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Oct 9, 2014

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Chelsea Pensioner Albert Willis plants a poppy at the ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ evolving art installation at the Tower of London on October 9, 2014 in London, England. 888,246 poppies will be planted in the moat by volunteers with the last poppy being planted on the 11th November 2014. Each poppy represents a British or Colonial fatality in the First World War. The poppies are for sale with 10% plus all net proceeds going to six service charities. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Chelsea Pensioner Albert Willis plants a poppy at the ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red in London. Getty

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Vehicles and buildings are seen amid the heavy haze in Beijing, October 9, 2014. Beijing issued a yellow alert for air pollution on Wednesday with smog forecast to continue for the next three days until Saturday, said the Beijing heavy air pollution response office, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Haze covers Beijing, China, amid a yellow alert for pollution. Reuters

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) poses for a picture with youths who took part in the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, as he visits a local Olympic youth sports school in Cheboksary, October 9, 2014. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS SPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a selfie with Young Olympians in Cheboksary, Russia. Reuters

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Students wearing Guy Fawkes masks take part in a demonstration against the government to demand changes and an end to profiteering in the education system in Santiago October 9, 2014. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION)
Students in Guy Fawkes masks protest for education reform in Santiago, Chile. Reuters

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A costumed attendee dressed as "Bane" walks inside New York's Comic-Con convention October 9, 2014. The event draws thousands of costumed fans, panels of pop culture luminaries and features a sprawling floor of vendors in a space equivalent to more than three football fields in Javits Center. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)
Let the games begin: A fan dressed as Bane arrives at New York Comic-Con. Reuters

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A man looks at a giant inukshuk as the moon rises above it in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut in this file photo from August 21, 2013. The inukshuk is a stone landmark or cairn used by the Inuit people in the arctic. Canada's Arctic territory of Nunavut has opened long-awaited talks with the federal government on gaining control of the region's vast natural resources, a move that could boost exploration and development. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/Files (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)
The moon rises in Rankin Inlet, Nunavet, Canada. Reuters

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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 09: Workers with the union 32BJ, many of them airline cabin cleaners, terminal cleaners and wheelchair attendants, participate in a class on how to better protect themselves from infectious diseases in the wake of increased concerns around the Ebola virus on October 9, 2014 in New York City. The infectious disease training classes will be ongoing and teach members how to wear protective clothing and to safely handle potentially harmful body fluids they may come in contact with. It was announced on Wednesday that five airports across the United States will start screening passengers arriving from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
LaGuardia Airport employees hold an Ebola training exercise. Getty

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MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 09: U.S. Marines arrive to take part in Operation United Assistance on October 9, 2014 near Monrovia, Liberia. Some 90 Marines arrived on KC-130 transport planes and MV-22 Ospreys to support the American effort to contain the Ebola epidemic. The Ospreys, which can land vertically like helicopters, will transport U.S. troops and supplies as they build 17 Ebola treatment centers around Liberia. U.S. President Barack Obama has committed up to 4,000 troops in West Africa to combat the disease. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
US marines arrive in Monrovia, Liberia. Getty

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In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, an African spotted-necked otter named Mugo examines a floating pumpkin in her exhibit this morning at the San Diego Zoo on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, in San Diego. Keepers had placed pumpkins smeared with peanut butter and hollowed-out gourds with fish inside in the otter’s exhibit in Ituri Forest. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn)
An African spotted-necked otter curiously observes a floating pumpkin in its San Diego Zoo enclosure. AP

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Visiting the area for the first time, 64-year-old Fran Glod of Oswego, N.Y, walks down the steps to the beach which is covered by a king tide high tide, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, on Tybee Island, Ga. The annual king tide is the year's highest astronomical tide when the alignment of the full moon cause higher than normal tides along the coast. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
A man steps out into the king tide in Tybee, Ga. AP

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Bahraini protesters chant slogans during an anti-government march, waving national flags and calling for freedom for political prisoners and democracy in the Gulf island kingdom in A'ali, Bahrain, southwest of the capital of Manama, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. A top Bahraini human rights activist has been formally charged with insulting the ministries of defense and interior. Nabeel Rajab was detained Oct. 1 over his tweets alleging that Bahrain's security institutions were incubators for extremist ideology. His lawyer Jalila al-Sayed said Thursday he was also accused of "intimidating" security forces. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Anti-government protesters rally in A’ali, Bahrain. AP

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A Palestinian man stands on the balcony of his destroyed house as he waits for the visit of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to Gaza's neighborhood of Shijaeyih, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Members of the new Palestinian unity government assembled in Gaza on Thursday for their first Cabinet session in the war-battered territory - a largely symbolic meeting meant to mark the end of absolute Hamas control of the coastal strip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A man looks out the window of his destroyed home in Shijaeyih, Gaza. AP

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A boy practices roller skating pasts Serbian army armored personal carriers placed in Usce park, seven days before an upcoming military parade, in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. The military parade scheduled for October 16, marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade in the Second World War. Russian President Vladimir Putin will be attending the ceremony. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
A boy roller skates past tanks ahead of a military parade in Belgrade, Serbia. AP

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An eleven-week old Cheetah sits next to its mother Alima in the Zoo of Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Alima gave birth to four babies on July 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Patrick Straub)
A cheetah cub cuddles up to its mother at a Basel, Switzerland, zoo. AP

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Turkish soldiers stand with a tank and an armoured vehicle as they hold their positions on a hilltop in the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking smoke rising from a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Thursday, Oct. 9, 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/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Turkish soldiers take position near tanks in AP

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Pro-Russian rebels fire mortars toward Ukrainian position near to the airport in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Donetsk airport is the focus of much of the fighting but has no immediate tactical significance for separatist forces who are devoid of any air power. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Pro-Russian rebels fire towards Ukrainian soldiers in Donetsk, Ukraine. AP

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Old English Sheepdog Carmen nurses her own cub (L) and lion cub Parys (R) at a private zoo in Wojciechow, Poland on October 9, 2014. The lion cub who was abandoned at birth by his parents has been cuddling up to the shaggy-haired sheepdog and mother-of-five. Parys was born last week at the small zoo in the eastern town of Wojciechow to a mother who showed no interest in nursing him, and a father who gave him one lick and then walked off. AFP PHOTO/JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Old English sheepdog Carmen nurses her own puppy and a lion cub named Parys in a Wojciechow, Poland, zoo. Getty

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Former Gov. Jim McGreevey, right, listens as Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering about plans for better treatment for those in the state with addiction and mental health problems Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, in Trenton, N.J. When he's not campaigning for politicians elsewhere, Christie has often been campaigning in New Jersey for more services for people with addictions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Former Gov. Jim McGreevey listens as Gov. Chris Christie speaks on addiction and mental health in Trenton, N.J. AP

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A piglet sleeps as it lays between the legs of its mother at the agriculture and food fair (OLMA) on its opening day in St. Gallen October 9, 2014. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
A piglet sleeps on its mother in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Reuters

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