2015 - Images of JANUARY - Jan. 24 - Jan. 31

2015Images of JANUARY

Jan. 24 – Jan. 31

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Houthi Shiite Yemeni chant slogans during clashes near

the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 19.

Rebel Shiite Houthisbattled soldiers near Yemen's presidential

palace and elsewhere across the capital, despite

a claim of a cease-fire being reached to halt the

violence, witnesses and officials said. (Hani

Mohammed/Associated Press)

Jan. 19, 2015

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Houthi Shiite Yemeni gather while guarding a street leading

to the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 20. Yemen's

U.S.-backed leadership came under serious threat as

government troops clashed with Shiite rebels near the

presidential palace and a key military base in what one official

called "a step toward a coup." (Hani Mohammed/Associated

Press)

Jan. 20, 2015

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al

MahdiLocation

Sanaa, YemenReuters / Wednesday,

January 21, 2015Houthi fighters ride a truck while patrolling

a street in Sanaa January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled

Abdullah

Jan. 21, 2015

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al Mahdi

LocationSanaa, Yemen

Reuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015

A military vehicle belonging to the presidential guards, which was seized by Houthi fighters

during clashes, is seen outside the Presidential Palace in Sanaa

January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Jan. 21, 2015

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PhotographerMohamed Al-SayaghiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015A Houthi fighter stands atop an armored vehicle, which was seized from the army during recent clashes, outside the house of Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in Sanaa January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

Jan. 21, 2015

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al MahdiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015A Houthi fighter screens members of the Yemeni presidential guards who are wearing civilian clothes, as they leave the presidential palace with their belongings in Sanaa January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Jan. 21, 2015

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al MahdiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015A Houthi fighter mans a machine gun atop a military vehicle, seized from the presidential guards during clashes, outside the Presidential Palace in Sanaa January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Jan. 21, 2015

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al MahdiLocationSanaa, YemenReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015Houthi fighters sit at a post taken from presidential guards after clashes near the Presidential Palace in Sanaa January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Jan. 21, 2015

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Tribal gunmen hold weapons apparently to protect their province from possible attacks by Shiite Houthi militias, in the oil-rich province of Marib, Yemen, Jan. 22. Reports state fighting erupted between Shiite Houthi militias and tribal gunmen in the oil-producing province of Marib. (Ali Mohammed/EPA)

Jan. 22, 2015

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Houthi Shiite Yemeni wearing army uniforms stand atop an armored vehicle, which was seized from the army during recent clashes, outside the house of Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 22. (Hani Mohammed/Associated Press)

Jan. 22, 2015

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Houthi Shiite Yemeni carry coffins of fellow men killed during recent clashes with presidential guard forces, during their funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 23. Shiite rebels have called on supporters to hold mass rallies, a day after the country's embattled president and Cabinet resigned. (Hani Mohammed/Associated Press)

Jan. 23, 2015

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Houthi Shiite fighters wearing an army uniform ride on pickup vehicle as they guard a street during a demonstration to show support for their comrades in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 23. Thousands of protesters demonstrated Friday across Yemen, some supporting the Shiite rebels who seized the capital and others demanding the country's south secede after the nation's president and Cabinet resigned. (Hani Mohammed/Associated Press)

Jan. 23, 2015

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A military helicopter hovers above as followers of the

Houthi movement as they demonstrate to show support

to the movement in Sanaa Jan. 23. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

Jan. 23, 2015

Trouble in Yemen


Followers of the Houthi movement, with portraits of fellow followers who were killed during the recent conflict, demonstrate to show support to the movement in Sanaa Jan. 23 (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)

Jan. 23, 2015

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Clashes in Benghazi

PhotographerEsam Al-FetoriLocationBenghazi, LibyaReuters / Tuesday, January 20, 2015Members of Libyan pro-government forces, who are backed by the locals, sit together during clashes with the ShuraCouncil of Libyan Revolutionaries in the streets of Benghazi, January 19, 2015.. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Jan. 20, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi

Clashes in Benghazi

PhotographerEsam Al-FetoriLocationBenghazi, LibyaReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015Members of the Libyan pro-government forces, backed by the locals, hold their weapons during clashes with the ShuraCouncil of Libyan Revolutionaries, as they stand in a damaged building in Benghazi, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Jan. 21, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi

PhotographerEsam Al-FetoriLocationBenghazi, LibyaReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015Members of the Libyan pro-government forces, backed by the locals, are seen with weapons during clashes in the streets with the ShuraCouncil of Libyan Revolutionaries, in Benghazi, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/EsamOmran Al-Fetori

Jan. 21, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi

PhotographerEsam Al-FetoriLocationBenghazi, LibyaReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015Homes are seen damaged after clashes between members of the Libyan pro-government forces, backed by the locals, and ShuraCouncil of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Jan. 21, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi

PhotographerEsam Al-FetoriLocationBenghazi, LibyaReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015Members of the Libyan pro-government forces, backed by the locals, are seen with weapons during clashes in the streets with the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Jan. 21, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi

PhotographerEsam Al-Fetori

LocationBenghazi, Libya


A member of the Libyan pro-government forces,

backed by the locals, carries his weapon during clashes with the Shura Council of

Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-

Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with Islamist

group Ansar al-Sharia, in the streets of Benghazi, January

21, 2015. REUTERS/EsamOmran Al-Fetori

Jan. 21, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi



Reuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015A member of the Libyan pro-government

forces, backed by the locals, aims his weapon during clashes in the streets with the Shura

Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined

forces with Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Esam

Omran Al-Fetori

Jan. 21, 2015

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Clashes in Benghazi

PhotographerEsam Al-FetoriLocationBenghazi, LibyaReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015Homes are seen damaged after clashes between members of the Libyan pro-government forces, backed by the locals, and Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/EsamOmran Al-Fetori

Jan. 21, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi




Members of the Libyan pro-government forces, backed by

locals, take up positions during clashes with the Shura Council

of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of ex anti-Gaddafi

rebels, who have joined forces with Islamist group Ansar al-

Sharia, beside the Central Bank, near Benghazi port,

January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-

Fetori

Jan. 22, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi




The scene on a street after clashes, between Libyan pro-government forces, backed by locals, and the

Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of ex

anti-Gaddafi rebels, who have joined forces with Islamist group

Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-

Fetori

Jan. 22, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi

PhotographerEsam Al-FetoriLocationBenghazi, LibyaReuters / Wednesday, January 21, 2015Buildings are seen damaged after clashes between members of the Libyan pro-government forces, backed by the locals, and ShuraCouncil of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in Benghazi, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/EsamOmran Al-Fetori

Jan. 22, 2015


Clashes in Benghazi


King Abdullah: 1924-2015


PhotographerDylan MartinezLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Monday, October 29, 2007Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah arrives at Heathrow Airport in west London October 29, 2007. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Jan. 22, 2015


PhotographerFahad ShadeedLocationRIYADH, Saudi ArabiaReuters / Wednesday, March 11, 2009Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah speaks with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Riyadh airport March 11, 2009. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed

Jan. 22, 2015



PhotographerPOOL New

LocationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

Reuters / Sunday, December 29, 2013

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud speaks

with French President Francois Hollande after their

meeting at the Saudi Royal palace in Riyadh December

29, 2013. REUTERS/KenzoTribouillard/Pool

Jan. 22, 2015



PhotographerPOOL NewLocationRawdat al-Khuraim, Saudi ArabiaReuters / Sunday, January 05, 2014U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulazizal-Saud talk before a meeting at the King's desert encampment in Rawdat al-Khuraim January 5, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool

Jan. 22, 2015



PhotographerFaisal NasserLocationRIYADH, Saudi ArabiaReuters / Friday, January 23, 2015Mourners gather around the grave of Saudi King Abdullah following his burial in Riyadh January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Jan. 23, 2015



PhotographerStringer .Location

RIYADH, Saudi ArabiaReuters / Friday, January 23,

2015Mourners gather around the grave of Saudi King Abdullah

following his burial in Riyadh, January 23, 2015.

REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Jan. 23, 2015



PhotographerFaisal NasserLocationRIYADH, Saudi ArabiaReuters / Friday, January 23, 2015The body of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz is carried during his funeral at Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Grand Mosque, in Riyadh, January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Jan. 23, 2015



PhotographerFaisal NasserLocationRIYADH, Saudi ArabiaReuters / Friday, January 23, 2015Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (C), Saudi Deputy Crown Prince, takes part in the funeral of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh, January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Jan. 23, 2015



PhotographerHamad I MohammedLocationRIYADH, Saudi ArabiaReuters / Friday, January 23, 2015People gather as security forces keep watch at Al Oud cemetery prior to the burial of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in Riyadh, January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Jan. 23, 2015



PhotographerFaisal NasserLocationRIYADH, Saudi ArabiaReuters / Friday, January 23, 2015Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saadal-Hariri (2nd L) attends the funeral of Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Jan. 23, 2015



PhotographerFaisal NasserLocationRIYADH, Saudi ArabiaReuters / Friday, January 23, 2015Prince Turki, son of the late Saudi King Abdullah, sits in a car during his father's funeral in Riyadh, January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Jan. 23, 2015




Jan. 24 , 2015

PhotographerStringer .LocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Friday, January 23, 2015Members of the armed forces of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic guard a checkpoint on the outskirts of Donetsk, January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Jan. 24, 2015


PhotographerStringer .LocationMariupol, UkraineReuters / Saturday, January 24, 2015Ukrainian servicemen stand guard on a street near the burning building after a shelling by pro-Russian rebels of a residential sector in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, January 24, 2015. REUTERS/Nikolai Ryabchenko

Jan. 24, 2015


PhotographerLuke MacGregor

LocationLondon, United Kingdom

Reuters / Saturday, January 24, 2015

Swimmers prepare to get into the water during

the UK Cold Water Swimming

Championships at Tooting Bec Lido in south

London January 24, 2015. REUTERS/Luke

MacGregor

Jan. 24, 2015


PhotographerCarlos Barria

LocationMELBOURNE, Australia

Reuters / Saturday, January 24, 2015

Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland serves to Jarkko Nieminen of

Finland during their men's singles third round match at

the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in

Melbourne January 24, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Jan. 24, 2015



Jan. 25 , 2015

US President Barack Obama attended a tree planting ceremony at the Memorial to Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi, India, on 25/1/2015.

Jan. 25, 2015


US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in the garden of the Chancellery Hyderabad New Delhi, June 25/1/2015.

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerJim Bourg

LocationNEW DELHI, India

Reuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015

President Barack Obama and India's Prime Minister Narendra

Modi (R) talk as they have coffee and tea together in the gardens

of Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, January 25, 2015.

REUTERS/Jim Bourg

Jan. 25, 2015


US President Barack Obama to be Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi personally welcomed when he arrived at Palam air force base New Delhi, June

25/1/2015.

Jan. 25, 2015


US President Barack Obama to browse every Indian honor guard at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, on 25/1/2015.

Jan. 25, 2015


India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen with US President Barack Obama after attending the Republic Day parade in Delhi.

Jan. 25, 2015


Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia signs autographs after defeating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in their women's singles fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.

Jan. 25, 2015


Actors Elizabeth Rodriguez and Anna Chlumsky attend the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

Jan. 25, 2015


The Church of England has consecrated its first female bishop, the Reverend Libby Lane, during a ceremony at York Minster. Legislation to allow women bishops was formally adopted by the church last November.

Jan. 25, 2015


Bishop Libby Lane was applauded when she sailed from York Minster in Northern England after mass ordained her as the new Bishop of Stockport. The Church of England put an end to the centuries only males as leader when the women ordained the first bishop before the opposition from followers of the tradition.Jan. 25, 2015


Odin Jorgenson leaves the starting line of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Competitors race for more than 300 miles along the North Shore Trail of Lake Superior. The race commemorates the life of a Chippewa chief who delivered mail by dog sled along the same area in the 1800s.

Jan. 25, 2015


Jose Manuel Lopez trains a dressage riding horse at sunset, in the southern Spanish town of Ronda.

Jan. 25, 2015


Roberto Gonzalez, a former employee of

Unicom and Conempa, construction company of

Paraguay, Itaipú walked the streets of the capital Asuncion towards to the

Ministry of labour in a rally.

Jan. 25, 2015


A man link elderly woman after police firing riot spicy smoke to disperse protests to overthrow the head of Narok district, Samuel Tunai, Kenya.

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerMahmoud HebboLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Group 16 fighters, part of the Free Syrian Army, fire their weapon during what activists said were violent clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Ashrafieh, Aleppo January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerNir EliasLocation

NETIVOT, IsraelReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A Jewish worshipper stands at the

compound of the gravesite of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, a Moroccan-

born sage and kabbalist also known as the Baba Sali, during an annual

pilgrimage on the anniversary of his death in the southern town of

Netivot, Israel, January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Nir Elias

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerHandout .LocationDohuk, IraqReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets members of the Yazidiminority in Khanke internally displaced person (IDP) Camp in Dohuk, northern Iraq January 25, 2015. REUTERS/UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerYuya ShinoLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A man walks past screens displaying a television news programme showing an image of Kenji Goto, one of two Japanese citizens taken captive by Islamic State militants, on a street in Tokyo January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerCarlos BarriaLocationMELBOURNE, AustraliaReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria stretches to hit a return against Andy Murray of Britain during their men's singles fourth round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerCarlo Allegri

LocationNEW YORK, United States

Reuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015People hug outside a Home Depot

store following a shooting in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood of New York, January 25, 2015. Two

people were killed after a shooting in the store in what appears to be a

murder-suicide, two New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesmen said.

REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Om Mohamad, a woman who fled her home in Al-Bayadaneighbourhood of Homs to live in her daughter's house in Bsida, works on building a house from debris and metal of her daughter's collapsed house after it was destroyed in Bsida village, southern Idlib countryside, Syria, January 24, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerChristian HartmannLocationVILLACOUBLAY, FranceReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Former hostage Claudia Priest (C) gestures after being greeted by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (2nd L) and relatives at her arrival at the Villacoublay military airport, near Paris, January 25, 2015. Claudia Priest, a 67-year-old French charity worker, was in the vehicle with priest Father Gustave when they were abducted in the Central African capital Bangui on January 19. Both were released on January 23....more

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerJim YoungLocationMT. VERNON, United StatesReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A barn with the mural of the "American Gothic" painting is seen in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, January 25, 2015. Artist Mark Benesh recreated the original which was done by Grant Wood. REUTERS/Jim Young

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerBassam KhabiehLocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A Red Crescent member inspects a damaged site after what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Doumaeastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerToru Hanai

LocationTOKYO, Japan


A protester holding a placard chants "Save Kenji" during a

demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's Official residence

in Tokyo, January 25, 2015. Around 200 people took part in the demonstration that saw the participants not only protesting against the relocation of a U.S. military base to Henoko in the

Okinawa prefecture, but also rallying in support of Kenji Goto, the remaining Japanese captive

held by Islamic State...more

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerMohammad Ismail

LocationKABUL, Afghanistan

Reuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A member of the Afghan Air Force

crew performs a system check on a helicopter before flight at the military

airport in Kabul December 18, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerEduard KorniyenkoLocationStavropol, RussiaReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015An instructor guides a student from the General Yermolov Cadet School as she aims with a gun during a field exercise outside the south Russian city of Stavropol January 24, 2015. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015An injured child sits on a bed in a field hospital after what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Douma eastern Al-Ghouta, near Damascus January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Badra Mamet

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerAsmaa Waguih

LocationCAIRO, Egypt

Reuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015An anti-government protester

chants slogans during a protest in front of the journalists' syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, January 25, 2015.

REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerMike Hutchings

LocationBATA, Equatorial Guinea

Reuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A riot policeman stands guard as

Equatorial Guinea's fans cheer after their team beat Gabon in their

Group A soccer match at the 2015 African Cup of Nations in Bata,

Equatorial Guinea, January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerCarlos BarriaLocationMelbourne, AustraliaReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa to win their men's singles fourth round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerZohra BensemraLocationLAHORE, PakistanReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Members of the crime scene investigation unit collect evidence from a possible arson attack at a shoe factory that burned down in Lahore, January 14, 2015. As one of America's top forensic scientists, Mohammad Tahir uncovered evidence that helped jail boxer Mike Tyson for rape, convict serial killer John Wayne Gacy and clear doctor Sam Sheppard of murdering his wife. Then Tahir took on his toughest assignment yet - applying his...mor

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerZohra Bensemra

LocationLAHORE, Pakistan

Reuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A police officer shows bottles of

suspected homemade alcohol as he waits at the evidence-receiving unit in

Punjab Forensic Science Agency in Lahore, January 13, 2015.

REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerZohra BensemraLocationLAHORE, PakistanReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A member of the crime scene investigation unit takes notes as he stands beside the owners of a home that was robbed in Lahore, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerZohra BensemraLocationLAHORE, PakistanReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A forensic scientist prepares to analyze hair recovered from a woman's body in the DNA and Serology department at Punjab Forensic Science Agency in Lahore, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerZohra BensemraLocationLAHORE, PakistanReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015A member of the crime scene investigation unit collects fingerprints at a home that has been robbed in Lahore, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerYannis BehrakisLocationAthens, GreeceReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Supporters of radical leftist Syriza party celebrate in Athens January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationATHENS, GreeceReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Supporters of the head of radical leftist Syriza party Alexis Tsiprascelebrate on a street after their leader won the election in Athens January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Jan. 25, 2015


The far-left Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras greets

supporters having won Greece's general election on Sunday. His party has formed an anti-austerity governing coalition with

the right-wing party Greek Independents.

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerAlkis Konstantinidis

LocationAthens, Greece


Supporters of radical leftist Syriza party chant slogans

and wave Greek national and other flags after winning

elections in Athens, January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis

Konstantinidis

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerAlkis KonstantinidisLocationAthens, GreeceReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Head of radical leftist Syriza party Alexis Tsipras waves while leaving the party headquarters after winning the elections in Athens, Greece, January 25, 2015. REUTERS/AlkisKonstantinidis

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerMarko DjuricaLocationATHENS, GreeceReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015The head of radical leftist Syrizaparty Alexis Tsipras speaks to supporters after winning the elections in Athens January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Jan. 25, 2015


PhotographerPring SamrangLocationPhnom Penh, CambodiaReuters / Sunday, January 25, 2015Housing rights defenders shout from a window as they arrive to the appeals court in Phnom Penh, January 26, 2015. Ten housing rights defenders and a Buddhist monk, all jailed after peaceful protests in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh in November last year, heard their appeal verdict today after authorities accused them last year of obstructing public traffic and insulting public officials. REUTERS/SamrangPring

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Jan. 26 , 2015

PhotographerAlkis KonstantinidisLocationAthens, GreeceReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015Greece's newly-appointed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras places his hand on his heart during a ceremony at the Kessarianishooting range site where hundreds of members of the Greek Resistance were executed by Nazi occupation forces during World War II in Athens, January 26, 2015.REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Jan. 26, 2015


Miss Colombia Paulina Vega, was crowned Miss Universe beauty contest in 2014 session 63 at Florida International University in Miami, Florida, 26/1, 2015.

Jan. 26, 2015


U.S President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they participate in a CEO roundtable discussion at the The Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Officials in both countries say Obama and Modi developed an easy chemistry when they first met in Washington last fall. The two leaders spent several hours together Sunday and heralded their close relationship. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jan. 26, 2015


An Afghan refugee girl peeks on through a curtain at the doorway of her family’s mud home in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan,

Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Jan. 26, 2015


Models wear creations from Dutch designer Esther Dorhout Mees 2015

collection, presented during Mercedes-Benz Amsterdam Fashion Week,

Netherlands, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Jan. 26, 2015


Local residents prepare plastic sheeting to cover broken

windows near heating tents after Saturday’s shelling at Vostochniy

district of Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. At least

5,100 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since fighting

began in April 2014, but violence this week was the most intense

since a cease-fire deal was signed in September. (AP

Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Jan. 26, 2015


People look out from office building windows as snow falls in downtown Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. The Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor of more than 35 million people began shutting down and bundling up against a potentially history-making storm that could unload a paralyzing amount of snow. (AP Photo/Michael R. Sisak)

Jan. 26, 2015


The ancient Parthenon temple is illuminated as raindrops fall during a storm in Athens, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Greece’s radical left Syriza party gained the key backing needed to form a government Monday, creating a surprise alliance with a small right-wing party that signals possible confrontation over the country’s bailout. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Jan. 26, 2015


Pastry Chef Javier Mercado of England competed in the

final round the World Pastry Cup, part of the international culinary

exhibition in Chassieu, outside of Lyons, France.

Jan. 26, 2015


In this image, the crust is composed of fragments are hatched to, is what is left after a massive star exploded in the large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite Galaxy of the milky way.

Jan. 26, 2015


A Kurdish fighter walks through rubble in Kobani,

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PhotographerMukesh Gupta

LocationJAMMU, India

Reuters / Monday, January 26, 2015An Indian policeman performs a stunt on

his motorcycle during the Republic Day parade in Jammu January 26, 2015. India

celebrated its 66th Republic Day on Monday. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta

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PhotographerJim Bourg

LocationNEW DELHI, India

Reuters / Monday, January 26, 2015India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

President Barack Obama watch India's Republic Day parade from behind rain

streaked bullet proof glass as they stand in the rain together in New Delhi January 26,

2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

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PhotographerAdnan AbidiLocationNEW DELHI, IndiaReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015Indian soldiers march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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PhotographerAkhtar SoomroLocationKARACHI, PakistanReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015A man from the Pakistan Customs stands amid burning piles of contraband and narcotics on the outskirts of Karachi January 26, 2015. The Pakistan Customs department held an exercise where liquor and contraband were burned and destroyed to mark International Customs Day, customs official Qamar Thalho said. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

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PhotographerGoran TomasevicLocationAMBOSELI, KenyaReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015Elephants walk in Amboseli National park in Kenya, January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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PhotographerCarlos BarriaLocationMELBOURNE, AustraliaReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015Kei Nishikori of Japan casts a shadow as he hits a return to David Ferrer of Spain during their men's singles fourth round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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PhotographerAthit PerawongmethaLocationMELBOURNE, AustraliaReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015Rafael Nadal of Spain throws his towel back to a ballboy during his men's singles quarter-final match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/AthitPerawongmetha

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PhotographerIlya NaymushinLocationKRASNOYARSK, RussiaReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015A man fishes on the bank of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about minus 23.8 degrees Fahrenheit, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

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PhotographerHannibal HanschkeLocationBerlin, GermanyReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Auschwitz survivor Eva Fahidi chat as they attend the opening event for the international remembrance of the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz in Berlin January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

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PhotographerRafael MarchanteLocationEstoril, PortugalReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015Brazilian-born Vitor Nobregafights with Ireland's Philip Mulpeter during their 77kg weight category International Pro Combat fight at Casino Estoril, Portugal, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

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PhotographerAlexandre MeneghiniLocationHAVANA, CubaReuters / Monday, January 26, 2015Numbers referring to pedicab owners are displayed at a private pedicab garage in downtown Havana, January 26, 2015. The United States and Cuba began historic discussions on restoring diplomatic relations aiming to reach agreement on the opening of embassies in each other's countries. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

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Swans swim over a lake as steam ascends above the water during sunset near the village of Urozhainy, Russia on Jan. 26. About 600 swans annually migrate to the lake, which is heated by warm springs, where they spend their winter feeding on yagers which helps them to survive severe cold.

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A Kurdish woman stands near the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey, on Jan. 27, 2015.

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Syrian Kurdish women sit with their children near the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey, on Jan. 27, 2015.

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A man holds up a scarf at a celebration rally near the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey, on Jan. 27, 2015.

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Kurdish women attend a celebration rally near the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey, on Jan. 27, 2015.

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Kurdish people celebrate the declared victory over ISIS for control of Kobani near the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey, Jan. 27, 2015.

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Kurdish people attend a celebration rally near the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey, on Jan. 27, 2015.

Jan. 27, 2015

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Kurdish people celebrate the declared victory over ISIS for control of Kobani near the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey, on Jan. 27, 2015.

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Kurdish attend a celebration rally near the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey, on Jan. 27, 2015.

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A person stands in the middle of snow-covered Avenue A in the East Village neighborhood of New York, early on Jan. 27. Forecasters had warned that Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey could get 1 to 2 feet of snow. But in the end, they didn't even see a foot.

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PhotographerNacho DoceLocationSAO PAULO, BrazilReuters / Tuesday, January 27, 2015Riot police and security officers clash with a demonstrator (bottom) inside Faria Lima subway station during a protest against fare hikes for city buses, subway and trains in Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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PhotographerCharles PlatiauLocationParis, FranceReuters / Tuesday, January 27, 2015A model presents a creation by French designer Julien Fournie as part of his Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015 fashion show in Paris, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

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PhotographerStephanie Keith

LocationNEW YORK, United States

Reuters / Tuesday, January 27, 2015Mason Gloudeman, 26, uses a snowboard to jump from a pile of snow in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn after a snow storm in

New York, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

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PhotographerMaksim LevinLocationMariupol, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, January 27, 2015A relative of a victim of recent shelling reacts at a cemetery in Mariupol, a city on the Sea of Azov, Ukraine, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Maksim Levin

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PhotographerVincent West

LocationZUBIETA, Spain

Reuters / Tuesday, January 27, 2015A man wears a pumpkin on his head

during carnival celebrations in Zubieta, Spain, January 27, 2015.

Bell-carrying dancers known as Joaldunak from Zubieta and

neighboring Ituren visit each other's villages performing a ritual dance to ward off evil spirits and awaken the

coming spring. Alongside the dancers, villagers dress in bizarre

and frightening costumes to harass and scare visitors. REUTERS/Vincent

West

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PhotographerAhmad MasoodLocationNEW DELHI, IndiaReuters / Tuesday, January 27, 2015India's Border Security Force soldiers ride their camels as they rehearse for the Beating Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

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PhotographerAlexandre MeneghiniLocationHAVANA, CubaReuters / Tuesday, January 27, 2015Cuban soldiers hold torches during a march in celebration of the 162nd birth anniversary of Cuba's independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, January 27, 2015. Thousands of members from the Cuban Communist Youth Union and student organizations participated in the march. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

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PhotographerThomas Peter


Reuters / Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Venus Williams of the U.S. gets her hair caught in a nail as she

prepares to serve to compatriot Madison Keys during their

women's singles quarter-final match at the Australian Open 2015

tennis tournament in Melbourne, January 28, 2015.

REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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PhotographerThomas PeterLocationMELBOURNE, AustraliaReuters / Tuesday, January 27, 2015Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia stretches to hit a return to Serena Williams during their women's singles quarter-final match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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Reuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Kei Nishikori of Japan walks to pick up his

racket after throwning it following a missed shot to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland

during their men's singles quarter-final match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis

tournament in Melbourne January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015An injured girl waits for treatment in a field hospital after what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus January 28, 2015. REUTERS/ Mohammed Badra

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Riot police fire tear gas at demonstrators inside Faria Lima underground station during a protest against transport fare rises in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Mother of Islamic State captive Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbehholds his picture while sitting in a car

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A Russian woman sells meat on her stall outside an apartment building in Moscow,

where rising prices are affecting living standards. US ratings agency Standard and

Poor gave Russia a rating of BB+, which puts it at the same level as Indonesia and

Bulgaria. Russia's economy has been in free fall since the middle of last year,

when plummeting oil prices cut the income for its oil industry, and the unrest in Ukraine led to international sanctions.

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland is seen ahead of the Dubai Desert Classic on the Majlis Course at the Emirates Golf Club in United Arab Emirates.

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A dog walker makes her way through the Kings Knot area below Stirling Castle in Scotland, as temperatures in the UK are expected to fall to below zero.Frosted homes are battered by wind in Hull, Massachusetts

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Members of the Jarl Squad dressed in Viking costumes and holding flaming torches march around a boat during the Up Helly Aa Viking

festival, in Lerwick, on the Shetland Isles. Volunteers had built the boat and produced

more than 1,000 torches, with preparations for the event beginning in October.

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Pope Francis was the Argentine officer in the peacekeeping force of the United Nations in Cyprus welcome reception when he came to her weekly public opinion in Hall the Pope Paul II, the Vatican.

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A flock of doves are painted showy during a dove in the village of Bollullos de la

Mitación southern Spain.Jan. 28, 2015

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Visitors stand on the podium a 360-degree panoramic observation works ' Dresden 1945-the tragedy and hope Of A European city "by artist Yadegar Asisi in Dresden, Eastern Germany. Panoramic pictures, higher 30 meters and 100 meters in circumference, indicates the city of Dresden after the bombing in February 1945.

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and his wife laid wreaths at the tomb of The unknown soldier in NASA's Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, Usa. Wreaths commemorating those who died in the Space Explorer.

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A young Zanzibari fisherman takes a break on a sandbank in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Matemwe village, northeastern Zanzibar, Tanzania, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa'abElshamy)

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An Afghan refugee man refugee man shows his son how to use a slingshot, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Ukrainian servicemen put their dogs under the jackets to keep them warm in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. The military conflict between Russia-backed separatists and the government forces in eastern Ukraine has been raging since April, claiming more than 5,100 lives, according to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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A young boy watches hostesses as he waits to play a new video game at the Taipei Game Show in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. The game show, one of the leading digital interactive gaming events in Asia, will run from Jan. 28 through Feb. 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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PhotographerGonzalo FuentesLocationParis, FranceReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A model presents a creation by French designer Jean Paul Gaultieras part of his Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015 fashion show in Paris, January 2, 2015. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

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PhotographerCharles PlatiauLocationPARIS, FranceReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A model presents a creation by Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren as part of their Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015 fashion show in Paris January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

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A woman watches a TV news program Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 in Tokyo reporting on a video posted on YouTube by jihadists on Tuesday, Jan.

27, that purports to show a still photo of Japanese hostage Kenji

Goto holding what appears to be a photo of Jordanian pilot 1st Lt.

Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh. Goto's mother appealed publicly to Japan's leader

to save her son after his captors purportedly issued what they said

was a final death threat. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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The mother of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who is being held captive by Islamic State, is seen with his picture during a protest outside the prime minister's office in Amman. In footage released by IS, the speaker says Japanese hostage Kenji Gotohas "only 24 hours left to live" and Jordanian hostage Moaz al-Kasasbeh "even less", unless Jordan releases Sajida al-Rishawi, an al-Qaeda militant.

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Mr. Dexter Newcomb began cleaning up her home in Scituate, Massachusetts, United States of America, a day after a winter storm left his neighborhood freeze in cold from the sea, snow and sand.

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Model a demonstration of Viktor Rolf & of high-fashion spring-summer 2015 in Paris, France.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Center) photograph together with the members of the Dance Carnival in Berlin.

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PhotographerSTRINGER BrazilLocationVARGEM, BrazilReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A graffiti of a dead fish is pictured in part of the Jaquari reservoir, during a drought in Vargem, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio

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PhotographerVincent KesslerLocationSTRASBOURG, FranceReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Human rights lawyer AmalAlamuddin Clooney arrives to attend a hearing at the European court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, January 28, 2015. Clooney and her colleague Robertson will represent Armenia during a hearing on the case of Dogu Perincek, Chairman of the Turkish Workers Party, against Switzerland. Perincek was found guilty of racial discrimination by a Swiss Police Court for having publicly denied the...more

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PhotographerStefan WermuthLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Sotheby's employees pose with Le Grand Canal, painted by Claude Monet, at Sotheby's preview in London, January 28, 2015. The art piece is expected to fetch between 20 and 30 million pounds ($30.4 and $45.6 million) at the upcoming Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London on February 3, according to Sotheby's. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

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PhotographerMohammed SalemLocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A Palestinian man puts a sign at the gate of the headquarters of the United Nations Special Coordinator, as others attack the headquarters during a protest against the decision by the main U.N. aid agency to suspend payments to tens of thousands of Palestinians for repairs to their homes damaged in last summer's war, in Gaza City, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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PhotographerBeawiharta BeawihartaLocationPANGKALAN BUN, IndonesiaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A baby is seen suspended in a cloth hammock at a food stall at Sungai Arutmarket in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

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PhotographerRomeo RanocoLocationBatangas, PhilippinesReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Engineers test-drive a gasoline-powered 'Salamander', an amphibious tricycle, on the lake surrounding the Taal volcano, in Batangas city, south of Manila, Philippines, January 28, 2015. The Salamander, invented by H20 Technologies, is capable of travelling on both land and water and can be used for rescue operations when there is flooding. The gasoline-powered version can carry five passengers and would cost around 200,000...more

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PhotographerStringer .LocationAleppo, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Children play near a bus barricading a street, which serves as protection from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo's rebel-controlled Bustan al-Qasrneighborhood January 28, 2015. REUTERS/AbdalrhmanIsmail

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Reuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Novak Djokovic of Serbia lunges to hit a return against

Milos Raonic of Canada during their men's singles quarter-final match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis

tournament in Melbourne, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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PhotographerStringer .LocationGHAJAR, IsraelReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Burning vehicles are seen near the village of Ghajar on Israel's border with Lebanon, January 28, 2015. A Hezbollah missile strike wounded four Israeli soldiers on Wednesday, the biggest attack on Israeli forces by the Lebanese guerrilla group since a 34-day war in 2006. Israeli artillery fired at least 22 shells into open farmland in southern Lebanon after the strike, a Lebanese security source said, and thick smoke rose over the...more

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationGHAJAR, LebanonReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Smoke rises after an explosion in the Lebanese village of Ghajar on the Israeli-Lebanese border, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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The smoke from the Israeli bombardment that covered the city of Al-Majidiyah (left) of Lebanon at the Lebanese border with Israel while the town of Al-Ghajar is visible on the right. The war group Hezbollah the Shia Muslims in Lebanon were responsible for making the attack targeted a military convoy in the Israeli-occupied border area.

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PhotographerStringer .LocationGHAJAR, IsraelReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Israeli soldiers carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher near Israel's border with Lebanon, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/JINIPIX

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PhotographerStringer .LocationGHAJAR, IsraelReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Wounded Israeli soldiers lie on a stretcher near Israel's border with Lebanon, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/JINIPIX

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationKIRYAT SHMONA, IsraelReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Israeli soldiers walk near military vehicles near Israel's border with Lebanon, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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PhotographerKaramallah DaherLocationWAZZANI, LebanonReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Smoke rises from shells fired from Israel over al-Wazzani area in southern Lebanon, January 28, 2015. At least 22 shells fired from Israel hit open farmland in southern Lebanon close to the frontier, a Lebanese security source in the area said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day an anti-tank missile was fired at an Israeli military vehicle near the frontier with Lebanon, an Israeli army spokesman said. REUTERS/ Karamallah Daher

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PhotographerKaramallah Daher

LocationWAZZANI, Lebanon

Reuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Lebanese army soldiers watch as smoke

rises from shells fired from Israel over al-Wazzani area in southern Lebanon,

January 28, 2015. REUTERS/ KaramallahDaher

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationGOLAN HEIGHTS, IsraelReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A member of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) looks through binoculars at Mount Bental, an observation post in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/BazRatner

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PhotographerBaz Ratner

LocationGOLAN HEIGHTS, Israel


Israeli soldiers stand next to a mobile artillery unit near the

border with Syria in the Golan Heights, January 28, 2015.

REUTERS/Baz Ratner

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Smoke rises next to the village of Ghajaron the Israeli-Lebanese border on Jan. 28.

A Hezbollah attack killed two Israeli soldiers at the Lebanese border

Wednesday, sparking clashes that also killed a United Nations peacekeeper.

Seven other Israel Defense Force soldiers were wounded in the incident, in which

their vehicle was hit by an anti-tank missile.

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A pro-Russian separatist lies on the ground during Ukrainian army artillery

fire near Debaltseve, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukrainian on Jan. 28.

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko made a personal plea to Russia's

Vladimir Putin and Washington threatened tougher measures should

Moscow fail to rein in separatists mounting a new offensive in the east of

the ex-Soviet republic.

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units patrol on a motorcycle in the streets of the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units walks past damaged buildings in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A makeshift armoured vehicle of the Kurdish People's Protection Units is parked in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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PhotographerOsman Orsal

LocationKOBANI, Syria

Reuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection

Units stand on the debris of a damaged building in the northern Syrian town of

Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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Reuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection

Units flashes a V-sign as he patrols in the streets in the northern Syrian town of


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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Destroyed buildings are pictured in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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A mortar shell is pictured in a street of the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28,

2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Kurdish men walk on the debris of damaged buildings in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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People check damages of the buildings in the northern Syrian

town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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Inside Kobani

PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units stands in a street of the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units walk along

damaged buildings in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28,

2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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Inside Kobani

PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Kurdish men stand next to a damaged car in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015People walk on the debris of damaged buildings in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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Inside Kobani

PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units walks past damaged buildings in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units sits in an armoured vehicle in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units patrols in the

streets in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015.

REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units

patrol in the streets of the northern Syrian town of


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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationKOBANI, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A Kurdish woman sits next to fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units in the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units stands in a street of the northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Osman

Orsal

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Members of a television crew walk along damaged buildings in the

northern Syrian town of Kobani, January 28, 2015.

REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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A Kurdish fighter drives a truck with a heavy gun machine in the center of the Syrian town of Kobani on Jan. 28. 2015.

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A Kurdish fighter walks with his child in the center of the Syrian border town of Kobani, Jan. 28, 2015.

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Kurdish fighters walk along a street in the center of the Syrian town of Kobani on Jan. 28, 2015.Jan. 28, 2015

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A Kurdish fighter speaks on the phone as one of his comrades walks past in the center of the Syrian town of Kobani on Jan. 28, 2015.

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A Kurdish fighter walks through the wreckage of a building in the center of the Syrian town of Kobanion Jan. 28. 2015.

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Street scene in Kobani on Jan. 28, 2015.

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PhotographerMaksim LevinLocationKIEV, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Ukrainian servicemen patrol Orekhovo village in Luhanskregion, Ukraine, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Maksim Levin

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PhotographerDanish Ismail

LocationNONE, India


Kashmiri people gather around the body of a militant, who was killed by

Indian soldiers in a gun battle, during his funeral in Handoora,

south of Srinagar, January 28, 2015. An Indian army colonel was among

four people killed in a gunbattle with militants in Indian Kashmir on

Tuesday, police said, the highest ranking military officer to die in

fighting in the disputed Himalayan region in more than a year.

REUTERS/Danish Ismail

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PhotographerAlexandre MeneghiniLocationHAVANA, CubaReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A student holds up a photograph of Cuba's former President Fidel Castro at the memorial of Jose Marti on Revolution Square in Havana, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

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PhotographerBrian SnyderLocationBOSTON, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A pedestrian walks in the middle of the street following a winter blizzard in Boston, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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PhotographerStringer Philippines

LocationMANILA, Philippines

Reuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Fishermen use a stretcher with steels bars to

carry a rare 15-foot (4.5-m) megamouth shark (Megachasma Pelagios), which was trapped in

a fishermen's net in Burias Pass in Albay and Masbate provinces, central Philippines,

January 28, 2015. A megamouth shark can reach to a maximum length of 17 feet (5.2

metres) with a life span of 100 years. It resides in deep waters but rises towards the surface at

night to feed or eat plankton. The...more

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PhotographerYuri GripasLocationJoint Base Fort Myer-Henderson, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015President Obama greets outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during a farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Virginia, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

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PhotographerYuya ShinoLocationTOKYO, JapanReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Junko Ishido, mother of Kenji Goto, who is a Japanese journalist being held captive by Islamic State militants, holds letters from her supporters as she speaks to reporters at her house in Tokyo, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

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PhotographerMuhammad HamedLocationAMMAN, JordanReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Anwar Tarawneh (2nd R), the wife of Islamic State captive Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Muath al-Kasaesbeh, and his sister (R) weep after listening to a statement released by Islamic State in front of the Royal Palace in Amman, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

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PhotographerShannon StapletonLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015An aerial banner, sponsored by Doctor Without Borders opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) with the U.S. government, is displayed by an airplane flying up the Hudson River in New York, January 28, 2015. Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/MedecinsSans Frontieres claims that intellectual property provisions in the agreement could restrict access to affordable generic medicines, according to their...more

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PhotographerDarren Staples

LocationPRESTON, United Kingdom

Reuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015A man wearing a mask crosses a bridge during an anti-fracking protest in Preston, northern England, January 28, 2015. A local English government

council has voted to delay a decision on whether shale gas firm Cuadrilla can progress with two fracking projects, in a case that is being closely watched by the industry and environmental campaigners. REUTERS/Darren Staples

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A Kurdish man stands in a destroyed building in the center of the Syrian city of Kobani, on Jan. 28. Kurdish forces recaptured the strategic town on the Turkish frontier on Jan. 26 in a symbolic blow for the jihadists who have seized swathes of territory in a brutal onslaught across Syria and Iraq.

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In Northern Ireland, many roads were affected and a

number of bus routes were hit. This vehicle is seen on

Hannahstown Hill, Belfast.

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In Scotland, some Highland areas saw up to 23cm (9ins) of snow. There was slightly less in Coatbridge, near Glasgow, where people were seen out walking on Thursday.

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In Falkrik, beside the Kelpies, a man walks his dog. An amber "be prepared" warning is still in place for much of Scotland.

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In Manchester, flights were suspended for about four hours as snow ploughs worked to clear the runways.

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Flights resumed in the afternoon, but a spokesperson said they were subject to delays.

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A red rose placed between the black rose in a stall in the fair trade plant in Essen, Germany.

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Convoy funeral for attempting a prosecutor Alberto Nisman on the way out the cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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A swimmers made the start on the banks of the Yangtze River covered with snow in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

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A woman cycling power on the road while snow falls in the city of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China

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A woman asked the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stop shelling the city Donetsk after the Cannonball fall hit residential area where she lived, killing two civilians in Kyibishevsky district of Donetsk.

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An injured Ukrainian soldier receives medical care at a hospital in the town of Artemivsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Fighting between government and Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine has intensified in recent days as rebels seek to encircle the town of Debaltseve, which hosts a strategically important railway hub. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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An Egyptian woman holds a red flower during a women’s protest in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 29,

2015. Dozens of women have rallied in the Egyptian capital, denouncing the killing of a female

protester and blaming the police for her death during a peaceful demonstration last week. (AP

Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Mary Jose Cristerna, a Mexican known as The Vampire Woman, poses for the public to take portraits of her during the annual Venezuela Tattoo International Expo in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Tattoo artists from around the world are gathering for the four-day event that also includes under the skin implants and body piercing. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Israeli soldiers cry during the funeral of Major Yochai Kalangel in Jerusalem, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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An elderly Bangladeshi man cleans a closed market during a nationwide strike called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Since Jan.5, the BNP has been blockading Dhaka demanding that the government resign and hold new elections immediately, but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government will remain in office until her term ends in 2019. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)

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A woman walks by a depiction of the Last Supper cut in frozen snow inside a church built entirely from ice blocks cut from a frozen lake before a blessing religious service at the Balea Lac resort in the Fagaras mountains, Romania, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The blessing was performed jointly by priests from all Christian denominations in Romania and the church, built at an altitude of over 2,000 meters, will host all types of religious events like weddings and baptizing ceremonies as long as the cold weather lasts. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Jan. 29, 2015

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Bands from the three wings of Indian military perform during the Beating Retreat ceremony, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The ceremony marks the end of Republic Day festivities. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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A giant statue of the French President François Hollande was

preparing for carnival festivities first paraded 131 in Nice, southeastern

France.

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A couple walking in snow white in Stormont, Belfast, Northern

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About 800 plastic bags sewn into the fishes are environmental activist group Greenpeace went on a street in Vienna, Austria, during a rally protesting the status of these plastic bags pollute the ocean,

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A Romanian priest blowing off the candles inside the Church was built by the ice blocks cut out from a Lake freezes after mass at Balea Lake tourist area in the mountains of Fagaras.Jan. 29, 2015

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The police task force Philippines pallet and the flag-covered casket of co-worker from transport aircraft, C-130 Hercules shortly after arriving at a military base in Manila, while the country was unfortunately injured dozens of police killed in an anti-terrorism operation failed.

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PhotographerOlivia HarrisLocationKUALA LUMPUR, MalaysiaReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Daughter Michelle Gomes (L) and wife Jacquita Gonzales of in-flight supervisor Patrick Francis Gomes, who was aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, comfort each other at their home in Kuala Lumpur, January 29, 2015. Malaysia declared on Thursday the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an accident, clearing the way for the airline to pay compensation to victims' relatives while the search for the plane goes...more

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PhotographerJianan YuLocationHEFEI, ChinaReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Snow falls on a flock of flamingos standing on a snow-covered field at a wildlife zoo in Hefei, Anhui province, China, January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKIEV, UkraineReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015A girl kisses her father, a conscript, after a ceremony marking enrolment for new conscripts in the Ukrainian army in Kiev, January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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PhotographerGary CameronLocationWASHINGTON, United StatesReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015A Code Pink demonstrator dangles a set of handcuffs in front of former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Armed Services Committee on global challenges and U.S. national security strategy on Capitol Hill in Washington January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

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PhotographerRadu SighetiLocationBALEA LAC, RomaniaReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015A church made entirely from ice is seen during the night at Balea Lac resort in the Fagaras mountains of Romania, January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

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PhotographerGleb Garanich

LocationKIEV, Ukraine

Reuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Conscripts attend a ceremony marking their

enrollment in the Ukrainian army in Kiev January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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Reuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Conscripts leave a recruitment office after

their enrollment ceremony in the Ukrainian army in Kiev January 29, 2015.

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKIEV, UkraineReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Relatives of a conscript react after a ceremony marking enrollment of new conscripts in the Ukrainian army in Kiev January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKIEV, UkraineReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Relatives of a conscript react after a ceremony marking the enrollment for new conscripts in the Ukrainian army in Kiev January 29, 2015. REUTERS/GlebGaranich

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PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKIEV, UkraineReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Relatives react after a ceremony marking the enrollment of new conscripts in the Ukrainian army in Kiev January 29, 2015. REUTERS/GlebGaranich

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Reuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Conscripts attend a ceremony marking

enrollment new conscripts in the Ukrainian army in Kiev January 29,

2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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Reuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Relatives react as they attend a

ceremony marking enrollment for new conscripts in the Ukrainian army

in Kiev January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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Reuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Relatives react after a ceremony

marking enrollment of new conscripts in the Ukrainian army in Kiev January

29, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

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PhotographerAlexander ErmochenkoLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015A man walks past a shop which was recently damaged by shelling, at a local market in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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PhotographerThomas Peter


Reuters / Wednesday, January 28, 2015Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return against Milos

Raonic of Canada during their men's singles quarter-final match at the Australian Open 2015

tennis tournament in Melbourne January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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PhotographerIssei KatoLocationMelbourne, AustraliaReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015Andy Murray of Britain celebrates defeating Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic to win their men's singles semi-final match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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PhotographerSuhaib SalemLocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Thursday, January 29, 2015A Palestinian boy wearing a military costume arrives at a military-style graduation ceremony for Palestinian youths who were trained at one of the Hamas-run Liberation Camps, in Gaza City, January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

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Kobane's regional government says at

least 50% of the town has been destroyed.

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The liberation of Kobane is seen as a symbolic victory for forces fighting IS.

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There are Kurdish fighters on the streets...

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Analysts say US air strikes have been key to the victory.

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Morale is now said to be high among Kobane'sresidents.

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Kurdish militants have destroyed dozens of gunmen claimed the Islamic State (IS) at Kobane town, near the border with Turkey, in recent days. In Halimce village in the Eastern Townships, the Kurdish Warrior posted pictures of bodies of the rebels IS located on one of the city, AFP reported.

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The photos show that there are about 20 rebels were killed. These are the guys who hold out in after weeks of being American and Kobane allied air strikes. With its strategic location, the Kurdish faction said the win was Kobane historic victory of the war.

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In the past week, 5 villages around Kobane also came under the control of Kurdish fighters. According to the Syrian human rights watch organization, there are 19 fighters IS killed by Kurdish security units (YPG) in Kobane. In addition, Kurdish fighters also captured many rebels prisoner.

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However, the distortions were also Kobanecompletely before the fighting. Most of the houses had been destroyed in the past several months.

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Traces of the war, the unexploded shells, remained at la listed on the street.

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Fragments of the air-to-surface missiles that traces of attacks that the US and allies conducted in Kobane for helping Kurdish militants against IS.

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The armed gunmen are maintaining control of the ruins Kobane.

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Heavy armoured cars appeared on the road. Most of them are homemade products.

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Musa, 25 year old Kurdish gunner, sitting amid the rubble of the city of Kobani in Syria. Kurdish forces have recaptured the city near the Turkish border from the Group Islamic State on January 26.

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The Italian Chamber of deputies in the Parliament when deputies began voting to elect a new President in Rome.

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Under fire in SyriaPhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015A wounded fighter from the Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, uses his weapon as a crutch as he limps during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western IdlibJanuary 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from the Suqoural-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, take cover from snipers behind a tank during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, carry a wounded member of their brigade during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, run with a stretcher during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from the Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, carry a wounded member of their brigade during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeenmountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, carry a wounded member of their brigade during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil Ashawi

LocationIDLIB, Syria

Reuters / Friday, January 30, 2015A fighter from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is

part of the Free Syrian Army, drives near his brigade's tank during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of

western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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Reuters / Friday, January 30, 2015

Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free

Syrian Army, try to help a wounded member of their

brigade during what activists said were clashes with forces of

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area

of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqoural-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, carry a wounded member of their brigade during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western IdlibJanuary 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, try to help a wounded member of their brigade during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, carry a wounded member of their brigade during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeenmountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part

of the Free Syrian Army, walk with their weapons

during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-

Assad, in the al-Arbaeenmountain area of western

Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from the Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, gesture to their brigade's tank during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western IdlibJanuary 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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Reuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade,

which is part of the Free Syrian Army, gather together prior to what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's

President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western

Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, walk with their weapons during what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, gather prior to what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqour al-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, walk together prior to what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western Idlib January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Fighters from Suqoural-Sham Brigade, which is part of the Free Syrian Army, gather prior to what activists said were clashes with forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the al-Arbaeen mountain area of western IdlibJanuary 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

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The Palestinian activist, Lema Nazeeh, arguing with an Israeli soldier in a clash between security forces and the Palestinians from the village of Bilin in the West Bank, following a demonstration against Israel's settlements, in Bilin, West of the city of Ramallah.

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A person passing by the sculpture "Reality Hacking No. 320 Snow Monsters" by artist Peter Regli near Flatiron building in New York City, United States of America.

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The Georgian army's tanks took part in the exercises at Vaziani military base edge near the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

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The ships ' Havengore ', each brought the coffin of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ran the along the River Thames, carrying people in his family to go on the same route, the 50th anniversary of his funeral in London

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A woman crossing the snow-covered forest on Mount Grosser Feldberg in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Western Germany.

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Indian students of high school Saint Francis folded into the word "peace" (peace) when the set of ' non-violence and peace ' in Secunderabad, a 67-year celebration of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

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Afghan refugee, Hamza Gul, 11, poses for a picture while playing with his slingshot, wrapped around his neck, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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The Aegean Sea, a 79-foot tug boat piloted by Capt. Steve Driscoll, uses its 2,200-horsepower engine to break through ice on its way to push a barge out of the Royal River early Friday morning, Jan. 30, 2015, in Yarmouth, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Jan. 30, 2015

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A body of a civilian killed in shelling is covered by a blanket in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Artillery fire in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk killed at least 12 civilians on Friday afternoon, the city hall in the rebel stronghold said, as fighting intensifies between pro-Russia separatists and government troops. (AP Photo/Vadim Braydov)

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Syrian refugees who fled violence in and around the Syrian city of Ayn al-Arab or Kobani walk in a camp recently opened by Turkey, in the border town of Suruc, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. The 35,000 capacity camp is the largest refugee camp in Turkey. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

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Relatives of the pilot who Jordan Muath al-Kasaesbeh, who are being detained Islamic State group put a poster of him in front of their new meeting place in Amman, Jordan.

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Donetsk under fire

PhotographerAlexander ErmochenkoLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015A woman surveys damage done to a house, which according to locals was recently damaged by shelling, in the suburbs of Donetsk January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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A Ukrainian man who police clutching his wife in a ceremony in Kharkiv, Eastern Ukraine, before leaving to Eastern country to join "anti-terror operation."

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PhotographerMaksim LevinLocationDebaltseve, UkraineReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Members of the Ukrainian armed forces gather inside a school building in Debaltseve, Donetsk region, January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Maksim Levin

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DONETSK, UkraineReuters / Friday, January

30, 2015Men cover the body of a victim of shelling before

loading it onto a stretcher to be put into a vehicle at

a site hit by shelling in Donetsk January 30, 2015.

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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PhotographerMaksim LevinLocationDebaltseve, UkraineReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Local residents gather inside a bomb shelter in Debaltseve, Donetsk region, January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Maksim Levin

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PhotographerMaksim Levin

LocationDebaltseve, Ukraine

Reuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Local residents gather inside a bomb

shelter in Debaltseve, Donetsk region, January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Maksim

Levin

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PhotographerMaksim LevinLocationDebaltseve, UkraineReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Members of the Ukrainian armed forces gather inside a school building in Debaltseve, Donetsk region, January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Maksim Levin

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DONETSK, UkraineReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015Men look at the covered bodies of

victims at a site hit by shelling in Donetsk January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander

Ermochenko

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PhotographerAlexander Ermochenko

LocationDONETSK, Ukraine


A woman reacts as she looks at the debris of her house, which

according to locals was recently damaged by shelling, in the

suburbs of Donetsk January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander

Ermochenko

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PhotographerAlexander ErmochenkoLocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015A woman reacts as she walks through a house damaged in what locals said was recent shelling, in the suburbs of Donetsk January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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DONETSK, UkraineReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015

Men remove a broken window near the body of a victim of

shelling at a site hit by shelling in Donetsk January 30, 2015.

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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PhotographerStringer .LocationDONETSK, UkraineReuters / Friday, January 30, 2015A man loads wrapped bodies of victims of shelling into a vehicle at a site hit by shelling in Donetsk January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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PhotographerIssei KatoLocation

MELBOURNE, AustraliaReuters / Saturday, January 31, 2015

Serena Williams of the U.S. poses with her trophy after defeating Maria

Sharapova of Russia in their women's singles final match at the Australian

Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 31, 2015.

REUTERS/Issei Kato

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