30 October 2014

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Indian passengers ride inside a train coach, crowded with people trying to reach their homes ahead of Hindu festival Chhath Puja at a railway station in New Delhi, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014.
Indian passengers ride inside a train coach, crowded with people trying to reach their homes ahead of Hindu festival Chhath Puja at a railway station in New Delhi, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. 

Hundreds feared buried under Sri Lanka mudslide

Sri Lankan men stand by a damaged house caused by mudslide at the Koslanda tea plantation in Badulla district, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) east of Colombo, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014.
A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers' houses at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka, raising fears that hundreds may have been killed.

In the chaos that followed Wednesday morning's disaster, there was confusion about the number of dead and missing because government officials reported different figures and later reduced the number of missing by 100 without explanation.

24 October 2014

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Thick smoke and flames from an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition rise in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Monday, Oct. 20, 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.
Thick smoke and flames from an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition rise in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Monday, Oct. 20, 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. 

16 October 2014

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Workers install equipment at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for the American League baseball championship series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, in Baltimore.
Workers install equipment at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for the American League baseball championship series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Royals, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, in Baltimore.

9 October 2014

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A pro-democracy student protester sleeps on an occupied roadway surrounding the government complex in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Student-led protests for democratic reforms in Hong Kong continued, and has blocked main roads in the Asian financial hub for nearly two weeks.
A pro-democracy student protester sleeps on an occupied roadway surrounding the government complex in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Student-led protests for democratic reforms in Hong Kong continued, and has blocked main roads in the Asian financial hub for nearly two weeks. 

2 October 2014

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Portuguese fishermen pull their net out of the sea onto the beach, at the Caparica coast, near Lisbon, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Along the Caparica coast, local fishermen use a technique of trawling near the shore and pulling the nets out of the sea by using two agricultural tractors.
Portuguese fishermen pull their net out of the sea onto the beach, at the Caparica coast, near Lisbon, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Along the Caparica coast, local fishermen use a technique of trawling near the shore and pulling the nets out of the sea by using two agricultural tractors.