dulaimi

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A volunteer of Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Azov" talks to his girlfriend after returning from the front line in Eastern regions of Ukraine, in Kiev September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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Ukrainian soldiers from the volunteer battalion Shakhtarsk attend a training session on the outskirts of the southern coastal town of Mariupol September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter launches mortar shells towards Zummar, controlled by Islamic State, near Mosul, Iraq September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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A Sept. 15 photo provided by the US Geological Survey shows geologists from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory surveying the lava flow from the June 27th flow from the Kilauea volcano in Pahoa, Hawaii. On Sept. 16 Hawaii County spokesman Kevin Dayton said the slow-moving lava is expected to bypass homes in the Kaohe Homesteads subdivision, and the lava is about 19 days from reaching Pahoa Village Road. (US Geological Survey via Associated Press) #

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A motorcycle falls on the street as residents ride their vehicles against strong

wind and heavy rainfall under the influence of Typhoon Kalmaegi, in Haikou, Hainan province, China September 16, 2014. REUTERS

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An Islamic State militant

stands next to residents as they hold pieces of wreckage from a Syrian war plane after it crashed in Raqqa, in northeast Syria, September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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Firefighters battling the King Fire watch as a backfire burns along Highway 50 in Fresh Pond, California September 16, 2014. The fire led officials to call on about 400 people to evacuate from areas threatened by the blaze, Cal Fire spokeswoman Alyssa Smith said. It has charred more than 11,500 acres (4,654 hectares) and was 5 percent contained on Tuesday. REUTERS/Noah BergerJanuary 13, 2015

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A firefighter battling the King Fire watches a backfire burn along

Highway 50 in Fresh Pond, California September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Noah BergerJanuary 13, 2015

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Shi'ite fighters, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight

against militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, take part in field training in the desert in the province of Najaf, September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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A Syrian refugee child eats inside his family's

tent at an informal settlement in Deir al-Ahmar, Bekaa valley September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Alia Haju

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Cup cakes are displayed in the window of Cuckoo's bakery in Edinburgh, in Scotland September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

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A man passes by a damaged vehicle on a street covered with mud due to heavy

floods in Tekija village, Serbia September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Djordje KojadinovicJanuary 13, 2015

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Shell-shocked in Syria

An injured man rests inside a field hospital after what activists said were two air strikes by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on a market in central Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Badra Mamet

Residents try to put out a fire at a site after what activists said were two air strikes by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on a market in central Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Residents receive medical help inside a field hospital after what activists said were two air strikes by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on a market in central Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Badra Mamet

Residents carry an injured man after what activists said were two air strikes by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on a market in central Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam KhabiehJanuary 13, 2015

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A youth pushes a bicycle past a fire at a site hit by what activists said were two air strikes carried out by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on a market in central Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

An injured child reacts inside a field hospital after what activists said were two air strikes by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on a market in central Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Badra Mamet

A woman reacts amid damage after what activists claim were eight sites hit by warplanes loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Douma, eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Badra Mamet

Residents inspect damage after what activists claim were eight sites hit by

warplanes loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Douma, eastern al-

Ghouta, near Damascus September 16, 2014.

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The painted nails of a Kurdish Peshmerga female fighter are seen as she holds her gun during combat skills training before being deployed to fight Islamic State militants, at their military camp in Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Kurdish Peshmerga female fighters take part in combat skills training before deploying to fight the Islamic State at their military camp in Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Kurdish Peshmerga female fighters practise the procedure of dealing with prisoners during combat skills training before being deployed to fight Islamic State militants, at their military camp in Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Kurdish Peshmerga female fighters march during combat skills training before being deployed to fight the Islamic State at their military camp in Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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Kurdish Peshmerga female fighters take part in combat skills training before deploying to fight the Islamic State at their military camp in Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Kurdish Peshmerga female fighters take up positions during combat skills training before being deployed to fight Islamic State militants, at their military camp in Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Kurdish Peshmerga female fighters practice the procedure of dealing with prisoners during combat skills training before being deployed to fight Islamic State militants, at their military camp in Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Kurdish Peshmerga female fighters march during combat skills training before being deployed to fight the Islamic State at their military camp in Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq September 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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Destruction in east Ukraine

The interior of a burnt-out train is pictured at a railway station in the town of Ilovaysk, eastern Ukraine, September 19, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Destroyed Ukrainian army vehicles are seen at the site of recent shelling at their military camp near the village of Dmytrivka in eastern Ukraine, September 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

A woman stands inside her destroyed home in the town of Ilovaysk, eastern Ukraine, September 19, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A cat walks in front of a burnt-out vehicle in the town of Ilovaysk, eastern Ukraine, September 19, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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A destroyed Grad multiple rocket launcher system of Ukrainian army is seen at the village of Dmytrivka, in eastern Ukraine, September 19, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

A youth practices on the bars at a park near a building damaged in recent shelling in the

town of Ilovaysk, eastern Ukraine,

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Djurica

A burnt-out plane is seen at the destroyed airport in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, September 14, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Rebellion in Yemen

A worker jumps out of a damaged window of a school cafe at an area where fighting is going on between government forces and Shi'ite Houthirebels in Sanaa September 19, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi movement flee from tear gas used by the riot police to disperse them, near the cabinet building in Sanaa September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

Followers of the Shi'ite al-Houthi movement perform the weekly Friday prayers on the airport road in Sanaa September 19, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi group wave their weapons as they gather at the group's camp near Sanaa September 10, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahJanuary 13, 2015

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A soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint in Sanaa September 11, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

Riot policemen and their vehicles are seen through tear gas during clashes with activists from the Shi'ite Houthi movement, near the cabinet building in Sanaa September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi movement flee from tear gas used by the riot police to disperse them, near the cabinet building in Sanaa September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

Journalists stand atop a crane which was burned during Sunday's clashes between Shi'ite Muslim Houthi protesters and riot police on the main road leading to the airport in Sanaa September 8, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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A Turkish soldier helps Syrian Kurds with their luggage after they crossed into

Turkey, at the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, September 20, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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Syrian Kurds walk after crossing into Turkey at the Turkish-Syrian border, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, September 20, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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A Syrian Kurdish child holds a glass of water after he crossed the border between Syria and Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, on September 20, 2014.(Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) #January 13, 2015

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Syrian refugees continue to arrive at the border in Suruc, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP) #

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A Shi'ite Houthi rebel holds his weapon as he enters a tank at the compound of the army's First Armoured Division, after they took over it, in Sanaa September 22, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter keeps guard as his colleagues train before deploying to fight the Islamic State, at a temporary military camp near the front line in Gwar, northern Iraq September 22, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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A young Syrian Kurdish refugee boy carries an infant after

crossing the Syrian-Turkish border, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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Residents inspect damaged buildings in what activists say was a U.S. strike, in

Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof

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Air strikes in SyriaA damaged site is seen in what activists say was a U.S. strike, in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof

Residents inspect a damaged site in what activists say was a U.S. strike, in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof

Residents inspect damaged buildings in what activists say was a U.S. strike, in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Residents inspect a damaged site in what activists say was a U.S. strike in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof

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An Islamic State Command and Control Center in Syria before (L) and after it was struck by bombs dropped by a U.S. F-22 fighter jet. REUTERS/Department of Defense

What U.S. officials say was an Islamic State finance center in Syria shows a view before (L) and after it was struck by a Tomahawk missile. REUTERS/US Department of Defense

Residents inspect damaged buildings in what activists say was a U.S. strike, in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof

A Tomahawk cruise missile is launched against Islamic State targets from the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke, in the Red Sea, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez Ii

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A man shows the remains of a rocket shell that damaged his house from a shelling a day before, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, September 22, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

Pro-Russian rebels stand in front of what they say is a mass grave with five bodies, in the town of Nizhnaya Krinka, eastern Ukraine, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A resident looks out from his balcony at a building that was damaged by a rocket shelling a day before, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, September 22, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili Smoke rises near the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport after

recent shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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A Ukrainian serviceman sits at a checkpoint during a prisoners-of-war (POWs) exchange near Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, September 22, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

A pro-Russian rebel secures the site near where fellow rebels say is a grave with five bodies, in the town of Nizhnaya Krinka, eastern Ukraine, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A woman walks past a building that was damaged in the recent shelling, in the town of Yasinovataya, eastern Ukraine, September 22, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica A man holds an artillery shell as a woman stands

in front of her home at the town of NizhnayaKrinka, eastern Ukraine, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Residents stand on their balcony at a building that was damaged during a rocket shelling a day before, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, September 22, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

Pro-Russian rebels watch from a building as smoke rises near the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport after recent shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Ukrainian servicemen stand at the checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

A Ukrainian military beret is seen at a check point at the town of Nizhnaya Krinka, eastern Ukraine, September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Some people walked among the rubble of buildings damaged by, say activists, one of the American airstrikes in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Iraq.

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Boys inspect a vehicle which was damaged in what activists say was one of

Tuesday's U.S. air strikes in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, September 24, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

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TOPSHOTSA Syrian Kurdish woman wipes her eyes during a dust storm on a hill where she and others stand watching clashes between jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) and Kurdish fighters, at Swedi village some 10 km west of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, on September 24, 2014. Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds flooded into Turkey fleeing an onslaught by the jihadist Islamic State group that prompted an appeal for international intervention. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images

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A Kurdish Syrian refugee waits for transport during a sand storm on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, September 24, 2014. The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it was making contingency plans in case all 400,000 inhabitants of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani fled into Turkey to escape advancing Islamic State militants. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: politics tpx images of the day civil unrest conflict)

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Kim Un Hyang athletes from North Korea to cry when awarded the gold medal in the final balance for

technical content gymnastics competition at the Namdong, Asian Congress of Sports 17th in Incheon,

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A Romanian shepherd who Cincu commune in central Romania.

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Afghan refugee children gather under the roof of a hut selling food to shelter, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Kurdish Syrian refugees and Turkish protesters pull down a part of the Turkish-Syrian border fence, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 26, 2014.REUTERS/Murad

Kurdish Syrian refugees sit with their belongings after crossing the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa

province September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

A Turkish military vehicle stands next to the Turkish-Syrian border as Kurdish Syrian refugees gather at the border fence, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfaprovince September 25, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

A Turkish soldier helps Kurdish Syrian refugees to carry their belongings as they cross into Turkey on the Turkish-Syrian border, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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A fluttering Islamic State flag, is flown over a hill in Tel Abyad town on the Syrian-Turkish border, Raqqa countryside September 24, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Kurdish Syrian refugees sit with their belongings after crossing the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Kurdish Syrian refugees stand in a truck at the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 25, 2014.

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Kurdish Syrian refugees carry their belongings after crossing the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 25, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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A Kurdish refugees from Syria with a baby after crossing the border near the Turkish-Syrian Suruc town southeast of Sanliurfa province. Nearly 140,000 Syrian Kurds fled to Turkey since last week, the fastest migration takes place during the civil war lasted three years.

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A Turkish Kurds fled the tear gas by riot police fired to disperse protesters near the border with Turkey-Syria Suruc town in southeastern Sanliurfa province.

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A cradle left behind by Syrian Kurdish refugees lies at

the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, September 27, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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Sept. 28, 2014. Activists dismantle Ukraine's biggest monument to Lenin at a pro-Ukrainian rally in the central square of the eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures while speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York, during a visit to the United States, September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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Pope Francis greets Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI

before a mass in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

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George Clooney and his wife AmalAlamuddin leave the seven-star

hotel Aman Canal Grande Venice, September 28, 2014.

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George Clooney travels in a taxi boat.REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

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Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers and

firefighters conduct rescue operations at mountain lodges, covered with volcanic ash as volcanic smoke rises near the peak of Mt. Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures, September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Kyodo

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Deadly volcano in Japan

Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) soldiers and firefighters make rescue works among mountain lodges, covered with volcanic ash near the peak of Mt. Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures in this September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Kyodo

Climbers descend Mt. Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures, to evacuate as volcanic ash falls at the mountain in central Japan September 27, 2014. REUTERS/Kyodo

Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers and firefighters conduct rescue operations at mountain lodges, covered with volcanic ash as volcanic smoke rises near the peak of Mt. Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Kyodo

Mountain lodges, covered with volcanic ash are seen near a crater of Mt. Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures September 27, 2014. REUTERS/Kyodo

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Syrian Kurdish refugees walk with their belongings after

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Students carry a defaced cutout of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying during a protest march to Government House in Hong Kong September 25, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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Riot police scuffle with pro-democracy students after they stormed into a

restricted area at the government headquarters in Hong Kong September 27, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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Riot police patrol as tens of thousands of protesters block the

main street to the financial Central district (at background) outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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Protesters hold their mobile phones as they block

the main street to the financial Central district, outside the government headquarters, in Hong Kong September 29, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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The Syrian-Turkish border

Turkish army tanks take up position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 29, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Syrian Kurdish refugees arrive on the back of a truck near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 29, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

A local resident stands on the debris of a house hit by a mortar shell from the Syrian side of the border in Alanyurt village near the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 29, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Smoke rises after a mortar landed in the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from the Turkish border town of Suruc, near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in Sanliurfa province September 29, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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Turkish and Syrian Kurds run as Turkish security forces use tear gas to disperse

them near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, near the

southeastern town of Suruc September 26, 2014.

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Syrian Kurdish men wait with their vehicles behind the border fences to cross into Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 27, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Turkish Kurds throw water bottles to the Syrian side over the Turkish-Syrian border fence, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Kurdish Syrian refugees and Turkish protestors pull down a part of the Turkish-Syrian border

fence, near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 26, 2014.

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A Turkish Kurdish protestor throws back a tear gas capsule at riot police near the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 29, 2014. Turkish security forces broke up the pro-Kurdish demonstration on the Turkish-Syrian border which was in solidarity with Syrian Kurds. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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An injured boy sitting in what activists say was hit by a barrel bomb forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo area in Sheikh Khodr.

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Sept. 29, 2014. Syrian Kurdish refugees at the Yumurtalik border crossing wait to be taken to shelters elsewhere in Turkey. Islamic State militants have been carrying out a weeklong assault on the Kurdish area across the border, where residents have pleaded for military aid.

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A vendor sells prayer beads on Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hera cave, during the annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed(SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Smoke rises around the damaged main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International airport after recent shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, September 30, 2014. Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed when separatist shelling hit their armoured vehicle near Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said on Monday, putting a fragile ceasefire under further strain. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (UKRAINE - Tags: politics civil unrest conflict transport tpx images of the day)

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Syrian Kurdish refugees wait after crossing into Turkey near the southeastern

Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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Syrian Kurdish refugees sit next to their belongings in a field where they spent

the night near Mursitpinar border crossing in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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Ailina Tsarnaev, sister of the accused Boston Marathon

bombers appears in New York Criminal Court in Manhattan, New York, September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Steven Hirsch/PoolSep. 30 ,2014

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SUMBAWA, WEST NUSA TENGGARA, INDONESIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Barapan Kebo participants gather in rice fields before the race during Barapan Kebo or buffalo races as part of the Moyo festival on September 30, 2014 in Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The traditional Buffalo races, known as Barapan Kebo, are held by Samawa tribes in muddy rice fields to celebrate and provide entertainment ahead of the annual planting season. Jockeys secure themselves on a wooden structure attached to the buffalo, and maneuver across the mud in a race to the finish line. The jockeys weild long sticks, in a similar style to jousting, and direct them towards targets called 'Saka'. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

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