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A billboard is seen as smoke rises from a clash with Islamic State militants in the town of al-Alam just north of Tikrit.Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters

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George Henderson, left, professor emeritus, joins students at the University of Oklahoma to protest a fraternity's racist comments in Norman, Okla.Steve Sisney/The Associated Press

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Palestinian school children hold a kite as they gather to show solidarity with Japan to mark the fourth anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and set off a nuclear crisis.Mohammed Abed/AFP / Getty Images

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Isaac Herzog, Co-leader of the centre-left Zionist Union, are pictured together as campaign billboards rotate in Tel Aviv.Baz Ratner/Reuters

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Afghan policemen display their skills at a police training centre in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.Parwiz/Reuters

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Train passenger Alyssa Coleman, right, and her little sister, Viara Hinton, are helped off of a derailed Amtrak train by workers on scene in Halifax County, N.C.Erin Carson/The Associated Press

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Rebel fighters dig caves in the mountains, to be used as shelters from the bombing of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in al-Latamna town, in the northern countryside of Hama, Syria.Khalil Ashwahi/Reuters

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Shiite Kuwaiti member of parliament Abdulhameed Dashti raises his weapon as he arrives at the National Assembly building before handing it over to security officers as part of an Amnesty program.Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP / Getty Images

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From left, model Cara Delevingne, takes a photographer with actor Woody Harrelson, singers Kanye West and Paul McCartney prior to Stella McCartney's ready to wear fall-winter fashion collection during Paris Fashion Week.Thibault Camus/The Associated Press

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Bangladesh's Nassir Hossain (top) leaps onto team mates in celebration after Bangladesh knocked England out of the tournament in their Cricket World Cup match in Adelaide.David Gray/Reuters

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