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Latvia's Andzejs Lebedevs (C) celebrates on the podium his victory in the overall ranking with second-placed Artem Laguta (L) of Russia and third-placed Vaclav Milik (R) of Czech Republic after the Final Speedway European Championships in Lublin, Poland, 14 October 2017. EPA-EFE/WOJCIECH PACEWICZ POLAND OUT
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Kenzo Shirai of Japan competes in the Rings discipline of the Men's All-Around Finals at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Canada, 05 October 2017. EPA-EFE/ANDRE PICHETTE
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Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after falling during his men's singles first round match against Lucas Pouille of France at the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, 03 October 2017. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY
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British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes AMG GP (C) celebrates after winning F1 World Championship during the Formula One Mexico's Grand Prix at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack, in Mexico City, Mexico, 29 October 2017. EPA-EFE/JOSE MENDEZ
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French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair at Messe Frankfurt, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 10 October 2017. The book fair ran from 11 to 15 October. France was the special guest at this year's event. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK
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Hundreds of Rohingya enter Bangladesh from Budichong, Myanmar through the Palongkhali border in Coxsbazar, Bangladesh, 09 October 2017, after crossing the Naf river. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 525,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar from violence over the last weeks and months with most of them trying to reach Bangladesh. EPA-EFE/ABIR ABDULLAH
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Firefighters clean up a neighborhood of homes destroyed by the Canyon Fire No. 2 in Anaheim Hills, California, USA, 09 October 2017. EPA-EFE/PAUL BUCK
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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (2-R) comforts an elderly man during a visit to municipalities in the center of the country that were affected by wildfires of the previous weekend, in Santa Comba, Vouzela, Portugal, 19 October 2017. EPA-EFE/NUNO ANDRE FERREIRA
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A man runs through the scene of a massive explosion in front of the Safari Hotel in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, 14 October 2017. At least 300 people were killed in the 14 October truck bomb attack, the deadliest attack in Somalia's recent history. EPA-EFE/SAID YUSUF WARSAME
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US President Donald Trump (C) greets people upon his arrival to Guaynabo in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 03 October 2017. Trump arrived to Puerto Rico to evaluate the response to Hurricane Maria on the island. EPA-EFE/THAIS LLORCA / POOL
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Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, leader and top candidate of the Austrian Peoples Party (OeVP), arrives for a TV interview in Vienna, Austria, 15 October 2017. According to the interior ministry, more than six million people were eligible to vote in the elections for a new Nationalrat, the federal parliament in Austria on 15 October 2017. Kurz's party won the vote. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA
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Fancy dress parcipitants stand on the stage together as they attend the annual Halloween party at the George Hay Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, 31 October 2017. Hundreds of local residents gathered at the park in the evening to dress up, trick-or-treat and have a best dressed competition. Halloween has its roots in an ancient, pre-Christina Celtic festival named Samhain. The Celts lived 2,000 years ago and believed that the dead returned to Earth on the Samhain festival. EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK
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Visitors ride on a carousel at the fairground on the last day of the 184th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, 03 October 2017. The event ran from 16 September to 03 October and was attended by several millions of visitors from all over the world. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA
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(L-R) US film director Noah Baumbach, British actress Emma Thompson and US actor Adam Sandler attend the premiere of 'The Meyerowitz Stories' at the 61st annual BFI London Film Festival, in London, Britain, 06 October 2017. The festival ran from 04 to 15 October. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN
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British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro speaks to the media in the garden of his house in London, Britain 05 October 2017. Ishiguro has been announced winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL
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Steffen Weinhold (C) of THW Kiel is challenged for the ball by Mirsad Terzic (L) and Blaz Blagotinsek of Telekom Veszprem during their men's Champions' League Group B fourth round match in Veszprem, 108 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, 08 October 2017. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
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A man reacts as he is surrounded by police officers dispersing supporter of the National Super Alliance (NASA) and its presidential candidate Raila Odinga during a running battle between police and protesters in Kawangware slum, Nairobi, Kenya, 30 October 2017. Clashes occurred minutes after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared President-elect by electoral commission Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) after the election rerun. EPA-EFE/DAI KUROKAWA
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A man fights with a forest fire in Vieira de Leiria, Marinha Grande, central Portugal, 16 October 2017. Some 6,000 firemen supported by 1,800 land vehicules were fighting several wildfires all over the country. EPA-EFE/RICARDO GRACA
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A supporter of the opposition speaks to journalists as he take part in an unauthorized rally in central Moscow, Russia, 07 October 2017. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called on his supporters to join an anti-government demonstration in central Moscow despite a ban from Moscow authorities. EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV
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A doctor examines a ten-day-old Rohungya child at a medical center in a camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 05 October 2017. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 525,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar from violence over the last weeks and months with most of them trying to reach Bangladesh. EPA-EFE/ABIR ABDULLAH
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Republican Senator from Tennessee and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Bob Corker (C) speaks to members of the news media near the Senate subway before votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 19 October 2017. The Senate was expected to hold back-to-back votes, 19 October, on amendments to the 2018 fiscal year budget resolution. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
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Police use water canon trying to disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators as they block the entrance to the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem, Israel, 23 October 2017. The Ultra-Orthodox community in Israel is holding ongoing protest against army recruitment. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
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Austrian Foreign Minister and leader of the Austrian Peoples' Party (OeVP), Sebastian Kurz (R) is welcomed by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (L) for a meeting ahead to an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, 19 October 2017. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with voters during his final campaign of the Lower House election outside Akihabara JR Station in Tokyo, Japan, 21 October 2017. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a coalition partner won a landslide victory in the Lower House election on 22 October. EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
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An elderly woman casts her ballot into a portable ballot box during early voting in the village of Besh-Kungei, some 20 km from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 14 October 2017. Presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan were scheduled to be held on 15 October 2017. EPA-EFE/IGOR KOVALENKO
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks at the State Department in Washington, DC, USA, 04 October 2017. Tillerson denied ever having considered resigning and that he fully supported President Trump's agenda. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
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Emergency personnel at work on the scene of an attack where a man driving a truck killed eight people and injured 11, in New York, New York, USA, 31 October 2017. The attacker, identified as Sayfullo Saipov, was shot after jumping out of the truck. The attack is being investigated as a terrorist incident. EPA-EFE/JASON SZENES
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Amnesty Turkey director Idil Eser (R) reacts after being released from the Silivri prison in Istanbul, Turkey, 26 October 2017. A Turkish court late 25 October ordered the release of eight human rights activists who are on trial in Turkey on alleged terror charges. The eight activists were released on bail, pending their next hearing on 22 November. EPA-EFE/STR TURKEY OUT
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A Ukrainian serviceman exercises with 35 kg weight made from 120mm mortars, not far of the crisis front line in Vodyane village of Donetsk area, Ukraine, 16 October 2017. Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded recently when pro-Russian rebels attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas, according to a local media report. EPA-EFE/SERGEY VAGANOV
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Beatrice Fihn (L), the executive director of the 'International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons' (ICAN), with ICAN coordinator Daniel Hogsta (R) and Grethe Ostern (C), a member of the organization's steering committee, arrive for a press conference at the ICAN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 06 October 2017. ICAN has won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway announced. EPA-EFE/MARTIAL TREZZINI
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A nurse gives medical care to an injured child while another cleans blood from the floor at a hospital in rebel-held Douma, Syria, 26 October 2017. Seven people were killed after several bombs were dropped on civilian areas allegedly by forces loyal to the Syrian regime. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
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People walk along a flooded street in the municipality of Minatitlan, Mexico, 05 October 2017. At least three people were killed and 3,500 homes were damaged by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Ramon in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, authorities said. EPA-EFE/ANGEL HERNANDEZ
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A man holds a piece of paper with P45 written on it as Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (L) delivers her speech on the final day of Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Britain, 04 October 2017. The P45 is a reference code for a form on 'Details of employee leaving work' and usually associated with a termination of employment. The conference ran from 01 to 04 of October 2017. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
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An Afghan man suveys the site after a bomb attack targeted the Shiiite Muslim mosque Imam Zaman in Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 October 2017. Nearly 70 people were killed on 20 October as a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside the mosque in a neighborhood of Kabul predominantly populated by the Shiite Hazara minority, an ethnic group thought to be of Mongolian origin. EPA-EFE/HEDAYATULLAH AMID
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Catalan President Carles Puigdemont (R) smiles after the Catalan Assembly approved the declaration of a uniteral independence, during a plenary session at the Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, 27 October 2017. As consequence of this result, the Catalan Assembly urged the Catalan government to begin a constituent process to draft and approve the constitution of a new republic. EPA-EFE/ALBERTO ESTEVEZ
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Catalan people wearing pro-independence 'Estelada' regional flags leave after taking part in a protest at the Barcelona University square against the Spanish police forces' actions during the '1-O Referendum', in Barcelona, Spain, 03 October 2017. EPA-EFE/ALBERTO ESTEVEZ
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Disputed Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont attends a press conference at the Press Club Brussels Europe, in Brussels, Belgium, 31 October 2017. Puigdemont was dismissed from his post after the Spanish government implemented the Spanish constitution's article 155 in response to the Catalonia Parliament's vote in favor of declaring independence. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET
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Spanish National riot policemen form a security cordon around the Ramon Llull school in Barcelona, Catalonia, 01 October 2017. National Police officers and Civil guards had been deployed to different polling centers in Barcelona to prevent the people from entering and vote in the Catalan independence referendum, that has been banned by the Spanish Constitutional Court. The police action provocked clashes between pro-independence people and the police forces. EPA-EFE/ALBERTO ESTEVEZ
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People with Spanish and Catalan flags gather during the rally called by 'Societat Civil Catalana' (Civil Catalan Society) in downtown Barcelona, Spain, 08 October 2017, in support of the unity of Spain and its constitution after the Catalan independence referendum held on 01 October, which they claim was illegal. EPA-EFE/QUIQUE GARCIA
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Broken windows seen on a high floor in the Mandalay Bay hotel facing the scene of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival on Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 02 October 2017. A gunman, identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, firing from an upper floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 before he reportedly killed himself as police made their way to his hotel room. EPA-EFE/PAUL BUCK
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Mourners react during a candlelight vigil at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) for victims of a mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 02 October 2017. A gunman, identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, firing from an upper floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 before he reportedly killed himself as police made their way to his hotel room. EPA-EFE/EUGENE GARCIA
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Blood stains and a discarded shoe lie in the street in the aftermath of a mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival on Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 02 October 2017. A gunman, identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, firing from an upper floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 before he reportedly killed himself as police made their way to his hotel room. The mass shooting is said to be the deadliest in modern US history. EPA-EFE/EUGENE GARCIA
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(22/32) A picture issued as part of a photo essay shows Laxmi Bhandari coming out of a 'Chaupadi' room on an early morning Mangalsen village in Acham district, Nepal, 17 September 2017. Laxmi uses a small separate room in her own home during her monthly menstruation. 'Living in a separate room in your own home is much safer than living in a Chaupadi shed which is set up separately outside one's home', says a social mobilizer who campaigns to end the practice. 'Chaupadi Pratha' is an ancient social tradition in Nepal that banishes girls and women from their home to makeshift sheds and huts during their menstruation period. The custom is practiced by religious Hindu communities in some districts of western Nepal, especially in the far western Accham district, which is located 424 kilometers from the capital of Kathmandu. Girls and women are forced to stay in small huts or sheds built away from their homes, or even caves, for seven to nine days during their monthly period in following with the centuries-old ritual. They are also prohibited to participate in normal daily activities as they are considered 'impure'. EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA
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(17/30) A picture issued as part of a photo essay shows a man taking medical gloves out of a washing machine in rebel-held Douma, Eastern al-Ghouta, Syria, 21 October 2017. Due to the siege on Eastern al-Ghouta, nurses at the Damascus Countryside Specialized Hospital started washing medical supplies and then sterilize them with formaldehyde. Eastern al-Ghouta, located 15km outside of Damascus, has been under siege by forces loyal to the Syrian government for four years. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA
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(28/33) A picture issued as part of a photo essay shows a sink and bathtub in the dilapidated Ducor Hotel in Monrovia, Liberia 02 October 2017. The Ducor Hotel was once the most prominent hotel in Africa. It was built by Israeli builder Moshe Mayer in 1960 on the highest point of Monrovia. The hotel closed in 1989. It was the first 5-star hotel in Africa. Frequented by politicians, diplomats and business people from across the continent and abroad the hotel was a shinning example of the prosperous years in West Africa at the time. It hosted many important meetings between African leaders. Since then thick tropical vegetation surrounding it has invaded every crevice, corner and floor of the deserted art deco styled landmark. EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA
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(23/25) A picture issued as part of a photo essay shows a horse looking through a window into a room of the house of a Roma family living in the Transylvanian village of Ghidfalau (Gidofalva in Hungarian), near Sfantu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyorgy in Hungarian), Covasna County, Romania, 16 October 2017. In Sfantu Gheorghe and the neighbouring villages, thousands of Roma people live below the subsistence level. EPA-EFE/ZOLTAN BALOGH SPECIAL NOTICE: THIS IMAGE IS TO BE USED SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED
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(07/37) A picture issued as part of a photo essay shows visually impaired Filipino student Maria Sofia Brianna Cuna (C) raising her hand while Special Education (SPED) teacher Janice Armas (L) sits with her during a third grade class at Commonwealth Elementary School in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines 19 September 2017. The Commonwealth Elementary School provides a different approach with their Special Education program (SPED), where underprivelaged visualy impaired children of kindergarten age are given free education, learning the Braille system and later being integrated into a first grade class of students with normal vision. Nine-year-old Brianna is one of millions in Asia with visual impairment. The Asian region was found to have the highest rates of blindness with 11.7 million people in south Asia, 6.2 million in east Asia and 3.5 million in southeast Asia. According to World Health Organization (WHO), chronic eye diseases are the main cause of vision loss worldwide and un-operated cataract is the leading cause of blindness in low income countries, while 80 per cent of all vision impairment can be prevented or cured. People who remain untreated or have incurable visual impairment have to come to terms and live with lack of vision. EPA-EFE/ROLEX DELA PENA
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(25/33) A picture issued as part of a photo essay shows the Dalton Highway stretching through Arctic tundra early in the morning near Deadhorse, Alaska, USA, 05 September 2017. Stretching 414 miles (666 kilometers) north from central Alaska to Prudhoe Bay, the Dalton Highway is one of America's northernmost roads and arguably its most remote. Built as a supply road for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the Dalton was opened to public use in 1981. Largely gravel and littered with potholes, a round-trip drive takes four days. Though it still offers few facilities and no radio, cell service, or internet the Haul Road, as it is often called, rewards its rare visitors with spectacular Arctic scenery. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
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(05/22) A picture issued as part of a photo essay shows Principal Swaran Singh Virk walking past students during a morning assembly at Baba Aya Singh Riarki College in Tughalwala village, near Gurdaspur city, Punjab state, India, 24 October 2017. Baba Aya Singh Riarki College is a self-governed institution only for girls with the principle 'Free Education - No Donation', where students after graduating teach other students. Principal Swaran Singh Virk started the college in 1976 and dedicated it to Baba Aya Singh ji, an Indian social worker in the early 20th century. The institution now has about 5,000 students who receive not only quality education but also are taught moral values, ethics and religious values with no discrimination on the basis of caste or religion. EPA-EFE/RAMINDER PAL SINGH
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A slow shutter speed picture shows Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in action against Caroline Garcia of France during their singles round robin match of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2017 held at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore, 27 October 2017. EPA-EFE/WALLACE WOON