2014 - Best photos of the year - Part III

2014 Year in Pictures Part III
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Part III

October , 2014
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Protesters gather around the Golden Bauhinia Square before an official flag
raising ceremony to commemorate the Chinese National Day in Hong Kong,
October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Oct. 1 , 2014
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Kazakhstan's Olga Safronova celebrates winning the women's 200m final at the Incheon
Asiad Main Stadium during the 17th Asian Games October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Oct. 1 , 2014
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Kim Hyeon-athletes Korean kyu was
Mamazulunov athletes of Uzbekistan
Oybek punch in boxing semifinals in the
men's 81kg weight class Seonhak
Seonhak indoor competition at the
Congress in 17th Asian Games in
Incheon, South Korea .
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A Turkish soldier carrying a baby lost while searching for the mother at the time
of thousands of new refugees from the town of Kobani Syria border to the
Turkish-Syrian Yumurtalik near the town Suruc, Turkey Turkey.
Oct. 1 , 2014
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Bodies of victims killed by recent shelling lie at a bus stop near a
burnt-out bus on a street in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 1,
2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
Oct. 1 , 2014
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A Palestinian youth practices his Parkour skills over the ruins of houses, which
witnesses said were destroyed during a seven-week Israeli offensive, in the Shejaia
neighborhood east of Gaza City, October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Oct. 1 , 2014
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People inspect damage at an oil refinery that was targeted by what activists said
were U.S.-led air strikes at al-Khaboura village, near the Syrian town of Tel
Abyad of Raqqa governate, October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 2 , 2014
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A Syrian Kurdish refugee
boy stands behind security
fences after crossing into
Turkey near the
southeastern Turkish town
of Suruc in Sanliurfa
province September 30,
2014.
REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Syrian Kurdish refugees cover themselves from rain after crossing into Turkey from
the Syrian border town Kobani, near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in
Sanliurfa province October 2, 2014.
REUTERS/Murad Sezer
An elderly Syrian Kurdish refugee
woman is carried by a man after
crossing into Turkey from the
Syrian border town Kobani, near
the southeastern Turkish town of
Suruc in Sanliurfa province
October 2, 2014.
REUTERS/Murad Sezer
A Syrian Kurdish refugee woman with
her daughter wait for transportation
after crossing into Turkey from the
Syrian border town Kobani, near the
southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in
REUTERS/Murad Sezer
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An elderly Syrian Kurdish refugee woman sits with her belongings after crossing into
Turkey from the Syrian border town Kobani, near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc
in Sanliurfa province October 2, 2014.
REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Syrian Kurdish refugees wait behind the
fences to cross into Turkey from the
Syrian border town Kobani, near the
southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in
REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Rula, an eight-year-old Syrian Kurdish refugee girl
holding her three-month-old brother Ciwan, waits for
transportation after crossing into Turkey near the
southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa
province October 1, 2014.
REUTERS/Murad Sezer
A Turkish soldier carries a Syrian Kurdish refugee baby from the Syrian border
town Kobani, near the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa
REUTERS/Murad Sezer
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Local residents react as they stand at their block of flats, which was damaged by
shelling a day before in the village of Pisky, near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine October
3, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
The damaged main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is seen
through smoke during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government
forces in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 3, 2014.
REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
The traffic control tower of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport is seen
through smoke during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government
forces in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 3, 2014.
REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
Maria Savchenko, 60, reacts as she sits in front of her home which was damaged by shelling a
day before in the village of Pisky, near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine October 3, 2014.
REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
Destruction in Donetsk
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Muslim women attend an Eid al-Adha mass prayer at Senen market in Jakarta
October 5, 2014. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, marking
the end of the Haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels.
REUTERS/Beawiharta
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Oct. 5 , 2014
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Indian Muslims in prayers to
mark the Festival of Eid al-Adha
at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi.
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Oct. 6 , 2014

A view shows a part of the al-Dukhaneya neighborhood near Damascus after
soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad took control of it from rebel
fighters, October 6, 2014. REUTERS/SANA
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Oct. 6 , 2014

Fighting for Assad
Forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad erect the Syrian national flag after
burning a flag of al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, which they said was left behind by
rebel fighters in Zor al-Mahruqa village, after the forces said they had regained
control of the area and its surrounding hills in the Hama countryside October 6,
2014.
REUTERS/George Ourfalian
A part of the al-Dukhaneya neighborhood near Damascus is seen after soldiers
loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad took control of it from rebel fighters,
October 6, 2014, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA.
REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters
A member of forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad inspects mortar shells, which
they said were left behind by rebel fighters in Zor al-Mahruqa village, after the forces
said they had regained control of the area and its surrounding hills in the Hama
countryside October 6, 2014.
REUTERS/George Ourfalian
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are seen at al-Dukhaneya
neighborhood near Damascus, after taking control of it from rebel fighters October
6, 2014, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA.
REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters
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Islamic State fighters stand
along a street in the
countryside of the Syrian
Kurdish town of Kobani, after
taking control of the area
October 7, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
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Oct. 7 , 2014

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

A woman in a village in Karo regency
watches Mount Sinabung erupt in
Indonesia's North Sumatra province
October 8, 2014. REUTERS/YT
Haryono
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Oct. 8 , 2014

German scientist and Nobel prize winner Stefan Hell poses with a nanoscale microscope at the
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen October 8, 2014. U.S. citizens Eric
Betzig and William Moerner and Germany's Stefan Hell won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
for smashing the size barrier in optical microscopes, allowing researchers to see individual
molecules inside living cells.
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
American scientist and Nobel
prize winner Eric Betzig talks to
journalist prior to a lecture at
the Helmholz center in Munich
October 8, 2014.
REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
Japanese-born U.S. citizen Shuji Nakamura
talks about a laser in a lab after winning
the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics, at the
University of California Santa Barbara in
Isla Vista, California October 7, 2014.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Japanese-born U.S. citizen Shuji
Nakamura is photographed in his
office after winning the 2014
Nobel Prize for Physics, at the
University of California Santa
Barbara in Isla Vista, California
October 7, 2014.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Nobel Prize winners
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Oct. 8 , 2014

A Turkish Kurd watches as airstrikes hit Kobani, inside
Syria, as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and
the militants of Islamic State group, in Mursitpinar, on
the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border,
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn
Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack
since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of
nearby Kurdish villages. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani as Turkish Kurds watch near the
Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern
town of Suruc October 9, 2014. Islamic State fighters seized more than a third of
the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said on Thursday, as U.S.-
led air strikes failed to halt their advance and Turkish forces nearby looked on
without intervening. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: politics society
immigration civil unrest conflict tpx images of the day)
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Oct. 9, 2014
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Indian children's right activist Kailash Satyarthi is congratulated by an
unidentified man after winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Price at his office in
New Delhi October 10, 2014.
REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
A black flag belonging to the Islamic State is seen in the Syrian town of Kobani, as
pictured from the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc
October 9, 2014.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani as Turkish Kurds watch near the
Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern
town of Suruc, Turkey, October 9, 2014.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Pro-democracy protesters argue with a man as he walks away from an
area blocked by protesters outside the government headquarters office in
Hong Kong, China, October 9, 2014.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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Malala Yousafzai was United in a press conference at the library of Birmingham in
Birmingham, England, after being named as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The award was presented to the Pakistanis and Yousafzai Kailash Satyarthi of
Indians because of his adventure to fight for the rights of children.
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Nobel Prize winners

A Turkish Kurd points at the Syrian town of Kobani as they sit near Mursitpinar border
crossing in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 8,
2014.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Smoke rises after an U.S.-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobani Ocotber 8, 2014.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
A Turkish soldier sits on top of a tank, with the Syrian town of Kobani in the background, as
seen from the southeastern town of Suruc close to the Mursitpinar border crossing on the
Turkish-Syrian border October 10, 2014.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Oct. 8-11, 2014
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Turkish army tanks take position on top of a hill near Mursitpinar border crossing
in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 11,
2014REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Smoke rises after an U.S.-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobani Ocotber 10, 2014.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Smoke rises after an U.S.-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobani October 10, 2014.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from the southeastern town of Suruc near
the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border October 10, 2014.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from the southeastern town of Suruc
near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border October 10, 2014.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas
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Turkish Kurds in the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, offer their Friday prayers as they gather to
support Syrian Kurds over the border in nearby Kobani, Syria, where fighting between Syrian Kurds and the
militants of Islamic State group intensified, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its
surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is
being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Oct. 11, 2014
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Kurds in a refugee camp Sanliurfa , Turkey

Rebel fighters prepare their weapons during what they said was an offensive against
forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad around Handarat area, north of Aleppo in
an attempt to regain control of the area October 11, 2014.
REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof
A rebel fighter carries shells before they are fired towards forces loyal to Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad in Sifat, northern Aleppo countryside October 16,
2014.
REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
Rebel fighters fire their weapons at the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad in al-Amriyah neighborhood of Aleppo October 11, 2014.
REUTERS/Hosam Katan
Rebel fighters carry their weapons as they run to avoid
snipers at the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad in al-Amriyah neighborhood of
Aleppo October 11, 2014.
REUTERS/Hosam Katan
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Syria's other frontlines
Oct. 11, 2014

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

As seen from Mursitpinar in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, a Turkish forces
armoured vehicle patrols the border road as in the background thick smoke rises following an
airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and
the militants of Islamic State group, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and
its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since
mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Oct. 12, 2014
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Oct. 13, 2014

Motorcade to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wool
over streets in Shejaiya neighborhood, East of Gaza City.
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Oct. 14, 2014

A fisherman sits in his boat as the trees in autumn colors reflect in the Vltava river
near Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 14. (Petr David Josek/Associated Press)
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Oct. 14, 2014

A Spanish Civil Guard pulled a African
immigrants from the border fence in an
attempt to invade the North African enclave
of Melilla, Spain between Morocco and
Spain.
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Smoke rises from a village on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Kobani, seen
from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the
southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 15, 2014.
Turkish Kurds gather on the hill near the Mursitpinar border crossing on
the Turkish-Syrian border, October 15, 2014.
Unidentified people gather in the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from near the
Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, October 15, 2014.
Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border
crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border, October 15, 2014.
Oct. 15, 2014
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Senior soloist of the Joburg Ballet
Kitty Phetla performs in a
classroom at the Nka-Thuto
Primary School in Soweto on
October 16, 2014. Using ballet
and dance to promote healthy
and positive choices, Joburg Ballet
will provide lecture
demonstrations to twenty schools
in Soweto, raising awareness and
informing students of the
available free classes they provide
together with the provincial
department of education. AFP
PHOTO/MARCO LONGARIMARCO
LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 16, 2014
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Kurdish refugees from the town of Kobani in Syria
share bread in a refugee camp in Suruc town of the
southeastern province Sanliurfa, Turkey.
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Oct. 17, 2014

Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani show victory signs in a camp
in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border, October 19, 2014.
Turkish army tanks pass abandoned cars of Kurdish Syrian refugees near 'no-man's land'
at the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern
town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on October 17, 2014.
A general view of the Syrian town of Kobani is pictured from near the Mursitpinar border
crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, October 19, 2014.
Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from near the
Mursitpinar border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in
the southeastern town of Suruc, October 19, 2014.
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Oct. 19, 2014
Battle for Kobani

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

Turkey's Kurdish war in Kobani track from the border
gate Mursitpinar Turkey-Syria, on 19.10.2014.
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Oct. 19, 2014

Palestinian school children walk through destroyed
houses in Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood, Sunday,
Oct. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Oct.19, 2014
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The Kurdish refugees from the town of
Kobani in Syria's biggest pot in a refugee
camp in Suruc town of the southeastern
province of Sanliurfa in Turkey.
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Oct. 20, 2014

Smoke rise over Syrian town of
Kobani after an airstrike, as seen
from the Mursitpinar crossing on
the Turkish-Syrian border in the
southeastern town of Suruc in
Sanliurfa province October 21,
2014.
Tracer rounds light the sky over the Syrian town of Kobani during heavy fighting downtown,
as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern
town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 21, 2014.
Turkish Kurdish women mourn during the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed during clashes
against Islamic State in Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa
Turkish Kurdish women show victory sign during the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed during
clashes against Islamic State in Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc,
Oct.21, 2014
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Pope Francis met Bayern
Munich's coach Pep
Guardiola during a private
audience with him and the
Bayern Munich team at
the Vatican.
Oct.22, 2014
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Turkish Kurds sit around a fire
to warm themselves as they
watch the Syrian town of
Kobani from a hill near the
Mursitpinar border crossing,
on the Turkish-Syrian border in
the southeastern town of
Suruc in Sanliurfa province
October 22, 2014.
Turkish Kurds watch as smoke and dust rise over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike,
seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern
town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 22, 2014.
Smoke and dust rise
over Syrian town of
Kobani after an
airstrike, as seen
from the Mursitpinar
crossing on the
Turkish-Syrian
border in the
southeastern town
of Suruc in Sanliurfa
province October 22,
2014.
REUTERS/Kai
Pfaffenbach
Turkish Kurds show victory sign during the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed
during clashes against Islamic State in Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in
the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 22, 2014.
Oct.22, 2014
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Oct. 22, 2014. A man does his morning exercise on a polluted day by the side of a
lake at Nanhu Park in Changchun, Jilin province.
Oct.22, 2014
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A woman passes the campaign posters in the upcoming Parliament election in Tunis, Tunisia.
Oct.23, 2014
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Russian artist Yelena
Zelenskaya baking cakes
inside the Korean leaders
Kim Jong-Un, u.s.
President Barack Obama
and German Chancellor
Merkel, preparing for a
performance art.
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Patient Nina Pham is hugged by Dr. Anthony Fauci,
director of the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, outside of National Institutes of
Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md. Pham, the first nurse
diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected man
at a Dallas hospital is free of the virus.
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A farmer carries a fully grown cabbage after plucking it out from the main crop which will be harvested early next month, and used to make Kimchi, Friday, Oct.
24, 2014 at the Chilgol vegetable farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. It looks like the residents of Pyongyang won’t be lacking for cabbage and
vegetables come next month, when the crops will be harvested. Providing enough food to feed the nation is always a struggle for North Korea, which suffered a
near cataclysmic famine in the 1990s but has since managed to increase its agricultural production to what international organizations believe is closer to the self-
sufficiency level than the country has seen in years. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Oct. 24, 2014
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People carry the coffins of a Kurdish fighters who were killed in fighting against the 'Islamic State' in Kobane,
Syria, during a funeral at the Suruc district city of Sanliurfa, Turkey. The 'Islamic State' militant group reportedly
has gained ground around the Syrian town of Kobane in the last few days, despite more than two weeks of US-
led airstrikes and an airdrop of weapons and ammunition to its Kurdish defenders.
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People wait at a church where students
were taken to be reunited with parents
following a shooting Friday at Marysville
Pilchuck High School in Marysville,
Washington.
Oct. 24, 2014
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Palestinian burn tires during clashes with Israeli security forces after the funeral of Palestinian-American, Orwah Hammad, 14,
who was shot dead last Friday during clashes with Israeli army soldiers, at the entrance of Hammad's home village of Silwad, near
the West Bank city of Ramallah. Sunday Oct. 26, 2014. Hammad is the second Palestinian teen to be killed by Israeli army fire in
ten days. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)Oct. 26, 2014
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters
undergo training by British
soldiers at a shooting range in
Arbil, in Iraq's northern
autonomous Kurdistan region,
October 16, 2014.
REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
A displaced Iraqi girl stands
at the Bilad al-Arab
Elementary School, which
has been turned into a
housing complex for almost
31 families who fled from
Islamic State violence in
Mosul, in Baghdad October
22, 2014.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Oct. 14-22, 2014
Kurdish Peshmergas take part in a training session
on how to search for unexploded ordnance,
conducted by a British company in Sulaimaniya
October 14, 2014.
A Kurdish Peshmerga demonstrates his skills in searching for
unexploded ordnance, during a training session conducted by a
British company in Sulaimaniya October 14, 2014.
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A Shi'ite fighter carries his
weapon during a patrol in
Jurf al-Sakhar October 25,
2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an
intensive security deployment against Islamic State
militants in Zumar October 25, 2014.
REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Oct. 25, 2014
A Shi'ite fighter
wears a headband as
he patrols in Jurf al-
Sakhar October 25,
2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
A member of the Kurdish
peshmerga forces stands guard
during an intensive security
deployment against Islamic
State militants in Zumar
October 25, 2014.
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Bomber B-1 US overflight Kobani town in Syria, dated 26.10.2014.
Oct. 26, 2014

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

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

The crowd gathered to see flower poppy red
ceramic forming art set "Blood Swept Lands and
Seas of Red" in the Tower of London.
Oct. 27, 2014
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A Palestinian man in front of his
home, which was demolished by
Israeli bulldozers near the Jewish
settlement of Karmel
Oct. 27, 2014
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, bottom row, third left, and his deputy Jusuf
Kalla, bottom row, third right, pose for photographers with the newly appointed
cabinet ministers after their the inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace
in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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Oct. 27, 2014
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Afghan security officials secure the scene of a suicide bomb blast that targeted the office of a local attorney general in Kunduz,
Afghanistan, 27 October 2014. At least eight people, including the four perpetrators, were killed during a Taliban attack on the
office of a local attorney general in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz. The victims included two policemen and two
prosecutors. Three policemen and three prosecutors were also injured in the attack, which was claimed by the Taliban.
EPA/NASIR WAQIFOct. 27, 2014
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The sailors and Marines Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan plane KC-130 in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The
Marines ended their mission in Helmand province and all the Marines, sailors and soldiers of the United States
withdrew from the region of South-Western Afghanistan. (Photo by U.s. Marine Corps forces
Oct. 27, 2014
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Iosif Kobzon (R), Russian singer and a deputy of the State Duma, Russia's lower
house of Parliament, and Alexander Zakharchenko, separatist leader of the self-
proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, sing during a concert, at a local theatre in
Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, October 27, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
Oct. 27, 2014
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Iraqi families surrender to Shi'ite fighters and the Iraqi Army after they took
control of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27, 2014.
REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud
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Oct. 28, 2014
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The Syrian town of Kobani from near the
Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-
Syrian border in the southeastern town of
Suruc, in Sanliurfa province, October 28, 2014.
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Oct. 28, 2014

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive
through Arbil after leaving a base in northern Iraq,
on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani
,October 28, 2014.
A convoy of Kurdish
peshmerga fighters drive
through Arbil after
leaving a base in
northern Iraq, on their
way to the Syrian town
of Kobani, October 28,
2014.
Kurdish peshmerga
fighters prepare before
leaving their base on the
outskirts of Arbil in
northern Iraq, on their
way to the Syrian town of
Kobani, October 28, 2014.
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Go to the Syrian town of Kobane on October 28, 2014. Getty Images
Oct. 28, 2014

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a base in northern
Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani, October 28, 2014.
Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani ,October 28, 2014.
A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a base in
northern Iraq, Kobani ,October 28, 2014.-03
Iraq, Kobani ,October 28, 2014.-04
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Oct. 28, 2014

A photograph made available on 30 October 2014 shows lava from Kilauea
Volcano on the island of Hawaii, threatening the town of Pahoa, 29 October 2014.
A breakout occured in the middle of the flow field as pressure from within builds.
The lava has been flowing since an eruption on 27 June 2014. The Kƒ´lauea
volcano has been active since a fissure eruption on in January 1983. It attracts
tourists who travel to Hawaii to watch red hot glowing lava flow into the Pacific
Ocean. epa/bruce omori mandatory credit: bruce omori/paradise helicopters
Oct. 29, 2014
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Visitors crouch by a Halloween installation of 500
pumpkin lights in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China
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Oct. 29, 2014

A convoy carrying peshmerga soldiers on their way to the border of Turkey-Syria,
near the town of Kiziltepe in Mardin's South-East. Peshmerga fighters from Iraq to
southern Turkey to the Syrian town of Kobani help Kurdish Islamic State of siege
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Singer Rihanna poses at amfAR's fifth annual Inspiration
Gala in Los Angeles, California October 29, 2014.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Reuters / Friday, October 31, 2014
Oct. 29, 2014
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A Hindu devotee pushes the foam away to make
space for other devotees to worship the sun god
Surya in the River Yamuna during the religious
festival of Chatt Puja in DelhiOct. 30, 2014
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Palestinians watch as the Egyptian army
demolishes houses on the Egyptian side
of the southern Gaza StripOct. 30, 2014
January 13, 2015 80

Taylor Swift performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" to promote her new
album "1989" in New York, October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Oct. 30, 2014
January 13, 2015 81

Nurse Kaci Hickox is accompanied by her boyfriend
Ted Wilbur as she speaks to the media outside their
home, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, in Fort Kent, Maine.
Hickox, a nurse who defied an Ebola quarantine in
the state of Maine after treating patients in West
Africa, can travel unrestricted after a judge rejected
the state's bid to limit her movements. Judge
Charles C. LaVerdiere said Friday that Hickox must
continue daily monitoring and co-ordinate travel
with state officials so monitoring can continue. But
the judge said there's no need for further
restrictions because she's not infectious. ( AP
Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Oct. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 82

The Virgin Galactic
SpaceShipTwo rocket separates
from the carrier aircraft prior to
it exploding in the air during a
test flight on Friday, Oct. 31,
2014. The explosion killed a
pilot aboard and seriously
injured another while scattering
wreckage in Southern
California's Mojave Desert,
witnesses and officials said. (AP
Photo/Kenneth Brown)
Oct. 31, 2014
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A piece of debris is seen near the scene of the crash of Virgin Galactic's
SpaceShipTwo near Cantil, California October 31, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Oct. 31 , 2014
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Kurdish peshmerga fighters wave
Kurdish flags atop an army vehicle
as they move towards the Syrian
town of Kobani, October 31, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
Oct. 31, 2014
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November , 2014

An explosion following an airstrike is seen
in the Syrian town of Kobani.
Nov. 2 , 2014
January 13, 2015 87

Rurik Jutting, a 29-year-old British banker who
has been charged with two counts of murder,
sits in a police van as it arrives at a court in
Hong Kong. Police have charged Jutting with
two counts of murder after authorities found
the bodies of two women in his apartment,
including one that had been hidden in a
suitcase on a balcony.
Reuters / Sunday, November 02, 2014
Nov. 2 , 2014
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People visit the "Nueva Esperanza" (New Hope) cemetery during the Day of the Dead celebrations
on the outskirts of Lima, Peru.
Nov. 2 , 2014
January 13, 2015 89

Taylor SwiftCredit Richard Perry-
The New York Times
Nov. 3 , 2014
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Photographers take pictures of Rurik
Jutting, a 29-year-old British man
accused of murdering two women in
Hong Kong, who has been remanded in
custody.Nov. 3 , 2014
January 13, 2015 91

US officials say a descent-safety device on the crashed Virgin Galactic spacecraft
deployed early during Friday's fatal test flight. Air safety chief Christopher Hart
said the "feathering" device, designed to slow the craft on re-entry, had activated
without a command from the pilots. But he said it was too soon to confirm any
possible cause of the crash.Nov. 3 , 2014
January 13, 2015 92

Smoke rises from the explosion, demolishing houses in Rafah town on the other
side of the border in Egypt as seen from the southern Gaza Strip of Palestine. The
Egyptian army has been demolishing houses located along the border of the Gaza
Strip after the army last week ordered residents to pay the land to make room for
a buffer is planning to block the war element and the smugglers.
Nov. 4 , 2014
January 13, 2015 93

Palestinian children take cover from the rain as they stand atop the ruins of a
house, which witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during the most
recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, on a rainy day in the east of Khan
Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Reuters / Tuesday, November 04, 2014
Nov. 4 , 2014
January 13, 2015 94

A Palestinian man runs for cover
from rain near houses that
witnesses said were destroyed or
damaged by Israeli shelling during
the most recent conflict between
Israel and Hamas, in the east of
Gaza City.
Reuters / Tuesday, November 04,
2014
Nov. 4 , 2014
January 13, 2015 95

Afghan children study outside in Jalalabad province.
Nov. 5 , 2014
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A paratrooper with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, hugs his wife after returning home
from Afghanistan at Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina November 5, 2014. Approximately 300
troops arrived home after being deployed since February 2014, according to the military.
Reuters / 7:20pm EST
Nov. 5 , 2014
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Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of
Kobani walk through a refugee camp on
their way to collect water for their
families in the border town of Suruc,
Sanliurfa province November 5, 2014.
Reuters / Wednesday, November 05,
2014
Nov. 5 , 2014
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Smoke rises as a house is blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in the Egyptian
city of Rafah, near the border with southern Gaza Strip, November 6, 2014.
Reuters / 7:45pm EST
Nov. 6 , 2014
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Nov. 6 , 2014
Smoke rises as Egyptian forces demolish homes as part of a military operation
near the border with the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Egypt, on Nov. 4. Egyptian
authorities evacuated 802 houses belonging to 1,165 families to seal off
smugglers' tunnels and tried to crush a militant insurgency in northern Sinai.January 13, 2015 100

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TOPSHOTS
A young boy looks on as he attends
the funeral of a Kurdish Women's
Protection Unit (YPJ) fighter who
died during fighting in the besieged
Syrian border town of Kobane, in the
town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on
November 7, 2014. AFP PHOTO /
ARIS MESSINISARIS
MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 7, 2014
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A mourner leans against the cemetery wall during the funeral of 19 year-old
female Syrian Kurdish fighter Perwin Mustafa Dihap who died after being
wounded during fighting against the Islamic State forces in her home town of
Kobani, in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. Kobani, also
known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by
extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended
by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Nov. 7 , 2014
January 13, 2015 103

A mourner cries holding onto the coffin of 19
year-old Syrian Kurdish female fighter Perwin
Mustafa Dihap who died in Suruc, on the
Turkey-Syria border Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, after
being wounded during fighting against the
Islamic State forces in her home town of Kobani.
Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its
surrounding areas, has been under assault by
extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-
September and is being defended by Kurdish
fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Nov. 7, 2014
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Workers hoist an 85-foot-tall Norway Spruce from Hemlock Township, Pennsylvania into position as the 2014
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York November 7, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Reuters / 12:45am EST
Nov. 7 , 2014
January 13, 2015 105

The scale is best appreciated from on
high. Here, the red moat of the Tower of
London is pictured from the top of The
Shard.
Nov. 7 , 2014
January 13, 2015 106

Thick black smoke rises over an eastern Kobani neighborhood following an
airstrike on November 8, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
Nov. 8 , 2014
January 13, 2015 107

A priest sprinkles holy water over
a mass grave for Typhoon Haiyan
victims during a commemoration
ceremony in Tacloban city in
central Philippines November 8,
2014. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Nov. 8 , 2014
January 13, 2015 108

People walk under the lit balloons installation along the river Spree in Berlin
November 8, 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Nov. 8 , 2014
January 13, 2015 109

People run from an area filled with smoke at Taghyeer (Change) Square, after
demolished huts were set on fire, in Sanaa November 10, 2014. These temporary
shelters, set up by pro-democracy protesters in 2011, had not been removed
from the square after protesters vacated it last year. It was not immediately
apparent who had set the demolished huts on fire. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Nov. 10, 2014
January 13, 2015 110

Smoke rises in the sky after Afghan security forces
detonated an explosive device at the site of a blast
in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan, November 10, 2014.
REUTERS/ ParwizNov. 10, 2014
January 13, 2015 111

An ISIS fighter emerges from a
tunnel in a screen grab from a
YouTube video published by
the Islamic terror group's
media -Nov 10
Nov. 10, 2014
January 13, 2015 112

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L) walk
ahead of other leaders as they arrive for the APEC Summit family photo in Beijing
November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)
Nov. 10, 2014
January 13, 2015 113

China's President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Japan's
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their meeting at the
Great Hall of the People, on the sidelines of the APEC
meetings, in Beijing November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kim
Kyung-Hoon
Nov. 10, 2014
January 13, 2015 114

A Palestinian uses a slingshot to throw stones toward
Israeli soldiers during clashes in Siear town near the
West Bank city of Hebron, November 11, 2014.
REUTERS/ Mussa Qawasma
Nov. 11, 2014
January 13, 2015 115

APEC leaders attend a family photo shoot
at the International Convention Center at
Yanqi Lake in Beijing.
Nov. 11, 2014
January 13, 2015 116

Photographer
Hosam Katan
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
People inspect a site hit
by what activists said
was a barrel bomb
dropped by forces loyal
to Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad on al-
Marjeh neighborhood
of Aleppo November
12, 2014.
Nov. 12, 2014
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Photographer
China Stringer Network
Location
HANGZHOU, China
Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack
Ma looks back at a giant electronic
screen showing real-time sales figures of
the company's Taobao.com and
Tmall.com, on the "Singles' Day" online
shopping festival, at the company
headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
Nov. 12, 2014
January 13, 2015 118

Photographer
Osman Orsal
Location
SURUC, Turkey
Kurdish refugee boys from the Syrian
town of Kobani carry a wooden beam in
a refugee camp in the border town of
Suruc, Sanliurfa province.
Reuters / Wednesday, November 12,
2014
Nov. 12, 2014
January 13, 2015 119

Photographer
David Gray
Location
SYDNEY, Australia
A group of around 400 demonstrators participate in a protest by burying their heads in the sand at Sydney's Bondi Beach, November 13, 2014. Hundreds of
protesters participated in the event, held ahead of Saturday's G20 summit in Brisbane, which was being promoted as a message to Australian Prime Minister
Tony Abbott's government that, "You have your head in the sand on climate change".
Reuters / Thursday, November 13, 2014
Nov. 13, 2014
January 13, 2015 120

A farmer harvests seaweed in Lianyungang, in east China's Jiangsu province.
Nov. 13, 2014
January 13, 2015 121

Photographer
Kevin Lamarque
Location
YANGON, Myanmar
President Obama and opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi
hold a press conference after their meeting at her residence
in Yangon, Myanmar, November 14, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin
Lamarque
Nov. 14, 2014
January 13, 2015 122

Photographer
Arnd Wiegmann
Location
LENZBURG, Switzerland
Sonja Enz of the Stapferhaus, an event
place for contemporary exhibitions,
holds coins in her hands as she sits in a
room filled with 4 million Swiss five
cent coins during a media preview of
the exhibition "Geld - Jenseits von Gut
und Boese" (Money -beyond good and
evil) in the town of Lenzburg west of
Zurich, November 14, 2014.
REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Nov. 14, 2014
January 13, 2015 123

Photographer
David Gray
Location
BRISBANE, Australia
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he officially
welcomes leaders to the G20 summit in Brisbane November 15, 2014. A showdown between Western leaders and
Putin is likely at the G20 summit in Australia starting on Saturday, following fresh reports of Russian troops
pouring into eastern Ukraine. REUTERS/David Gray
Nov. 15, 2014
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Photographer
Kevin Lamarque
Location
BRISBANE, Australia
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) gestures as he meets with European leaders to discuss the situation in Ukraine, at the G20 in Brisbane November 16, 2014.
Pictures are (L-R) Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, French President Francois Hollande, Obama, British Prime
Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission...
Nov. 16, 2014
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Photographer
Brent Smith
Location
INDIANAPOLIS, United States
Paula (L) and Ed Kassig, parents of U.S. aid worker Peter
Kassig who was behaded by Islamic State militants, walk
toward microphones before reading a statement to the
press in Indianapolis, Indiana. The parents of Peter,
beheaded by Islamic State militants after his abduction in
Syria, asked for prayers for other captives in Syria and Iraq
in a brief public statement at their Indianapolis church.
Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014
Nov. 17, 2014
January 13, 2015 126

Photographer
Hosam Katan
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
Men search for belongings amongst the
rubble of damaged buildings in al-
Kalaseh neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria.
Nov. 17, 2014
January 13, 2015 127

Thousands of those pieces of colorful
sticky notes stuck on "Lennon Wall" while
a couple holding a yellow umbrella, the
symbol of civil disobedience movement
occupied the Middle, passing by at the
Admiralty Hong Kong in protest.
Nov. 17, 2014
January 13, 2015 128

Photographer
Tyrone Siu
Location
HONG KONG, China
A masked pro-democracy protester
climbs on a barricade after the arrival
of bailiffs under a court injunction to
clear up part of the protest site,
outside the government headquarters
in Hong Kong.
Nov. 17, 2014
January 13, 2015 129

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hugged by his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott during a reception at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Doctors perform surgeries, provided by Operation Smile, to repair facial deformities for patients, at the Vietnam Cuba
hospital in Hanoi on 18 November 2014.
Nov. 18, 2014
January 13, 2015 130

Photographer
Baz Ratner
Location
JERUSALEM, Israel
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu delivers a statement to the
media on a Palestinian attack on a
synagogue in Jerusalem November 18,
2014.
Nov. 18, 2014
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Nov. 20, 2014
January 13, 2015 132

Photographer
Ints Kalnins
Location
SIAULIAI, Lithuania
Portuguese Air Force fighter F-16 (R) and
Canadian Air Force fighter CF-18 Hornet
patrol over Baltics air space, from the Zokniai
air base near Siauliai, Lithuania, November
20, 2014.
Nov. 20, 2014
January 13, 2015 133

Photographer
Ints Kalnins
Location
SIAULIAI, Lithuania
Portuguese Air Force fighter F-16 (R) and
Canadian Air Force fighter CF-18 Hornet
patrol over Baltics air space, from the
Zokniai air base near Siauliai, Lithuania,
November 20, 2014.
Nov. 20, 2014
January 13, 2015 134

Photographer
Carlos Jasso
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
A masked demonstrator throws a petrol
bomb towards riot police during a
protest over the 43 missing Ayotzinapa
students, near the Benito Juarez
International airport in Mexico City
November 20, 2014.
Nov. 20, 2014
January 13, 2015 135

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
Yamal Peninsula, Russia
A member of an expedition group stands on
the edge of a newly formed crater on the
Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia November 9,
2014. REUTERS
Reuters / Friday, November 21, 2014
Nov. 21, 2014
January 13, 2015 136

An aerial picture shows a deforested area
dotted with blue tarpaulins that mark the
homes of miners at an illegal gold mining
site in La Pampa in Peru. Less than a
month before the country plays host to
global climate talks, the government sent
a battalion of police into south-eastern
jungles to dismantle camps like this one.
Ballot boxes arrive at Medway Park in
Gillingham as as the polls close on the
Rochester and Strood by-election.
Nov. 21, 2014
January 13, 2015 137

Photographer
Athit Perawongmetha
Location
BANGKOK, Thailand
Thousands of Buddhist monks attend a mass
alms-offering ceremony in Bangkok's shopping
district November 23, 2014. A total of 10,000
Buddhist monks attended the event, according
to organisers. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Reuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014
Nov. 22, 2014
January 13, 2015 138

Photographer
Mario Anzuoni
Location
LOS ANGELES, United States
Taylor Swift performs "Blank Space" during the
42nd American Music Awards in Los Angeles,
California November 23, 2014.
Nov. 23, 2014
January 13, 2015 139

Photographer
STRINGER Iraq
Location
JALAWLA, Iraq
Members of the Kurdish security forces take
part in an intensive security deployment
after clashes with Islamic State militants in
Jalawla, Diyala province November 23, 2014.
Nov. 23, 2014
January 13, 2015 140

Photographer
STRINGER Iraq
Location
SAADIYA, Iraq
A member of the Iraqi security forces
fires his weapon during an intensive
security deployment after clashes with
Islamic State militants in Saadiya,
Diyala province November 23, 2014.
Nov. 23, 2014
January 13, 2015 141

A demonstrator walks down the
street after getting tear gas in her
face in Ferguson, Mo., on Nov. 24.
Nov. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 142

Photographer
STRINGER Iraq
Location
SAADIYA, Iraq
Smoke raises behind an Islamic State flag
after Iraqi security forces and Shiite
fighters took control of Saadiya in Diyala
province from Islamist State militants,
November 24, 2014.
Nov. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 143

Photographer
STRINGER Iraq
Location
SAADIYA, Iraq
Members of the Iraqi security forces and
Shiite fighters celebrate after taking control
of Saadiya in Diyala province from Islamist
State militants, November 24, 2014.
Nov. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 144

Photographer
STRINGER Iraq
Location
SAADIYA, Iraq
Iraqi Shiite fighters hold an Islamist State flag,
which they pulled down from the frontlines
after taking control of Saadiya in Diyala
province from Islamist State militants,
November 24, 2014.
Nov. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 145

Photographer
STRINGER Iraq
Location
JALAWLA, Iraq
Iraqi Shi'ite fighters pose with an Islamic
State flag which they pulled down on the
front line in Jalawla, Diyala province,
November 23, 2014.
Nov. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 146

People walk on a walkway between
two rows of trees in the city of
Frankfurt, Germany.
Nov. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 147

A block of flats has collapsed in Egypt's capital, Cairo, killing at least 15 people,
officials say. Seven people were also injured when the eight-storey building in the
western suburb of Matariya collapsed overnight. Emergency services chief Gen
Mamdouh Abdul Qader said: "We don't yet know the cause of the accident, but
we have been told that two storeys were recently added totally illegally."
Nov. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 148

The Kashmir people queued to vote outside a polling during the first vote elected
legislature in Jammu and Kashmir in the Shadipora, a suburb of the city of
Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Nov. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 149

A Syrian Kurdish refugee child
from the Kobani area peers from a
tent at a refugee camp in Suruc,
near the Turkey-Syria border
Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Kobani, also
known as Ayn Arab, and its
surrounding areas, has been under
assault by extremists of the Islamic
State group since mid-September
and is being defended by Kurdish
fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Nov. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 150

Photographer
Jim Young
Location
FERGUSON, United States
Police officers look over the site of a
building that was burned in riots the
previous night in Ferguson, Missouri
November 25, 2014.
Nov. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 151

Photographer
Antonio Bronic
Location
Donetsk, Ukraine
A damaged dome is seen in
yard of orthodox church
damaged by recent shelling
in Kuibyshevski district in
Donetsk, eastern Ukraine,
November 25, 2014.
Reuters / Tuesday, November
25, 2014
Nov. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 152

Photographer
Adrees Latif
Location
FERGUSON, United States
A resident, lying shirtless, keeps warm
as another approaches the blazing
skeleton of Juanita's Fashions R
Boutique after it was burned to the
ground in Ferguson, Missouri early
morning November 25, 2014.
Nov. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 153

Photographer
Hosam Katan
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
Reuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front carry
their weapons as they move towards their
positions near al-Zahra village, north of
Aleppo city, Syria, November 25, 2014.
Nov. 25, 2014
Syria's al Qaeda wing
January 13, 2015 154

Photographer
Hosam Katan
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
Reuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014
A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front sits in a
tank decorated with the Nusra flag near al-
Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November
25, 2014.
Nov. 26, 2014
January 13, 2015 155

Photographer
Hosam Katan
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
Reuters / Wednesday,
November 26, 2014
Members of al
Qaeda's Nusra Front
carry their weapons as
they walk near al-
Zahra village, north of
Aleppo city, November
25, 2014.
Nov. 26, 2014
January 13, 2015 156

Photographer
MAXIM ZMEYEV
Location
Pervomaisk, Ukraine
Reuters / Saturday, November 15,
2014
Pro-Russian separatists stand guard
outside the building of a perinatal
center damaged by what locals say
was shelling by Ukrainian forces in the
town of Pervomaisk, west of Luhansk,
eastern Ukraine, November 15, 2014.
Nov. 15, 2014
Ukraine's conflict zone
January 13, 2015 157

Photographer
Antonio Bronic
Location
Hrabove, Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists pose at a
checkpoint near the village of Hrabove
(Grabovo) in Donetsk region, eastern
Ukraine November 20, 2014.
Nov. 20, 2014
January 13, 2015 158

Photographer
Antonio Bronic
Location
Donetsk, Ukraine
Reuters / Friday, November 21,
2014
Military boxes are seen near
Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev
International Airport in a
territory controlled by the self-
proclaimed Donetsk People's
Republic in Donetsk, eastern
Ukraine, November 21, 2014.
Nov. 21, 2014
January 13, 2015 159

Photographer
Antonio Bronic
Location
Donetsk, Ukraine
A woman cleans a house damaged by
recent shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine,
November 23, 2014.
Nov. 23, 2014
January 13, 2015 160

Photographer
Antonio Bronic
Location
Donetsk, Ukraine
2014
A man walks past a car repair
service building damaged by
recent shelling in Kuibyshevski
district in Donetsk, eastern
Ukraine, November 25, 2014.
Nov. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 161

Photographer
Andrew Kelly
Location
NEW YORK, United States
Reuters / Thursday, November
27, 2014
Shoppers wait to enter Macy's to
kick off Black Friday sales in New
York.
Nov. 27, 2014
January 13, 2015 162

Photographer
Gleb Garanich
Location
KIEV, Ukraine
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (R) congratulates newly appointed Prime
Minister Arseny Yatseniuk during a parliament session in Kiev, November 27,
2014. Ukraine's new parliament elected Yatseniuk for a new term as prime
minister at its opening session, after Poroshenko and a newly-formed coalition in
the assembly supported his appointment.
Nov. 27, 2014
January 13, 2015 163

Children are seen during an event at a psychological support centre organised by
the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Douma, a rebel-controlled suburb of the capital
Damascus. Douma has been under government siege for more than a year, with
residents facing dwindling food and medical supplies.
Nov. 28, 2014
January 13, 2015 164

Cricket Australia will conduct an immediate
investigation into player safety after Phillip
Hughes's death. The 25-year-old died on
Thursday - two days after being struck on the
neck by a short-pitched delivery during a
domestic match in Australia.
Nov. 28, 2014
January 13, 2015 165

A young girl lies on a couch as the
woman she was accompanying
checks out shoes while shopping on
Black Friday at the Garden State
Plaza mall Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in
Paramus, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio
Cortez)
Nov. 28, 2014
January 13, 2015 166

Photographer
Navesh Chitrakar
Location
Bariyapur, Nepal
A butcher holding his blade stands among sacrificed buffaloes inside an enclosed compound during the sacrificial ceremony of the "Gadhimai Mela" festival held
in Bariyapur November 28, 2014. Sword-wielding Hindu devotees in Nepal began slaughtering thousands of animals and birds in a ritual sacrifice, ignoring calls
by animal rights activists to halt what they described as the world's largest such exercise.
Nov. 28, 2014
Sacrificial
slaughter in Nepal
January 13, 2015 167

Photographer
Navesh Chitrakar
Location
Bariyapur, Nepal
Reuters / Friday, November 28,
2014
Sacrificed buffaloes lie on the
ground of an enclosed compound
during the sacrificial ceremony
November 28, 2014.
Nov. 28, 2014
Sacrificial
slaughter in Nepal
January 13, 2015 168

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
Kano, Nigeria
Police officers stand near wreckage at a scene of
multiple bombings at Kano Central Mosque,
Nigeria, November 28, 2014.
Nov. 28, 2014
January 13, 2015 169

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
Kano, Nigeria
Reuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014
Security and emergency agency staff investigate the Kano Central Mosque bombing scene in Kano November 29, 2014. Gunmen set off
three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria's biggest city Kano on Friday, killing at least 81
people, witnesses and officials said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants. REUTERS/Stringer
Nov. 29, 2014
January 13, 2015 170

Photographer
Bobby Yip
Location
HONG KONG, China
Reuters / Sunday, November 30,
2014
A pro-democracy protester blocks a
riot policeman during a clash outside
the government headquarters in
Hong Kong December 1, 2014.
Nov. 30, 2014
January 13, 2015 171

Photographer
Tyrone Siu
Location
HONGKONG, China
Pro-democracy protesters sleep at a
tunnel blocked by protesters near the
office of the Chief Executive in Hong
Kong December 1, 2014.
Nov. 30, 2014
January 13, 2015 172

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
Rebel fighters take up position behind
piles of sandbags on the Karm al-Tarab
frontline, next to Aleppo International
airport November 23, 2014.
Nov. 23, 2014
Fighting Assad
January 13, 2015 173

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
DAMASCUS, Syria
Rebel fighters aim their weapons as
they take positions at the frontline
against forces loyal to Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad in Maysaloun
neighborhood in the old city of Aleppo
November 24, 2014.
Nov. 24, 2014
Fighting Assad
January 13, 2015 174

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
Latakia, Syria
2014
A rebel fighter fires an anti-tank
missile towards forces loyal to
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad
in the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's
northwestern Latakia province
November 25, 2014.
REUTERS/Alaa Khweled
Nov. 25, 2014
Fighting Assad
January 13, 2015 175

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
DAMASCUS, Syria
Reuters / Monday,
November 24, 2014
Rebel fighters carry their
weapons as they stand along
an alleyway at the frontline
against forces loyal to Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad in
Maysaloun neighborhood in
the old city of Aleppo
November 24, 2014.
Nov. 25, 2014
Fighting Assad
January 13, 2015 176

Photographer
Mahmoud Hebbo
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
An injured girl reacts during what activists
said were air strikes by forces loyal to
Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, in the
Bab al-Hadid district of Aleppo November
30, 2014.
Nov. 30, 2014
January 13, 2015 177

Photographer
Hosam Katan
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
Free Syrian Army fighters fire an anti-aircraft
weapon towards forces loyal to Syria's
President Bashar al-Assad in the Handarat
area, north of Aleppo. REUTERS/Hosam
Katan
Nov. 30, 2014
Fighting Assad
January 13, 2015 178

January 13, 2015 179
December , 2014

Indians walk though a tunnel
decorated with murals during the
Climate Change Conference in
Lima, Peru, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.
Delegates from more than 190
countries will meet in Lima for
two weeks to work on drafts for a
global climate deal that is
supposed to be adopted next
year in Paris. (AP Photo/Rodrigo
Abd)
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 180

Photographer
Mohammed Salem
Location
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories
Reuters / Monday, December 01,
2014
Palestinians warm themselves by a
fire near the ruins of houses which
witnesses said were destroyed by
Israeli shelling during the most
recent conflict between Israel and
Hamas, in the east of Gaza City.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 181

Photographer
Ronen Zvulun
Location
EFRAT, Palestinian Territories
Reuters / Monday, December 01, 2014
Israeli soldiers stand at the scene of a stabbing
attack near the West Bank Jewish settlement of
Efrat, part of the Gush Etzion bloc, December 1,
2014. A Palestinian woman stabbed and slightly
injured an Israeli in the occupied West Bank
and was then shot and wounded by security
forces, the military and police said.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 182

Photos by the Honduran
President's Office announced
that the Christmas tree because
of people standing together
established a new world record
with the largest number of
people in the square of the
capital, Tegucigalpa, on
December 1, 2014.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 183

A Syrian refugee girl sits on the mud at a refugee camp in the city of Al-Faour of
Lebanon near the border with Syria.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 184

The men of the Naga tribe performed a traditional dance festival in the village of
horny Beak in Kisama in Nagaland, India. The Festival lasts for 10 days was named
species of hornbills and is one of the largest festivals in the northeast of India,
introduced the traditions and rich cultural heritage of the indigenous of Naga.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 185

Photographer
Jonathan Ernst
Location
WASHINGTON, United States
Reuters / Tuesday, December 02,
2014
People gather to watch the lighting
of U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an
88-foot white spruce from the
Chippewa National Forest in Cass
Lake, Minnesota, in Washington.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 186

Photographer
Bobby Yip
Location
HONG KONG, China
Reuters / Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Student leader Joshua Wong makes a
phone call during a hunger strike outside
the government headquarters in Hong
Kong December 2, 2014.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 187

Photographer
Danish Ismail
Location
KULANGHAM, India
An Indian paramilitary trooper keeps
guard near a polling station during the
second phase of the state assembly
election in Kulangham, north of Srinagar.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 188

Former Prime Minister and leader of the Fatherland party Yulia Tymoshenko,
center, and lawmakers from her party vote during a parliament session in Kiev,
Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Ukraine’s parliament has approved the formation
of a new government, bringing an end to weeks of behind-the-scenes political
wrangling following an October election that ushered in a group of ardently pro-
Western parties. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 189

Photographer
Suzanne Plunkett
Location
LONDON, United Kingdom
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 02, 2014
Singer Ariana Grande
performs during the 2014
Victoria's Secret Fashion
Show in London.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 190
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Victoria's Secret
Fashion Show

Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 191
Victoria's Secret
Fashion Show

A man reads the newspaper on
the waterfront in the Urca
neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 3,
2014. Urca is a small and
charming neighborhood located
at the foot of the Sugar loaf
mountain and surrounded by
the Guanabara Bay. (AP
Photo/Felipe Dana)
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 192

Photographer
Khaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi
Location
Sanaa, Yemen
Reuters / Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Rescuers search for survivors at the
residence of the Iranian ambassador after
a suicide attacker drove a car laden with
explosives into the residence in Sanaa.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 193

Photographer
POOL New
Location
SYDNEY, Australia
Reuters / Wednesday, December
03, 2014
Gregory Hughes (front), the father
of Australian cricketer Phillip
Hughes, cries as he carries his son's
casket past mourners after his
funeral service in the town of
Macksville, Australia, December 3,
2014.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 194

Photographer
Bobby Yip
Location
HONG KONG, China
(L-R) Cardinal Joseph Zen, former head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong, walks with Occupy Central civil disobedience founders Reverend Chu Yiu-ming,
Chinese University sociology professor Chan Kin-man and University of Hong Kong law professor Benny Tai as they arrive at the Central Police Station to
voluntarily surrender themselves to the police in Hong Kong December 3, 2014.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 195

Photographer
Stringer Russia
Location
Grozny, Russia
Reuters / Thursday,
December 04, 2014
The Press House burns as
militants attack in Grozny,
December 4, 2014.
Street battle in GroznyDec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 196

Photographer
Stringer Russia
Location
Grozny, Russia
Reuters / Thursday, December 04,
2014
A man looks into a burnt-out car near
the Press House building, a local media
agency, after a gun fight between
gunmen and policemen in the Chechen
capital Grozny.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 197

Photographer
Alaa Khweled
Location
LATAKIA, Syria
Reuters / Friday, December 05, 2014
A rebel fighter fires a Grad long distance
shell towards forces loyal to Syria's
president Bashar Al-Assad located in the
city of Jableh at the Syrian coast, from Jabal
al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern
Latakia province December 4, 2014.
REUTERS/Alaa Khweled
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 198

Photographer
Antonio Bronic
Location
Donetsk, Ukraine
Reuters / Friday, December 05,
2014
Galina Bayeva cries with her son
and husband next to the body of
her father Vladimir Churilov who
was killed by recent shelling at the
Azotny district in Donetsk, eastern
Ukraine, December 5, 2014.
REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 199

Photographer
Robert Pratta
Location
LYON, France
Reuters / Friday,
December 05, 2014
"Color or Not" installation
by artist Yves Moreaux at
the Saint-Jean Cathedral.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 200
Lighting up Lyon

Photographer
Eduard Korniyenko
Location
Stavropol, Russia
Reuters / Friday, December 05,
2014
An elderly woman sits on a
bench during a religious
procession in Stavropol,
southern Russia, December 5,
2014. REUTERS/Eduard
Korniyenko
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 201

Photographer
Patrick Fallon
Location
Reuters / Saturday, December 06,
2014
Logan Browning, with duct tape over
her mouth, joins demonstrators
protesting against police violence,
including the July chokehold death of
unarmed black man Eric Garner in
New York, as they march near the
area where LAPD shot an assault
suspect on December 5, in
Hollywood, California December 6,
2014. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 202

Photographer
Noah Berger
Location
BERKELEY, United States
Reuters / Sunday, December 07, 2014
Protesters retreat while police officers
deploy teargas to disperse a crowd
comprised largely of student protesters
during a protest against police violence in
the U.S., in Berkeley, California December
7, 2014.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 203

Photographer
Olivia Harris
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A Vietnamese fan wipes blood on his
head after scuffles between fans during
the first leg of the Suzuki Cup 2014 semi-
final match between Vietnam and
Malaysia at Shah Alam stadium in Kuala
Lumpur December 7, 2014.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 204

A fighter from the self-styled
Donestk People's Republic
(DPR) stands guard at the
Savur-Mohyla monument to
Red Army soldiers who died
during World War Two near
the eastern Ukrainian city of
Snizhne. The DPR held a
ceremony there on Sunday in
memory of pro-Russian
rebels who have died fighting
the Ukrainian army this year.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 205

Supporters of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi waiting for him to speak
at a meeting of the jugal-essential local before the election in Srinagar, the Indian
Kashmir region under control.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 206

Photographer
Ahmed Saad
Location
BAIJI, Iraq
Members of Iraqi security forces and
Shiite fighters eat on their vehicle on
the outskirts of Baiji, north of
Baghdad, December 8, 2014.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 207

Photographer
Feisal Omar
Location
MOGADISHU, Somalia
Blindfolded suspects crouch as they are
detained during a security operation in
Hodan district of the capital Mogadishu,
December 8, 2014, against suspected
militant Islamist group al Shabaab
sympathisers.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 208

Photographer
Patrick Fallon
Location
Reuters / Saturday, December 06, 2014
Actor Tyrese Gibson and daughter Shayla Somer join
demonstrators protesting against police violence,
including the July chokehold death of unarmed black
man Eric Garner in New York, as they march near the
area where LAPD shot an assault suspect, in Hollywood,
California December 6, 2014.
Dec. , 2014
January 13, 2015 209

Photographer
Akhtar Soomro
Location
MEERAN PUR, Pakistan
A boy pushes a donkey cart loaded with bundles of
cotton blooms that were collected by women cotton
pickers in Meeran Pur village, north of Karachi
September 25, 2014. Women make up the bulk of
Pakistan's half a million cotton producers, but labor
rights activists say they are often exploited by
overseers, who often withhold their wages and may
subject some of them to sexual harassment. Many
women work in Pakistan's cotton fields...more
Dec. 9, 2014
January 13, 2015 210

Christmas lights illuminate the Medellin River in Colombia.
Dec. 10, 2014
January 13, 2015 211

Photographer
Suzanne Plunkett
Location
OSLO, Norway
December 10, 2014
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Malala Yousafzai poses with
the medal and the diploma
during the Nobel Peace
Prize awards ceremony at
the City Hall in Oslo
December 10, 2014.
Dec. 10, 2014
January 13, 2015 212

Photographer
Mahmoud Hebbo
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
December 10, 2014
People walk past damaged
buildings in Aleppo's al-
Shaar district, December
10, 2014.
REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo
January 13, 2015 213
Inside SYRIA

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
DERAA, Syria
The word Steadfast is seen on a graffiti
on a damaged building in al-Manshiyeh
neighbourhood in Deraa, December 7,
2014. REUTERS/Wsam Almokdad
January 13, 2015 214
Inside SYRIA

Members of the Palestinian national security forces carry the body of Palestinian
Cabinet member Ziad Abu Ain during his funeral in the West Bank city of
Ramallah, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Israeli and Palestinian pathologists disagreed
Thursday on whether a blow to the body or a bad heart was the main cause of
death of the Palestinian Cabinet minister who collapsed shortly after scuffling
with Israeli troops during a West Bank protest. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Dec. 11, 2014
January 13, 2015 215

You came across the
Christmas
decoration lights in
Vienna, Austria.
Dec. 11, 2014
January 13, 2015 216

A worker standing on a pile of rocks and mud after a landslide struck down at
least eight homes in the rain at Camarillo Springs, California, United States of
America.A worker standing on a pile of rocks and mud after a landslide struck
down at least eight homes in the rain at Camarillo Springs, California, United
States of America.Dec. 12, 2014
January 13, 2015 217

Activists perform as heads of state, from left,
President Barack Obama, Australia's Prime
Minister Tony Abbott, Canada's Prime Minister
Stephen Harper, China's President Xi Jinping,
India's Narendra Modi, Russia's President
Vladimir Putin and Japan's Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe during the Climate Change
Conference COP20 in Lima Peru, Friday, Dec.
12, 2014. The boat's sign reads in Spanish
"Leave behind emissions. Climatic agreement."
Delegates from more than 190 countries are
meeting in Lima to work on drafts for a global
climate deal that is supposed to be adopted
next year in Paris. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Dec. 12, 2014
January 13, 2015 218

Shiite faithful pilgrims gather between the holy shrine of Imam Hussein and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas, in the
background, during the preparations for the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80
kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. The holiday marks the end of the 40-day mourning period after
the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP Photo/Hadi
Mizban)Dec. 12, 2014
January 13, 2015 219

Photographer
Jonathan Ernst
Location
WASHINGTON, United States
President Barack Obama, first lady
Michelle Obama and their daughters
Malia (R) and Sasha (not pictured) greet
children with gifts as they arrive for the
taping of the "Christmas in Washington"
television special to benefit the
Children's National Medical Center in
Washington December 14, 2014.
Dec. 14, 2014
January 13, 2015 220

Photographer
Toby Melville
Location
Rolene Strauss of South Africa (C) is
crowned Miss World 2014, as Elizabeth
Safrit of the U.S. (R) and Edina Kulczar of
Hungary (L) who placed third and second
respectively, look on at the ExCel Centre
in east London, December 14, 2014.
REUTERS/Toby Melville
January 13, 2015 221
Dec. 14, 2014

Photographer
Issei Kato
Location
TOKYO, Japan
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is
also leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic
Party, pauses as he puts a rosette on a
name of a candidate who is expected to
win, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo,
December 14, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Dec. 14, 2014
January 13, 2015
222

Photographer
Jason Reed
Location
SYDNEY, Australia
2014
A hostage runs towards a police
officer outside Lindt cafe, where
other hostages are being held, in
Martin Place in central Sydney,
Australia, December 15, 2014.
Dec. 15, 2014
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Hostage situation in
Sydney

Photographer
David Gray
Location
SYDNEY, Australia
Paramedics remove an injured woman on a
stretcher from the Lindt cafe, where
hostages were being held, at Martin Place
in central Sydney December 16, 2014.
REUTERS/David Gray
Dec. 15, 2014
January 13, 2015 224
Sydney

The gunman has been named as
Iranian self-styled cleric Man Haron
Monis, who received political asylum in
Australia in 1996 and was on bail on a
number of charges.
A female employee manages to escape
from the Lindt Chocolate cafe in Martin
Place, Sydney, Dec. 15, 2014 after a
gunman took dozens of people
hostage.
Dec. 15, 2014
January 13, 2015 225
Sydney

Photographer
Maxim Shemetov
Location
Donetsk region, Ukraine
2014
A man rides his bicycle past the
wreckage of MH17, a Malaysia
Airlines Boeing 777 plane, at the
site of the plane crash near the
village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in
Donetsk region, Ukraine,
December 15, 2014.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (
Dec. 15, 2014
January 13, 2015 226

Photographer
Hasan Shaaban
Location
BEIRUT, Lebanon
2014
Wadha al-Sayyed, wife of captive
Lebanese soldier Khaled Moqbel,
protests for his release and
government action, near burning
tyres blocking a road in Beirut,
December 15, 2014.
REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban
Dec. 15, 2014
January 13, 2015 227

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
Qamishli, Syria
2014
A refugee from the minority Yazidi
sect wraps himself with a blanket as
he stands on a muddy path during
wintry weather at Nowruz refugee
camp in Qamishli, northeastern Syria
December 14, 2014.
REUTERS/Massoud Mohammed
Dec. 15, 2014
January 13, 2015 228

A man stands by tombstones carrying
names of Romanian military personnel
killed in fighting around the Otopeni
airport during the anticommunist
uprising 25 years ago, outside
Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Dec. 15,
2014. The uprising, which left more
than thousands dead, and ended the
rule of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who
was executed, started in the western
Romanian town of Timisoara on Dec.
16, 1989. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Dec. 15, 2014
January 13, 2015 229

Photographer
Khuram Parvez
Location
PESHAWAR, Pakistan
2014
A soldier escorts schoolchildren from
the Army Public School that is under
attack by Taliban gunmen in
Peshawar, Pakistan, December 16,
2014. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez
Dec. 16, 2014
January 13, 2015 230

Photographer
Khuram Parvez
Location
PESHAWAR, Pakistan
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 16, 2014
Men carry the coffin of a
student who was killed
during an attack by Taliban
gunmen on the Army Public
School, during a funeral in
Peshawar December 16,
2014. REUTERS/Khuram
Parvez
Dec. 16, 2014
January 13, 2015 231

Photographer
Akhtar Soomro
Location
KARACHI, Pakistan
A man lights candles to mourn the
victims from the Army Public School in
Peshawar, which was attack by Taliban
gunmen, in Karachi, December 16,
2014. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Dec. 16, 2014
January 13, 2015 232

An electronic board shows
exchange rates for the Dollar, top,
and the Euro, bottom, next to a
luxury St. Petersburg china's shop in
Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 16,
2014. The exchange bureau used
the double zero to show the 100
ruble threshold that the euro
crossed against the ruble on
Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alexander
Zemlianichenko)
Dec. 16, 2014
January 13, 2015 233

Photographer
David Gray
Location
SYDNEY, Australia
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 16, 2014
Members of the public
stand behind a note that
can be seen among floral
tributes that have been
placed near the cafe
where hostages were
held for over 16-hours, in
central Sydney, Australia,
December 16, 2014.
REUTERS/David Gray
Dec. 16, 2014
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OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH
Women mourn their relative Mohammed
Ali Khan, 15, a student who was killed
during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the
Army Public School, at his house in
Peshawar December 16, 2014. Taliban
gunmen in Pakistan took hundreds of
students and teachers hostage on Tuesday
in a school in the northwestern city of
Peshawar, military officials said.
REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN -
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Dec. 16, 2014

The local hospitals
were full of
distraught parents
Dec. 16, 2014
January 13, 2015 236

A picture inset shows the House with Christmas decorations lights in the cities of Berlin, Hamburg-
Heimfeld, Moenchengladbach, Olching and Stolberg in Germany.January 13, 2015 237
Dec. 17, 2014

Photographer
Noor Khamis
Location
NAIROBI, Kenya
17, 2014
Rescuers search for survivors in
the rubble of a collapsed
residential building in Makongeni
estate in Kenya's capital Nairobi
December 17, 2014.
REUTERS/Noor Khamis
January 13, 2015 238
Dec. 17, 2014

Photographer
Fayaz Aziz
Location
PESHAWAR, Pakistan
17, 2014
People carry the coffin of a male
student who was killed in
Tuesday's attack on the Army
Public School, which was
attacked by Taliban gunmen,
during his funeral in Peshawar,
Pakistan, December 17, 2014.
REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
January 13, 2015 239
Dec. 17, 2014

People have left thousands of floral
tributes for hostages Tori Johnson
and Katrina Dawson who died,
along with the gunman, as police
commandos stormed a cafe in
Martin Place in the heart of Sydney
early on Tuesday morning.
January 13, 2015 240
Dec. 18, 2014

Afghan students learn outdoors in the District of
Mohmand Dara District of Eastern province.
January 13, 2015 241
Dec. 18, 2014

Damages inside the Army
Public School attacked last
Tuesday by Taliban gunmen,
in Peshawar, Pakistan,
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014.
The Taliban massacre that
killed more than 140
people, mostly children, at
a military-run school in
northwestern Pakistan left a
scene of heart-wrenching
devastation, pools of blood
and young lives snuffed out
as the nation mourned and
mass funerals for the
victims got underway. (AP
Photo/Muhammed
Muheisen)
January 13, 2015 242
Dec. 18, 2014

Chechen fighters in Ukraine
Chechen fighters in
Ukraine
January 13, 2015 243

Gene Desrosiers, dressed as Santa
Claus, rides his scooter down Sconticut
Neck Rd., Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, in
Fairhaven, Mass. (AP Photo/Standard
Times, Peter Pereira)
Dec. 19, 2014
January 13, 2015 244

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
SINJAR, Iraq
Reuters / Sunday,
December 21, 2014
People from the
minority Yazidi sect pass
a destroyed military
vehicle belonging to
Islamic State militant at
Mount Sinjar, in the
town of Sinjar, Iraq,
December 21, 2014.
REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Dec. 21, 2014
January 13, 2015 245

Decorative lights stuck on the tree to celebrate Christmas and the new year
coming in the garden Than in Gapyeong, South Korea.
Dec. 22, 2014
January 13, 2015 246

Photographer
Fayaz Aziz
Location
PESHAWAR, Pakistan
Reuters / Monday,
December 22, 2014
Grandmother (R) and
mother of Muhammad Ali
Khan, a student who was
killed during an attack by
Taliban gunmen on Army
Public School, react during
a visit by Imran Khan (L),
chairman of Pakistan
Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) political
party, at the school in
Peshawar December 22,
2014. REUTERS Fayaz Aziz
Dec. 22, 2014
January 13, 2015 247

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
IDLIB, Syria
Rebel fighters walk around al-
Hamidiyeh base, one of two military
posts they took control of from forces
loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-
Assad in the northwestern province of
Idlib, December 15, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 16-22, 2014
The Syrian front
The Syrian front
January 13, 2015 248

Photographer
Sultan Kitaz
Location
ALEPPO, Syria
Reuters / Sunday,
December 21, 2014
A rebel fighter rests after
clashes with forces loyal to
Syria's President Bashar al-
Assad in Ramouseh, an area
located beside Aleppo
Artillery school, December
21, 2014. REUTERS/Sultan
Kitaz
Dec. 21, 2014
The Syrian front
January 13, 2015 249

Photographer
Bassam Khabieh
Location
DAMASCUS, Syria
A general view shows damaged buildings in
Jobar, a suburb of Damascus, December 22,
2014. The city of Damascus is seen in the
background. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
Dec. 22, 2014
The Syrian front
January 13, 2015 250

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
SNOUN, Iraq
Female fighters of the Kurdish People's
Protection Units (YPG) stand near the
border between Syria and Iraq, close to
the Iraqi town of Snoun December 22,
2014. Kurdish and Yazidi fighters battled
to take the Sinjar back from Islamic
State after breaking a months-long siege
of the mountain above it. Seizing the
town would restore the majority of
territory Iraq's Kurds lost in Islamic
State's surprise offensive in
August....more
Dec. 23, 2014
January 13, 2015 251

Photographer
Tami Chappell
Location
ATLANTA, United States
2014
General Manager Brandon Delaney
looks up at the marquee sign after
the announcement that the Plaza
Theatre would be showing the movie
"The Interview" beginning Christmas
Day in Atlanta, Georgia December 23,
2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
Dec. 23, 2014
January 13, 2015 252

The victim's coffin Tori Johnson killed in service holding
hostages at a cafe in Sydney were given hearse after the
funeral in Sydney, Australia. Ms. Johnson was hailed as a
hero after trying so enraged taking weapons from the
gunmen.
Dec. 23, 2014
January 13, 2015 253

Photographer
Alexandre Meneghini
Location
HAVANA, Cuba
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 23, 2014
Children play on the
street in Havana,
Cuba, December 23,
2014.
REUTERS/Alexandre
Meneghini
Dec. 23, 2014
January 13, 2015 254
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Photographer
Faisal Mahmood
Location
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Reuters / Tuesday,
December 23, 2014
Men decorate a Christmas
tree ahead of Christmas
in a Christian slum in
Islamabad, December 23,
2014. REUTERS/Faisal
Mahmood
Dec. 23, 2014
January 13, 2015 255
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Christmas revellers have
been enjoying a spectacular
light installation in Seville,
SpainDec. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 256

Bomb squad officers in
Malang, on the Indonesian
island of Java, are carefully
searching churches ahead of
Christmas services
Dec. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 257

Volunteers clad in Santa Claus costumes throw their hats in the air as they gather
to deliver gifts for the poor in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec.
24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Dec. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 258

Photographer
Zohra Bensemra
Location
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Reuters / Wednesday, December 24,
2014
A girl carries her nephew at her house
in a Christian slum in Islamabad on
Christmas eve, December 24, 2014.
REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Dec. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 259

Photographer
Lucas Jackson
Location
GAMBERI, Afghanistan
U.S. soldier from the 3rd Cavalry
Regiment take part in a Christmas Eve
celebration with soldiers from the Polish
army's 21st Mountain Brigade on forward
operating base Gamberi in the Laghman
province of Afghanistan December 24,
2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Dec. 24, 2014
January 13, 2015 260

Photographer
Lucas Jackson
Location
Reuters / Thursday, December 25, 2014
Two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters carry U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) away
after a Christmas Day visit to forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman
province of Afghanistan December 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Dec. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 261

The Salaj family in the town of Cazma, Croatia, have turned their estate into a
massive Christmas light installation featuring 1.5 million lights
Seasonal lightsDec. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 262

An impromptu nativity scene and tree are made using rubble in the heavily-
damaged Hamedieh neighbourhood of Homs, Syria
Dec. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 263

Dec. 25, 2014
January 13, 2015 264

The Champs Elysees avenue in Paris is illuminated by Christmas lights hanging
from trees, as rush hour traffic fills the avenue leading to the Arc de Triomphe, in
Paris, Dec. 17. (Remy de la Mauviniere/Associated Press)
Seasonal lights
January 13, 2015 265

Shoppers tour a shopping
mall decorated with light
installation for the
Christmas season in
Beijing, China, Dec. 7.
(Andy Wong/Associated
Press)
Seasonal lights
January 13, 2015 266

Community members look for
the nameplates of their loved
ones Dec. 9, at Myers Funeral
Service and Crematory in
Porterville, Calif. during the 20th
year of the memorial tree
lighting. (Chieko Hara/The
Porterville Recorde via
Associated Press)
Seasonal lights
January 13, 2015 267

People enjoy the Christmas lights on the 700 block of 34th Street in the Hampden
community of Baltimore, Maryland on Dece. 12. The display called "Miracle on
34th Street" dates back to 1947 and attracts thousands of tourists each year.
(MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Seasonal lights
January 13, 2015 268

Photographer
Lucas Jackson
Location
Reuters / Friday, December 26, 2014
U.S. soldiers from Dragon Company of the
3rd Cavalry Regiment search a range for
improvised explosive devices before an
exercise near forward operating base
Gamberi in the Laghman province of
Afghanistan December 26, 2014.
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Dec. 26, 2014
January 13, 2015 269

Dec. 28, 2014
January 13, 2015 270

Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik India edit the final definition for the sand sculpture of two
missing aircraft, AirAsia's QZ8501 and MH370 of the Malayasia Airlines, on the beach of
Golden Sea in Puri, about 65 miles east of the city of Bhubaneswar, India.
Dec. 29, 2014
January 13, 2015 271

Photographer
Stringer .
Location
Ras Lanuf, Libya
Firefighters work to put out the fire of a
storage oil tank at the port of Es Sider in
Ras Lanuf December 29, 2014. Oil tanks at
Es Sider have been on fire for days after a
rocket hit one of them, destroying more
than two days of Libyan production
officials said. REUTERS/Stringer
Dec. 29, 2014
January 13, 2015 272

A crew member of Indonesian Navy CN-235 airplane prays prior to the start of a
search operation for the missing AirAsia flight 8501 at the airport in Pangkal
Pinang, Bangka Island, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Six bloated bodies and
debris seen floating in Indonesian waters Tuesday painful ended the mystery of
AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the Java Sea and was lost to searchers for
more than two days. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Dec. 30, 2014
January 13, 2015 273

Photographer
Beawiharta Beawiharta
Location
SURABAYA, Indonesia
Reuters / Tuesday, December
30, 2014
Family members of passengers
onboard missing AirAsia flight
QZ8501 cry at a waiting area in
Juanda International Airport,
Surabaya, Indonesia, December
30, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta
Dec. 30, 2014
January 13, 2015 274

Fireworks light up Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong to celebrate by 2015.
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 275

Photographer
Sigit Pamungkas
Location
SURABAYA, Indonesia
2014
Indonesian military carry the caskets
containing the bodies of two AirAsia
flight QZ8501 passengers recovered off
the coast of Borneo at a military base in
Surabaya, Indonesia, December 31,
2014. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 276

Photographer
David Gray
Location
SYDNEY, Australia
December 31, 2014
A woman wears a head band
displaying 2015 as she waits for
the annual New Year fireworks
display on Sydney Harbour,
Australia, December 31, 2014.
REUTERS/David Gray
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 277

Photographer
Tatyana Makeyeva
Location
Moscow, Russia
2014
Fireworks light the sky over the
Kremlin's Spasskaya (Saviour) Tower,
covered by scaffolding, during
celebrations of New Year's Day in Red
Square in Moscow, Russia, January 1,
2015. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 278

Photographer
Kim Kyung Hoon
Location
BEIJING, China
Performers and attendees celebrate the arrival of the new year in front of the National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest", on which the year 2015 is
projected, during a new year's countdown event celebrating the arrival of the new year and wishing in winning the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games,
in Beijing January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 279

Photographer
Jason Reed
Location
SYDNEY, Australia
31, 2014
Fireworks light up the Sydney
Harbour Bridge during the annual
fireworks display to usher in the
new year, early January 1, 2015.
REUTERS/Jason Reed
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 280

Photographer
Suzanne Plunkett
Location
2014
Fireworks explode behind the Houses of
Parliament and Big Ben on the River
Thames during New Year celebrations in
London January 1, 2015.
REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 281

Photographer
Lucas Jackson
Location
December 31, 2014
U.S. soldiers from Dragon
Troop of the 3rd Cavalry
Regiment take part in their
last exercise of 2014 near
forward operating base
Gamberi in Laghman
province, Afghanistan,
December 31, 2014.
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 282

Photographer
Alessandro Bianchi
Location
Vatican, Vatican City
Pope Francis kisses the statue of baby Jesus
as he arrives to lead the First Vespers and Te
Deum prayers in Saint Peter's Basilica at the
Vatican December 31, 2014.
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 283

Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 284

Photographer
Thomas Peter
Location
TOKYO, Japan
December 31, 2014
A woman ties a piece of
paper to a string as part
of a Shinto ritual on the
first day of the new year
at the Shinto Meiji
Shrine in Tokyo, Japan,
January 1, 2015.
REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 285

Photographer
Thomas Peter
Location
TOKYO, Japan
31, 2014
People pray during ceremonies
bidding farewell to 2014, ahead
of New Year's Day, at the Meiji
Shrine in Tokyo December 31,
2014. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Dec. 31, 2014
January 13, 2015 286

2014- Images of DECEMBER
Dec. 24 – Dec. 31
January 13, 2015 287
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