2015 - Images of FEBRUARY- Feb 09 - Feb 16

2015Images of FEBRUARY

Feb. 09 – Feb. 15

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PhotographerGleb Garanich

LocationDEBALTSEVE, Ukraine

Reuters / Thursday, February 05, 2015

A local resident cooks outside her house as children play nearby in

Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, February 5, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationDebaltseve, UkraineReuters / Friday, February 06, 2015A woman reacts as she waits for humanitarian aid in front of a delivery point in the Ukrainian forces-controlled town of Debaltseve, Donetsk region February 6, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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A child of drain water into a woman on the street in summer Carnival festivities in downtown Lima, Peru, on 8 February, 2015.

Feb. 8 , 2015

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The Dutch team celebrates winning the women's Indoor Hockey World Cup final match between Germany and the Netherlands in Leipzig, Germany, on Feb. 8.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens as President Barack Obama speaks during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. The leaders were expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and arming Ukrainian fighters to wage a more effective battle against Russian-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Ivory Coast won a dramatic 9-8 penalty shootout over Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations final. Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry both saved and scored a penalty kick.

Feb. 9 , 2015

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Rina Kanehara, of Japan, from Princess Grace Academy, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, dances during the Prix de Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Seasonal rains and high tides have caused

widespread flooding across much of Indonesia.

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British soul singer Sam Smith won four Grammy Awards in the US, including the prestigious prizes for record and song of the year and best new artist.

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerMike BlakeLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015Sam Smith poses with his awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop/Vocal Album for "In the Lonely Hour" and Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Stay With Me" in the press room at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, February 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Feb. 9 , 2015


Samantha Cristoforetti astronaut of the European Space Agency, took this image from the international space station overlooking the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa.

Feb. 9 , 2015


The people trying to remove her belongings neckties in a damaged building after shelling between rebels and pro-Russian of Ukraine in Donetsk.

Feb. 9 , 2015


A worker standing in front of the artwork '

Bad Timing, Lamb Chop! ' (2004-2005) of

the Swiss artist UrsFischer in Central

London. This work of art, be priced about

euro to 807,000 1,077,000 euros, will

be auctioned in London on Feb 12,

2015.

Feb. 9 , 2015


A little girl playing with the snow inside which displays the penguins with plastic ice and snow festival in a park in Beijing, China.

Feb. 9 , 2015


These drummers perform "HeartBeat" by Stereotank, a design studio in Brooklyn, New York City. This is the work that won the contest on Valentine Heart Times Square 2015 of the Times Square Alliance. This interactive sculpture is a giant heart that visitors are encouraged to go around and play various percussion instruments on the Times. The public access until 8 March.

Feb. 9 , 2015


An Ultras White Knights soccer fan, mourns over his friends who were killed in a riot on Sunday, outside Zeinhommorgue, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. Egypt’s Cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after more than 20 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside the Cairo stadium. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Feb. 9 , 2015


A rally called ‘Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West’ (PEGIDA) is

photographed through a gap of a balcony with the view to the Frauenkirche cathedral (Church of

Our Lady) while the exterior lighting was switched off in Dresden, eastern Germany,

Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Feb. 9 , 2015


An ultra-Orthodox Jew looks through a sheet of plastic soundproofing during a demonstration of about 50 people to show support for ultra-Orthodox Jews who were detained for refusing to report to a military recruitment center, in the city of BneiBrak near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Feb. 9 , 2015


A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. U.S. stocks are opening lower, following declines in overseas markets on weak Chinese trade data and more worries about Greece’s finances. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Feb. 9 , 2015


A Pakistani girl, who is displaced with her family from a Pakistani tribal area due to security forces’ operations against militants, waits for customers to buy cauliflower at a fruit and vegetable market in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Feb. 9 , 2015


A man goes for a walk next to AralarSanctuary covered by snow, in Aralar,

northern Spain, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Feb. 9 , 2015


A man, seen through a crater created by a rocket, walks underneath bridge in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. The armed conflict between Russia-backed separatists and Ukraine government forces has killed more than 5,300 people and displaced more than a million people in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerAntara Photo AgencyLocationJAKARTA, IndonesiaReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015People watch as Mt. Sinabung ejects ash into the air during an eruption in Karo regency, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Endro Lewa

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015People walk on rubble as others try to put out a fire after what activists said were airstrikes followed by shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/ Mohammed Badra

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerJean-Paul PelissierLocationMARSEILLE, FranceReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015A French police officer speaks to a child as he secures an access to a school at the Castellane housing area in Marseille, France, February 9, 2015. Hooded gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles fired on police in the French city of Marseille, where French Prime Minister was paying a visit, a police source said. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerStringer .LocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015Ukrainian servicemen launch a Grad rocket towards pro-Russian separatist forces outside Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine February 8, 2015. REUTERS/Alexei Chernyshev

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015A firefighter works to extinguish a fire at a residential block, which was damaged by a recent shelling according to locals, on the outskirts of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015An elderly woman reacts after the residential block in which she lives in was damaged by a recent shelling, according to locals, on the outskirts of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerPeter NichollsLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015David Beckham rubs his hands together as he attends at a press conference to mark his 10 years as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, at Google's headquarters in central London, February 9, 2015. Beckham announced the launch of a new fund, "7: David Beckham UNICEF Fund", named after his old shirt number. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerKim Kyung HoonLocationBEIJING, ChinaReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015A boy rides on a snow wagon towed by a robot dressed as a Teddy bear, which only moves forward by moving its legs, during the Ice and snow carnival at Taoranting park in Beijing, China, February 9, 2015.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerSuhaib SalemLocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Friday, January 23, 2015Palestinians perform Friday prayers near the ruins of houses that witnesses said were destroyed or damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in the Shejaianeighbourhood east of Gaza City, January 23, 2015. REUTERS/SuhaibSalem


Living in the ruins of Gaza

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PhotographerMohammed SalemLocationBIET HANOUN, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015A Palestinian woman standing outside her damaged house watches a demonstration calling for Gaza reconstruction and against the United Nations decision to suspend payments for Palestinians, whose houses were damaged or destroyed during a 50-day war with Israel last summer, in Biet Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem


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PhotographerMohammed SalemLocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Thursday, January 08, 2015Palestinian children look out through holes in a cloth sheet at their family's house, which witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, on a stormy day in the east of Gaza City, January 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Feb. 8 , 2015


Living in the ruins of Gaza

PhotographerMohammed SalemLocationBIET LAHIYA, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015Palestinian school girls walk on their way home past residential buildings, which witnesses said were badly damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Biet Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerMohammed Salem

LocationBIET LAHIYA, Palestinian Territories

Reuters / Monday, February 09, 2015

Palestinian school girls walk on their way home past residential buildings,

which witnesses said were badly damaged by Israeli shelling during a

50-day war last summer, in BietLahiya in the northern Gaza Strip,

February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Feb. 9 , 2015


Air strikes in Damascus

PhotographerBassam KhabiehLocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015Men carry children rescued from an area where activists said were hit by air strikes from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Doumaneighborhood of Damascus, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/ Bassam Khabieh

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerStringer .Location

DAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015A medic and civilians carry a casualty

after what activists said were air strikes followed by shelling by forces

loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighborhood of

Damascus, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/ Mohammed Badra

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerBassam Khabieh

LocationDAMASCUS, Syria


Men carry children rescued from an area where activists

said were hit by air strikes from forces loyal to Syria's

President Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, February 9, 2015.

REUTERS/ Bassam Khabieh

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DAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Monday, February 09,

2015A boy stands on rubble as people try

to put out a fire after what activists said were air strikes followed by shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the

Douma neighborhood of Damascus, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/

Mohammed Badra

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015An injured civilian sits inside a shelter as he waits to receive medical assistance after what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Doumaneighborhood of Damascus, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/ Mohammed Badra

Feb. 9 , 2015


Battle for eastern Ukraine

PhotographerStringer .LocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015Ukrainian servicemen unload Grad rockets from a truck before launching them towards pro-Russian separatist forces outside Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine February 8, 2015. REUTERS/Alexei Chernyshev

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationArtemivsk, UkraineReuters / Sunday, February 08, 2015Ukrainian servicemen carry a wounded comrade into a hospital in ArtemivskFebruary 8, 2015. REUTERS/GlebGaranich

Feb. 8 , 2015


PhotographerMaxim Shemetov

LocationDonetsk, Ukraine


A woman reacts as the residential block in which she lives in burns,

a result of recent shelling according to locals, on the

outskirts of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine February 9, 2015.

REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Sunday, February 08, 2015A Ukrainian serviceman is pictured at his position near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, February 8, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Feb. 8 , 2015


PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Sunday, February 08, 2015A Ukrainian serviceman rests as his comrades make a pipe for a wood stove near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, February 8, 2015.REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Feb. 8 , 2015


PhotographerMaxim Shemetov

LocationDonetsk, Ukraine

Reuters / Monday, February 09, 2015People carry bags containing their

belongings past a burning residential block, caused by a recent shelling

according to locals, on the outskirts of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine February 9,

2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerThierry GouegnonLocationABIDJAN, Cote d'IvoireReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara(center L) waves as he holds the African Nations Cup trophy with Ivory Coast's soccer team captain Yaya Toure, at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

Feb. 9 , 2015


MP200 interceptors intercept unmanned aircraft DJI Phantom 2 by netting in a flight demonstration at the La Queue-en-Brie, East of Paris, France, on February 9, 2015. France is facing dozens of service unmanned aircraft appear in sensitive places — mostly those nuclear facilities. France is the percentage use of atomic energy is highest in the world.

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerAkintunde AkinleyeLocationLAGOS, NigeriaReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015Party supporters ride on a vehicle with campaign banners outside the venue of a rally for the opposition All Progressives Congress in the Ipaja district of Lagos, Nigeria, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerBrian Snyder

LocationCAMBRIDGE, United States


Pedestrians make their way along a snow covered street during a

winter snow storm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 9, 2015.

REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerMohamad TorokmanLocationSILWAD, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015A Palestinian protester scuffles with an Israeli soldier during a protest against what Palestinians say is land confiscation for Jewish settlements, in the West Bank village of Silwad near Ramallah, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerAmir Cohen

LocationASHKELON, Israel

Reuters / Monday, February 09, 2015Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims from India clean a marble

enclosure marking a shrine, located on the grounds of Barzilai Medical Center in the coastal town of

Ashkelon, Israel, February 8, 2015. The Israeli hospital, known mainly for treating the casualties of conflict in the nearby Gaza Strip, is home to a tomb

where, in the view of some Shi'ite Muslims, the head of Hussein ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet

Mohammed, lay interred for...more

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015An injured boy reacts next to other injured civilians at a shelter after what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Doumaneighborhood of Damascus, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/ Mohammed Badra

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerKevin LamarqueLocationWASHINGTON, United StatesReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015President Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the crisis in Ukraine at the White House, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerSergio PerezLocationMADRID, SpainReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015A model presents a creation from Devota & Lomba's Fall/Winter 2015 collection during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerMax Rossi

LocationGROSSETO, Italy


Captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner Francesco Schettino

arrives at court to attend his trial in Grosseto, Italy, February

9, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi

Feb. 9 , 2015


Feb. 10 , 2015


England Corbit Larson snow in front of the shop Music Centre Music in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, 10/2/15

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerNancy WiechecLocationPRESCOTT, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Terri Crippes (L) and Lori Lyon, the aunts of Kayla Mueller, the aid worker who died while held by Islamic State militants, react after giving a statement at a news conference in Prescott, Arizona February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Nancy Wiechec


Feb. 10 , 2015

Members of the armed forces of Ukraine take on APC armoured car near the village of Debaltseve, Eastern Ukraine, 10-2-2015.


Feb. 10 , 2015

Supporters cheer as Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

heads for a landslide victory in Delhi state elections. Mr Kejriwal's

win is the first major setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

who has enjoyed huge popularity since taking office last year,

winning a string of local elections and wooing international investors

and world leaders

Feb. 10 , 2015


Photographer Bruce Myren adjusts his view camera in Cambridge, Massachusetts. According to the US National Weather Service, the past 30-days have been the snowiest in Boston's recorded history.

Feb. 10 , 2015


Ivorians at Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, in Abidjan, wait to greet their national football team on their return from winning the Africa Cup of Nations.

Feb. 10 , 2015


G20 finance ministers and central bank governors wait for US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew before posing for a photo.

Feb. 10 , 2015


A silver Anglo-Saxon coin hoard containing about 5,200 items was discovered in Lenborough, Buckinghamshire, in December last year and is now on show at the British Museum.

Feb. 10 , 2015


Seagull flying over the waves between thunderstorms off the coast of Beirut of Lebanon.

Feb. 10 , 2015


The dancers in costume party entertainment wax statues of American singer Taylor Swift at Madame Tussauds in London.

Feb. 10 , 2015


Model a demonstration designed to Fall/Winter of Maya Hansen at the Madrid fashion week in Madrid, Spain.

Feb. 10 , 2015


A street artist performances in Navona in Rome, Italy.

Feb. 10 , 2015


People across a flooded road sections in Jakarta. Rains have flooded many road sections in the Indonesian capital, causing the flow trapped.

Feb. 10 , 2015


Divers feed the fish in Water at Sunshine in Tokyo, Japan.

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Boys ride bicycles past a damaged building at the Bab al-Nasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerStringer Afghanistan

LocationKUNDUZ, Afghanistan

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015An Afghan policeman carries his

wounded comrade after a suicide car bomb attack in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, February 10, 2015.

REUTERS/ Stringer

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerEric GaillardLocationGRASSE, FranceReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Manon Serrano (L), one of two women switched at birth more than 20 years ago, kisses her mother Sophie Serrano as they pose at their home after the verdict in Grasse February 10, 2015. The two women switched at birth will each receive 400,000 euros ($451,760) in damages, a court in southern France ruled on Tuesday. The court in the town of Grasse also ordered that the private clinic responsible for the mixuppay 300,000 euros each...more

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerKim Kyung HoonLocationBEIJING, ChinaReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Goats jumps to cross a stream as they are driven by a herdsman at Dashiwo village, on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2015. The Chinese Lunar New Year on February 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram). REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerStringer Afghanistan

LocationKUNDUZ, Afghanistan

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Smoke rises in the sky after a suicide car bomb attack in Kunduz province,

Afghanistan, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerStringer Spain

LocationMELILLA, Spain

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015A Spanish Civil Guard officer throws a

sandwich to African migrants sitting at the top of a border fence during an

attempt to cross into Spanish territories, between Morocco and

Spain's north African enclave of Melilla, February 10, 2015.

REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerAmit Dave

LocationKADI, India

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Workers push harvested cotton with

their feet after unloading it from a supply truck at a cotton processing unit in Kadi town in the western Indian state

of Gujarat, India, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerStoyan NenovLocationBLAGOEVGRAD, BulgariaReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Worshippers gather around candles stuck to jars with honey, during a religious mass in the church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the city of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, February 10, 2015. The day of Saint Haralampi, the Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers, is marked on February 10. REUTERS/StoyanNenov

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationISTANBUL, TurkeyReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew talks with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde after a family photo during the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi

LocationSanaa, Yemen

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Relatives talk with defendants from behind bars in a state security court

of appeals in Sanaa, Yemen, February 10, 2015. The court

upheld jail verdicts ranging from three to seven years on 13 people

condemned of supporting the al Qaeda group in Yemen, court

officials said. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKramatorsk, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015People look at the remains of a rocket shell on a street in the town of Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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LocationKramatorsk, Ukraine


People look at the remains of a rocket shell on a street in the town of Kramatorsk, eastern

Ukraine February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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LocationKRAMATORSK, Ukraine


The body of a woman killed by recent shelling lies on a street in

the residential sector in the town of Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, February 10, 2015.

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationHorlivka, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015A woman removes debris in front of her house, which was damaged during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces, in the town of Horlivka, eastern Ukraine February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Feb. 10 , 2015



LocationKramatorsk, Ukraine

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015The body of a woman killed by recent

shelling lies on a street in the residential sector in the town of Kramatorsk, eastern

Ukraine, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/GlebGaranich

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationDonetsk region, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Pro-Russian separatists stand behind an armchair at a checkpoint used by Ukrainian government troops on the outskirts of Vuhlehirsk, 14 km from Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Feb. 10 , 2015

An elderly man stands next to the body of his wife, who died of an apparent heart attack after an ambulance was unable to make its way through fighting, in the town of Vuhlehirsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. Fighting in eastern Ukraine intensified on Tuesday ahead of much-anticipated peace talks, with both sides claiming significant advances. (AP Photo/Vadim Braydov)

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxx

LocationHAVANA, Cuba

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015A vintage car carrying tourists waits in line to fill up

with fuel at a gas station along the seafront boulevard El Malecon in Havana, January 12, 2015.

REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerXXSTRINGERXX xxxxx

LocationHAVANA, Cuba

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015A vintage car is filled with fuel at a gas station

along the seafront boulevard El Malecon in Havana, January 12, 2015. REUTERS/Alexandre

Meneghini

Feb. 10 , 2015


Photographer

Alexandre MeneghiniLocation

HAVANA, CubaReuters / Monday, February 09, 2015

A girl peers from the window of a vintage car used as a collective taxi in downtown

Havana, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

Feb. 9 , 2015


PhotographerDarren Whiteside

LocationJAKARTA, Indonesia

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015People ride on a fire truck through a

flooded street after continuous heavy seasonal rains have flooded many

parts of Jakarta, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerDarren WhitesideLocationJAKARTA, IndonesiaReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015A boy guiding a horse and buggy is swamped by waves caused by a truck driving on a flooded street (unseen), after continuous heavy seasonal rains have flooded parts of Jakarta, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Feb. 10 , 2015


PhotographerDarren Whiteside

LocationJAKARTA, Indonesia

Reuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Motorists ride their motorcycles

through a flooded intersection after continues heavy seasonal rains have

flooded parts of Jakarta, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Feb. 10 , 2015


Wafi Dawood, the Chief of Strategy & Excellence of Knowledge & Human Development Authority of the Dubai Government competes with a ChessBotduring the second day of the Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Feb. 10 , 2015


Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Manís Party, celebrate their party's victory in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. The upstart anti-corruption party has won a smashing victory in elections to install a state government in India's capital, officials said Tuesday, dealing a huge blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

Feb. 10 , 2015


An elderly Pakistani woman asks for rice during a donated food distribution at a shrine in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/MuhammedMuheisen)

Feb. 10 , 2015


A worker walks barefoot while preparing the Washington Park Arboretum's display garden for the Northwest Flower and Garden Show Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in Seattle. The 27th annual show, themed ìRomance Blossomsî this year, opens Wednesday with 23 display gardens, dozens of product exhibitors and more than 100 seminars. Highlights include ideas for urban farming and people living in condos and apartments. The show runs through Sunday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Members of the Palestinian Presidential Guard, an elite Palestinian security force, demonstrate their skills during a training session in the West Bank city of Jericho, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Models display Autumn/Winter designs by Maya Hansen at Madrid's Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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PhotographerSusana Vera

LocationMADRID, Spain


A model presents a creation from Maria Escote's Fall/Winter 2015 collection during the Mercedes-

Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain, February 10, 2015.

REUTERS/Susana Vera

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PhotographerVasily FedosenkoLocationMinsk, BelarusReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015A woman looks out from a doorway of the DipserviceHall where the meeting of the so-called Contact Group on eastern Ukraine, which brings together representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the Russian-backed separatist rebels and the OSCE European security watchdog, takes place in Minsk, Belarus, February 10, 2015. REUTERS/VasilyFedosenko

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al MahdiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Defendants look from behind bars in a state security court of appeals in Sanaa, Yemen, February 10, 2015. The court on Tuesday upheld jail verdicts ranging from three to seven years on 13 people condemned of supporting the al Qaeda group in Yemen, court officials said. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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PhotographerSusana VeraLocationMADRID, SpainReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015People wait for the start of the Maya Hansen's Fall/Winter 2015 collection show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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PhotographerBobby YipLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Erwiana Sulistyaningsih (C), a former Indonesian domestic helper, arrives at a district court in Hong Kong February 10, 2015. A Hong Kong woman accused of abusing Sulistyaningsih, her former domestic helper, was convicted by the district court, government radio reported. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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Shouting fans cheer when the team player Huracán of Argentina stepped out against the opening of the Copa Libertadores soccer tournament with Alianza Lima of Peru, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 10 February, 2015.

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PhotographerMohammed SalemLocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Tuesday, February 10, 2015Palestinians ride a donkey cart past ruined houses, which witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, on a stormy day in the east of Gaza City February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDARAA, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015A fighter loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad hangs his picture as fellow fighters rest by a Syrian national flag after gaining control of the area in Deir al-Adas, a town south of Damascus, Daraa countryside February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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Solar image taken by NASA on February 10, 2015 shows a fibre material of the sun hovering over its surface.

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PhotographerCHRIS KEANE

LocationCHAPEL HILL, United States

Reuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Namee Barakat, father of shooting victim Deah Shaddy

Barakat, cries as a video is played during a vigil on the campus of

the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Keane

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PhotographerMax Rossi

LocationGROSSETO, Italy

Reuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Captain of the Costa Concordia cruise

liner Francesco Schettino arrives for his trial in Grosseto, Italy, February 11,

2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Destroyed vehicles, debris and blood on the ground are seen at a bus station after shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Members of the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to investigate a crime scene in a shelling on a bus at Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine, on 11-2-2015.

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PhotographerEdgard Garrido

LocationMexico City, Mexico


A man walks in front of police officers during a

demonstration by members of the teachers' union CNTE

at Reforma avenue in Mexico City February 11, 2015.

REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, French President Francois Hollande, second right, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko come to pose for a photo during a time-break in their peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany are gathering for crucial talks in the hope of negotiating an end fighting between Russia-backed separatist and government forces in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)February 26, 2015 118

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PhotographerHandout .LocationMinsk, BelarusReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Francois Hollandeattend a meeting on resolving the Ukrainian crisis in Minsk, Belarus, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/MykolaLazarenko/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service

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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko greeted German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande in Minsk, Feb 11-2015.

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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk, Feb 11-2015.

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PhotographerJonathan ErnstLocationWASHINGTON, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Vice President Joe Biden rubs his brow as President Obama delivers a statement on legislation sent to Congress to authorize the use of military force against the Islamic State from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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At least two people have been killed in a pile-up involving about 100 cars on a bridge near South Korea's Incheon International Airport. Another 42 people were injured in the incident, eight of them seriously, the Yonhap news agency reports.

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Journalists surround an employee working on a production line of a high speed train model, at China CNR's Tangshan Railway Vehicle. China CNR said it was interested in buying foreign rail-linked technologies as China seeks to export its high-speed trains and rail expertise.

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Workers begin to repair part of Beirut's seaside corniche which was damaged by strong and high waves in Lebanon.

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German President Joachim Gauckpays tribute in front of the coffin of former German President Richard von Weizsaecker during a state funeral service at Berlin Cathedral. Mr Weizsaecker's 10 years in office, from 1984 to 1994, spanned the period of German reunification.

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PhotographerHannibal HanschkeLocationBERLIN, GermanyReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015German honor guard soldiers carry the coffin of former German President Richard von Weizsaecker during a state funeral service at the Cathedral in Berlin February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

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The Not Yet, On the Reinvention of Documentary and the Critique of Modernism exhibition at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, Spain, shows pictures from the Worker-photography movement of the 1920s and 1930.

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Pakistani Christian bride Dunya Yacob is carried by her cousin to her groom's makeshift home to attend her wedding ceremony on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Driverless vehicles were unveiled in Greenwich. The government wants the UK to become a world leader in driverless technology.

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Iranian students wave the national flag during a ceremony marking the 36th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, at the Azadi square in Tehran.

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A shop owner clean up goods ahead of Valentine's day in the Karrada area of Baghdad, Iraq.

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The Pakistani women's police commando in a coaching session in Nowshera, near Peshawar.

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A K-2 tanks of the South Korean army in a firing exercise in Yangpyeong.February 26, 2015 134

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Syrian refugees walking in snow breeze to MTR in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Navy cadets march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Neva River embankment in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Victory Day, marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, Russia's most important secular holiday will be celebrated on May 9. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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An Indian man prepares flatbread in the old city area of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Old Delhi was founded by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th Century. (AP Photo/BernatArmangue)

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A dog lies down as its owner begs on a street nearby in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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A mosque is seen through the haze of a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Egypt's Cairo International Airport briefly closed to arrivals Tuesday as a sandstorm descended over the country that also disrupted traffic at other airfields and seaports, officials said. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Ramavva Lamani, an indigenous Indian woman, looks at the camera as she joins a protest by backward Hindu communities demanding equal rights in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Ancient and deep-rooted patterns of caste discrimination in India have denied tribals and other backward communities economic, education and social rights. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Iranians chant slogans during a rally commemorating the 36th anniversary of Islamic Revolution under Azadi Tower, Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Wednesday with massive rallies, with many chanting against the U.S. and Israel as the country tries to reach a permanent deal with world powers over its contested nuclear program. (AP Photo/EbrahimNoroozi)

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A homeless Indian newspaper before sunrise in New Delhi.February 26, 2015 143

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PhotographerYannis BehrakisLocationAthens, GreeceReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015A man takes part in a anti-austerity pro-government demo in front of the parliament in Athens, Greece February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

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PhotographerPOOL NewLocationSTEPHENVILLE, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Taya Kyle, wife of slain Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, wipes away tears when viewing images of her husband during her testimony on the witness stand during the opening day of the capital murder trial of former Marine Eddie Ray Routh at the Erath County Donald R. Jones Justice Center in Stephenville, Texas February 11, 2015. Former Marine Eddie Ray Routh, 27, is charged with murdering Kyle, who was credited with the most kills of any

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PhotographerZohra BensemraLocationISLAMABAD, PakistanReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015A girl reacts as she watched her friend play hopscotch on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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PhotographerFrancois LenoirLocationBRUSSELS, BelgiumReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde poses with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis during an extraordinary euro zone finance ministers meeting to discuss Athens' plans to reverse austerity measures agreed as part of its bailout, in Brussels, Belgium February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Francois LenoirFebruary 26, 2015 147

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PhotographerLeonhard FoegerLocationVIENNA, AustriaReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Dancers of the state opera ballet perform during a dress rehearsal for the Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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PhotographerGrigory DukorLocationMINSK, BelarusReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Ukraininan President Petro Poroshenko (L) looks back, followed by Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) after a meeting in Minsk, Belarus February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

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PhotographerAmir CohenLocationKiryat Gat, IsraelReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Thai workers ride an ATV during a sandstorm near Kibbutz Lachish near the southern city of KiryatGat, Israel February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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PhotographerMohamed Azakir

LocationBEIRUT, Lebanon

Reuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015A man takes a selfie by a crashing wave on

Beirut's Corniche, a seaside promenade, as high winds sweep through Lebanon during a storm February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

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PhotographerMaxim ShemetovLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015A member of the armed forces of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic stands guard near a destroyed vehicle at a bus station after shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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PhotographerAntonio ParrinelloLocationLAMPEDUSA, ItalyReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015A migrant who survived a shipwreck is helped as he arrives with others at Lampedusa harbour, Italy, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

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PhotographerChina Stringer NetworkLocationBEIJING, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Police officers carry a man out of a hospital as they enforce a court order in Beijing, China, February 10, 2015. The man, 55, surnamed Chen, received treatment at the hospital after a traffic accident in August 2011. Chen returned to the hospital two months later, saying he had pains in his left leg and as a protest, he refused to be discharged even though the hospital stopped providing any further treatment in July 2012....more

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PhotographerJamal Saidi

LocationBEIRUT, Lebanon


Fishermen move a boat that had been blown inland during a storm, by the

seaside in Beirut, Lebanon, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

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PhotographerGonzalo Fuentes

LocationLille, France

Reuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn

leaves his hotel to attend the trial in the so-called Carlton Affair, in Lille, February 11,

2015, where 14 people including Strauss-Kahn stand accused of sex offences including the

alleged procuring of prostitutes. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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PhotographerDanish SiddiquiLocationMUMBAI, IndiaReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015A Hindu holy man asks for alms as he walks amongst birds flying at a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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PhotographerChina Stringer NetworkLocationJILIN, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015A winter swimmer swims in icy waters after breaking the ice of the frozen Songhua River, in Jilin, Jilin province, China, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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Police troopers secure the entrance of the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled

Abdullah

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Reuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015An abandoned base for U.S. Marines near

the U.S. embassy is seen in Sanaa, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled

Abdullah

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al MahdiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Wednesday, February 11, 2015A general view of the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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A protester standing in front of the fence of the police during a protest against the distribution of

confined water in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 11, 2015.

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The scene of the crash that killed veteran journalist Bob Simon of CBS television in New York, on February 11, 2015. Mr. Simon, aged 73, on the riots and war, the film was nominated for the Oscar. He had been imprisoned for more than a month in Iraq 20 years ago.

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A person with the pelicans surrounded as he walked near a fish market in Chorrillos district of the capital, Lima, Peru, on February 11, 2015.February 26, 2015 164

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride on armored personnel carriers near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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PhotographerStringer SpainLocationIGUALADA, SpainReuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015An orange toxic cloud is seen over the town of Igualada, near Barcelona following an explosion in a chemical plant, February 12, 2015. Three people were injured in the explosion at the chemical plant in northern Spain and authorities advised residents of several small towns near Barcelona to stay indoors as the large toxic cloud spread over the area. REUTERS/Paula Arias

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Members of the media try to get pictures of a bus carrying Cho Hyun-ah, the former vice president of Korean Air Line Co., through the windows of the Seoul Western District Court after her trial in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced Cho to a year in prison for aviation law violations that stemmed from her inflight tantrum over how she was served macadamia nuts. (AP Photo/AhnYoung-joon)February 26, 2015 168

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Pakistani nomad women carry water to their houses at dusk in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb 12, 2015. People living in suburbs of the capital are lacking basic necessities of life. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)February 26, 2015 169

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Visitors examine the ‘My History. Rurikovichi’ multimedia exhibition devoted to the period of Rurikovichi(Rurik dynasty) in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, with the Orthodox icon of Jesus projected on the ceiling. The exhibition displays Russia’s history spanning seven centuries. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Bolivarian National Guard officers dressed in riot gear, lineup next to graffiti that reads in Spanish “Don’t shoot” during the anniversary of the protest movement that wracked the country last year in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Friends and foes of Venezuela’s socialist government braved pouring rain to stage dueling marches in the capital. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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A woman carries a plastic bag loaded with sheep toys as she leaves a wholesale market in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Chinese will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 19 this year which marks the Year of Sheep on the Chinese zodiac. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Bahraini children play in a street behind burning debris used as a roadblock ahead of an anti-government protest Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain. Many shops in opposition areas nationwide were closed Thursday, the first day of a three-day general strike called by the February 14 opposition youth group before Saturday’s fourth anniversary of Bahrain’s pro-democracy uprising. Youths blocked roads in many areas, enforcing the strike and attempting to slow down police vehicles. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Falcon 9 unmanned spacecraft of the SpaceXcompany fired to bring the satellite forecast at Cape Canaveral Air Force station, in Cap Canaveral, Florida, USA.

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Staff complete masks, according to the Beijing Opera characters, made

from lemon and orange in the lemon Festival in Menton, France in

the 82nd.

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Students give thumbs up to good luck for the Indian cricket team, while holding the Cup Cricket World Cup Championship Giants made of paper, at a school in the city of Chennai in southern India.February 26, 2015 176

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Students wearing traditional hanbok costumes to attend a graduation ceremony and maturity at the Dongmyeong school in Seoul, Korea.

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The woman turns the page for the Festival "Weiberfastnacht" (women's Carnival) in Cologne, Germany.

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PhotographerAmmar AwadLocationJERUSALEM, IsraelReuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015The mother and brother of Muhammad Musallam, an Israeli Arab held by Islamic State in Syria as an alleged spy, sit among pictures of him in their East Jerusalem home, February 12, 2015. Islamic State said it was holding Musallam who had posed as a foreign fighter in order to spy for Mossad, an account denied by Israel and by his family, who said he had been kidnapped. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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PhotographerLeonhard FoegerLocationVienna, AustriaReuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015Opera singer Aida Garifullina performs during the opening ceremony of the Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015Kim Kardashian attempts to calm her daughter, North, while sitting next to Sean Combs (L), Jay-Z (2nd L), Beyonce (3rd L) and Anna Wintour (2nd R) as they watch a presentation of Kanye West's Fall/Winter 2015 partnership with Adidas at New York Fashion Week February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerErik de Castro

LocationPAMPANGA, Philippines

Reuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015A view of a Van Gogh-inspired hot air

balloon being inflated during the Philippine International Hot Air

Balloon Fiesta at Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga province, north of

Manila, Philippines, February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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PhotographerPOOL NewLocationCAPE TOWN, South AfricaReuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015Members of Julius Malema'sEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF) (in red) clash with security officials after being ordered out of the chamber during President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address in Cape Town, February 12, 2015. The opening of South Africa's parliament descended into chaos on Thursday as security officers fought with far-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) lawmakers after they disrupted President Jacob Zuma's...moreFebruary 26, 2015 183

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PhotographerAsmaa Waguih

LocationCAIRO, Egypt

Reuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015Marwa Omara, fiancee of Al Jazeera

journalist Mohamed Fahmy, reacts at a court in Cairo, February 12, 2015. The two remaining Al Jazeera journalists,

Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, were released from an Egyptian jail

after more than 400 days, but the court said the case against them was still pending. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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PhotographerMohammad IsmailLocationKABUL, AfghanistanReuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015An Afghan girl holds an umbrella as she sits on a grave at a cemetery in Kabul, February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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PhotographerFred Thornhill

LocationKAWARTHA LAKES, Canada

Reuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015

A youth plays pond hockey as the sun rises on Pigeon Lake in the

region of Kawartha Lakes Ontario, Canada, February 4, 2015.

REUTERS/Fred Thornhill

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PhotographerAthit PerawongmethaLocationKanchanaburi, ThailandReuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015A Buddhist monk plays with a tiger at the WatPa Luang Ta Bua, otherwise known as Tiger Temple, in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand, February 12, 2015. REUTERS/AthitPerawongmetha

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PhotographerYves Herman

LocationBRUSSELS, Belgium

Reuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015Mohamed, 5, watches as Belgian clown

Jupette plays guitar at the pediatric department of the Hospital Erasme at

the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in Brussels, Belgium, January 27, 2015.

REUTERS/Yves Herman

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Reuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmyraises an Egyptian national flag while

talking to the judge during his retrial at a court in Cairo February 12, 2015. The two

remaining Al Jazeera journalists, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed,

were released from an Egyptian jail after more than 400 days, but the court said

the case against them was still pending. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq

LocationNASSIRIYA, Iraq

Reuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015A woman bakes traditional bread as a

girl sits nearby in the Chebayeshmarsh in Nassiriya, southeast of

Baghdad, Iraq, February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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PhotographerSTRINGER Venezuela

LocationSAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela

Reuters / Thursday, February 12, 2015An opposition student is carried away after

being injured during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government in

San Cristobal, Venezuela, February 12, 2015. Venezuelan troops blocked students

during marches against President Nicolas Maduro as pro-government supporters also rallied on the anniversary of 2014

protests that led to 43 deaths. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez

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Navigation whale lies dead on a secluded beach at Farewell Spit at the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island after washed ashore on February 13, 2015.

Feb. 13 , 2015

Apprentices with flags and confetti at a demonstration convened by the IG Metallunion in Hanover, Germany, as negotiations for the 75,000 employees of the metal industry in Lower Saxony continue.

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Palestinian schoolgirl Malak al-Khatib, 14, is greeted by relatives in the West Bank village of Tulkarem following her release from an Israeli jail. Malak was jailed for six weeks for planning to attack Israelis, and her case became a focus for anger over the arrests of children in the occupied territories.

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Elderly women walk under snow-and ice-laden trees at Central Park in Stavropol, southern Russia.

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A relative of one of the victims of a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, at a local hospital. According to reports at least 20 people were killed and as many as 60 injured when militants entered the mosque during prayers and opened fire on worshippers.

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A woman lays a white rose next to the original cross of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, Germany. The church was destroyed by British and American bombers during World War II. Residents of the city are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing raids, which killed thousands of civilians.

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Sprayed foam floats down over a revellerduring a pre-carnival street parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil's carnival runs from 13 February - 17 February this year.

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An early morning view of the city of Donetsk, Ukraine. Fighting between separatists and Ukrainian government forces has continued despite the peace agreement reached by leaders on Thursday. A ceasefire is set to take effect on Sunday, at one minute after midnight.

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Rescuers work at the site of a train accident near Bidaragere,

about 50km from the city of Bangalore, India. At least 10

passengers died and 17 were injured when a train derailed after hitting a boulder, police

said.

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Algerian officials, family and friends gather around the body of Roger Haninduring his burial service at the Jewish cemetery of Bologhine in the capital Algiers. Mr Hanin, a French actor renowned and beloved for his role as a police commissioner in the TV series “Navarro” over two decades, died on Thursday in Paris at the age of 89.

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Relatives of 27 Egyptian Coptic Christian workers who were

kidnapped by Islamic State militants in the Libyan city of Sirte, raise their hands at a rally in Cairo as they call for the release of their

family members.

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The poster called for voting for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in his presidential campaign on a road in the Ikoyi district of Lagos, Nigeria.February 26, 2015 204

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The injured were taken to a hospital after an attack has the participation of the suicide bomber and the gunman at a Shia mosque in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan.

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A snow-covered pine forest during a storm in Jezzin, South Lebanon.February 26, 2015 206

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One woman lighted a candle placed in front of the Church Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady) celebrates 70 years of deadly bombings by Allied forces in the city of Dresden in World War II, Dresden, East Germany. British bomber and America devastated downtown hundreds-year-old baroque-style.February 26, 2015 207

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Plugging the florist roses in a stall across the street before the Siliguri in Valentine's day. Despite opposition from some right-wing groups, see this date contrary to the traditional culture of India, Valentine's day is celebrate in India as the Rashtriya Prem Divas.February 26, 2015 208

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Bangladeshi girls help each other patching the dough onto the next spring to celebrate the first day of the on-site Falgoon Dhaka University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Falgoon was the eleventh month in the calendar of the Bengal.February 26, 2015 209

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"The Lantern terracotta warriors" is on display in the China Festival in Sydney, Australia. The Warriors, by the Chinese artist Xia Nan created for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, are on display in the lunar new year.February 26, 2015 210

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko speech during a visit to

training center of Ukrainian national guard outside Kiev. Mr Poroshenko

said peace is still far away and no guarantees that a new ceasefire

agreement reached in Belarus on Thursday will take effect.

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PhotographerDylan Martinez


Reuters / Friday, February 13, 2015An opposition supporter holds up a

laptop showing images of celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square, after Egypt's

President Hosni Mubarak resigned, February 11, 2011. Dylan Martinez: I was lucky enough to be sent to Egypt in 2011 for what became known as the Facebook Revolution. Thousands of Egyptians had

taken to the streets to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

When I arrived in Egypt, customs officials...more

Feb. 13 , 2015

High school students wearing Guy Fawkes masks

participating protest against the education policies of the

ruling party AK in Istanbul, Turkey. Education is the

latest hot spot between the Government of Tayyip

Erdogan, the President and the people of Turkey, secular advocates allege he oversees a process of ' cultural ' Islam

in Turkey, a NATO member countries.

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Revelers dressed as nuns perform during the “Carmelitas” carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Carmelitas is a band started in 1990 by a group of friends who gathered for soccer and drinks just outside a Carmelite convent. Jokes about the possibility of nuns escaping to join the party gave rise to the band, which parades twice: once at the beginning of Carnival, when the nuns escape the convent to join the fun, and then on the last day, when they return to their cloistered existence. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Street artist Julian Lopez dressed as a robot performs for tips at a traffic light in Lima, Peru, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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The U.S. flag is raised for gold medallist Brittany Bowe of the U.S. on the podium of the women’s 1000 meter race of the speedskatingsingle distance world championships at Thialf ice rink in Heerenveen, Netherlands, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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A Bahraini anti-government protester with a mask to protect from tear gas fired by riot police runs for cover during clashes following a march Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, in the Manama suburb of Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain. The protester is holding a picture of Sheikh Ali Salman, the jailed leader of the largest opposition political society. Protest marches were held and clashes erupted in opposition areas nationwide Friday, where many shops stayed closed as part of a three-day general strike called by the February 14 opposition youth group before Saturday’s fourth anniversary of Bahrain’s pro-democracy uprising. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Three newlywed couples from left, Artit Thanajindawong and DaradaiWachirapootthacoon, Prontathorn Pronnapatthun and Chaiyut Phuamgphoeksuk, and Pirat Rungthongoran and Nichapatr Koomsombut, frolic at a resort in Ratchaburi province in western Thailand, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Thailand’s Culture Ministry’s Moral Promotion Center launched a widely publicized campaign earlier this week called “Just a Meal for Valentine’s Day” that urges teens to go home after their dinner dates. This campaign comes amid a morality overhaul initiated by Thailand’s military government, which took power from an elected administration following a coup last May. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)February 26, 2015 218

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Birds swarm in the sky as shelling between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government takes place in a residential area of the town of Artemivsk, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Despite a looming cease-fire deal for eastern Ukraine, a government-held town 40 kilometers (25 miles) behind the front line has been hit by shelling, killing at least one person. The deadline for the warring sides to halt hostilities is Sunday morning at one minute after midnight. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Pakistani SugharRamadan, 38, and her daughters Shameem, 7 and Samreen, 2, sit around a fire to warm themselves from the night cold inside their makeshift home in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/MuhammedMuheisen)

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The Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes(second from right) handing over the key holiday Rei Momo, or the King's Festival Wilson Neto (left) in Cidade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This event officially kicked off the week of carnival festivities in Rio 2015.

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A character's great King Carnival are assembled in preparation for the Carnival parades on 131 in Nice, France. The Carnival, which takes place from 13 February to 1 March, honoring the "King of music."

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A man walks past an unexploded rocket in Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Feb. 11.

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Refugee children play in the snow in the suburbs of Ankara, Turkey on Feb. 11. The kids fled Syria with their families because of attacks from ISIS.

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PhotographerStringer .LocationANKARA, TurkeyReuters / Friday, February 13, 2015Police use tear gas to disperse scores of protesters boycotting schools over the growing influence of religion in the classroom in Ankara, Turkey, February 13, 2015. Education is the latest flashpoint between the administration of President Tayyip Erdogan, and secularist Turks who accuse him of overseeing creeping 'Islamisation' in the NATO member state. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerHamad I MohammedLocationMANAMA, BahrainReuters / Friday, February 13, 2015A female protester wearing goggles to protect herself from tear gas stands on a street during clashes in the village of Bilad Al Qadeem, south of Manama, Bahrain, February 13, 2015. Protesters blocked roads in several villages and several shops and businesses were shut as part of the three-day nationwide strike, after following a call from an anonymous opposition group called 14th February, to mark the 4th anniversary of Bahrain's...more

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PhotographerStringer IndiaLocationBENGALURU, IndiaReuters / Friday, February 13, 2015Rescuers clear the debris of a passenger train after it derailed on the outskirts of the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, February 13, 2015. At least nine people were killed and dozens injured after a passenger train derailed in India's Karnataka state, local media reported on Friday. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa

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PhotographerAkintunde AkinleyeLocationLAGOS, NigeriaReuters / Friday, February 13, 2015A man rinses soot from his face at the scene of a gas pipeline explosion near Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, Nigeria, December 26, 2006. Up to 500 people were burned alive when fuel from a vandalized pipeline exploded in Nigeria's largest city. Hundreds of residents of the Abule Egbadistrict went to scoop fuel using plastic containers after thieves punctured the underground pipeline overnight to siphon fuel into a road...more

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PhotographerKevin CoombsLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Friday, February 13, 2015Staff members stand in a meeting room at Lehman Brothers offices in the financial district of Canary Wharf in London, September 11, 2008. Kevin Coombs: This is a very simple story. This photo was shot from the fourth floor newsroom at our offices in Canary Wharf, the heart of London's financial district. I was working on the pictures desk when I noticed three or four journalists looking out of the window. This is a busy newsroom...more

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationISTANBUL, TurkeyReuters / Friday, February 13, 2015A Turkish riot policeman uses tear gas as people protest against the destruction of trees in a park brought about by a pedestrian project, in Taksim Square in central Istanbul, May 28, 2013. Osman Orsal: I was covering protests in Istanbul which began as a demonstration against government plans to demolish a small park in central Taksim square but evolved into one the biggest anti-government protests in over a decade. I was...more

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationGORI, GeorgiaReuters / Friday, February 13, 2015A Georgian man cries as he holds the body of his relative after a bombardment in Gori, Georgia, August 9, 2008. Gleb Garanich:. I was about to head off on a fishing holiday when my boss called proposing that I head off to cover the unfolding conflict between Georgia and Russia. In a matter of hours, I was on my way to the airport and around midnight I landed in Tbilisi. Early the next day, I went off to the Georgian town of...more

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationEYJAFJALLAJOKULL, IcelandReuters / Friday, February 13, 2015The Northern Lights are seen above the ash plume of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano in the evening, April 22, 2010.. Lucas Jackson: The ash cloud brought the greatest disruption to European air travel since World War Two, and the only way to get to Iceland was to fly from North America. I travelled overnight, arriving at Keflavik airport at 6:30 a.m. on April 17. In a rented car I drove east towards the ash plume on the...more

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PhotographerEric Gaillard

LocationBEERSHEBA, Israel

Reuters / Friday, February 13, 2015Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral

of their comrade Alex Mashavisky at a cemetery in Beersheba, Israel, January 7, 2009. Eric Gaillard: I was in Israel to help out the Reuters Jerusalem office during the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip in

January 2009. They asked to go to Beersheba to cover the funeral of an

Israeli soldier, Alex Mashavisky, who was killed in an operation in Gaza. There was

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PhotographerBrian SnyderLocationDAUPHIN ISLAND, United StatesReuters / Friday, February 13, 2015Beach goers sunbathe behind a wall of hay bales, used to absorb any oil that might come ashore, on Dauphin Island, Alabama, May 11, 2010. Brian Snyder: I was in Alabama and Mississippi covering the BP oil spill and took this image while in a helicopter with the Alabama Army National Guard. We had been flying for a while, surveying the protective booms installed around the barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico off the...more

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PhotographerGoran Tomasevic

LocationGARMSER, Afghanistan

Reuters / Friday, February 13, 2015Sgt. William Olas Bee, a U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary

Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmser in

Helmand Province of Afghanistan, May 18, 2008. Goran Tomasevic: If I

hadn't already been pointing the camera at the Marine when the

bullet hit the wall, there is no way I would have been able to react

quickly enough to take those pictures. Moments earlier I had

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Saturday, February 14, 2015Youths inspect a hole caused by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, February 14, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Saturday, February 14, 2015A woman inspects the damage to a window caused by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationKONDRATYEVKA, UkraineReuters / Saturday, February 14, 2015A member of the armed forces of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic makes a victory sign to his comrades riding a track outside the town of Kondratyevka near Donetsk, Ukraine, February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationVUHLEHIRSK, UkraineReuters / Saturday, February 14, 2015A woman walks past a damaged building in the town of Vuhlehirsknear Donetsk, Ukraine, February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz Ratner

LocationKONDRATYEVKA, Ukraine

Reuters / Saturday, February 14, 2015

Members of the armed forces of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic stand on top of a

track outside the town of Kondratyevka near Donetsk, Ukraine, February 14, 2015.

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LocationENAKIEVO, Ukraine

Reuters / Saturday, February 14, 2015A woman sits in a shelter in the town of

Enakievo near Donetsk, Ukraine, February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Saturday, February 14, 2015A man injured by shelling stands near a damaged building in Donetsk, Ukraine, February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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Groom and bride Fikrie LiumankovAzim Bindzheva, Muslims in Bulgaria stands in front of their house in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, on February 15, 2015.

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Chefs prepare homemade taco, a popular dish from Yucatán, in an

attempt to break the world record for the world's longest taco in

Guadalajara, Mexico, on February 15, 2015. Guadalajara has the

Guinness record for longest taco dishes, with a length of 2.5 km, in

culinary festivals COME, according to local media. The chef uses four

tonnes of pork, 36,000 tortilla bread and spices for 325 taco

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Israeli border police arrested a Palestinian man while describing a protest on land which the Palestinians say Israel has confiscated to build the Jewish settlement, near the town of Abu Dis in the West Bank, near Jerusalem.-Feb 16

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Children take on the rubble of a damaged building in the city's Myassar al-Aleppo, Syria.-Feb 16

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The dancers of the samba school Vila Isabel presented during the first day of the carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Feb 16

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PhotographerThomas Peter

LocationYOKOHAMA, Japan

Reuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Women wearing prosthetic legs participate in

a public photo session at the Hasselblad and Profoto booth, during the CP+ camera and imaging equipment trade fair in Yokohama

south of Tokyo, February 14, 2015. Japanese prosthetist Fumio Usui inspired the event

after collaborating with photographer Takao Ochi in the book project "Amputee Venus"

that portrays 11 Japanese women with artificial legs, local media reported.

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PhotographerMax RossiLocationIVREA, ItalyReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015A member of a rival team is hit by an orange during an annual carnival battle in Ivrea, northern Italy February 15, 2015. Dressed up as Middle Age kings' guards, a group of men ride in a horse-drawn carriage and pelt 'foot soldiers' with oranges as thousands of people gather to re-enact a Middle Age battle when the townsfolk of Ivrea overthrew an evil king. Instead of swords and cross bows, these days the weapons of choice are...more

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PhotographerYves HermanLocationAALST, BelgiumReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Revelers dressed as Islamic State militants take part in the 87th carnival parade of Aalst, Belgium February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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PhotographerBassam KhabiehLocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Children carry banners inside a cage during a protest, against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in DoumaEastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus, February 15, 2015. The protest, which made children wear orange suits depicting victims of the Islamic State, calls a comparison between forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State forces, and to draw attention to residents living under siege and dying...more

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PhotographerAlkis KonstantinidisLocationAthens, GreeceReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Protesters hold a giant Greek national flag during an anti-austerity and pro-government demonstration in front of the parliament in Athens, Greece February 15, 2015. REUTERS/AlkisKonstantinidis

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PhotographerAntonio ParrinelloLocationPOZZALLO, ItalyReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Migrants arrive by boat at the Sicilian harbor of Pozzallo, Italy February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

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PhotographerERIC THAYER

LocationNew York, United States

Reuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015

Models present creations from the Joyrich

Fall/Winter 2015 collection during New

York Fashion Week, February 14, 2015.

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PhotographerRicardo MoraesLocationRIO DE JANEIRO, BrazilReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Model Juliana Paesthe of Viradouro samba school participates in the annual carnival parade in the Sambadrome, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015British former soccer player David Beckham sits next to U.S. Vogue editor Anna Wintour (3rd R) with his daughter, Harper, on his lap during a presentation of the Victoria Beckham Fall/Winter 2015 collection during New York Fashion Week February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerVincent WestLocationMUNDAKA, SpainReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Townswomen dressed as Lamia, with their faces painted white and eyes darkened, sing and dance in the Basque coastal town of Mundaka on Carnival Sunday, February 15, 2015. The Lamia are Basque mythological creatures whose lower extremities are those of a duck or fish depending on their proximity to the sea, and whose favored activity is combing their long blonde hair with a golden comb. REUTERS/Vincent West

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PhotographerTyrone Siu

LocationHONG KONG, China

Reuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Protesters restrain a man (R) who

allegedly beat other protesters, during a demonstration against parallel traders,

inside a shopping mall in Hong Kong February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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PhotographerRomeo RanocoLocationMANILA, PhilippinesReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Residents search for reusable items after a fire hit a residential area at Merville park in Pasay city, metro Manila, Philippines February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

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PhotographerMarcelo del PozoLocationCADIZ, SpainReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Women called "Las Mariuskas" pose in fancy costumes during the Carnival of Cadiz, southern Spain February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

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PhotographerLucas JacksonLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015A model protects herself from cold wind as she leaves a presentation of the Victoria Beckham Fall/Winter 2015 collection during New York Fashion Week February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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PhotographerDarren StaplesLocationBIRMINGHAM, United KingdomReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Aston Villa's Aly Cissokho(L) is challenged by Leicester City's Danny Simpson during their FA Cup fifth round soccer match at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Staples

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A foreign female fighter who has joined the Iraqi Christian militia Dwekh Nawsha to fight against Islamic State militants

sits at the office of the Assyrian political party in Dohuk, northern Iraq February 13, 2015. The only foreign woman in

Dwekh Nawsha's ranks said she had been inspired by the role of women in the lightly armed Kurdish YPG militia, but identified more closely with the "traditional" values of the

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDOHUK, IraqReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Brett, a Westerner who has joined the Iraqi Christian militia Dwekh Nawsha to fight against Islamic State militants, poses at the office of the Assyrian political party in Dohuk, northern Iraq February 13, 2015. Thousands of foreigners have flocked to Iraq and Syria in the past two years, mostly to join Islamic State, but a handful of idealistic Westerners are enlisting as well, citing frustration their governments are not doing...more

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDOHUK, IraqReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Westerners who have joined the Iraqi Christian militia Dwekh Nawsha to fight against Islamic State militants, take a photograph together at the office of the Assyrian political party in Dohuk, northern Iraq February 13, 2015. Thousands of foreigners have flocked to Iraq and Syria in the past two years, mostly to join Islamic State, but a handful of idealistic Westerners are enlisting as well, citing frustration their governments...more

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DOHUK, IraqReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015

Scott, (C) a Westerner who has joined the Iraqi Christian militia Dwekh Nawsha to fight against

Islamic State militants, carries his weapon at the office of the Assyrian

political party in Dohuk, northern Iraq February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Ari

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDOHUK, IraqReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Scott, a westerner fighter who has joined the Iraqi Christian militia DwekhNawsha to fight against Islamic State militants, stands at the office of the Assyrian political party in Dohuk, northern Iraq February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDOHUK, IraqReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Westerners who have joined the Iraqi Christian militia DwekhNawsha to fight against Islamic State militants sit together at the office of the Assyrian political party in Dohuk, northern Iraq February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

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PhotographerHannibal Hanschke

LocationCopenhagen, Denmark

Reuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Investigative personnel work at the

scene of a cafe shooting in Oesterbro, in Copenhagen, February 15, 2015.

Danish police shot and killed the man in Copenhagen on Sunday they believe was responsible for two deadly attacks

at an event promoting freedom of speech and on a synagogue.

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PhotographerHannibal HanschkeLocationCopenhagen, DenmarkReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Forensic experts work at the site where a man was killed by police, close to Norrebro Station, in Copenhagen, Denmark February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

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PhotographerLeonhard FoegerLocationCopenhagen, DenmarkReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Police officers control the street in front of an internet cafe in Norrebro district in Copenhagen, February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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PhotographerFabian BimmerLocationCopenhagen, DenmarkReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Mourners stand in front of a synagogue in Krystalgadein Copenhagen, February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

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PhotographerScanpix DenmarkLocationCopenhagen, DenmarkReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015The body of the man, whom Danish police believe was responsible for two deadly attacks, is taken away from the scene where he was shot, in Copenhagen, February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Claus Bech/Scanpix Denmark

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PhotographerFabian BimmerLocationCopenhagen, DenmarkReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Denmark's Prime Minister HelleThorning-Schmidt places flowers in front of the synagogue in Krystalgade in Copenhagen, February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

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PhotographerHannibal HanschkeLocationCopenhagen, DenmarkReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015A policeman places flowers close to the scene of a cafe shooting in Oesterbroin in Copenhagen, February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

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Tripoli, in this still image from an undated video made available on social media on February 15, 2015.

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LocationDONETSK, Ukraine


A man carries a sack of flour from a truck that is part of a Russian

humanitarian convoy delivering food, in Donetsk, February 15,

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Members of the armed forces of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic stand guard at a checkpoint near Donetsk, February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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Members of the armed forces of the separatist self-

proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic rest at a checkpoint

near Donetsk, February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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A woman walks by a building, which was

damaged by shelling last September, in Donetsk,

Ukraine February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationDEBALTSEVE, UkraineReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015Members of the Ukrainian armed forces are seen not far from Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine February 15, 2015. REUTERS/GlebGaranich

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Sunday, February 15, 2015A man ice-fishes on a frozen river in Donetsk, February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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Men in colourful costumes to chat in the Carnival of Cadiz in southern Spain.-Feb 16

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A cat walks down the stairs at the Presidential Palace in the capital New Delhi of India, honor while standing Maithripala Sirisenawelcomed Sri Lankan President.-Feb16

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A woman buying decorations for luck in the new year in preparation for market in Taipei, Taiwan.-Feb 16

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The freezing water after the fireman fire overnight in the West of the city of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania.-Feb 16

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A relative of one of the Egyptian Coptic Christians are said to have been the first Islamic State beheaded in Libya

were excited after hearing this news in the village of Al-Awar in the Minya,

southern Egypt. Group Islamic State in Libya announced a video showing them

the collective carnage 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians.-Feb 16

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PhotographerYannis Behrakis

LocationAthens, Greece


A Greek Presidential Guardsman 'Evzones' marches next to the monument of the

unknown soldier during an anti-austerity pro-government

demonstration outside the Greek parliament in Athens

February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

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PhotographerAlessandro BianchiLocationPOZZALLO, ItalyReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015A migrant (2nd R) is surrounded by Italian police, who were not wearing uniforms, after arriving by boat at the Sicilian harbour of Pozzallo, February 16, 2015. Better weather since last week has encouraged migrants to make the perilous journey from North Africa, where a breakdown of order in Libya has made it almost impossible to police the traffickers who pack people onto rickety boats. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

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Reuters / Monday, February 16, 2015Relatives of Egyptian Coptic men killed in

Libya mourn at their house in al-Our village, in Minya governorate, south of

Cairo, Egypt February 16, 2015. Thousands of traumatized mourners gathered at the

Coptic church in al-Our village south of Cairo, struggling to come to terms with the

fate of compatriots who paid a gruesome price for simply seeking work in Libya. Thirteen of 21 Egyptians beheaded by

Islamic State came from the...more

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PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationKATHMANDU, NepalReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015Hindu holy man, or sadhu, looks into the mirror as he applies ashes on his face at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

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PhotographerAmmar Awad

LocationABU DIS, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Monday, February 16,

2015A Palestinian man scuffles with

Israeli border policemen as they clear a protest on land that

Palestinians said was confiscated by Israel for Jewish settlements, near

the West Bank town of Abu Dis near Jerusalem February 16, 2015.

REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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PhotographerJon WooLocationTAIYUAN, ChinaReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015A man yawns at a railway station in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China February 16, 2015. The Chinese Ministry of Transport said a total of 2.807 billion trips are expected to be made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which started on February 4 and will last until March 16, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Jon Woo

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PhotographerJennifer WhitneyLocationBerlin, GermanyReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015German Chancellor and head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel reacts during a news conference with her party's top candidate Dietrich Wersich at CDU headquarters in Berlin February 16, 2015, following Sunday's Hamburg state elections which saw Merkel's conservatives suffer their worst result since World War Two. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos

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PhotographerVincent KesslerLocationSARRE-UNION, FranceReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015Desecrated tombstones are seen at the Sarre-Union Jewish cemetery, near Strasbourg, France, February 16, 2015. Several hundred Jewish tombs were damaged in the cemetery, the French interior minister said on Sunday. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

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PhotographerHannibal HanschkeLocationCOPENHAGEN, DenmarkReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015People place candles and flowers as a memorial service is held for those killed on Saturday by a 22-year-old gunman, in Copenhagen February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Copenhagen memorial

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PhotographerScanpix DenmarkLocationCopenhagen, DenmarkReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015People carry torches during a memorial service for victims of deadly attacks on a synagogue and an event promoting free speech, in Copenhagen February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Linda Kastrup/Scanpix

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PhotographerScanpix Denmark

LocationCopenhagen, Denmark

Reuters / Monday, February 16, 2015European Union (EU) Competition

Commissioner Margrethe Vestagerattends a memorial service for victims of deadly attacks on a synagogue and

an event promoting free speech, in Copenhagen February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Bax Lindhardt/Scanpix

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PhotographerLeonhard FoegerLocationCOPENHAGEN, DenmarkReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015People hold banners reading Refugees and Muslims are welcome during a memorial service held for those killed on Saturday by a 22-year-old gunman, in Copenhagen February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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PhotographerLeonhard FoegerLocationCOPENHAGEN, DenmarkReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015People hold candles as they attend a memorial service held for those killed on Saturday by a 22-year-old gunman, in Copenhagen February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationVUHLEHIRSK, UkraineReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015Members of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army collect parts of a destroyed Ukrainian army tank in the town of Vuhlehirsk, west of Debaltseve, Ukraine February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationVUHLEHIRSK, UkraineReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015Fighters of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic walk past a destroyed Ukrainian army armored personnel carrier in the town of Vuhlehirsk, February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationVUHLEHIRSK, UkraineReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015A man walks past a destroyed Ukrainian army artillery cannon in the town of Vuhlehirsk, west of Debaltseve, February 16, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerMark BlinchLocationToronto, CanadaReuters / Monday, February 16, 2015A group of joggers run across the Humber Bay Arch Bridge during extreme cold temperatures in Toronto, February 16, 2015. Toronto experienced some of the coldest weather of the year reaching -25C (-13F) on Sunday, as Environment Canada lifted its "extreme cold weather alert" Monday when temperatures warmed to -13C (8.6F), according to local reports. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

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