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A women dressed as Hindu Goddess Kali participates in a procession on the eve of Shivratri festival, in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Shivratri, a festival dedicated to the worship of Hindu God Shiva, will be marked across the country Thursday. Channi Anand, Associated Press
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 photo provided by Johnny Nguyen, Portland police Sgt. Bret Barnum, left, and Devonte Hart, 12, hug at a rally in Portland, Ore., where people had gathered in support of the protests in Ferguson, Mo. Johnny Nguyen, Associated Press
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Andean religious leaders perform a new year ritual at the ruins of the ancient civilization of Tiwanaku located in the highlands in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, early Saturday, June 21, 2014. Bolivia's Aymara Indians are celebrating the year 5,522 as well as the So Juan Karita, Associated Press
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Performers recreate the fifth Olympic ring that didn't open in the opening ceremony during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. David J. Phillip, Associated Press
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A man watches Mount Sinabung as it spews clouds of gas during an eruption in Tiga Pancur, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. The 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) volcano has sporadically erupted since September. Dedy Zulkifli, Associated Press
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This image provided by NASA shows the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard suffers a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at NASA's Wa Joel Kowsky, NASA
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Barbara Hawkins is seen through an American flag as she walks into the Elmodel precinct to cast her ballot, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Elmodel, Ga. Associated Press
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Daredevil Nik Wallenda, right center in red, makes his tightrope walk uphill at a 15-degree angle, from the Marina City west tower across the Chicago River to the top of the Leo Burnett Building Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, in Chicago. Charles Rex Arbogast, Associated Press
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This Oct. 22, 2014 photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows the front of a lava flow with numerous smoke plumes arising from active breakouts burning vegetation at the flow margin, near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. The U.S. Geological Survey
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 photo, a protester bleeds from his face as he tries to stop a group of taxi drivers from trying to remove the barricades which are blocking off main roads, near a line of riot police at an occupied area, in the Mong Kok di Kin Cheung, Associated Press
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This Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey a Hawaii Volcano Observatory geologist mapping the margin of the June 27 lava flow in the open field below Cemetery Road near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Dozens of resident U.S. Geological Survey
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A medal and a wrestling shoe with a written message to Jaylen R. Fryberg, 15, is shown as part of a growing memorial at the school, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 in Marysville, Wash. On Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, student Jayson Fryberg opened fire in the school cafet Ted S. Warren, Associated Press
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Marysville Pilchuck High School freshman, Cameron Moody, 14, silently prayed amidst candles and Kleenex at a vigil within The Grove Church in mourning of an earlier shooting at his school that left two dead and four wounded Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, in Marys Jordan Stead, seattlepi.com
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Emma Watson, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, takes notes during an event at Parliament in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Watson attended the event organized by women's groups which are pushing the country's lawmaking body to increase its nu Matilde Campodonico, Associated Press
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An Exile Tibetan woman wears a mask during a protest to highlight Chinese control over Tibet, coinciding with the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Xi was traveling Wednesday to India, where he and Prim Associated Press
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In this Sept. 28, 2014 photo, thousands of people block a main road in Hong Kong as activists kick off a long-threatened mass civil disobedience protest to challenge Beijing over restrictions on voting reforms. Vincent Yu, Associated Press
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A man and a baby, who voluntarily left an occupied building, are framed by the shields of police standing guard during an eviction operation, in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. The eviction of 200 families from the building led to vio Associated Press
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A Roma child touches a riot policeman's equipment during the eviction of more than 100 people from the homes they lived, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Up to 25 Roma families were evacuated from buildings in the Romanian capital which were Vadim Ghirda, Associated Press
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A stranded dog stands on the rooftop of a collapsed house in an inundated neighborhood in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Flooding from days of heavy monsoon rains partially submerged Srinagar and left more than 400 people dea Altaf Qadri, Associated Press
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In this Aug. 13, 2014 photo, police walk through a cloud of smoke as they clash with protesters in Ferguson, Mo. Jeff Roberson, Associated Press
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In this Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama leaves after speaking about the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security t Evan Vucci, Associated Press
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In this photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. Associated Press
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A shirtless spectator watches Sweden's Charlotte Kalla compete during the women's 10K classical style cross-country race at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Kalla won the silver medal. Jae C. Hong, Associated Press
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In this Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 photo, an Indian man moves out of the way of a leopard in the northern Indian city of Meerut, India. Forestry officials and police armed with tranquilizer darts searched for a leopard that injured six people in the northern I Associated Press
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A protester throws a Molotov cocktail onto a fire during clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, early Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. As riots spread from Ukraine's embattled capital to nearly half of the country, President Viktor Yanukovych promised to r Sergei Grits, Associated Press
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Switzerland's Fanny Smith, from left, Sweden's Anna Holmlund, Austria's Katrin Ofner and Canada's Kelsey Serwa compete during their ski cross race at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Matthias Schrader, Associated Press
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Pope Francis and President Barack Obama smile as they meet at the Vatican Thursday, March 27, 2014. A visibly energized President Barack Obama held a nearly hourlong audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, expressing his great admiration for the pontif Gabriel Bouys, AFP Pool
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A cow jumps over revelers on the bull ring at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Revelers from around the world in Pamplona take part in an eight-day event of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 n Alvaro Barrientos, Associated Press
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An employee of the Russian Space Training Center hangs out space suits to dry of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, NASA's U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins and Japanese space agency's flight engineer Takuya Onishi after their undergoing training nea Alexander Zemlianichenko, Associated Press
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Fans arrive before the start of an NHL outdoor hockey game at Dodger Stadium between the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks in Los Angeles, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Mark J. Terrill, Associated Press
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Police arrest a man as they disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo., early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, a white police officer fatally shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black, in the St. Louis suburb. Charlie Riedel, Associated Press
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Two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television from their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on Wednesda Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press
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Relatives of passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol sit near the sea at a port in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea on Sunday, April 20, 2014. Over 300 people were killed in the accident, many of them students. Lee Jin-man, Associated Press
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AT-3 jets fly in formation with colored smoke during a ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of Taiwan's military academy in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Monday, June 16, 2014. Wally Santana, Associated Press
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In this May 28, 2014 photo, Lee Cheuk Yan, head of the pro-democracy group that operates the June 4th Museum, poses after an interview at the museum in Hong Kong. The 75 square meters (800 square feet) June 4th Museum is the world’s only museum chroniclin Vincent Yu, Associated Press
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Health workers stand outside the Island Clinic Ebola isolation and treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday Sept. 26, 2014. The outbreak of Ebola has overwhelmed the weak health systems of some of the world's poorest countries - there aren't enough Jerome Delay, Associated Press
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Riot police try to hold back scuffling pro-democracy protesters as an ambulance tries to leave the compound of the chief executive office in Hong Kong, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Hong Kong protesters on Friday welcomed an overnight offer by the territory's lea Wally Santana, Associated Press
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In this May 3, 2014 photo, a jet stream of water passes above two miners known as "Maraqueros" who remove stones and chunks of tree trunks that have been released with the aid of a rustic type of hydraulic jet known locally as a "Chupadera," in La Pampa i Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press
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In this Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014 photo, North Koreans walk along the bank of Daedong River against the statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea. Vincent Yu, Associated Press
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A young neighborhood resident carries makeshift weapons, as he returns from a camp for the displaced at Mpoko Airport to fetch household goods from the Garaba neighborhood, in Bangui, Central African Republic, on New Year's Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. C Rebecca Blackwell, Associated Press
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A woman displays the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote at a polling station in Kunwarpur village, about 425 miles northwest of Jaunpur district, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, May 12, 2014. Millions of Rajesh Kumar Singh, Associated Press
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Pakistani girl, Sabah Farman, 6, stands between women, waiting to receive a free ration of rice distributed at a shrine in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. People who visit shrines and pray that their wishes are fulfilled usually offer food t Muhammed Muheisen, Associated Press
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A view through a sniper's rifle from a pro-Russian checkpoint blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Lawmakers and officials from eastern Ukraine on Saturday poured criticism on the fledg Alexander Zemlianichenko, Associated Press
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An aerial view shows the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. Hundreds of people were killed in a horrific landslide and authorities are trying to help the 700 fami Rahmat Gul, Associated Press
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Bystanders listen to a street preacher calling on people to raise their hands and "Wave Ebola Bye Bye" in Monrovia, Liberia, Saturday Sept. 27, 2014. Six months into the world’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak, and the first to happen in an unprepared West Afri Jerome Delay, Associated Press
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Photographs of missing people are covered with rose petals during a march in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Affected families walked nearly 3,000 kilometers to reach capital Islamabad and register protest against the abductions and killings Muhammed Muheisen, Associated Press
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A Hindu devotee dressed as s demon lies on a representative funeral pyre during a “Shivratri” procession in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. "Shivaratri", or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death a Rajesh Kumar Singh, Associated Press
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Pastor Charles Burton lies on the driveway at the Ferguson, Mo., police station as a chalk drawing is made as a memorial to Michael Brown, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Activists planned a day of civil disobedience to protest Brown's shooting in August and a sec Charles Rex Arbogast, Associated Press
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Visitors attend the the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Expected highlights include major product launches from Samsung and other phone makers, along with a keynote address by Manu Fernandez, Associated Press
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One of the few to have a mosquito net, a displaced family who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, sit under it after waking up in the morning in the town of Awerial, South Sudan Thursday, Jan. Ben Curtis, Associated Press
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A woman looks out of a window where sheep are slaughtered during celebrations of the traditional feast of Saint George's Day, which is observed by several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint, in the village o Visar Kryeziu, Associated Press
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A boy walks with a representation of a Brazilian national flag through the Santa Luzia favela, ahead of fellow residents in a protest against the money spent on preparations for the upcoming World Cup, in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, May 30, 2014. With just Eraldo Peres, Associated Press
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A pair of boots sits on top of a barricade at the Independence Square, in Kiev, Ukraine,, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Ukraine put its police on high alert after dozens of armed pro-Russia men stormed and seized local government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press
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Duane Merrells walks with an upside down flag in a protest Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting has sparked more than a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis s Charlie Riedel, Associated Press
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In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, a piano player performs during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. David J. Phillip, Associated Press
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A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, smokes marijuana at the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 21, 2014. The annual Ambubasi festival begins Sunday where hundreds of tantric Sadhus, holy men from an esoteric form of Hinduism, gather to perform ritu Anupam Nath, Associated Press
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Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, before the Senate Committee hearing to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council annual report to Congress. Charles Dharapak, Associated Press
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's plane casts a shadow on fields as it approaches Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Kerry later said that finding peace between Israel and the Palestinians is not "mission impossible." Brendan Smialowski, Associated Press
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This Sept. 30, 2014 file photo shows Nowa Paye, 9, as she is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of Ebola infection in the village of Freeman Reserve, about 30 miles north of Monrovia, Liberia. Jerome Delay, Associated Press
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A plane drops fire retardant over a hot spot on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in San Marcos, Calif. Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in San Marcos, Calif. Flames engulfed suburban homes and shot up along canyon ridges in one of the worst of several blazes that broke o Associated Press
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An Afghan survivor sits in front of his tent near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Hundreds of people were killed in the landslide and authorities tried to Massoud Hossaini, Associated Press
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A protester raises placards that read “Occupy Central” and “Civil disobedience” in front of riot policemen outside the government headquarter in Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Riot police in Hong Kong on Saturday arrested scores of students who stor Vincent Yu, Associated Press
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Del Mar firefighters roll up hose after a day fighting wildfires Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in Carlsbad, Calif. More wildfires broke out Wednesday in San Diego County, threatening homes in Carlsbad and forcing the evacuations of military housing and an ele Associated Press
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In this April 15, 2014 photo, an Anti-Balaka Christian fighter stands on the front of a looted Muslim store in Guen, some 250 kilometers north of Bangui, Central African Republic. As U.N. peacekeepers prepare to go into the Central African Republic to tak Jerome Delay, Associated Press
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A woman is pepper sprayed as residents of Pavao-Pavaozinho slum clash with riot police during a protest against the death of Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira after his burial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 24, 2014. The protest followed the bur Felipe Dana, Associated Press
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An Indian woman leaves after casting her vote in a village near Sawai Madhopur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan,Thursday, April 24, 2014. With 814 million eligible voters, India is voting in phases over six weeks. Results are expected May 16. Manish Swarup, Associated Press
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Relatives and friends of Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira react around his coffin during his burial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 24, 2014. A protest followed the burial of Douglas Pereira, whose shooting death sparked clashes Tuesday night be Felipe Dana, Associated Press
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A man walks into the Fulton County Government Center while reflected in a voting poster at a polling station opened for early voting for Georgia's upcoming May 20 primary elections, Tuesday, May 6, 2014, in Atlanta. Early voting in Georgia began April 28 David Goldman, Associated Press
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Protesters march in the street as lightning flashes in the distance in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb. Jeff Roberson, Associated Press
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Mario Huettenhofer, chief of the German company 3D Fab, presents his own face as 3d print during the international fairs FabCon 3.D and Rapid.Tech in Erfurt, Germany, Thursday, May 15, 2014. 130 exhibitors from all over the world present the entire world Jens Meyer, Associated Press
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Two men with a horse cart try to make their way during a powerful dust storm in Jammu, India, Monday, June 16, 2014. Channi Anand, Associated Press
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In this Friday, June 20, 2014 photo, Central American migrants wait atop the freight train they had been traveling north on, as it starts to rain after the train suffered a minor derailment outside Reforma de Pineda, Chiapas state, Mexico. The train remai Rebecca Blackwell, Associated Press
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President Barack Obama speaks at the dedication ceremony for the National September 11 Memorial Museum on Thursday, May 15, 2014 in New York. The museum opens to the public on May 21. John Angelillo, Associated Press
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A local resident casts a shadow on leaving a booth to cast her ballot at a polling station in Luhansk, Ukraine, on Sunday May 11, 2014. Residents of two restive regions in eastern Ukraine cast ballots Sunday in referendums, which seek approval for declari Evgeniy Maloletka, Associated Press
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People walk through a tunnel on the main road in the occupied areas in Central, Hong Kong Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Talks between the Hong Kong government and student leaders of a democracy protest that has blocked main roads in the Asian financial hub for Kin Cheung, Associated Press
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A rose sits on a tombstone of a civl war soldier at Marietta National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. David Goldman, Associated Press
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A Jammu and Kashmir government employee shouts slogans from a police van after being detained during a protest in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Indian police Saturday detained dozens of government employees demanding payment of arrears in sala Dar Yasin, Associated Press
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U.S. military soldiers using their smartphones take pictures of U.S. President Barack Obama after delivering a speech at U.S. military base Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Lee Jin-man, Associated Press
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A youth walks under a large Venezuelan flag during a rally organized by workers of the National Telecommunications Company or CANTV to show support for the government in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press
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Indian brides wait outside a toilet facility provided at the venue during a mass wedding organized by a social organization for a hundred couple from the economically weaker sections of the society in New Delhi, India, Sunday, June 15, 2014. Mass weddings Tsering Topgyal, Associated Press
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Fireworks explode over Olympic Park during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Matt Slocum, Associated Press
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French street artist and photographer JR poses on his creation during the presentation to the press at the Pantheon in Paris, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. French Government named JR to decorate with portraits of Paris' Pantheon, that is the final resting place Francois Mori, Associated Press
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A bouquet is seen close to a bloodstain and a police evidence mark at pro Russia check point after a night fight between an unidentified masked man and pro-Russian activists in the village of Bulbasika near Slovyansk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Manu Brabo, Associated Press
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Palestinian children fly kites and sit watching the sunset n Khan Younis, a town and refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Hatem Moussa, Associated Press
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Police walk through a cloud of smoke as they clash with protesters Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wed Jeff Roberson, Associated Press
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Journalists protest the murder of their colleague Gregorio Jimenez, as well as the murder of other journalists in Mexico, at the Angel of Independence Monument in Mexico City, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. Gunmen kidnapped Jimenez, 42, from his home in Coatzacoa Marco Ugarte, Associated Press
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People on a rooftop in the Pavao Pavaozinho slum watch fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach during New Year's Eve celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. Leo Correa, Associated Press
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Anti-government demonstrators take cover from a police water cannon in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. The start of a weeklong string of holidays leading up to the March 5 anniversary of former President Hugo Chavez's death has not completely p Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press
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A Nepalese man climbs the Boudhanath stupa, a world heritage site, as he works to renovate it in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The Boudhanath Stupa is an important pilgrimage site for Buddhists. Niranjan Shrestha, Associated Press
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Shiite pilgrims carry a symbolic coffin at the holy shrine of the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim during the annual commemoration of the saint's death at Kazimiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Karim Kadim, Associated Press
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A man walks home at sunset past recently-deployed South African military personnel in the politically-sensitive mining town of Bekkersdal, where there have been recent disputes between supporters of incumbent President Jacob Zuma's African National Congre Ben Curtis, Associated Press
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Thai police commandos take a rest during an anti terrorist exercise at Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Violence spread Tuesday to another anti-government protest site in Thailand's capital following weekend explo Sakchai Lalit, Associated Press
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Sub-Saharan migrants scale a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, early in the morning on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Several hundred African migrants charged the barbed-wire border fence in SpainÍs North African enclave of Santi Palacios, Associated Press
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A demonstrator with a Venezuelan flag returns a teargas canister to the Bolivarian National Guard dispersing protesters to keep them from blocking a major highway in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Anti-government protesters rallied to demand Fernando Llano, Associated Press
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A young boy clings to the leg of his mother who stands in a queue to cast her vote during a re-polling of Indian parliamentary elections in Rehna village, in the northern Indian state of Haryana, Thursday, May 15, 2014. The Election Commission had ordered Altaf Qadri, Associated Press
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South Africans queue to vote before dawn at a polling station that was burned down overnight, but a tent was erected to vote at in the morning, in the politically-sensitive mining town of Bekkersdal, South Africa Wednesday, May 7, 2014. South Africans vot Ben Curtis, Associated Press
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Fierce winds blow snow as snowboarder Garrett Ramos, 20, uses a shovel to build a jump, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Portland, Maine. The temperature is expected to drop between 10 and 20 degrees below zero Fahrenheit Friday night. Robert F. Bukaty, Associated Press
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Tourists take a 'selfie' picture as demonstrators burn a trash container during a May Day rally in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Tens of thousands of workers marked May Day in European cities with a mix of anger and gloom over austerity measure Manu Fernandez, Associated Press
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The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, flies in the sky at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Circular star tracks around the Polar St Dmitry Lovetsky, Associated Press
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Pope Francis prays as he holds an envelope before placing it in on of the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray, in the old city of Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, May 26, 2014. The Vatican hasn't said if the cont Andrew Medichini, Associated Press
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In this Sunday June 22, 2014 photo, a moss man take part during the Corpus Christi procession in the small village of Bejar, Spain. Following the legend of the Moss Men, in the XII Century Christians covered their clothes and weapons with moss as a camouf Daniel Ochoa de Olza, Associated Press
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A man covers his face in oil and soot as he gets ready to start a carnival festival in the small village of Luzon, Spain, Saturday, March 1, 2014. Preserved records from the 14th century document Luzon's carnival, but the real origin of the tradition coul Andres Kudacki, Associated Press
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Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 4, 2014 to mark the 25th anniversary of the June 4th Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing. Vincent Yu, Associated Press
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Fireworks explode in the sky as supporters of presidential hopeful Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the nation’s former military chief, celebrate at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 29, 2014. El-Sissi appeared well on his way to a landslide victory over Amr Nabil, Associated Press
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Palestinian protesters run through a cloud of tear gas during clashes with Israeli soldiers following the funeral of Moataz Washaha in the West Bank town of Bir Zeit, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Washaha, wanted by the Israelis on terror charges, was killed aft Majdi Mohammed, Associated Press
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Beth Mack and her son Daniel clear the roof of their home in Eden, N.Y. Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. A snowfall that brought huge drifts and closed roads in the Buffalo area finally ended Friday, yet residents still couldn't breathe easy, as the looming threat Mark Mulville, The Buffalo News
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People gather at daybreak on the top steps of the Lincoln Memorial looking toward the Washington Monument to watch the first sunrise of the New Year in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. J. David Ake, Associated Press
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A car is weighed down by heavy snow in the south Buffalo area on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Buffalo, N.Y. Western New York continues to dig out from the heavy snow dropped by this week by lake-effect snowstorms. Mike Groll, Associated Press
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A Palestinian uses a slingshot to throws back a tear gas canister that was fired by Israeli troops during clashes with Israeli soldiers, outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Two Palestinian cousins Majdi Mohammed, Associated Press
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An Israeli rescue worker navigates the scene of a shooting attack in a synagogue in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Two Palestinians stormed a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday, attacking worshippers praying inside with knives, axes and guns, and killing Sebastian Scheiner, Associated Press
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Police officers tell the protesters not to push after the protesters tried to break into the Legislative Council in Hong Kong Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Protesters clashed with police early Wednesday after they tried to break into Hong Kong's Legislative C Vincent Yu, Associated Press
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Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's Square to attend the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Gregorio Borgia, Associated Press
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A visitor at the South Florida National Cemetery walks among veterans' graves on Veterans Day in Lake Worth, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. J Pat Carter, Associated Press
By Deseret News, Jordan Allred, For the Deseret News

The year 2014 was a year packed with memorable moments, from the Winter Olympics and World Cup to the death of Michael Brown and the subsequent protests against police-involved shootings across the nation.

Here is a photographic look at the top AP images from the past 12 months.

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