2014 - images of november - nov. 24 - nov. 30

2014- Images of NOVEMBERNov. 24 – Nov 30

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Snow covers a street at daybreak Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in south Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo-area officials are getting help from a neighboring county in their efforts to clear roads and provide emergency services during the snowstorm that has buried sections of western New York in more than 5 feet of snow. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

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A surfer goes airborne as he rides a big wave during a tow-in surfing session at the Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal, on Nov. 20. A tow-in is a surf technique where the athlete is towed into a large wave by a partner driving a jet-ski or other watercraft with an attached tow-line.

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In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 photo, an Iranian Jewish man lights candles at the at the tomb of Harav Oursharga, one of the holiest Jewish sites in Iran, in the city of Yazd 420 miles (676 kilometers) south of capital Tehran. More than a thousand people trekked across Iran this past week to visit a shrine in this ancient Persian city, a pilgrimages like many others in the Islamic Republic until you notice men there wearing yarmulkes. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 photo, Iranian Jewish men pray at the Molla Agha Baba Synagogue, in the city of Yazd 420 miles (676 kilometers) south of capital Tehran, Iran. More than a thousand people trekked across Iran this past week to visit a shrine in this ancient Persian city, a pilgrimages like many others in the Islamic Republic until you notice men there wearing yarmulkes. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Navy Yeoman Kelvin Gumbs, left, is greeted by President Barack Obama, with daughter Malia, right, after the President pardoned Cobbler a 19-week old, 40-pound turkey, on the occasion of Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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A member of an expedition group is seen on the edge of a newly formed crater on the Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia on Nov. 8. A team from the Russian Center of Arctic Exploration descended about 50 feet into the crater and reached the frozen surface of a small lake, estimated to be at least 30 feet deep, at the base. Experts have not come to a consensus about the origin of the funnel. This image was released by Reuters on Nov. 21.

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Sunbathers lay out at a swimming pool in front of HMAS Canberra, the Royal Australian Navy's latest warship, berthed at Garden Island naval base in Sydney on Nov. 21. HMAS Canberra is the Royal Australian Navy's largest and most expensive warship and will be commissioned into service on Nov. 28.

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Anders Jacobsen of Norway competes in front of the jumping judges during the team competition at the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Klingenthal, Germany, on Nov. 22. Norway finished 3rd.

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq

LocationJALAWLA, Iraq

Members of the Kurdish security forces take part in an intensive security deployment

after clashes with Islamic State militants in Jalawla, Diyala province November 23, 2014.

Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER Iraq

LocationSAADIYA, Iraq

A member of the Iraqi security forces fires his weapon during an intensive

security deployment after clashes with Islamic State militants in Saadiya,

Diyala province November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationJALAWLA, IraqMembers of the Kurdish security forces take part in an intensive security deployment after clashes with Islamic State militants in Jalawla, Diyalaprovince November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationJALAWLA, IraqA member of the Kurdish "peshmerga" forces takes part in an intensive security deployment after clashes with Islamic State militants in Jalawla, Diyala province November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

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Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden and other protesters react after hearing the grand jury decision in the fatal shooting of her son in Ferguson, Mo., on Nov. 24.

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

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The Soyuz TMA-15 M blasts off from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on

Nov. 24. Inside the capsule were Russia's Anton Shkaplerov, NASA's Terry Virts and Italian

astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.

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Apple, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, is pictured before being pardoned by President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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PhotographerLarry DowningLocationWashington, United StatesPresident Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to actress Meryl Streep during a White House ceremony in Washington, November 24, 2014. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private...

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PhotographerSuhaib SalemLocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian TerritoriesPalestinian school girls attend a class at their school that witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during the most recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, on a rainy day in the east of Gaza City November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerBrian SnyderLocationPLYMOUTH, United StatesA woman playing the role of Susanna Winslow peels carrots in a house at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts November 24, 2014. Plimouth Plantation is a living museum portraying the life of the Native Americans and the English colonists in 1627, seven years after the colonists' arrival. The three-day harvest festival and feast at the Plimoth Colony in 1621 is the model for the modern-day Thanksgiving holiday in the...Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSAADIYA, IraqSmoke raises behind an Islamic State flag after Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters took control of Saadiya in Diyalaprovince from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSAADIYA, IraqAn Iraqi Shi'ite fighter walks past walls painted with the Islamist State flag, after Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi security forces took control of Saadiyain Diyala province from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSAADIYA, IraqMembers of the Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters celebrate after taking control of Saadiya in Diyala province from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSAADIYA, IraqMembers of the Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters take part in an intensive security deployment after taking control of Saadiya in Diyala province from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSAADIYA, IraqA member of the Iraqi security forces mans a gun during an intensive security deployment after taking control of Saadiya in Diyala province from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationSAADIYA, IraqIraqi Shiite fighters hold an Islamist State flag, which they pulled down from the frontlines after taking control of Saadiya in Diyalaprovince from Islamist State militants, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSTRINGER IraqLocationJALAWLA, IraqIraqi Shi'ite fighters pose with an Islamic State flag which they pulled down on the front line in Jalawla, Diyala province, November 23, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerOsman Orsal

LocationSURUC, Turkey

A Kurdish refugee boy from the Syrian town of Kobani walks past a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of

Suruc, Sanliurfa province November 24, 2014.

Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineA woman walks in front of her house damaged by recent shelling in KrasnyiPakhar village near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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Musician Selena Gomez is pictured on stage during the American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The group One Direction topped the winners' list taking home a total of three prizes.

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Ines Paz stops in the street to pose for a picture with his chickens in Santa Barbara, Honduras. Paz, 71, says he sells about six of his chickens a day, and charges $6 (£4) each

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PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationSt. Louis, United StatesProtesters, demanding the criminal indictment of a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in August, march through a suburb in St. Louis, Missouri November 23, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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Phakpong Dejaroen of Thailand plays a shot during the Men's Beach Sepaktakraw Regu final against Indonesia at the 2014 Asian Beach Games at PatongBeach in Phuket.

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A cartoon skeleton hangs from a hospital sign on a picket line outside Manchester Royal Infirmary, where NHS workers, including nurses, midwives and ambulance staff, have joined a four-hour strike in England as part of a pay dispute. They are protesting about the decision not to implement a 1% rise for all staff recommended by a pay review body.

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Australian actress Nicole Kidman and her husband, musician Keith Urban arrive for the world premiere of her latest film, Paddington, at Leicester Square in central London.

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Inhabitants of Guelmim city in Southwest Morocco, standing on the roof of the car while stuck in flood water level rise. The Government said a large flood in the South has killed at least 17 people and 18 others missing after heavy rain over the weekend.

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Election officials wrote of the vote has been counted up the table at a polling stations in the capital Tunis, Tunisia.Nov. 24, 2014

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Visitors go through a field of grass with Park at Silver Sky in Seoul, South Korea.

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People walk on a walkway between two rows of trees in the city of Frankfurt, Germany.

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The students attended the annual awards of the Yemeni Ministry of education held in Sana'a capital.

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The mascots of the Rio 2016 Olympics, left, and Paralympic Games make their first official appearance at a public school in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The smiley-faced mascot represents the animal life of Brazil while the mascot for the Paralympics is a mopped-headed doll with leafy hair, meant to represent the vast diversity of the flora in Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Smoke streams from the chimneys of the E.ON coal-fired power station in

Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Monday night, Nov. 24, 2014, and with a capacity of around 2300 MW of power it is one of the most powerful

coal-fired power stations in Europe. Coal power plants are under pressure due to the German targets for reducing carbon-dioxide

emissions. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Rick Canamore, from Normandy, Mo. demonstrates against the August shooting of of an unarmed 18-year-old black man by a white police officer, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, outside the police station in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson and the St. Louis region are on edge in anticipation of the announcement by a grand jury whether to criminally charge Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Maureen Faulkner, widow of slain Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, embraces Joe McGill who prosecuted Mumia Abu-Jamal for the murder of her husband, underneath a new mural of him, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Philadelphia. The mural is painted on the side of the police station Faulkner worked at in the Chinatown section of the city. Daniel Faulkner was shot to death by MumiaAbu-Jamal on a downtown street in 1981. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Children and adult males in Gayo tribes performing traditional dances Saman in a ceremony in the Highlands Englues Gayo in Aceh province, Indonesia.

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The woman just a little masks and plastic bags to cover the rain in Shanghai, China.

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The lightning hit on a ship are going on the Mediterranean Sea, photos from village of Mikhmoret, Israel's coast, the North of Tel Aviv.

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Shadow woman soi under the stream when she walked across the small bridge in the Park Hanau-Wilhelmsbad near Frankfurt, Western Germany.Nov. 24, 2014

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PhotographerCarlo Allegri

LocationNew York, United States

A man wearing a fedora hat looks at his phone in a courtyard with a water feature in New York November 24,

2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerDanish SiddiquiLocationMUMBAI, IndiaA worker uses metal cutter as others carry to dismantled parts of decommissioned Indian Navy Ship INS Vikrant at a ship breaking yard in Mumbai November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerZohra Bensemra

LocationPESHAWAR, Pakistan

Students sit in public transport outside the Psychology Department

of the University of Peshawar November 24, 2014.

Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationTEL AVIV, IsraelPalestinian Nur al-Din Abu Hashaya(C) smiles as he talks to his lawyer at Tel Aviv District Court November 24, 2014. Abu Hashaya on Monday was indicted for murder in the November 10 stabbing attack of an Israeli soldier in Tel Aviv.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerSheng LiLocationLIPING, ChinaStudents have lunch outdoors at a primary school in Tongguan village, Liping county, Guizhou province, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerEdgar SuLocationSingapore, SingaporeA boy wearing a Doraemon t-shirt poses for photo at a Christmas tree made up of Japanese Manga character Doraemon at a shopping mall in the central business district in Singapore, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerToby MelvilleLocationLONDON, United KingdomDucks fly beneath contrails in the sky at dawn in west London November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerKhaled Abdullah Ali Al MahdiLocationSanaa, YemenA child sits amongst top high school students during an annual award ceremony organized by Yemen's Education Ministry in Sanaa November 24, 2014. Forty-seven highest-scoring graduates of high schools nationwide were honored by the government, and awarded with medals and cash prizes.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerBobby YipLocationHONG KONG, ChinaBailiffs (R) walk past people at a make-shift library set up by pro-democracy protesters blocking a main road at Mong Kok shopping district in Hong Kong, November 24, 2014. An injunction has been issued by the court, but not yet enforced, for two main streets in the gritty district of MongKok, which has seen some of the most violent clashes of the past seven weeks.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationKrasnyi Pakhar, UkraineA woman walks next to an exploded shell in Krasnyi Pakhar village near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 24, 2014. About 40 shells hit the village early in the morning.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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The Fishing for a Goliath of the River in the Amazon

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Trees, planks and sawdust

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PhotographerJim YoungLocationFerguson, United StatesPolice form a line in the street under a holiday sign after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerKevin Lamarque

LocationWASHINGTON, United States

President Barack Obama listens to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel after the

president announced Hagel's resignation at the White House in Washington,

November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerShannon StapletonLocationNEW YORK, United StatesA woman holds a sign during a rally following the grand jury decision in the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown, at Union Square in New York November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationFerguson, United StatesA protester stands with his hands on his head as a cloud of tear gas approaches after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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PhotographerIvan AlvaradoLocationSANTIAGO, ChileA demonstrator reacts during a rally in support of the 43 missing trainee teachers, from the Ayotzinapa teachers' training college in the Mexican state of Guerrero, near a gathering of members from the Alianza del Pacifico (Pacific Alliance) and MERCOSUR trade bloc in Santiago, Chile November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

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Police officers shout at protesters in an occupied area of Hong Kong's Mong Kok district on Nov. 25. An attempt by Hong Kong authorities to clear a 2-month-old pro-democracy protest camp in the MongKok district spiraled into chaos Tuesday as hundreds more protesters flooded the crowded neighborhood, a flashpoint for earlier violent clashes with police and angry mobs. A total of 80 people were arrested, police said.

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Protesters stand in front of a burning auto parts store in Ferguson, Mo., on Nov. 25.

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The police followed the Union protesters during a parade in Los Angeles, California, following the decision of the grand jury on Monday in the shooting shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, 25 Nov , 2014.

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A grey-seal pup and its mother lie in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust's Donna Nook nature reserve in Grimsby.

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

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Pope Francis warned that the world saw Europe as "somewhat elderly and haggard", during a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The Pope said the continent felt "less and less a protagonist", in a world that regarded it with mistrust.

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Thousands of cotton quilts made from off-cuts were put on a road in Jinan, China, to prevent the road from cracking during the cold winter.

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A metal owl is seen in the Christmas display window of Barneys in New York.

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An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola while working for a charity in Sierra Leone arrives in Rome for treatment. The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 5,450 people, with Sierra Leone among the three worst hit nations.

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The St Louis suburb of Ferguson has seen rioting and looting after a jury decided not to bring charges over the killing of Michael Brown who was shot by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, on 9 August. Many in the black community had called for Mr Wilson to be charged with murder, but following lengthy deliberations a grand jury made no recommendation of charges.

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The Kashmir people queued to vote outside a polling during the first vote elected legislature in Jammu and Kashmir in the Shadipora, a suburb of the city of Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

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A police officer stands guard on a road banned from circulation, where demonstrators looted the base business following the decision by the jury, not to prosecute white police shoot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, the city of Ferguson, Missouri, Usa.

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The car caught fire at a scrap of a rally in the city of Ferguson, Missouri, USA.

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Miss world in 2013, Megan Young of Philippines (middle), shooting with the contestants advanced to the final round in 2014 in a promotional event in Central London, England, March 11, 2014. Pageant crowned will take place in London on 14 December.

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A male Iraq car bombing places ahead in Shaabneighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq.

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A librarian in the town north of Saint-Omer, near the city of Calais in France to carefully turn the pages of a book collection of the plays of Shakespeare in 1623. About 230 copies of his book in this collection are known to remain in the collection or in private hands around the world.Nov. 25, 2014

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Fog and haze covered on buildings in the outskirts of the capital New Delhi, India.

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Alex Little (right) and Miranda Jenatkaview a work of art arranged by light at Kew Gardens, West London.

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A priest read the notes before a public lottery tickets in Tokyo, Japan. the Owner hired clergy ritual purity

in their stalls in the hopes of winning big.

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People enjoy an annual yearend illumination in Shiodome district in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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A boulder plastic made of synthetic material called "To be in Limboì hangs from the ceiling of the 20 meter high Jesuit Church in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. The eight meter high, hollow and 700 kilogram heavy sculpture from the artists group Steinbrener/Dempf and Huber is supposed to symbolize faith and its threatening moments. The installation will remain until April 19, 2015 and then move to a church in Hamburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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

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Acid attack survivor Ritu, 22, pauses inside ëSheroes Hangoutí cafÈ, managed by five acid attack survivors under an initiative by Stop Acid Attacks and Channv Foundation, in Agra, India, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Ritu, who was attacked by her cousin during a property dispute, is looking after the library here. The ëPay as you Wishí cafÈ is a crowd-funded project that started on Oct. 19 . India passed a law last year severely limiting sales of acid, but Stop Acid Attacks said it has since counted at least 200 attacks. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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In this aerial photo, person takes photos of a row of charred cars at a used car dealership Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Dellwood, Mo., after they were burned in overnight protests following a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the killing of unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown. Monday night's protests were far more destructive than any of those that followed Brown's Aug. 9 death, with more than a dozen businesses badly damaged or destroyed. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Afghan police demonstrate their skills during their graduation ceremony at a training center in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Over 214 police graduated after four months of training in Kandahar. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)Nov. 25, 2014

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A female protester wears a mask as she joins others to carry mock coffins and red-painted crosses, symbolizing the blood of the 28 non-Muslims singled out and killed in the recent attack on a bus in Mandera by Somali militant group al-Shabab, outside government offices in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Demonstrators carried mock coffins and red-painted crosses in Nairobi on Tuesday, a vivid protest demanding the government provide more effective security for ordinary Kenyans and a memorial for the hundreds of Kenyans killed in recent terror attacks, as pressure builds on the government to halt a steady onslaught of gunfire and grenade assaults. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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PhotographerJim Young

LocationFERGUSON, United States

Police officers look over the site of a building that was burned in riots the previous night in Ferguson, Missouri

November 25, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerStringer .LocationHONG KONG, ChinaA protester is detained by police during a confrontation at MongKok shopping district in Hong Kong early November 26, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerDavid MercadoLocationLA PAZ, BoliviaA woman who lost her daughter attends a rally to condemn violence against women in La Paz November 25, 2014. The placard on right reads, "Stop violence".Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerStephane MaheLocationSAINT-NAZAIRE, FranceThe Mistral-class helicopter carrier Vladivostok is seen at the STX Les Chantiers de l'Atlantiqueshipyard site in Saint-Nazaire, western France, November 25, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerElijah Nouvelage

LocationOAKLAND, United States

James Cartmill, of Veterans for Peace, holds an American flag upside down, to indicate distress,

during a demonstration in Oakland, California November 24, 2014, following the grand jury decision in the shooting of Michael Brown in

Ferguson, Missouri.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerBobby YipLocationHONG KONG, ChinaA pro-democracy protester is arrested by police after refusing to leave a main street, while bailiffs clear it under a court injunction, at Mongkokshopping district in Hong Kong, November 25, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerMike BlakeLocationRANCHO SANTA FE, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014Makoto Chino looks out over his family's farm at dusk in Rancho Santa Fe, California, August 14, 2014. In keeping with Japanese tradition, the lanterns guide family ancestors to the home, welcoming them to visit during the Obon Festival. Top chefs, traveling foodies and local residents all comes to Chino Farm stand for their heirloom vegetables.

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PhotographerAdrees Latif


Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Names are set on the carpet around microphones ahead of a news

conference by Michael Brown Sr. and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton in

Ferguson, Missouri November 25, 2014. Sharpton said the grand jury

system was misused in the Michael Brown case, and that the grand jury

decision not to issue charges against Officer Darren Wilson was not

surprising. He urged a continued investigation by the federal

government.

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PhotographerBrian SnyderLocationBOSTON, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014Inmates in the South Bay House of Corrections put their hands in the air after taping the name "Mike Brown" on the window of their cell as demonstrators clash with police on the street below the facility in Boston, Massachusetts, November 25, 2014.

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PhotographerPhil NobleLocationMANCHESTER, United KingdomReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014Manchester City's Sergio Aguero celebrates after he scored the winning goal against Bayern Munich during their Champions League Group E soccer match in Manchester, November 25, 2014.

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PhotographerJianan YuLocationZHUHAI, ChinaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A fisherman smokes on his boat, at Wai Lingting Island, east of Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China November 24, 2014.

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PhotographerHandout .LocationFERGUSON, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014The scene of the Ferguson Police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9 is shown in this handout evidence photo released by the St. Louis County Prosecutor's Office on November 24, 2014.

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PhotographerChina Daily China Daily Information Corp - CDICLocationBALIKUN, ChinaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A motorcyclist and child ride against wind in snow in Balikun, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, November 25, 2014.

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PhotographerJonathan AlcornLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A woman speaks to an LAPD officer during a demonstration at LAPD headquarters in Los Angeles, California following the grand jury decision in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri November 25, 2014.

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PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineA damaged dome is seen in yard of orthodox church damaged by recent shelling in Kuibyshevski district in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 25, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerCarlo AllegriLocationNew York, United StatesA man shadow boxes in a retail store window in Times Square, New York, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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PhotographerToby MelvilleLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014Former companion of French President Francois Hollande,Valerie Trierweiler, arrives for a publicity event to promote her book "Merci Pour Ce Moment" (Thank You For This Moment) in central London, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationFerguson, United StatesA protester stands in the street after being treated for tear gas exposure after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationFERGUSON, United StatesA resident, lying shirtless, keeps warm as another approaches the blazing skeleton of Juanita's Fashions R Boutique after it was burned to the ground in Ferguson, Missouri early morning November 25, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerJASON REDMONDLocationSEATTLE, United StatesA protester reacts to being pepper sprayed by police after a group of demonstrators attempted to stop traffic on Interstate 5 following the grand jury decision in the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown, in Seattle, Washington, November 24, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerTyrone SiuLocationHONG KONG, ChinaPolice fire "tear spray" to clear protesters during a confrontation at Mongkokshopping district in Hong Kong November 25,2014. Scuffles erupted after Hong Kong authorities cleared part of a pro-democracy protest camp in the bustling district of Mong Kok following a court order to reopen a road, with several demonstrators taken away in police vans.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerJim YoungLocationFerguson, United StatesReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014Protesters flip over a Ferguson police car in Ferguson, Missouri, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerAmit DaveLocationAHMEDABAD, IndiaSchool children travel to school on a packed auto-rickshaw in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, November 25, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Nov. 25, 2014


The woman pain at the scene of a crime, where seven men were killed in a high school graduation party in the city of Acajutla, March 11, 2014 a serial killer suspected of gang members in El Salvador shot and killed seven men and one woman in the party, police said.

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerBrian Snyder

LocationBOSTON, United States

Reuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Will Lautzenheiser hugs his partner Angel Gonzalez at a news conference to announce

Lautzenheiser's successful double arm transplant at Brigham and

Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts November 25, 2014. Lautzenheiser, 40, who lost his arms and legs to a streptococcal infection in 2011, said he has limited function

in the new arms, which are encumbered by wrappings to help

with healing.

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerAdrees Latif

LocationFerguson, United States

Reuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014

A female protester raises her hands while blocking police cars in Ferguson, Missouri, November 25,

2014.

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerThomas MukoyaLocationNAIROBI, KenyaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A detained protester jumps from a police truck as she escapes after riot police released teargas to disperse the #OccupyHarambeeAvedemonstration in Kenya's capital Nairobi November 25, 2014. Kenyan police used teargas to disperse demonstrators shouting "President, Stop the killings!" outside President Uhuru Kenyatta's offices, in the protest over 28 people killed in a weekend attack claimed by Islamist militants.

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerSuhaib SalemLocationBEIT HANOUN, Palestinian TerritoriesReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A Palestinian flag flutters by a woman sitting on a sofa outside her house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during the most recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, on a winter day in Beit Hanoun town, northern Gaza Strip, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014


PhotographerDanish IsmailLocationWANGIPORA, IndiaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A Kashmiri woman holds her child while waiting to cast her vote outside a polling station during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections at Wangipora, north of Srinagar November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014


Nov. 26 , 2014


French farmers of Camargue, Europe's largest wetland, block access to the Port Autonome of Marseille in southern France during a demonstration against removal of

their subsidies.

Nov. 26, 2014


Cuban Irisdaymi Herrera competes during the women's long jump competition at the Central American and Caribbean Games, in Xalapa, Mexico.

Nov. 26, 2014


First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, talks with four year old Killian Prokop as he makes bird feeders, during her visit to The Kabincommunity learning centre in Loanhead.

Nov. 26, 2014


The Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif (left) listens to the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa during the opening session of the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Nov. 26, 2014


A man looks out across a sea of fog above the Rhine Valley in Wartau, Switzerland.

Nov. 26, 2014


A guided simulation captures the rhino poachers with dogs in the Magaliesberg, South Africa.

Nov. 26, 2014


An Afghan laborer pauses as he works at a charcoal shop on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. In the winter, prices of wood and charcoal rise among all other necessities for Afghans. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Nov. 26, 2014


PhotographerBobby Yip

LocationHONG KONG, China

Reuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014A pro-democracy protester holding up a yellow

umbrella, a symbol of the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement, chants slogans behind a

barricade as she faces a line of policemen on the main Nathan Road at Mongkok shopping district in

Hong Kong. Chinese characters on top of the banner read: "Revolution must win".

Nov. 26, 2014


A man stands behind the work ‘Frozen Film Frame’ (16mm colour film strips between plexiglass plates) in the exhibition ‘A Retrospective’ of the US experimental filmmaker Paul Sharits (1943-1993) in the Fridericianum in Kassel, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. The exhibition started on Nov. 23, 2014 and lasts until Feb. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Nov. 26, 2014


Passengers wait to board an Acela train at South Station in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. Rain and snow rolled into the Northeast on Wednesday as millions of Americans made the big Thanksgiving getaway, grounding hundreds of flights and turning highways sloppy along the congested Washington-to-Boston corridor. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Nov. 26, 2014


A couple go for a walk in Ciudadela Park on an autumn day, in Pamplona northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Nov. 26, 2014


Police officers clear further rows of metal barricades, top, after bailiffs issued a warning to the crowd that they would start enforcing the court-ordered clearance at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. Hong Kong authorities cleared street barricades from a pro-democracy protest camp in the volatile Mong Kok district for a second day Wednesday after a night of clashes. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Nov. 26, 2014


Rescuers grab a pig from an overturned truck to transfer it onto

another after an accident on an expressway in Jiaxing, in China's

Zhejiang province on Nov. 22. According to local media, the truck

was carrying 169 pigs when it was hit and flipped over. The crash, which

occurred during heavy fog conditions, involved two other vehicles. More than ten pigs were killed and one

person left with minor injuries.

Nov. 26, 2014


PhotographerMark BlinchLocationToronto, CanadaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014Canadian celebrity radio host Jian Ghomeshi leaves court after getting bail on multiple counts of sexual assault in Toronto November 26, 2014.

Nov. 26, 2014


PhotographerGary CameronLocationWASHINGTON, United StatesReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014President Obama pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey "Cheese" at the White House in Washington November 26, 2014. Gary (C) and Cole (L) Cooper of Cooper Farms in Fort Recovery, Ohio, provided "Cheese" the turkey.

Nov. 26, 2014


PhotographerTyrone SiuLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014A riot police officer holds a baton as he confronts pro-democracy protesters at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong November 26,2014.

Nov. 26, 2014


PhotographerElijah Nouvelage

LocationEMERYVILLE, United States

Reuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014Amanda Ashe of Oakland, left, faces off with a

police officer during the second night of demonstrations in Emeryville, California,

following the grand jury decision in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson,

Missouri, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 26, 2014


PhotographerLucas Jackson



A protester has help washing his eyes out after being pepper sprayed during a second night of protests in Ferguson,

Missouri November 26, 2014.

Nov. 26, 2014


In London actress Angelina Jolie poses with war veterans upon arrival at the premiere of her latest film Unbroken.

Nov. 26, 2014


Syria's al Qaeda wingPhotographerStringer .Locational-Zahra, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front poses with the Nusra flag on top of an infantry fighting vehicle at the frontline near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014

Syria's al Qaeda wing


PhotographerStringer .Locational-Zahra, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A general view shows an area that members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front said they took control from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014



PhotographerStringer .Locational-Zahra, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front mans an anti-aircraft weapon near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014



PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front carry their weapons as they move towards their positions near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, Syria, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014



PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front sits in a tank decorated with the Nusra flag near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 26, 2014



PhotographerHosam Katan

LocationALEPPO, Syria


Members of al Qaeda's NusraFront carry their weapons as they

move towards their positions near al-Zahra village, north of

Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 26, 2014



PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front wears The Nusra flag as he walks with his fellow fighters near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 26, 2014



PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front sits in tank decorated with the Nusra flag near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 26, 2014



PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front carry their weapons as they walk near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 26, 2014



PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Wednesday, November 26, 2014Members of al Qaeda's NusraFront carry their weapons as they sit in a trench near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo city, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 26, 2014



PhotographerMAXIM ZMEYEVLocationPervomaisk, UkraineReuters / Saturday, November 15, 2014Pro-Russian separatists stand guard outside the building of a perinatal center damaged by what locals say was shelling by Ukrainian forces in the town of Pervomaisk, west of Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, November 15, 2014.

Nov. 15, 2014

Ukraine's conflict zone



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationLuhansk, UkraineReuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014A destroyed tank is seen along a road in the territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic near the airport in Luhansk, November 19, 2014.

Nov. 19, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014A refugee is pictured at a shelter in the north part of Donetsk, near the airport November 20, 2014.

Nov. 20, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationHrabove, UkraineReuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014Pro-Russian separatists ride on a truck near the village of Hrabove(Grabovo) in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine November 20, 2014.

Nov. 20, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationHrabove, UkraineReuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014Pro-Russian separatists pose at a checkpoint near the village of Hrabove(Grabovo) in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine November 20, 2014.

Nov. 20, 2014



PhotographerAntonio Bronic

LocationDonetsk, Ukraine

Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014A refugee sits in a shelter in the north

part of Donetsk, near the airport November 20, 2014.

Nov. 20, 2014





Reuters / Friday, November 21, 2014An unmarked military truck drives along a road in a territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk

People's Republic in downtown Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 21, 2014. Picture taken through a

car window.

Nov. 21, 2014





Reuters / Friday, November 21, 2014A woman walks between destroyed

shops near Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in a territory controlled by the self-proclaimed

Donetsk People's Republic in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 21, 2014.

Nov. 21, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014Military boxes are seen near Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in a territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 21, 2014.

Nov. 21, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationBezimenne, UkraineReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014A tank is seen near Bezimenne village in the territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, November 22, 2014.

Nov. 22, 2014




LocationNovozovsk, Ukraine

Reuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Military trucks are seen through a car window as they drive along a road on

the territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic

near Novozovsk, eastern Ukraine, November 22, 2014.

Nov. 22, 2014





Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014A woman cleans a house damaged by

recent shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 23, 2014.

Nov. 23, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014Children's books lie in a house damaged by recent shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 23, 2014.

Nov. 23, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationKrasnyi Pakhar, UkraineReuters / Monday, November 24, 2014A dog barks in front of a car damaged by recent shelling in Krasnyi Pakhar village near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 24, 2014.

Nov. 24, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationKrasnyi Pakhar, UkraineReuters / Monday, November 24, 2014A woman takes pictures inside her house damaged by recent shelling in Krasnyi Pakhar village near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 24, 2014.

Nov. 24, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A man looks at the damage done in a car repair service building by recent shelling in Kuibyshevski district in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationDonetsk, UkraineReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A man walks past a car repair service building damaged by recent shelling in Kuibyshevskidistrict in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 25, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014



Nov. 27 , 2014


PhotographerKhalil AshawiLocationIDLIB, SyriaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Mariam, a 9-year-old girl, carries her brother as she stands with other children at an underground ancient cemetery in Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib in Syria, November 26, 2014. Residents are using ancient caves and cemeteries as underground shelters to hide in during shelling from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerAndrew Nelles

LocationCHICAGO, United States

Reuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving Day shoppers line up to start shopping at a Target store

in Chicago.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerAndrew KellyLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014People carry shoes in Macy's during Black Friday sales in New York.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerAndrew KellyLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Shoppers wait to enter Macy's to kick off Black Friday sales in New York.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerAndrew Kelly

LocationNEW YORK, United

StatesReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014

Women try on shoes in Macy's to kick off Black

Friday sales in New York.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKIEV, UkraineReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (R) congratulates newly appointed Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk during a parliament session in Kiev, November 27, 2014. Ukraine's new parliament elected Yatseniuk for a new term as prime minister at its opening session, after Poroshenko and a newly-formed coalition in the assembly supported his appointment.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerJason ReedLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke pauses before delivering a statement, on behalf of the family of deceased teammate Phillip Hughes, at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, November 27, 2014. Australian cricketer Hughes died in hospital, two days after the international batsman was struck on the head by a ball during a domestic match.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationFerguson, United StatesReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014A member of the National Guard stands guard during snowfall in front of the Ferguson Police Station in

Missouri November 26, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationPODGARIC, CroatiaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014A monument to the Revolution built 1967, in Podgaric, Croatia. Across the former Yugoslavia stand giant monuments to a state that no longer exists. Many are now neglected or ignored, aging symbols of a joint state forged during World War Two but torn apart by nationalism half a century later. Seven independent states emerged from its ashes.

Relics of YugoslaviaNov. 27, 2014

Relics of Yugoslavia


PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationKNIN, CroatiaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014The monument to memory of soldiers who liberated the city of Knin, in Knin, Croatia.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerOgnen Teofilovski

LocationPRILEP, Macedonia


The memorial monument "Mound of the Unbeaten" in Prilep, Macedonia.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerSrdjan Zivulovic

LocationMARIBOR, Slovenia


A monument to National Liberation Fight in Maribor,

Slovenia.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerDado RuvicLocationKOZARAC, Bosnia and HerzegovinaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014The memorial monument "Mrakovica" in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerOgnen TeofilovskiLocationKUMANOVO, MacedoniaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014The memorial monument "Makedonka" in Kumanovo, Macedonia.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerHazir RekaLocationPRISTINA, KosovoReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014The National Liberation War

Monument in Pristina, Kosovo.

Nov. 287 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationJasenovac, CroatiaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014A monument to affected detainees of Jasenovac camp in Jasenovac, Croatia.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationMAKARSKA, CroatiaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014A monument to the Revolution in Makarska, Croatia.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerMarcos BrindicciLocationBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014River Plate's fans light flares as they cheer before of the Copa Sudamericana second leg semi-final soccer match against Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerBeawiharta Beawiharta

LocationJAKARTA, Indonesia

Reuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Workers toil at the construction site of

a new pier at New Priok container terminal in north Jakarta, Indonesia

November 26, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerThomas Mukoya

LocationNAIROBI, Kenya


Ruth Baker Ndesandjo sings with her son Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, half-brother of

President Barack Obama, at the launch of his new book "An

Obama's Journey" in Kenya's capital Nairobi November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerSTRINGER uruguayLocationSan Carlos, UruguayReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Supporters of National party candidate Luis Lacalle Pou gesture during his final campaign rally before Sunday's presidential election runoff in San Carlos, Uruguay November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerEddie Keogh

LocationLondon, United Kingdom


A spectator runs onto the pitch and takes a 'selfie' of himself and

Tottenham Hotspur's Erik Lameladuring their Europa League soccer match against Partizan Belgrade at

White Hart Lane in London November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerSusana VeraLocationMADRID, SpainReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Participants look at their mobile phones while waiting at the stables during Madrid Horse Week in Madrid November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerBobby YipLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Pro-democracy protesters imitate a three-finger salute from movie "The Hunger Games", during a rally at MongKok shopping district in Hong Kong November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AfghanistanReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014A British security official (R) escorts a survivor from the wreckage of a British embassy vehicle after a suicide attack in Kabul, November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerYuya Shino

LocationTOKYO, Japan


Visitors look at a huge lantern at the Kaminarimon gate at the start

of Nakamise shopping street on Asakusa district in Tokyo November

28, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerAndrew KellyLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014The Elf on the Shelf balloon floats down Sixth Avenue during the 88th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014


Two Palestinians drive a horse cart through a flooded road after heavy rain in Gaza City- Nov 27Nov. 27, 2014


Labourers continue construction work at a building site in the Philippines capital Manila- Nov 27

Nov. 27 2014


Lava continues to be emitted from the erupting Pico do Fogo volcano in the Cape Verde islands- Nov 27

Nov. 27, 2014


An Indian Army soldier aims his gun during a skirmish with suspected armed rebels at Pindi Khattar village near Jammu –Nov 27

Nov. 27, 2014


PhotographerAndrew KellyLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Protesters hold signs aloft outside Macy's before the kick off of Black Friday sales in New York.

Black Friday frenzy Black Friday protestsNov. 27, 2014


Nov. 28 , 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationSt. Louis, United StatesReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Protesters, demanding justice for the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown, interrupt Black Friday shopping by staging a lie-in at the St. Louis Galleria Mall in Missouri November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014


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

Nov. 28, 2014


French President Francois Hollande greets a general after a medal ceremony at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris.

Nov. 28, 2014


A crane carries weapons seized from the Farc and ELN guerrillas in Colombia. Nearly

10,000 weapons will be melted down and used in the manufacture of rods to reinforce the foundations and columns of schools and

hospitals in areas of armed conflict.

Nov. 28, 2014


Alpine ski team-mates RomedBaumann, Otmar Striedinger and Florian Scheiber play American football in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, as their Men's World Cup Downhill training had to be cancelled because of heavy snow.

Nov. 28, 2014


Trainee rangers take part in an exercise to simulate an ambush against rhino poachers at the Paramount Group Anti-Poaching training and K9 [canine] academy in South Africa.

Nov. 28, 2014


Shoppers wrestle over a television as they compete to buy discounted items on "Black Friday" at an Asda superstore in Wembley. Originating in the US, Black Friday is becoming a major UK shopping day.

Nov. 28, 2014


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

Nov. 28, 2014


Tony Romo #9 of the Dallas Cowboys holds the ball under pressure from the Philadelphia Eagles at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Nov. 28, 2014


Members of the Canterbury Cathedral Girls Choir rehearse for their first Christmas concert in Kent, England.

Nov. 28, 2014


Argentina's River Plate fans cheer as their team prepares to take on arch rivals Boca Juniors. It's the Copa Sudamericana semi-final football match at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires.

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerAndrew NellesLocationCHICAGO, United StatesReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014People demonstrate for higher wages and better working conditions, outside of a Walmart in Chicago November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerLuke MacGregorLocationLondon, United KingdomReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Shoppers compete to purchase retail items on Black Friday at an Asdasuperstore in Wembley, north London.

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerJonathan AlcornLocationPICO RIVERA, United StatesReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A man holds a sign outside a Walmart store during a Black Friday protest against the retail company for higher wages for its employees in Pico Rivera, California November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014


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

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerLuke MacGregorLocationLondon, United KingdomReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Shoppers wrestle over a television as they compete to purchase retail items on Black Friday at an Asdasuperstore in Wembley, north London November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationGadhima, NepalReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014People gather near the enclosure for buffaloes awaiting sacrifice November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014

Sacrificial slaughter in Nepal



PhotographerNavesh Chitrakar

LocationGadhima, Nepal


People walk along a field on the eve of the sacrificial ceremony

November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014





Reuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014A man and his daughter sleep near the enclosure for buffalo awaiting sacrifice

on the eve of the sacrificial ceremony for the "Gadhimai Mela" festival in

Bariyapur, Nepal November 27, 2014

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationGadhima, NepalReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014A sacrificial goat is tied to a vehicle trailer on the eve of the sacrificial ceremony November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationGadhima, NepalReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014Family and friends sit in a vehicle trailer, where they will spend the night, near the enclosure for buffalo awaiting sacrifice on the eve of the sacrificial ceremony for the "Gadhimai Mela" festival in Bariyapur, Nepal November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationGadhima, NepalReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014A herder sits inside an enclosure for buffaloes awaiting sacrifice November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationGadhima, NepalReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014A man leads a buffalo inside an enclosure on the eve of the sacrificial ceremony November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationGadhima, NepalReuters / Thursday, November 27, 2014People climb on the walls of the enclosure for buffaloes November 27, 2014.

Nov. 27, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A butcher holding his blade stands among sacrificed buffaloes inside an enclosed compound during the sacrificial ceremony of the "Gadhimai Mela" festival held in Bariyapur November 28, 2014. Sword-wielding Hindu devotees in Nepal began slaughtering thousands of animals and birds in a ritual sacrifice, ignoring calls by animal rights activists to halt what they described as the world's largest such exercise.

Nov. 28, 2014



A herd of buffaloes stand before they are slaughtered during a mass sacrifice ceremony at Gadhimai temple in the jungles of Bara district, about 160 miles (100 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. A festival believed to be the largest animal sacrifice ritual in the world began Friday in southern Nepal, where devotees believe the sacrifices bring good luck and a Hindu goddess will grant their wishes. Organizers and the authorities defend the festival held every five years as a generations-old tradition, though animal rights activists decry it as barbaric. During the 2009 festival, an estimated 200,000 animals and birds were sacrificed. (AP Photo/Sunil Sharma)

Nov. 28, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A butcher holds his blade high as he looks for a buffalo to be sacrificed November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A butcher swings his blade November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A butcher holding his blade walks inside an enclosed compound November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A butcher prepares to slaughter a buffalo November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Sacrificed buffaloes lie on the ground of an enclosed compound during the sacrificial ceremony November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A security personnel stands on the wall of an enclosed compound where buffaloes are kept November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014



PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationBariyapur, NepalReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A buffalo about to be sacrificed sits inside an enclosed compound November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014



A supporter of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissiholds a poster as an army helicopter patrols over TahrirSquare in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Two senior Egyptian army officers were killed early Friday morning as security forces arrested more than 100 Islamists ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Nov. 28, 2014


People cheer towards the motorcade carrying French President Francois Hollandeand his Guinean counterpart Alpha Conde in Conakry, Guinea, Friday, Nov 28, 2014. Hollande is visiting the Ebola stricken country during a seven-hour stop on his way to Dakar, Senegal. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Nov. 28, 2014


A National Police officer slips while trying to kick a burning tire at a barricade set up by protesters demanding the resignation of President Michel Martelly, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Nov. 28, 2014


A rickshaw cyclist plays a game on his mobile phone as he takes rest in New Delhi, India,

Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Rickshaws are a popular means of transportation in market areas

where crowded streets keeps bigger vehicles away from the roads. (AP Photo /Manish

Swarup)

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerDanish SiddiquiLocationBHOPAL, IndiaReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Former maintenance worker, Mohammed Yaqub, poses in his house with his old identity card from the defunct Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal where he once worked November 13, 2014. On the night of December 2, 1984, the factory owned by the U.S. multinational Union Carbide Corporation accidentally leaked cyanide gas into the air, killing thousands of largely poor Indians in the central city of Bhopal. Thirty years on, the toxic...more

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerDanish SiddiquiLocationBHOPAL, IndiaReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Trees frame a rusting building at the abandoned former Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal November 11, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerPOOL NewLocationConakry, GuineaReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014French President Francois Hollande has his temperature measured upon his arrival at the Donka Hospital in Conakry, Guinea, November 28, 2014, as part of a one-day visit in Guinea focused on Ebola.

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerBrendan McDermidLocationNEW YORK, United StatesReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014A New York City Police NYPD officer detains a demonstrator protesting outside of Macy's in Herald Square during the Black Friday shopping day in New York November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014




Reuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Devotees climb a tree to observe the

sacrificial ceremony of the "GadhimaiMela" festival held in Bariyapur, Nepal,

November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerStringer .LocationKano, NigeriaReuters / Friday, November 28, 2014Police officers stand near wreckage at a scene of multiple bombings at Kano Central Mosque, Nigeria, November 28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014


PhotographerStringer .Location

Kano, NigeriaReuters / Friday, November 28,

2014The remains of the Kano central

mosque bombing victim is carried on the top of a car from

the Murtala Mohammed specialist Hospital for burial

according to Muslim rites, in Kano State, Nigeria, November

28, 2014.

Nov. 28, 2014


Nov. 29 , 2014


PhotographerAsmaa WaguihLocationCAIRO, EgyptReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters as he returns to Maadi military hospital in Cairo November 29, 2014. An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against Mubarak, his interior minister and six aides on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolt that removed him from power. The court also cleared Mubarak and a former oil minister of graft charges related to gas exports to...more

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerNavesh ChitrakarLocationGadhima, NepalReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014An overloaded vehicle transports people returning from the "Gadhimai Mela" festival held in BariyapurNovember 29, 2014. Sword-wielding Hindu devotees in Nepal began slaughtering thousands of animals and birds in a ritual sacrifice on Friday, ignoring calls by animal rights activists to halt what they described as the world's largest such exercise. REUTERS/NaveshChitrakar

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerStoyan Nenov

LocationISTANBUL, Turkey


Pope Francis releases a white dove prior to delivering a Holy Mass at the Catholic Cathedral

of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul November 29, 2014. Pope

Francis began a visit to Turkey on Friday with the delicate

mission of strengthening ties with Muslim leaders while

condemning violence against Christians and other minorities

in the Middle East. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Nov. 29, 2014



Kano, NigeriaReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014

Security and emergency agency staff investigate the Kano Central Mosque bombing scene in Kano November 29, 2014. Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria's biggest city Kano on Friday, killing at least 81

people, witnesses and officials said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants. REUTERS/Stringer

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerHannibal Hanschke

LocationBerlin, Germany


Children ride on a merry-go-round at a Christmas market in Berlin

November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerCarlo AllegriLocationNew York, United StatesReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton speaks at the National Action Network in the Harlem Borough of New York November 29, 2014. Sharpton is calling a countdown to the end of the grand jury looking into the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island while in police custody. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerPichi ChuangLocationTAIPEI, TaiwanReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014Supporters wave flags after Taipei mayoral candidate Ko Wen-je won the local elections, in Taipei November 29, 2014. An independent candidate backed by Taiwan's opposition, pro-independence party on Saturday claimed victory in local elections as the next mayor of Taipei, breaking the ruling party's 16-year hold on the island's capital. The win by Ko, 55, a trauma surgeon, is a setback for the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) ahead of a...more

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerLaszlo Balogh

LocationBUDAPEST, Hungary

Reuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014Hungarian wrestlers fight during the

Hungarian wrestling Championship in Budapest November 29, 2014

REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerEmmanuel Foudrot

LocationLYON, France

Reuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014French riot police apprehend a man

during clashes with extreme left protesters during a demonstration against the French far-right party's

congress which is held over the weekend in Lyon November 29, 2014.

REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerIna FassbenderLocationLEVERKUSEN, GermanyReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014Bayer Leverkusen's Sebastian Boenisch (L), Tin Jedvaj (C) and FC Cologne's Kevin Wimmer (R) head a ball during the Bundesliga first division soccer match in Leverkusen November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerOmar Sobhani

LocationKABUL, AfghanistanReuters / Saturday,

November 29, 2014A member of Afghan

security forces arrives at the site of a Taliban attack on a

foreign aid workers' guest house in the Afghan capital

of Kabul November 29, 2014. The Taliban attack on

the foreign aid workers' guest house ended Saturday night with all three gunmen dead, an army commander

said. At least two civilians died in the assault.

REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerPaul HackettLocationLONDON, United KingdomReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014West Ham United's James Tomkins (R) challenges Newcastle United's AyozePerez during their English Premier League soccer match at Upton Park in London November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Paul Hackett

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerJon Nazca

LocationMALAGA, Spain


Real Madrid's Gareth Bale (L) jumps for the ball with Malaga's

Arthur Boka during their Spanish First Division soccer match at La

Rosaleda stadium in Malaga, southern Spain November 29,

2014. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerToby Melville

LocationLONDON, United Kingdom


England's Anthony Watson (C) jumps for the ball during their international rugby test match

against Australia at TwickenhamStadium in London, November 29,

2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerRafael MarchanteLocationNazare, PortugalReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014Big-wave surfer Cliff Skudin of US drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte, in NazareNovember 29, 2014. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerTony GentileLocationISTANBUL, TurkeyReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (R) blesses Pope Francis during an Ecumenical Prayer in the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul November 29, 2014. Pope Francis began a visit to Turkey on Friday with the delicate mission of strengthening ties with Muslim leaders while condemning violence against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerDado RuvicLocationJAJCE, Bosnia and HerzegovinaReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014Salko Rizvic, dressed in historical clothing, holds a portrait of the late president of the former Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito as he poses for a picture during a gathering in JajceNovember 29, 2014. Hundreds of anti-fascists and people from the countries of the former Yugoslavia gathered in the Bosnian town of Jajce to mark the 71st anniversary of the creation of the federal Yugoslavia in 1943. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerAmr DalshLocationCAIRO, EgyptReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014Supporters of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak celebrate after hearing the verdict of his trial in Cairo November 29, 2014. An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against ousted president Hosni Mubarak on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolt that removed him from power. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerHannibal HanschkeLocationBerlin, GermanyReuters / Saturday, November 29, 2014People attend a promotion action for the new fan shop of the soccer club Bayern Munich in Berlin November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Nov. 29, 2014


PhotographerSheng LiLocation

CONGJIANG, ChinaReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014

Two bulls fight as villagers watch during an ethnic Dong traditional bullfighting contest in Congjiang county, Guizhou

province, November 29, 2014.

Nov. 29, 2014


Nov. 30 , 2014


PhotographerDamir SagoljLocationLopburi, ThailandReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014A terminally ill patient raises his arm in a hospice for those dying of AIDS at the Buddhist temple Wat Prabat Nampu in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


Uruguay's leftist candidate Tabare Vazquez has easily beaten rival Luis Lacalle Pou in a

presidential run-off. Mr Vazquez, 74, is a cancer doctor who served as president from 2005-10. "I want to be able to count on all Uruguayans,

but not so that they follow me but so that they guide me, accompany me," he said.

Nov. 30, 2014


Yuzuru Hanyu, of Japan, performs during the gala exhibition of the NHK Trophy figure skating in Osaka.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerBobby Yip

LocationHONG KONG, China


A pro-democracy protester blocks a riot policeman during a clash outside

the government headquarters in Hong Kong December 1, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationFERGUSON, United StatesReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014An image of 18-year-old Michael Brown is seen on the tie of his father Michael Brown Sr. as he attends Sunday service under a makeshift tent next to the destroyed Flood Christian Church in Ferguson, Missouri November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerTyrone SiuLocationHONG KONG, ChinaReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014Police use pepper spray during clashes with pro-democracy protesters close to the chief executive office in Hong Kong, November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerAlex LeeLocation

GUANGZHOU, ChinaReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014

Flamingos are seen in a nature reserve park in Panyu district south of

Guangzhou, Guangdong province, November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerRonen Zvulun

LocationJERUSALEM, Israel

Reuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014A burnt wall is seen in a torched classroom in an

Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem November 30, 2014. Suspected Jewish extremists set fire to

the classroom, police said, targeting a symbol of co-existence in a city on edge over a recent

surge in violence.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerSiphiwe Sibeko

LocationJohannesburg, South Africa

Reuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014Nine-year-old Tumelo holds his

grandmother's hand after taking his medication at Nkosi's Haven, south of

Johannesburg November 28, 2014. Nkosi's Haven provides residential

care for destitute HIV-positive mothers and their children, whether

HIV-positive or not.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerDarren StaplesLocationKEELE, United KingdomReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014A competitor throws during the UK Christmas Tree Throwing Championships in Keele, central England, November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerDamir SagoljLocationLopburi, ThailandReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014Terminally ill patients rest in their beds in a hospice for those dying of AIDS at the Buddhist temple WatPrabat Nampu in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerMark Blinch

LocationVANCOUVER, Canada

Reuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014Calgary Stampeders' Nik Lewis (82)

jumps over Hamilton Tiger Cats' Brandon Stewart (9) while running the

football in the first half during the CFL's 102nd Grey Cup football

championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerRobert PrattaLocationLYON, FranceReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014Marine Le Pen, France's National Front political party leader, reacts after being re-elected during their congress in Lyon November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerAlessandro BianchiLocationROME, ItalyReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014AS Roma's Radja Nainggolanstretches before the start of his Italian Serie A soccer match against Inter Milan at the Olympic stadium in Rome November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerTyrone Siu

LocationHONGKONG, China

Reuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014Pro-democracy protesters sleep at a

tunnel blocked by protesters near the office of the Chief Executive in Hong

Kong December 1, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerStoyan NenovLocationISTANBUL, TurkeyReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014Pope Francis is seen through a window aboard his plane as he leaves Istanbul, November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationFERGUSON, United StatesReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014A protester shouts at police as he blocks traffic before being arrested outside the Ferguson Police Station in Ferguson, Missouri November 29, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


PhotographerMark Blinch

LocationVANCOUVER, Canada

Reuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014The Grey Cup splits into two pieces as

Calgary Stampeders' Matt Walter celebrates in the locker room after his team defeated the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the CFL's 102nd

Grey Cup football championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 30,

2014.

Nov. 30, 2014



ALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Monday, November 10,

2014A Free Syrian Army fighter prepares a

locally made shell before firing it towards forces loyal to Syria's

President Bashar al-Assad in BaniZeid neighborhood, Aleppo

November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Nov. 10, 2014

Fighting Assad

Fighting Assad


PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014Al-Mujahideen army fighters, which operates under the Free Syrian Army, sit in shooting positions inside a damaged room during clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the Zeno street frontline in Aleppo November 18, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

Nov. 18, 2014

Fighting Assad


PhotographerStringer .LocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014Rebel fighters launch a locally made weapon on the Karm al-Tarab frontline towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Asaad, at Aleppo International airport November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Nov. 23, 2014

Fighting Assad



ALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014Rebel fighters take up position behind

piles of sandbags on the Karm al-Tarabfrontline, next to Aleppo International

airport November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Nov. 23, 2014

Fighting Assad


Photographer

Stringer .

Location

DAMASCUS, Syria

Reuters / Monday, November 24,

2014

A rebel fighter aims his weapon as

he takes a position at the frontline

against forces loyal to Syria's

President Bashar al-Assad in

Maysaloun neighborhood in the

old city of Aleppo, November 24,

2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman

Ismail

Nov. 24, 2014

Fighting Assad


PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Monday, November 24, 2014A view of a van (R) belonging to forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and which rebel fighters said they ambushed in Maysalounneighborhood in the old city of Aleppo, November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Nov. 24, 2014

Fighting Assad


PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaRebel fighters aim their weapons as they take positions at the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Maysalounneighborhood in the old city of Aleppo November 24, 2014.Reuters / Monday, November 24, 2014

Nov. 24, 2014

Fighting Assad


PhotographerStringer .LocationLatakia, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014Rebel fighters carry their weapons as they head towards their positions near the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province November 25, 2014. REUTERS/AlaaKhweled

Nov. 25, 2014

Fighting Assad


Photographer

Stringer .

Location

Latakia, Syria

Reuters / Tuesday, November 25,

2014

A rebel fighter carries ammunition

as he heads towards his position

near the frontline against forces

loyal to Syria's president Bashar

Al-Assad in the Jabal al-Akrad

area in Syria's northwestern

Latakia province, November 25,

2014. REUTERS/Alaa Khweled

Nov. 25, 2014

Fighting Assad



Latakia, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November 25,

2014A rebel fighter fires an anti-tank

missile towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad

in the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province

November 25, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Khweled

Nov. 25, 2014

Fighting Assad


PhotographerStringer .LocationLatakia, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014A rebel fighter is seen through a missile launcher near the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakia province November 25, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Khweled

Nov. 25, 2014

Fighting Assad



Latakia, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November

25, 2014Rebel fighters prepare to fire a

machine gun towards forces loyal to Syria's President

Bashar al-Assad in the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria's

northwestern Latakia province November 25, 2014.

REUTERS/Alaa Khweled

Nov. 25, 2014

Fighting Assad


PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaReuters / Monday, November 24, 2014Rebel fighters carry their weapons as they stand along an alleyway at the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Maysaloun neighborhood in the old city of Aleppo November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Nov. 25, 2014

Fighting Assad



NONE, SyriaReuters / Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Abu Saleh, a 65 year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, sits at his guard post near the

frontline against forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in the Jabal al-

Akrad area in Syria's northwestern Latakiaprovince November 25, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa

Khweled

Nov. 25, 2014

Fighting Assad


Photographer

Hosam Katan

Location

ALEPPO, Syria


Fighters from the Noureddine Zanki

movement, which operates under the

Free Syrian Army, rest inside a room near

the frontline against forces loyal to Syria's

President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-

Rashideen neighborhood, November 27,

2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan

Nov. 27, 2014

Fighting Assad


PhotographerMahmoud HebboLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014An injured girl reacts during what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, in the Bab al-Hadid district of Aleppo November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014


Photographer

Stringer .

Location

ALEPPO, Syria


Free Syrian Army fighters take shooting

positions during clashes with forces loyal to

Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, in Old

Aleppo, November 30, 2014.

REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Nov. 30, 2014

Fighting Assad


Photographer

Hosam Katan

Location

ALEPPO, Syria


Free Syrian Army fighters fire an anti-aircraft

weapon towards forces loyal to Syria's

President Bashar al-Assad in the Handarat

area, north of Aleppo. REUTERS/Hosam

Katan

Nov. 30, 2014

Fighting Assad


PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaReuters / Sunday, November 30, 2014Locally made shells are launched by Free Syrian Army fighters towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Handarat area, north of Aleppo November 30, 2014.

Nov. 30, 2014

Fighting Assad


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