The day in photos

The day in photos

Oct 8, 2014

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A lunar eclipse appears behind a gargoyle atop the old red Dallas County Courthouse early Wednesday morning, Oct. 8, 2014. The moon appears orange or red, the result of sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere. This is known as the blood moon. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Tom Fox) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

The lunar eclipse glows red against a gargoyle in Dallas, Texas. AP

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The moon turns orange during a total lunar eclipse behind the CN Tower and the skyline during moonset in Toronto October 8, 2014. The eclipse is also known as a "blood moon" due to the coppery, reddish color the moon takes as it passes into Earth's shadow. The total eclipse is the second of four over a two-year period that began April 15 and concludes on Sept. 28, 2015. The so-called tetrad is unusual because the full eclipses are visible in all or parts of the United States, according to retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT CITYSCAPE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The lunar eclipse is seen over Toronto. Reuters

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A woman walks through an underground passage on a hazy night in central Beijing October 8, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A woman walks through an underground passage in Beijing, China. Reuters

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A boy watches people play cards inside a temporary tent set up for earthquake victims in Yongping township of Jinggu county, Yunnan province, Octorber 8, 2014. One person was killed and 324 were injured when an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck in China's southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday. REUTERS/Wong Campion (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A family plays cards in a tent after an earthquake in Yunnan, China. Reuters

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A pro-democracy protester eats his meal in front of a barricade blocking a main road at Hong Kong's Mongkok shopping district October 8, 2014. Hong Kong pro-democracy protests that brought tens of thousands on to the streets last week dwindled to a few hundred on Wednesday after activist leaders agreed to talks with the government which are all but certain to go nowhere. Chinese characters on a placard read, "Hong Kong people will make our own decisions". REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A pro-democracy protester takes a lunch break in Hong Kong. Reuters

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A woman pauses to use her phone amid blooming roses in the United Nations Rose Garden on a warm autumn day at U.N. headquarters in New York, October 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A woman texts in the United Nations Rose Garden in New York. Reuters

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Roses bloom in the United Nations Rose Garden on a warm autumn day at U.N. headquarters in New York, October 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Roses bloom in the United Nations Rose Garden in New York. Reuters

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Schoolchildren gather to form the word "Che", in reference to Che Guevara, during a tribute to the revolutionary leader before lessons at their school in Camaguey, Cuba, October 8, 2014. Forty-seven years after he was captured by soldiers in a Bolivian jungle and executed the next day, the Argentine-born Ernesto Guevara De La Serna, AKA, 'Che', is still a national hero in Cuba where he joined Fidel Castro in an armed uprising that ousted a U.S. backed dictator in 1959. Wednesday is Guevara's 47th death anniversary. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS EDUCATION)

Children form the word “Che” in Camaguey, Cuba. Reuters

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Masked students protest in support of the independence referendum at Universitat square in Barcelona October 8, 2014. The government of the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia will decide by October 15 whether to push ahead with a contested referendum on separation from the rest of Spain, a spokesman said. Catalonia, with a population of 7.5 million people, its own language and accounting for a fifth of Spain's economy, has long sought independence and was buoyed by the close result of last month's referendum in Scotland. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION)

Masked students protest for Catalonian independence in Barcelona, Spain. Reuters

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A bird drinks from a puddle in Boston, Massachusetts October 8, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)

A bird sips from a puddle in Boston. Reuters

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United States President Barack Obama thanks members of the U.S. military for their service after meetings with military senior leadership to receive an update on the campaign to combat Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, at the Pentagon in Washington October 8, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

President Barack Obama thanks military members at the Pentagon in Washington. Reuters

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A mountain lion keeps watch while her juvenile cubs feed at a bait site in the Santa Ana Mountains in California in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters October 8, 2014. Mountain lions in Southern California are under growing pressure from a shrinking gene pool, fragmented by highways and urban sprawl that has left the cats' territories increasingly isolated from each other, scientists said in study published October 8. REUTERS/UC Davis/Handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A mountain lion watches her cub in Santa Ana, Calif. Reuters

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BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 08: Young visitors look at an exhibit next to a photograph of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (L) embracing former East German communist leader Erich Honecker at the DDR Museum on October 8, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will this week begin commemorating the 25th annversary of events that led to the collapse of communist rule in East Germany and ultimately the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Revolutions, left to run their course by Gorbachev, swept across the former East Bloc in 1989 and toppled communist dicatorships, paving the way for elections and the establishment of democratically-elected governments. The DDR Museum offes visitors a glimpse into what life was like in communist East Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Visitors pass a photo of Mikhail Gorbachev and Erich Honecker in Berlin, Germany. Getty

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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 8: A religious cross is seen as the moon is illuminated by sunlight reflected off the Earth during a total lunar eclipse, one of four so-called "blood moons", on October 8, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The first in the current tetrad of blood moons fell on Passover and the current eclipse occurs on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the fifth day after Yom Kippur, leading some religious people to believe that it is a prophetic sign of the end times of civilization. This blood moon appears 5.3% larger than the last one on April 15 because it occurs right after the perigee, the closest point in its orbit to the Earth. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

The lunar eclipse illuminates a cross in Los Angeles. Getty

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Elephants Safari (back) and Chupa walk in their enclosure on October 8, 2014 in a zoo in Erfurt, Germany. AFP PHOTO / DPA/ MARTIN SCHUTT /GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MARTIN SCHUTT,MARTIN SCHUTT/AFP/Getty Images)

Elephants Safari and Chupa walk in their enclosure in an Efrurt, Germany, zoo. Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 08: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama applauds during a session of a Fashion Education Workshop in the East Room of the White House October 8, 2014 in Washington, DC. The workshop was to connect students with leading fashion professionals to show what to take to succeed in the fashion industry. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

First Lady Michelle Obama applauds during a Fashion Education Workshop in Washington. Getty

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People ride in an Ural Soviet motorcycle in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

People ride in an Ural Soviet motorcycle in Havana, Cuba. AP

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Balinese men lashing burning coconut husks off each other during 'Mesabatan Api' a sacred firefighting ritual at a Hindu temple in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Men engage in a firefighting ritual in Bali, Indonesia. AP

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Republican Gov. Paul LePage, center, makes a face after taking the stage to debate independent Eliot Cutler, left, and Democrat Mike Michaud, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, in Portland, Maine.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Republican Gov. Paul LePage during a debate in Portland, Maine. AP

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A passenger airliner crosses the full moon in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. The moon appears orange or red, the result of sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere. This is known as the blood moon. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

A plane crosses the moon in Lahore, Pakistan. AP

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Honor guard soldiers are reflected in a window during the National Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations at the Holocaust memorial, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. About 280,000 Romanian Jews and 11,000 Romanian Roma, or Gypsies, were deported and killed during WWII when Romania was ruled by a pro-nazi regime. About 6,000 Jews live in Romania today, compared to 800,000 before WWII. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Honor guard soldiers are reflected in a window in Bucharest, Romania, on their National Holocaust Remembrance Day. AP

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A Turkish Kurd walks at Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, as smoke from a fire caused by a strike rises over Kobani, inside Syria, as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

A Turkish Kurd walks in Suruc, Turkey. AP

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A red moon appears above the Moscow river in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. The moon appears orange or red, the result of sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere. This is known as the blood moon. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

A red moon rises above the Moscow River. AP

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