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2. Diwali: Festival of LightsOct. 27, 2014Click to continueNovember 5, 2014 2 3. An Indian potter prepares to burn dried earthen lamps in an oven to make themdurable ahead of Diwali festival at the Basantpur village on the outskirts ofBhubaneswar, India, Wednesday, Oct.15, 2014. The earthen lamps are in demandduring the Diwali festival when people buy them to light up their homes. (APPhoto/Biswaranjan Rout)Oct. 15, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsClick to continueNovember 5, 2014 3 4. Indian potters stack earthen lamps on ahearth to harden them, ahead of Diwalifestival in Allahabad, India,Thursday,Oct. 16, 2014. People buy earthenlamps to decorate their homes duringthe Diwali festival of lights, which willbe celebrated on October 23. (APPhoto/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Oct. 16, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsClick to continueNovember 5, 2014 4 5. Click to continueIndians buy lanterns and lamps from roadside stalls ahead of Diwali, the Hindufestival of lights in Mumbai, India, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Diwali will becelebrated is most parts of India on Oct. 23.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Oct. 20, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 5 6. Children with special needs light firecrackers as they celebrate Diwali, the festivalof lights at the Shishu Sarathi School in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)Oct. 22, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsClick to continueNovember 5, 2014 6 7. An Indian man dressed as monkey god Hanuman walks in a procession on the eveof Diwali in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. The day before Diwali,the festival of lights, is a significant Hanuman worship day for Hindus. (APPhoto/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Oct. 22, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsClick to continueNovember 5, 2014 7 8. A Hindu devotee offers a prayer in front of a god statue of Meenakshi Amman duringDiwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, at Sri Mahamariamman Temple in Klang, outsideKuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)Oct. 22, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsClick to continueNovember 5, 2014 8 9. An Indian Sikh devotee lights candles on theoccasion of Bandi Chhor Divas, or Diwali, atthe illuminated Golden Temple in Amritsar,India on October 23, 2014. Sikhs celebrateDiwali to mark the return of the sixth Guru,Guru Hargobind Ji, who was freed fromimprisonment and managed to release 52political prisoners at the same time fromGwalior fort by Mughal Emperor Jahangir in1619. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU(Photo credit should read NARINDERNANU/AFP/Getty Images)Oct. 23, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 9 10. Indians play with firecrackers tocelebrate Diwali in Allahabad,India,Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.Diwali, the festival of lights, is oneof Hinduism's most importantfestivals dedicated to the worshipof Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess ofwealth. (AP Photo/ Rajesh KumarSingh)Oct. 23, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsClick to continueNovember 5, 2014 10 11. Fireworks light up the night sky duringDiwali festival in Ajmer, India, Thursday,Oct. 23, 2014. Diwali, the festival of lights,is one of Hinduism's most importantfestivals dedicated to the worship ofLakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth.(AP Photo Deepak Sharma)Oct. 23, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsClick to continueNovember 5, 2014 11 12. A child living in a shanty area jumps as hewatches a firecracker light up during Diwalicelebrations in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23,2014. Diwali, the festival of lights, is one ofHinduism's most important festivals dedicated tothe worship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess ofwealth. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Oct. 23, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 12 13. Roadside vendors prepare garlands of marigold early morning at a market onDiwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.Marigold flowers are popularly used as offerings and for rituals and decorationsduring Hindu festivals. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Oct. 23, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 13 14. Tenements housing mostly fishermen families are illuminated with lights tocelebrate Diwali in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Diwali, the festival oflights, is one of Hinduism's most important festivals dedicated to the worship ofLakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Oct. 23, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 14 15. Oct. 23, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsA young Indian girl laughs asshe plays with a firecrackerduring Diwali, the festival oflights, in New Delhi, India,Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.Diwali is one of Hinduism'smost important festivalsdedicated to the worship ofLakshmi, the Hindu goddess ofwealth. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)November 5, 2014 15 16. Oct. 22, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsA Hindu devotee walks past godstatues during Diwali, or the Hindufestival of lights, at Sri MahaMariamman Temple in Klang, outsideKuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday,Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)November 5, 2014 16 17. Girls light lamps outside their homes in a tenement illuminated with lights duringDiwali festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Hindus light up theirhomes and light firecrackers to mark Diwali, the festival of lights, dedicated to theworship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Oct. 23, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 17 18. A Pakistani girl from Hindu community holds a clay lamp during the Diwali celebrations at a local temple inLahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Diwali, the festival of lights, is one of Hinduism's most importantfestivals dedicated to the worship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Oct. 23, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 18 19. An artist applies henna on the hand of aMalaysian ethnic Indian girl for theupcoming Diwali, or the Hindu festival oflights in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Thefestival falls on Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Lai SengSin)Oct. 22, 2014Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 19 20. India celebrates DiwaliIndians are celebrating Diwali, the biggest Hindu festival, by lighting earthenlamps, bursting firecrackers and distributing sweets.Oct. 22, 2014India celebrates DiwaliOn Diwali, many Indians worship Lakshmi, thegoddess of wealth. Here, an artist gives the finaltouches to a Lakshmi statue at a workshopahead of the festival in the southern city ofHyderabad.November 5, 2014 20 21. Oct. 22, 2014India celebrates DiwaliHomes across India are decorated with brightlights and colourful lanterns. Also known as theFestival of Lights, Diwali marks the victory ofgood over evil and celebrates the time whenLord Rama returned to his kingdom Ayodhyaafter vanquishing the demon king Ravana.November 5, 2014 21 22. The three-day festival began on Tuesday with Dhanteras - a daymany believe is auspicious for making purchases. It's a dayshops across India and jammed with shoppers and many buyprecious metals like gold and silver.Oct. 22, 2014India celebrates DiwaliNovember 5, 2014 22 23. Dhanteras holds special significance for the business community. Here, a manmarks one-rupee coins with kumkum - a red coloured powder used on social andreligious occasions - as part of a Dhanteras ritual near the western city ofAhmedabad.Oct. 22, 2014India celebrates DiwaliNovember 5, 2014 23 24. Oct. 22, 2014India celebrates DiwaliThousands of widows, who have been abandoned by theirfamilies, are for the first time participating in the Diwalicelebrations organised by the non-governmentalorganisation Sulabh International. Here, a group of widowshold earthen oil lamps as they offer prayers on the banks ofthe river Yamuna.November 5, 2014 24 25. Oct. 22, 2014India celebrates DiwaliHere, some elderly widows lightsparklers after offering prayers inthe northern town of Vrindavan.November 5, 2014 25 26. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 26 27. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 27 28. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 28 29. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 29 30. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 30 31. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 31 32. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 32 33. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 33 34. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 34 35. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 35 36. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 36 37. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 37 38. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 38 39. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 39 40. Diwali: Festival of LightsNovember 5, 2014 40 41. Renee ByerNews stories in photographsliving on a dollar a dayPHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERNovember 5, 2014 41 42. living on a dollar a dayAt the Krousa Thmey Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia,five brothers sleep together on the floor. This is atemporary orphanage or, in reality, safe house forchildren who have been found abandoned andwandering the streets. Because space is limited, theycannot stay for long, but for now at least they are givensome refuge from the influences of the streets of thecity. These brothers range in age from 5 to 12.PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERNovember 5, 2014 42 43. Dominga Illari, 70, left, and Manuela Quispe Avile, 70, right, dance afterharvesting potatoes. Avile is the owner of the land and Illari works for her inexchange for food to eat, not money in Santiago de Okola, Bolivia.PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERliving on a dollar a dayNovember 5, 2014 43 44. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERRudra, 5, and his sister Suhani, 3, search for tea to drink at theCharan slum Settlement in Dharamsala, India, where they live withtheir family. They survive although two of their siblings recentlydied of malnutrition.living on a dollar a dayNovember 5, 2014 44 45. living on a dollar a dayLabone, 27, takes a moment to holdher young daughter Nupur, 1, whowas fathered by a client, before shehas to return to her evenings workin a brothel in Jessore, Bangladesh.PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERNovember 5, 2014 45 46. living on a dollar a dayPhay Phanna, 60, lost his legwhen he stepped on a landmine in 1988 near theCambodian-Thai border. He isa widower and is the solehead of his family, caring for11 children in a home he doesnot own. It has beenscheduled for demolitionsince being purchased by aprivate developer in 2008 inPhnom Penh, Cambodia.PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERNovember 5, 2014 46 47. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERliving on a dollar a dayIn the Charan slum settlement of northern India, Kalpana, 20, starves one of her children Sangeeta, 2, while her sister Sarita, 5-months-old, right, sleeps in comfort, above right, in hermother's arms. Sangeeta only weighs 9 pounds. Children are more likely to appeal to the sympathy of those inclined to give to beggars, so those who beg use children for this purpose.Worse, sometimes as in this case a child is staved and carried about by the childs parent while she begs on the streets or rented out to another beggar to be used as an object ofsympathy in the hope of generating more income over the course of a given day. Sometimes these extra funds are used to feed other children, thus, in practice, one child is sacrificed forhe sake of others. Sangeeta has since been helped by the Tong-Len Charitable Trusts mobile medical clinic at the Charan slum settlement, Dharamsala, India. But according to the WorldBank 19,000 children die a day from preventable causes. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERNovember 5, 2014 47 48. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERFollowing the death of his father, AlvaroKalancha Quispe, 9, helps his family survive byherding. He opens the gate to the stone penthat holds the family's alpacas and llamaseach morning so they can graze throughoutthe hillsides during the day. He then heads offto school, but must round them up again inthe evening in the Akamani mountain range ofBolivia in an area called Caluyo, about an hourfrom the city of Qutapampa.In this part of the world, the highlands ofBolivia, approximately 13,000 feet above sealevel, residents live in homes with noinsulation, no electricity, and no beds. Theirwater comes from streams that run off thesnow-covered mountains. Their livelihood lieswith their animals, for each animal producesabout three pounds of fur each year, and eachpound of fur is sold for 18 bolivianos, whichamounts to about $2.50 U.S. All in all, thisfamily may earn about $200 of income eachyear from the herd they watch over. PHOTOSCOPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERliving on a dollar a dayNovember 5, 2014 48 49. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERA sea of people passes by Hunupa Begum, 13, who has been blind for the past 10years and lives close to the Nizamudin Bangala Masjid (Mosque) in New Delhi,India. She begs as the only source of income for her family that consist of abrother Hajimudin Sheikh, 6, center, who suffers fluids that accumulate in hishead and her mother Manora Begum, 35, right, who suffers from Asthma, andshe has a womb ailment and can't do manual labor. Their father Nizam Ali Sheikhdied ten years ago of Tuberculosis. Her wheelchair was donated by a passerby.PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERliving on a dollar a dayNovember 5, 2014 49 50. living on a dollar a dayFour-year-old Ana-Maria Tudor, above, standsin the light of her doorway in Bucharest,Romania, hoping for a miracle as her familyfaces eviction from the only home they haveever had. Her father recently had a gall bladdersurgery that resulted in an infection and lefthim unable to work. The one room they live inhas no bathroom or running water.PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERPHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERNovember 5, 2014 50 51. living on a dollar a dayIn an e-waste dump that kills nearly everything that it touches, Fati, 8, works withother children searching through hazardous waste in hopes of finding whatevershe can to exchange for pennies in order to survive. While balancing a bucket onher head with the little metal she has found, tears stream down her face as theresult of the pain that comes with the malaria she contracted some years ago.This is work she must do to survive. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERPHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERNovember 5, 2014 51 52. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERJestina Koko, 25, with her daughter Satta Quaye, 5. Crippled since the age ofthree, she depends on her arms to lift and drag herself. She survives by doinglaundry for others, selling cookies on the street, and begging in Monrovia, Liberia.Both of them suffer from malaria. She wishes for a wheel chair, a private room tolive in and for her daughter to go to school. They sleep in the hallway of a homethat has no electric, toilet or running water and own nothing. August 29, 2010.PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERliving on a dollar a dayNovember 5, 2014 52 53. living on a dollar a dayComplaining of stomach pains Viorica Gulie, 31, takes a breakfrom cooking soup for her family as her mother-in-law ConstantaGulie, 58, looks on at left. She suffers from Gastitis of herstomach. With no money for medication or to go to the hospitalshe has to live in pain. Their house which has no running water ora bathroom is built on state land and they don't have title deedsso they are in fear of being evicted in Slatina, Romania.PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT RENE C. BYERNovember 5, 2014 53 54. News stories in photographsDay of Marches and Violence in KievNovember 5, 2014 54 55. Fighters from the Azov volunteer battalionignite flares during march marking the 72thanniversary of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.AP Photo/Sergei ChuzavkovDay of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 55 56. Activists of the Ukrainian nationalistparties take part in a procession tomark the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks.REUTERS/Gleb GaranichDay of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 56 57. Day of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 57 58. Activists of the Ukrainian nationalist parties hold torches as theymark the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichDay of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 58 59. Day of Marches andViolence in KievA broken window in the parliament building.REUTERS/Gleb GaranichNovember 5, 2014 59 60. Ukrainian nationalists and servicemen of theAzov battalion hold flares in Kiev. GENYASAVILOV/AFP/Getty ImagesDay of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 60 61. Day of Marches andViolence in KievInterior Ministry members stand guard in formationduring clashes with radical protesters.REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoNovember 5, 2014 61 62. Day of Marches andViolence in KievPolice clash with demonstrators outside parliament inKiev. AP Photo/Sergei ChuzavkovNovember 5, 2014 62 63. Fighters from the Azov volunteer battalion ignite flares during march marking the72th anniversary of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. AP Photo/Sergei ChuzavkovDay of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 63 64. Day of Marches andViolence in KievUkrainian nationalists and servicemen of the Azov battaliondemonstrate in Kiev. GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images November 5, 2014 64 65. Day of Marches andViolence in KievA radical protester uses a slingshot to hurl a stone during clashes with InteriorMinistry and law enforcement members. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich November 5, 2014 65 66. Radical protesters clash with law enforcement members on the Dayof Ukrainian Cossacks. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoDay of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 66 67. Radical protesters clash with Interior Ministry and law enforcement members onthe Day of Ukrainian Cossacks in Kiev, Tuesday. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoDay of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 67 68. Ukrainian nationalists and servicemen of the Azov battaliondemonstrate in Kiev. GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty ImagesDay of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 68 69. Ukrainian nationalists and servicemen of the Azov battalion wave flags in Kievduring march to mark the founding of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. GENYASAVILOV/AFP/Getty ImagesDay of Marches andViolence in KievNovember 5, 2014 69 70. Day of Marches andViolence in KievSoldiers of the Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Azov" take part in a procession tomark the Day November 5, 2014 of Ukrainian Cossacks. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 70 71. November 5, 2014 71 72. November 5, 2014 72 73. Smoke rises behind Donetsk train station, not far from theDonetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, during an artillerybattle between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian governmentforces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 12,2014. Donetsk airport is the focus of much of the fighting but hasno immediate tactical significance for separatist forces who aredevoid of any air power. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)November 5, 2014 73 74. Smoke rises near the main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport during an artillery battlebetween pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine,Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Donetsk airport is the focus of much of the fighting but has no immediate tacticalsignificance for separatist forces who are devoid of any air power. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)November 5, 2014 74 75. November 5, 2014 75 76. November 5, 2014 76 77. November 5, 2014 77 78. News stories in photographsNorth Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 78 79. North Korea Daily LifeIn this Monday, Jan. 16, 2012photo, light shines through awindow on to a tank filled withgoldfish inside an office at theKorean Central News Agencybuilding in Pyongyang, NorthKorea. Daily life to the NorthKorean capital has begun to returnto normal one month after lateleader Kim Jong Il's death. (APPhoto/David Guttenfelder)November 5, 2014 79 80. In this Wednesday, April 4, 2012 photo, a North Korean soldier, working as a guide, walks through a forest that is said tobe a former camp site where the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung overnight while leading a battle against theJapanese at the foot of Mount Paektu, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 80 81. A residential complex is seen on Monday, July 22, 2013in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea. (APPhoto/Wong Maye-E)North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 81 82. North Korea Daily LifeIn this photo taken Saturday,Oct. 25, 2014, a North Koreanbride and groom pose for aphotograph at the Moranbonghill where they went to takewedding pictures, inPyongyang, North Korea. Thecouple, Ri Ok Ran, 28 and KangSung Jin, 32, were marriedSaturday after dating for abouttwo years. (AP Photo/WongMaye-E)November 5, 2014 82 83. North Koreans are seen cycling to work at dusk through condensation on a car window,Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 83 84. North Korea Daily LifeIn this Tuesday, April23, 2013 photo, aNorth Korean trafficpoliceman stands atan intersection inKaesong, North Korea.(AP Photo/DavidGuttenfelder)November 5, 2014 84 85. A North Korean tour guide stands on the top of Juche Tower in Pyongyang and looks downat the capital city below on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 85 86. In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, a North Korean man fetches waterfrom a water canal north of Mount Kuwol in South Hwanghae province, NorthKorea. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 86 87. North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 87 88. North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 88 89. North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 89 90. 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Throughout the trip,Talmadge and Guttenfelder traveled alongside government "minders"and were not able to interview ordinary people.In the photo above, schoolchildren help repair potholes on a rural roadin North Korea's North Hamgyong province on June 20, 2014.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 124 125. An employee walks through the lobbyof a hotel for foreign visitors inChongjin, North Korea on June 19.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 125 126. A man takes shelter from the rain inSamjiyon, North Korea on June 17.Talmadge and Guttenfelder stopped at manytowns like this along the way to MountPaektu.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 126 127. On June 16, farmers walk their cattle through arainstorm in the Ryanggang province of NorthKorea. Most of the North Korean landscaperemains industrially undeveloped.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 127 128. North Korea Daily LifeA North Korean woman walks on the peak of Mount Paektu in North Korea's Ryanggang province on June 18. More thana thousand years ago, a huge volcano straddling the border between North Korea and China was the site of one of thebiggest eruptions in human history, blanketing eastern Asia in its ash.But unlike other major volcanos around the world, the remote and politically sensitive Mount Paektu remains almost acomplete mystery to foreign scientists who have - until recently - been unable to conduct on-site studies.November 5, 2014 128 129. A woman walks along a deserted stretch of road southeast of Pyongyang, NorthKorea on June 21. Many roads in North Korea are poorly paved. This 124-milestretch of highway between Pyongyang and the port city of Wonsan is thecountry's best-paved stretch, and is often devoid of traffic.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 129 130. There are very few motor vehicles outside of Pyongyang, and most, like theone pictured, frequently break down. In this photo, taken in the port city ofWonsan, North Korea on June 21, a man works on his pickup truck.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 130 131. Leftovers from a group lunch inWosan, North Korea, on June 15.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 131 132. A deer's hoof used as a door handle hangs from thefront door of the home where North Koreans say thelate leader Kim Jong Il was born, around Mount Paektuin North Korea's Ryanggang province on June 17.North Koreans venerate Mount Paektu for its naturalbeauty, but more importantly because it is consideredthe home of the North Korean revolution.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 132 133. North Korean residents walk on a road along a river in thetown of Kimchaek, in North Korea's North Hamgyong province,on June 20. The once-productive cities along its east coast, likethe coal mining town of Kilju and the nearby city of Kimchaek,have become a rust belt. Ironworks complexes which thesecities were built around remain dormant.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 133 134. Residents rest alongside a railroad track in North Korea's North Hamgyong province onJune 20. Because of very low vehicle ownership and poor road conditions, railways arethe country's main mode of transportation.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 134 135. Statues of animals play instruments in the countryside in Samsu on June 16. NorthKorea is filled with child-friendly iconography dating back to the Soviet era.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 135 136. Young North Koreans have abeachside picnic in Wonsan,North Korea on June 21. Wonsanwas converted to the nation'sfirst beach resort in 2013 after aninitiative by Kim Jong-Un.North Korea Daily LifeNovember 5, 2014 136 137. News stories in photographsUkraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 137 138. A man walks past election posters of candidates for parliament elections in the town of Mariupol, easternUkraine, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. Ukraines parliament elections are scheduled for Sunday Oct. 26. (APPhoto/Dmitry Lovetsky)Oct. 22, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 138 139. A worker pastes an election poster of parliament election candidate SerhiyTaruta, in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014.Ukraines parliament elections are scheduled for Sunday Oct. 26. (APPhoto/Dmitry Lovetsky)Oct. 22, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 139 140. A man walks past election posters ofcandidates for parliament elections inthe town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine,Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. Ukrainesparliament elections are scheduled forSunday Oct. 26. (AP Photo/DmitryLovetsky)Oct. 22, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 140 141. A woman watches photos taken during fresh protestsexhibited at Kievs Independence Square, Ukraine, Friday,Oct. 24, 2014. Parliamentary elections on Sunday in Ukrainepromise to usher in a fresh class of politicians, but formillions of Ukrainians change is no promise of improvement.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Oct. 24, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 141 142. An election official prepares voting booths at a polling station in the governmentcontrolled town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Ukrainianparliamentary elections will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)Oct. 24, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 142 143. A seller waits for customers in her fruit shop at amarket in central Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 24,2014. Parliamentary elections on Sunday in Ukrainepromise to usher in a fresh class of politicians, butfor millions of Ukrainians change is no promise ofimprovement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Oct. 24, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 143 144. Ballot boxes await use inside a polling station in central Kiev,Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Parliamentary elections on Sundayin Ukraine promise to usher in a fresh class of politicians, but formillions of Ukrainians change is no promise of improvement. (APOct. 24, 2014 Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 144 145. A woman walks past a huge Ukrainian flag the day before of the parliamentary elections incentral Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Parliamentary elections on Sunday inUkraine promise to usher in a fresh class of politicians, but for millions of Ukrainianschange is no promise of improvement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Oct. 24, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 145 146. A seller sleeps inside his fish shop as he waits forcustomers at a market in central Kiev, Ukraine, Friday,Oct. 24, 2014. Parliamentary elections on Sunday inUkraine promise to usher in a fresh class of politicians,but for millions of Ukrainians change is no promise ofimprovement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Oct. 24, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 146 147. Oct. 25, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014Election officialsassemble ballot boxes ata polling station in thegovernment controlledtown of Mariupol,eastern UkraineSaturday, Oct. 25, 2014.Ukrainian parliamentaryelections will be held onSunday. (APPhoto/Dmitry Lovetsky)November 5, 2014 147 148. Ukrainian army soldiers guard a district election commission as an election official carries ballots to apolling station in Volnovakha, a village on the front line of fighting between Ukrainian governmentforces and rebels, eastern Ukraine Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)Oct. 25, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 148 149. Oct. 25, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014Election officials hanglists of candidates at apolling station in thegovernment controlledtown of Mariupol,eastern UkraineSaturday, Oct. 25, 2014.Ukrainian parliamentaryelections will be held onSunday. (APPhoto/Dmitry Lovetsky)November 5, 2014 149 150. Ukraine Elections 2014Kiev - UkraineNovember 5, 2014 150 151. A member of an election commission holds amobile election box as she visits localresidents during a parliamentary election inHorodyshche near Chernihiv, October 26,2014. Ukrainians voted on Sunday in anelection that is likely to install a pro-Westernparliament and strengthen President PetroPoroshenko's mandate to end separatistconflict in the east, but may fuel tension withRussia. REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE - Tags:POLITICS ELECTIONS)Oct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 151 152. Oct. 26, 2014A woman uses a magnifying glass to read her ballot while voting athome in the village of Gornostaypol, some 80 km north of Kiev, onOctober 26, 2014, during Ukraine's parliamentary elections.Ukrainians voted in parliamentary elections on October 26 that couldsharpen divisions in the war-torn country, while strengtheningPresident Petro Poroshenko's bid to set the ex-Soviet republic on anirreversible pro-Western course. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOVNovember 5, 2014 152Ukraine Elections 2014 153. Oct. 26, 2014KIEV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 26: Nina Pobegailo, 88, casts her vote from her home as electionstaff workers collect ballott papers from people too infirm to visit the polling stations onOctober 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Although a low turn out is expected in the east of thecountry, amid continued fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian seperatists,Ukraine is expected to elect a pro-western parliament in a further move away from Russianinfluence. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)November 5, 2014153Ukraine Elections 2014 154. Oct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014Members of a local electioncommission work at a pollingstation during a parliamentaryelection in the village of Fiinanear Lviv, October 26, 2014.Ukrainians voted on Sunday in anelection that is likely to install apro-Western parliament andstrengthen President PetroPoroshenko's mandate to endseparatist conflict in the east,but may fuel tension with Russia.REUTERS/Roman Baluk(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICSELECTIONS)November 5, 2014 154 155. A man walks out of a voting booth at a polling station during a parliamentaryelection in the village of Fiina near Lviv, October 26, 2014. Ukrainians voted onSunday in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament andstrengthen President Petro Poroshenko's mandate to end separatist conflict inthe east, but may fuel tension with Russia. REUTERS/Roman Baluk (UKRAINE -Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)Oct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 155 156. A local resident looks through a ballot brought by an election commissionmember during a parliamentary election, with a rooster seen in the foreground,in the village of Havronshchyna near Kiev, October 26, 2014. Ukrainians voted onSunday in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament andstrengthen President Petro Poroshenko's mandate to end separatist conflict inthe east, but may fuel tension with Russia. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE -Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS ANIMALS)Oct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 156 157. A woman casts a ballot during a parliamentaryelection at a school gym in the village ofSemyonovka near Slaviansk, eastern Ukraine,October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoOct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 157 158. An election commission member (L) holds a mobileballot box while collecting votes from local residentsduring a parliamentary election in the village ofHavronshchyna near Kiev, October 26, 2014.REUTERS/Gleb GaranichOct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 158 159. Oct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014An elderly voter looks at her voting ballot at a polling stationduring parliamentary elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct.26, 2014. Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday toelect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by itsassociation with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. (APPhoto/Sergei Chuzavkov)November 5, 2014 159 160. Darth Vader, previously known as Viktor Shevchenko, center, theleader of the Ukrainian Internet Party, waits to receive his ballotpapers at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Kiev,Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Voters in Ukraine headed to the pollsSunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature taintedby its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. Pollsterspredict the Ukrainian Internet Party, which also includes a StepanChewbacca on its list, has little chance of getting into parliament inSunday's vote. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Oct. 26, 2014November 5, 2014160Ukraine Elections 2014 161. Electoral commission workers sitat a polling station as they waitfor voters during parliamentaryelections in Konstantinovka,Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine,Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Voters inUkraine headed to the pollsSunday to elect a new parliament,overhauling a legislature taintedby its association with oustedPresident Viktor Yanukovych. (APPhoto/Evgeniy Maloletka)Oct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 161 162. Oct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014A man reads a ballot paper before casting hisvote for the parliamentary elections at apolling station in Konstantinovka, Donetskregion, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014.Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sundayto elect a new parliament, overhauling alegislature tainted by its association withousted President Viktor Yanukovych. (APPhoto/Evgeniy Maloletka)November 5, 2014 162 163. A local resident places herballot into a mobile ballot boxat her home in Horodyshchenear Chernihiv. REUTERS-StringerOct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 163 164. Oct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014A woman leaves a booth at a polling stationinside the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow,Russia, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Ukrainiansheaded to the polls Sunday to elect a newparliament, overhauling a legislature taintedby its association with ousted President ViktorYanukovych. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)November 5, 2014 164 165. Ukrainian soldier Stuzhenko Vasyl, 32, who lost his arm and a leg during fighting near Illovaisk in the Donetskregion last August, casts his vote for the parliamentary elections from the bed of the military hospital where he isrecovering from his wounds in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sundayto elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President ViktorYanukovych. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Oct. 26, 2014Ukraine Elections 2014November 5, 2014 165 166. News stories in photographsBattle for Donetsk airportNovember 5, 2014 166 167. Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportA parking lot and the control tower asseen from a terminal at the airport.November 5, 2014 167 168. Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportA soldier enjoys a break inthe fighting at the airport.November 5, 2014 168 169. Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportA soldier takes a nap during a break in the fighting.November 5, 2014 169 170. Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportA Ukrainian soldier carries grenadelaunchers brought by a supply convoy.The delivery sparked a shootout with pro-Russia separatists. (Sergei Loiko - LosAngeles Times)November 5, 2014 170 171. Fighters from the pro-government Right Sectormilitia provoke an enemy sniper.Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportNovember 5, 2014 171 172. A Ukrainian soldiers takes part in a shootoutwith pro-Russia separatists on the road to theDonetsk airport.Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportNovember 5, 2014 172 173. Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportBattle for Donetsk airportNovember 5, 2014 173 174. Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportOnly three floors remain in theblackened skeleton of the terminal.November 5, 2014 174 175. Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportGovernment forces discuss an operation to deliversupplies and ammo to the Donetsk airport.November 5, 2014 175 176. Oct. 28, 2014Ukrainian army Maj. Valery Rud fights pro-Russia separatists inside the airport.Battle for DonetskairportNovember 5, 2014 176 177. Oct. 28, 2014Troops have a meal at the airport.Battle for DonetskairportNovember 5, 2014 177 178. Oct. 28, 2014Troops cook a meal.Battle for DonetskairportNovember 5, 2014 178 179. Maj. Rud stands in front of a separatist artilleryround that flew into the airport but did not explode.Oct. 28, 2014Battle for DonetskairportNovember 5, 2014 179 180. Oct. 28, 2014The Donetsk airport before the fightingBattle for DonetskairportNovember 5, 2014 180 181. News stories in photographsFighting Islamic State( Oct. 25 Oct. 27 )November 5, 2014 181 182. Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deploymentagainst Islamic State militants in Zumar, October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ari JalalOct. 25, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 182 183. Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deploymentagainst Islamic State militants in Zumar, October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ari JalalOct. 25, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 183 184. A member of the Kurdish peshmerga forces gesturesin Zumar, October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ari JalalOct. 25, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 184 185. Iraqi military vehicles are being transportedinto Jurf al-Sakhar, as part of reinforcementsafter Iraqi troops seized the town, October 25,2014. REUTERS/StringerOct. 25, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 185 186. A Shi'ite fighter aims using a sniper rifle during a patrol in Jurf al-Sakhar,October 25, 2014. REUTERS/StringerOct. 25, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 186 187. Oct. 25, 2014Fighting ISIraqi security forces personnel participate in anintensive security deployment against Islamic Statemilitants in the Himreen mountains of Diyala province,October 25, 2014. REUTERS/StringerNovember 5, 2014 187 188. Oct. 25, 2014Fighting ISA Shi'ite fighter wears aheadband as he patrols inJurf al-Sakhar, October 25,2014. REUTERS/StringerNovember 5, 2014 188 189. A Shi'ite fighter carries his weapon during a patrol in Jurf al-Sakhar October 25, 2014. REUTERS/StringerOct. 25, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 189 190. Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in anintensive security deployment against25, Islamic State militants in Zumar, October 25,Oct. 2014 2014. REUTERS/Ari JalalFighting ISNovember 5, 2014 190 191. Oct. 26, 2014Fighting ISShi'ite fighters pose with a black flag belonging to the Islamic State, whichthey pulled down after capturing the town of Jurf al-Sakhar from the IslamicState militants, south of Baghdad October 26, 2014. REUTERS/StringerNovember 5, 2014 191 192. Destroyed buildings are seen in Zumar, October 26, 2014, after Kurdishpeshmerga forces took the northern Iraqi town from Islamic State.REUTERS/Azad LashkariOct. 26, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 192 193. Oct. 26, 2014Fighting ISKurdish peshmerga troopsparticipate in an intensivesecurity deploymentagainst Islamic Statemilitants in Zumar, October26, 2014. REUTERS/AzadLashkariNovember 5, 2014 193 194. The shadow of a Shi'ite fighter flashing the V-sign while celebrating aftertaking control of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, is cast on awall October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniOct. 26, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 194 195. Iraqi Army personnel transport a woundedsoldier after a mortar attack in Jurf al-Sakhar,south of Baghdad, October 26, 2014.REUTERS/StringerOct. 26, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 195 196. Shi'ite fighters participate in an intensive security deployment againstIslamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar, south of Baghdad, October 26,2014. REUTERS/StringerOct. 26, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 196 197. Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi army membersguard a checkpoint in Jurf al-Sakhar,October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniOct. 26, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 197 198. A Shi'ite fighter shaves while holding a weapon in Jurf al-Sakhar, October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Al-MarjaniOct. 26, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 198 199. A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands near a wall on which the black flagcommonly used by Islamic State militants and other writing have beenpainted over, in the northern Iraqi town of Zumar, October 26, 2014.REUTERS/Azad LashkariOct. 26, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 199 200. Smoke rises after a mortar attack in Jurf al-Sakhar, south ofBaghdad, October 26, 2014. REUTERS/StringerOct. 26, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 200 201. Oct. 26, 2014Fighting ISIraqi Army personnel participate in anintensive security deployment againstIslamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar,south of Baghdad, October 26, 2014.REUTERS/StringerNovember 5, 2014 201 202. Shi'ite fighters participate in an intensive security deployment againstIslamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar, October 26, 2014. REUTERS/AlaaAl-MarjaniOct. 26, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 202 203. Iraqi families surrender to Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi Army after they tookcontrol of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27, 2014.REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud Oct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 203 204. Iraqi families surrender to Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi Army after they tookcontrol of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27, 2014.REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf MahmoudOct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 204 205. Iraqi families surrender to Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi Army after they tookcontrol of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27, 2014.REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf MahmoudOct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 205 206. Iraqi families surrender to Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi Army after they tookcontrol of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27, 2014.REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf MahmoudOct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 206 207. A Shi'ite fighter searches a man aftertaking control of Jurf al-Sakhar fromIslamist State militants, October 27,2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud RaoufMahmoudOct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 207 208. Iraqi Army personnel take part during an intensive security deploymentagainst Islamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar, October 27, 2014.REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf MahmoudOct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 208 209. Iraqi families sit after surrendering to Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi Army afterthey took control of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27,2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf MahmoudOct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 209 210. Oct. 27, 2014Fighting ISIraqi families look onafter surrendering toShi'ite fighters and IraqiArmy after they tookcontrol of Jurf al-Sakharfrom Islamist Statemilitants, October 27,2014.REUTERS/MahmoudRaouf MahmoudNovember 5, 2014 210 211. Shi'ite fighters supporting the Iraqi Army take part during an intensivesecurity deployment against Islamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar,October 27, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf MahmoudOct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 211 212. Iraqi families sit after surrendering to Shi'itefighters and Iraqi Army after they took control ofJurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants,October 27, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud RaoufMahmoudOct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 212 213. Oct. 27, 2014Fighting ISIraqi families surrender to Shi'itefighters and Iraqi Army after theytook control of Jurf al-Sakharfrom Islamist State militants,October 27, 2014.REUTERS/Mahmoud RaoufMahmoudNovember 5, 2014 213 214. Iraqi families surrender to Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi Army after they tookcontrol of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27, 2014.REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf MahmoudOct. 27, 2014Fighting ISNovember 5, 2014 214 215. A young YPG fighter on her way to the front line. Thousands of Kurdishwomen have taken up arms to protect their people against attacks fromBashar Assads government, ISIS militants and the al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front.Oct. 28, 2014November 5, 2014215Fighting IS 216. News stories in photographsFuneral for Kurdish fightersNovember 5, 2014 216 217. Oct. 28, 2014Fighting ISA Kurdish man shouts carrying thecoffin of a People's Protection Units, orYPG, fighter killed during fighting withIslamic State forces in the Syrian townof Kobani, during a funeral for fivefighters in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syriaborder, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. Kobani,also known as Ayn Arab, and itssurrounding areas, has been underassault by extremists of the IslamicState group since mid-September and isbeing defended by Kurdish fighters. (APPhoto/Vadim Ghirda)November 5, 2014 217 218. Oct. 24, 2014 Funeral for Kurdish fightersFuneral for KurdishTurkish Kurdish womenshow the 'V' signs as theycarry a coffin during thefuneral of Kurdish fighterskilled during clashesagainst Islamic State in theSyrian town of Kobani, at acemetery in thesoutheastern town ofSuruc, Sanliurfa provinceOctober 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachfightersTurkish Kurdish men sit as they attend the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed duringclashes against Islamic State in the Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in thesoutheastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachA boy holds the Kurdish PKK youth organization flag during the funeral of three Kurdishfighters killed during clashes against Islamic State in Syrian town of Kobani, at acemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachSmoke rises over the Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinarcrossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa provinceOctober 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachNovember 5, 2014 218 219. A Turkish Kurdish woman tears asshe mourns during the funeral ofKurdish fighters killed duringclashes against Islamic State inthe Syrian town of Kobani, at acemetery in the southeasterntown of Suruc, Sanliurfa provinceOctober 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachTurkish Kurdish men carry a coffin during the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed duringclashes against Islamic State in the Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in thesoutheastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachTurkish Kurdish women mourn during thefuneral of Kurdish fighters killed duringclashes against Islamic State in Syriantown of Kobani, at a cemetery in thesoutheastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfaprovince October 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachTurkish Kurds carry a coffin during the funeral of Kurdishfighters killed during clashes against Islamic State in theSyrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeasterntown of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachOct. 24, 2014November 5, 2014219Funeral for Kurdishfighters 220. Funeral for KurdishfightersTelevision crew equipment and an empty chair are pictured on a hill, with smoke risingin the Syrian town of Kobani in the background, near the Mursitpinar border crossing,on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa provinceOctober 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachFlowers lie on a coffin during the funeral of three Kurdish fighters killed during clashes againstIslamic State in the Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc,Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachA Turkish Kurdish woman mournsnext to an empty coffin following aburial at a cemetery in thesoutheastern town of Suruc,Sanliurfa province, October 24,2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachSmoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on theTurkish-Syrian border, as seen from the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa provinceOctober 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachOct. 24, 2014November 5, 2014 220 221. A Kurdish Turkish woman cries as she stands overlooking the Syrian town ofKobani in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachOct. 24, 2014Funeral for KurdishfightersTurkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from a hill near the Mursitpinarborder crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town ofSuruc in Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachFuneral for Kurdish fightersNovember 5, 2014 221 222. Inside KOBANINews stories in photographsNovember 5, 2014 222 223. SyriaBulent Kilic / AFP/Getty ImagesKurdish fighters defending Kobani, Syria, stand on a hill near theTurkish border after an airstrike Oct. 23, 2014 against Islamic State militants.Inside KOBANINovember 5, 2014 223 224. SyriaBulent Kilic / AFP/Getty ImagesIslamic State militants patrol Oct. 23 near a flag theyplanted in Syria, just across the Turkish border.Oct. 23, 2014Inside KOBANINovember 5, 2014 224 225. A scene of devastation in Al-Salam Square,where ISIS carried out an attack using a truckrigged with explosives.Oct. 28, 2014Inside KOBANINovember 5, 2014 225 226. Rubble is strewn across the centralmarketplace in Kobani.Iraqi-Kurdish journalist Shirwan Qasimspent three days inside the besiegedSyrian city last week after making aperilous journey across the border fromTurkey. A fierce battle has raged for thestrategically-important city over the past40 days, with Kurdish fighters backed byU.S.-led airstrikes attempting to slow theadvance of ISIS.Oct. 28, 2014Inside KOBANINovember 5, 2014 226 227. Oct. 28, 2014Inside KOBANIAn abandoned shop in Kobani's central market.While most of the population has fled, severalhundred mostly elderly people remain in the city,U.N. envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said earlierthis month. Over 10,000 civilians are stuck nearbyon the Syrian side of the border, trapped in thedanger zone and at risk from stray bullets.November 5, 2014 227 228. Oct. 28, 2014Inside KOBANIA field commander from the Kurdish People'sProtection Unit (YPG) in Kobani.No part of the city is safe, Qasim says. "Therewere lots of explosions and fighting where Iwas, and the battles are very violent. In oneminute you can go from complete quiet to allguns firing. At some points on the front line,we were only 50 meters from ISIS fighters."November 5, 2014 228 229. A Kurdish fighter monitors the city's western front line.Oct. 28, 2014Inside KOBANINovember 5, 2014 229 230. An unexploded mortar shell lies amidst rubble on a street in Kobani. In thewestern side of the city, people hide in their homes when clashes occur and onlyventure outside when the situation calms down, Qasim says. Kurdish YPG fightersOct. 28, 2014 distribute food.Inside KOBANINovember 5, 2014 230 231. Kurdish fighters return from the front line. The Kurdish fighters are in great spirits,Qasim says. Kurds from Turkey, Iraq, and Iran are participating alongside SyrianKurds in the battle for Kobani.Oct. 28, 2014Inside KOBANINovember 5, 2014 231 232. November 5, 2014 232 233. News stories in photographsPeshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 233 234. A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving abase in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani ,October28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad LashkariReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 28, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 234 235. A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving abase in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani ,October28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad LashkariReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 28, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 235 236. A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drivethrough Arbil after leaving a base in northernIraq, on their way to the Syrian town ofKobani, October 28, 2014. REUTERS/AzadLashkariReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 28, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 236 237. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare before leaving a base on the outskirtsof Arbil in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani ,October28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad LashkariReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 28, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 237 238. People wave to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters on their way to the Syriantown of Kobani, in Dohuk province October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Ari JalalReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 28, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 238 239. People wave to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters ontheir way to the Syrian town of Kobani, inDohuk province October 28, 2014.REUTERS/Ari JalalOct. 28, 2014 Reuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 239 240. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare before leaving their base on theoutskirts of Arbil in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani,October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad LashkariReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 28, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 240 241. Oct. 28, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniA convoy of Kurdishpeshmerga fighters drivethrough Arbil after leaving abase in northern Iraq, on theirway to the Syrian town ofKobani, October 28, 2014.REUTERS/Azad LashkariReuters / Friday, October 31,2014November 5, 2014 241 242. Oct. 29, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniA convoy of peshmerga vehicles is escorted byTurkish Kurds on their way to the Turkish-Syrianborder, in Kiziltepe near the southeastern city ofMardin October 29, 2014. REUTERS/StringerReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014November 5, 2014 242 243. Oct. 29, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniA convoy of peshmerga vehicles isescorted by Turkish Kurds on theirway to the Turkish-Syrian border, inKiziltepe near the southeastern cityof Mardin October 29, 2014.REUTERS/StringerReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014November 5, 2014 243 244. A convoy of peshmerga vehicles makes its way to the Turkish-Syrianborder, near the town of Kiziltepe, in the southeastern Mardinprovince October 29, 2014. REUTERS/StringerReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 29, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 244 245. A convoy of peshmerga vehicles is welcomed by Turkish Kurds at Haburborder gate, which separates Turkey from Iraq, near the town of Silopi insoutheastern Turkey, October 29, 2014. REUTERS/StringerReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 29, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 245 246. An Iraqi peshmerga fighter reacts as he drives as part of a convoy ofpeshmerga vehicles on their way to the Turkish-Syrian border, in Kiziltepenear the southeastern city of Mardin October 29, 2014. REUTERS/StringerReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 29, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 246 247. A convoy of peshmerga vehicles isescorted by Turkish Kurds on theirway to the Turkish-Syrian border, inKiziltepe near the southeastern cityof Mardin October 29, 2014.REUTERS/StringerReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014Oct. 29, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 247 248. Oct. 29, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniA convoy of peshmerga vehicles is welcomedby Turkish Kurds after crossing into Turkey nearthe Habur border gate in the southeastern cityof Silopi, October 29, 2014. REUTERS/StringerReuters / Friday, October 31, 2014November 5, 2014 248 249. Kurdish people wait togreet Peshmerga fightersin the border town ofSuruc, Sanliurfa provinceOctober 29, 2014.REUTERS/YannisBehrakisReuters / Friday, October31, 2014Oct. 29, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 249 250. Peshmerga reinforce KobaniKurdish Peshmerga fighters celebrate atop an armyvehicle carrying a heavy machinegun as they movetowards the Syrian town of Kobani, October 31,2014. REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisOct. 31, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 250 251. Oct. 31, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniKurdish Peshmerga fighterscelebrate atop an armyvehicle as they movetowards the Syrian town ofKobani from the bordertown of Suruc, Sanliurfaprovince, October 31, 2014.REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisNovember 5, 2014 251 252. Kurdish peshmerga fighters wave Kurdish flagsatop an army vehicle as they move towards theSyrian town of Kobani, October 31, 2014.Oct. 31, 2014 REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisPeshmerga reinforce KobaniNovember 5, 2014 252 253. Oct. 31, 2014Peshmerga reinforce KobaniKurdish Peshmerga fighters wave from abus as they move towards the Syrian townof Kobani from the border town of Suruc,Sanliurfa province, October 31, 2014.REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisNovember 5, 2014 253 254. Kurdish peshmerga fighters wave Kurdishflags atop an army vehicle as they movetowards the Syrian town of Kobani,October 31, 2014. REUTERS/YannisBehrakisOct. 31, 2014THE ENDPeshmerga reinforce KobaniPPS: chieuquetoi , vinhbinh2010November 5, 2014 254