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Oct. 27, 2014
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An Indian potter prepares to burn dried earthen lamps in an oven to make them
durable ahead of Diwali festival at the Basantpur village on the outskirts of
Bhubaneswar, India, Wednesday, Oct.15, 2014. The earthen lamps are in demand
during the Diwali festival when people buy them to light up their homes. (AP
Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
Oct. 15, 2014
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Indian potters stack earthen lamps on a
hearth to harden them, ahead of Diwali
festival in Allahabad, India,Thursday,
Oct. 16, 2014. People buy earthen
lamps to decorate their homes during
the Diwali festival of lights, which will
be celebrated on October 23. (AP
Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Oct. 16, 2014
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Indians buy lanterns and lamps from roadside stalls ahead of Diwali, the Hindu
festival of lights in Mumbai, India, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Diwali will be
celebrated is most parts of India on Oct. 23.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Oct. 20, 2014
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Children with special needs light firecrackers as they celebrate Diwali, the festival
of lights at the Shishu Sarathi School in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.
(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Oct. 22, 2014
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An Indian man dressed as monkey god Hanuman walks in a procession on the eve
of Diwali in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. The day before Diwali,
the festival of lights, is a significant Hanuman worship day for Hindus. (AP
Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Oct. 22, 2014
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A Hindu devotee offers a prayer in front of a god statue of Meenakshi Amman during
Diwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, at Sri Mahamariamman Temple in Klang, outside
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
Oct. 22, 2014
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An Indian Sikh devotee lights candles on the
occasion of Bandi Chhor Divas, or Diwali, at
the illuminated Golden Temple in Amritsar,
India on October 23, 2014. Sikhs celebrate
Diwali to mark the return of the sixth Guru,
Guru Hargobind Ji, who was freed from
imprisonment and managed to release 52
political prisoners at the same time from
Gwalior fort by Mughal Emperor Jahangir in
1619. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU
(Photo credit should read NARINDER
NANU/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indians play with firecrackers to
celebrate Diwali in Allahabad,
India,Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.
Diwali, the festival of lights, is one
of Hinduism's most important
festivals dedicated to the worship
of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of
wealth. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar
Singh)
Oct. 23, 2014
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Fireworks light up the night sky during
Diwali festival in Ajmer, India, Thursday,
Oct. 23, 2014. Diwali, the festival of lights,
is one of Hinduism's most important
festivals dedicated to the worship of
Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth.
(AP Photo Deepak Sharma)
Oct. 23, 2014
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A child living in a shanty area jumps as he
watches a firecracker light up during Diwali
celebrations in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23,
2014. Diwali, the festival of lights, is one of
Hinduism's most important festivals dedicated to
the worship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of
wealth. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Oct. 23, 2014
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Roadside vendors prepare garlands of marigold early morning at a market on
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.
Marigold flowers are popularly used as offerings and for rituals and decorations
during Hindu festivals. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Tenements housing mostly fishermen families are illuminated with lights to
celebrate Diwali in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Diwali, the festival of
lights, is one of Hinduism's most important festivals dedicated to the worship of
Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Oct. 23, 2014
A young Indian girl laughs as
she plays with a firecracker
during Diwali, the festival of
lights, in New Delhi, India,
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.
Diwali is one of Hinduism's
most important festivals
dedicated to the worship of
Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of
wealth. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Oct. 22, 2014
A Hindu devotee walks past god
statues during Diwali, or the Hindu
festival of lights, at Sri Maha
Mariamman Temple in Klang, outside
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday,
Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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Girls light lamps outside their homes in a tenement illuminated with lights during
Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Hindus light up their
homes and light firecrackers to mark Diwali, the festival of lights, dedicated to the
worship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Oct. 23, 2014
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A Pakistani girl from Hindu community holds a clay lamp during the Diwali celebrations at a local temple in
Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Diwali, the festival of lights, is one of Hinduism's most important
festivals dedicated to the worship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Oct. 23, 2014
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An artist applies henna on the hand of a
Malaysian ethnic Indian girl for the
upcoming Diwali, or the Hindu festival of
lights in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. The
festival falls on Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Lai Seng
Sin)
Oct. 22, 2014
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India celebrates Diwali
Indians are celebrating Diwali, the biggest Hindu festival, by lighting earthen
lamps, bursting firecrackers and distributing sweets.
Oct. 22, 2014
On Diwali, many Indians worship Lakshmi, the
goddess of wealth. Here, an artist gives the final
touches to a Lakshmi statue at a workshop
ahead of the festival in the southern city of
Hyderabad.
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Oct. 22, 2014
Homes across India are decorated with bright
lights and colourful lanterns. Also known as the
Festival of Lights, Diwali marks the victory of
good over evil and celebrates the time when
Lord Rama returned to his kingdom Ayodhya
after vanquishing the demon king Ravana.
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The three-day festival began on Tuesday with Dhanteras - a day
many believe is auspicious for making purchases. It's a day
shops across India and jammed with shoppers and many buy
precious metals like gold and silver.
Oct. 22, 2014
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Dhanteras holds special significance for the business community. Here, a man
marks one-rupee coins with kumkum - a red coloured powder used on social and
religious occasions - as part of a Dhanteras ritual near the western city of
Ahmedabad.
Oct. 22, 2014
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Oct. 22, 2014
Thousands of widows, who have been abandoned by their
families, are for the first time participating in the Diwali
celebrations organised by the non-governmental
organisation Sulabh International. Here, a group of widows
hold earthen oil lamps as they offer prayers on the banks of
the river Yamuna.
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Oct. 22, 2014
Here, some elderly widows light
sparklers after offering prayers in
the northern town of Vrindavan.
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Renee Byer
News stories in photographs
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At the Krousa Thmey Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia,
five brothers sleep together on the floor. This is a
temporary orphanage or, in reality, safe house for
children who have been found abandoned and
wandering the streets. Because space is limited, they
cannot stay for long, but for now at least they are given
some refuge from the influences of the streets of the
city. These brothers range in age from 5 to 12.
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Dominga Illari, 70, left, and Manuela Quispe Avile, 70, right, dance after
harvesting potatoes. Avile is the owner of the land and Illari works for her in
exchange for food to eat, not money in Santiago de Okola, Bolivia.
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Rudra, 5, and his sister Suhani, 3, search for tea to drink at the
Charan slum Settlement in Dharamsala, India, where they live with
their family. They survive although two of their siblings recently
died of malnutrition.
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Labone, 27, takes a moment to hold
her young daughter Nupur, 1, who
was fathered by a client, before she
has to return to her evening’s work
in a brothel in Jessore, Bangladesh.
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Phay Phanna, 60, lost his leg
when he stepped on a land
mine in 1988 near the
Cambodian-Thai border. He is
a widower and is the sole
head of his family, caring for
11 children in a home he does
not own. It has been
scheduled for demolition
since being purchased by a
private developer in 2008 in
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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In the Charan slum settlement of northern India, Kalpana, 20, starves one of her children Sangeeta, 2, while her sister Sarita, 5-months-old, right, sleeps in comfort, above right, in her
mother's arms. Sangeeta only weighs 9 pounds. Children are more likely to appeal to the sympathy of those inclined to give to beggars, so those who beg use children for this purpose.
Worse, sometimes as in this case a child is staved and carried about by the child’s parent while she begs on the streets or rented out to another beggar to be used as an object of
sympathy in the hope of generating more income over the course of a given day. Sometimes these “extra funds” are used to feed other children, thus, in practice, one child is sacrificed for
he sake of others. Sangeeta has since been helped by the Tong-Len Charitable Trust’s mobile medical clinic at the Charan slum settlement, Dharamsala, India. But according to the World
Bank 19,000 children die a day from preventable causes. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT ©RENÉE C. BYER
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Following the death of his father, Alvaro
Kalancha Quispe, 9, helps his family survive by
herding. He opens the gate to the stone pen
that holds the family's alpacas and llamas
each morning so they can graze throughout
the hillsides during the day. He then heads off
to school, but must round them up again in
the evening in the Akamani mountain range of
Bolivia in an area called Caluyo, about an hour
from the city of Qutapampa.
In this part of the world, the highlands of
Bolivia, approximately 13,000 feet above sea
level, residents live in homes with no
insulation, no electricity, and no beds. Their
water comes from streams that run off the
snow-covered mountains. Their livelihood lies
with their animals, for each animal produces
about three pounds of fur each year, and each
pound of fur is sold for 18 bolivianos, which
amounts to about $2.50 U.S. All in all, this
family may earn about $200 of income each
year from the herd they watch over. PHOTOS
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A sea of people passes by Hunupa Begum, 13, who has been blind for the past 10
years and lives close to the Nizamudin Bangala Masjid (Mosque) in New Delhi,
India. She begs as the only source of income for her family that consist of a
brother Hajimudin Sheikh, 6, center, who suffers fluids that accumulate in his
head and her mother Manora Begum, 35, right, who suffers from Asthma, and
she has a womb ailment and can't do manual labor. Their father Nizam Ali Sheikh
died ten years ago of Tuberculosis. Her wheelchair was donated by a passerby.
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Four-year-old Ana-Maria Tudor, above, stands
in the light of her doorway in Bucharest,
Romania, hoping for a miracle as her family
faces eviction from the only home they have
ever had. Her father recently had a gall bladder
surgery that resulted in an infection and left
him unable to work. The one room they live in
has no bathroom or running water.
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In an e-waste dump that kills nearly everything that it touches, Fati, 8, works with
other children searching through hazardous waste in hopes of finding whatever
she can to exchange for pennies in order to survive. While balancing a bucket on
her head with the little metal she has found, tears stream down her face as the
result of the pain that comes with the malaria she contracted some years ago.
This is work she must do to survive. PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT ©RENÉE C. BYER
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Jestina Koko, 25, with her daughter Satta Quaye, 5. Crippled since the age of
three, she depends on her arms to lift and drag herself. She survives by doing
laundry for others, selling cookies on the street, and begging in Monrovia, Liberia.
Both of them suffer from malaria. She wishes for a wheel chair, a private room to
live in and for her daughter to go to school. They sleep in the hallway of a home
that has no electric, toilet or running water and own nothing. August 29, 2010.
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Complaining of stomach pains Viorica Gulie, 31, takes a break
from cooking soup for her family as her mother-in-law Constanta
Gulie, 58, looks on at left. She suffers from Gastitis of her
stomach. With no money for medication or to go to the hospital
she has to live in pain. Their house which has no running water or
a bathroom is built on state land and they don't have title deeds
so they are in fear of being evicted in Slatina, Romania.
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Day of Marches and Violence in Kiev
November 5, 2014 54

Fighters from the Azov volunteer battalion
ignite flares during march marking the 72th
anniversary of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov
Day of Marches and
Violence in Kiev
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Activists of the Ukrainian nationalist
parties take part in a procession to
mark the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks.
REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Day of Marches and
Violence in Kiev
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Violence in Kiev
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Activists of the Ukrainian nationalist parties hold torches as they
mark the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Day of Marches and
Violence in Kiev
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Day of Marches and
Violence in Kiev
A broken window in the parliament building.
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Ukrainian nationalists and servicemen of the
Azov battalion hold flares in Kiev. GENYA
SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images
Day of Marches and
Violence in Kiev
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Violence in Kiev
Interior Ministry members stand guard in formation
during clashes with radical protesters.
REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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Violence in Kiev
Police clash with demonstrators outside parliament in
Kiev. AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov
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Fighters from the Azov volunteer battalion ignite flares during march marking the
72th anniversary of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov
Day of Marches and
Violence in Kiev
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Violence in Kiev
Ukrainian nationalists and servicemen of the Azov battalion
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Violence in Kiev
A radical protester uses a slingshot to hurl a stone during clashes with Interior
Ministry and law enforcement members. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich November 5, 2014 65

Radical protesters clash with law enforcement members on the Day
of Ukrainian Cossacks. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Day of Marches and
Violence in Kiev
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Radical protesters clash with Interior Ministry and law enforcement members on
the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks in Kiev, Tuesday. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Day of Marches and
Violence in Kiev
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Ukrainian nationalists and servicemen of the Azov battalion
demonstrate in Kiev. GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images
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Violence in Kiev
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Ukrainian nationalists and servicemen of the Azov battalion wave flags in Kiev
during march to mark the founding of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. GENYA
SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images
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Violence in Kiev
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Violence in Kiev
Soldiers of the Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Azov" take part in a procession to
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Smoke rises behind Donetsk train station, not far from the
Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport, during an artillery
battle between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government
forces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 12,
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)
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Smoke rises near the main terminal of Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport during an artillery battle
between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine,
Sunday, Oct. 12, 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)
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In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2012
photo, light shines through a
window on to a tank filled with
goldfish inside an office at the
Korean Central News Agency
building in Pyongyang, North
Korea. Daily life to the North
Korean capital has begun to return
to normal one month after late
leader Kim Jong Il's death. (AP
Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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In this Wednesday, April 4, 2012 photo, a North Korean soldier, working as a guide, walks through a forest that is said to
be a former camp site where the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung overnight while leading a battle against the
Japanese at the foot of Mount Paektu, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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A residential complex is seen on Monday, July 22, 2013
in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP
Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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In this photo taken Saturday,
Oct. 25, 2014, a North Korean
bride and groom pose for a
photograph at the Moranbong
hill where they went to take
wedding pictures, in
Pyongyang, North Korea. The
couple, Ri Ok Ran, 28 and Kang
Sung Jin, 32, were married
Saturday after dating for about
two years. (AP Photo/Wong
Maye-E)
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North Koreans are seen cycling to work at dusk through condensation on a car window,
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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In this Tuesday, April
23, 2013 photo, a
North Korean traffic
policeman stands at
an intersection in
Kaesong, North Korea.
(AP Photo/David
Guttenfelder)
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A North Korean tour guide stands on the top of Juche Tower in Pyongyang and looks down
at the capital city below on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, a North Korean man fetches water
from a water canal north of Mount Kuwol in South Hwanghae province, North
Korea. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Associated Press Pyongyang Bureau Chief Eric Talmadge and
photographer David Guttenfelder were granted unprecedented access
through North Korea for a week in June of this year. They traveled to the
country's spiritual summit of Mount Paektu. Throughout the trip,
Talmadge and Guttenfelder traveled alongside government "minders"
and were not able to interview ordinary people.
In the photo above, schoolchildren help repair potholes on a rural road
in North Korea's North Hamgyong province on June 20, 2014.

An employee walks through the lobby
of a hotel for foreign visitors in
Chongjin, North Korea on June 19.

A man takes shelter from the rain in
Samjiyon, North Korea on June 17.
Talmadge and Guttenfelder stopped at many
towns like this along the way to Mount
Paektu.

On June 16, farmers walk their cattle through a
rainstorm in the Ryanggang province of North
Korea. Most of the North Korean landscape
remains industrially undeveloped.

A North Korean woman walks on the peak of Mount Paektu in North Korea's Ryanggang province on June 18. More than
a thousand years ago, a huge volcano straddling the border between North Korea and China was the site of one of the
biggest eruptions in human history, blanketing eastern Asia in its ash.
But unlike other major volcanos around the world, the remote and politically sensitive Mount Paektu remains almost a
complete mystery to foreign scientists who have - until recently - been unable to conduct on-site studies.

A woman walks along a deserted stretch of road southeast of Pyongyang, North
Korea on June 21. Many roads in North Korea are poorly paved. This 124-mile
stretch of highway between Pyongyang and the port city of Wonsan is the
country's best-paved stretch, and is often devoid of traffic.

There are very few motor vehicles outside of Pyongyang, and most, like the
one pictured, frequently break down. In this photo, taken in the port city of
Wonsan, North Korea on June 21, a man works on his pickup truck.

Leftovers from a group lunch in
Wosan, North Korea, on June 15.

A deer's hoof used as a door handle hangs from the
front door of the home where North Koreans say the
late leader Kim Jong Il was born, around Mount Paektu
in North Korea's Ryanggang province on June 17.
North Koreans venerate Mount Paektu for its natural
beauty, but more importantly because it is considered
the home of the North Korean revolution.

North Korean residents walk on a road along a river in the
town of Kimchaek, in North Korea's North Hamgyong province,
on June 20. The once-productive cities along its east coast, like
the coal mining town of Kilju and the nearby city of Kimchaek,
have become a rust belt. Ironworks complexes which these
cities were built around remain dormant.

Residents rest alongside a railroad track in North Korea's North Hamgyong province on
June 20. Because of very low vehicle ownership and poor road conditions, railways are
the country's main mode of transportation.

Statues of animals play instruments in the countryside in Samsu on June 16. North
Korea is filled with child-friendly iconography dating back to the Soviet era.

Young North Koreans have a
beachside picnic in Wonsan,
North Korea on June 21. Wonsan
was converted to the nation's
first beach resort in 2013 after an
initiative by Kim Jong-Un.

A man walks past election posters of candidates for parliament elections in the town of Mariupol, eastern
Ukraine, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. Ukraine’s parliament elections are scheduled for Sunday Oct. 26. (AP
Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Oct. 22, 2014

A worker pastes an election poster of parliament election candidate Serhiy
Taruta, in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014.
Ukraine’s parliament elections are scheduled for Sunday Oct. 26. (AP
Oct. 22, 2014

A man walks past election posters of
candidates for parliament elections in
the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine,
Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. Ukraine’s
parliament elections are scheduled for
Sunday Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Dmitry
Lovetsky)
Oct. 22, 2014

A woman watches photos taken during fresh protests
exhibited at Kiev’s Independence Square, Ukraine, Friday,
Oct. 24, 2014. Parliamentary elections on Sunday in Ukraine
promise to usher in a fresh class of politicians, but for
millions of Ukrainians change is no promise of improvement.
(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Oct. 24, 2014

An election official prepares voting booths at a polling station in the government
controlled town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Ukrainian
parliamentary elections will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Oct. 24, 2014

A seller waits for customers in her fruit shop at a
market in central Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 24,
2014. Parliamentary elections on Sunday in Ukraine
promise to usher in a fresh class of politicians, but
for millions of Ukrainians change is no promise of
improvement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Oct. 24, 2014

Ballot boxes await use inside a polling station in central Kiev,
Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Parliamentary elections on Sunday
in Ukraine promise to usher in a fresh class of politicians, but for
millions of Ukrainians change is no promise of improvement. (AP
Oct. 24, 2014 Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A woman walks past a huge Ukrainian flag the day before of the parliamentary elections in
central Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Parliamentary elections on Sunday in
Ukraine promise to usher in a fresh class of politicians, but for millions of Ukrainians
change is no promise of improvement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Oct. 24, 2014

A seller sleeps inside his fish shop as he waits for
customers at a market in central Kiev, Ukraine, Friday,
Oct. 24, 2014. Parliamentary elections on Sunday in
Ukraine promise to usher in a fresh class of politicians,
but for millions of Ukrainians change is no promise of
improvement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Oct. 25, 2014
Election officials
assemble ballot boxes at
a polling station in the
government controlled
town of Mariupol,
eastern Ukraine
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014.
Ukrainian parliamentary
elections will be held on
Sunday. (AP

Ukrainian army soldiers guard a district election commission as an election official carries ballots to a
polling station in Volnovakha, a village on the front line of fighting between Ukrainian government
forces and rebels, eastern Ukraine Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Oct. 25, 2014

Oct. 25, 2014
Election officials hang
lists of candidates at a
polling station in the
government controlled
town of Mariupol,
eastern Ukraine
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014.
Ukrainian parliamentary
elections will be held on
Sunday. (AP

Kiev - Ukraine

A member of an election commission holds a
mobile election box as she visits local
residents during a parliamentary election in
Horodyshche near Chernihiv, October 26,
2014. Ukrainians voted on Sunday in an
election that is likely to install a pro-Western
parliament and strengthen President Petro
Poroshenko's mandate to end separatist
conflict in the east, but may fuel tension with
Russia. REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE - Tags:
POLITICS ELECTIONS)
Oct. 26, 2014

Oct. 26, 2014
A woman uses a magnifying glass to read her ballot while voting at
home in the village of Gornostaypol, some 80 km north of Kiev, on
October 26, 2014, during Ukraine's parliamentary elections.
Ukrainians voted in parliamentary elections on October 26 that could
sharpen divisions in the war-torn country, while strengthening
President Petro Poroshenko's bid to set the ex-Soviet republic on an
irreversible pro-Western course. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV

Oct. 26, 2014
KIEV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 26: Nina Pobegailo, 88, casts her vote from her home as election
staff workers collect ballott papers from people too infirm to visit the polling stations on
October 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Although a low turn out is expected in the east of the
country, amid continued fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian seperatists,
Ukraine is expected to elect a pro-western parliament in a further move away from Russian
influence. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
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Oct. 26, 2014
Members of a local election
commission work at a polling
station during a parliamentary
election in the village of Fiina
near Lviv, October 26, 2014.
Ukrainians voted on Sunday in an
election that is likely to install a
pro-Western parliament and
strengthen President Petro
Poroshenko's mandate to end
separatist conflict in the east,
but may fuel tension with Russia.
REUTERS/Roman Baluk
(UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS
ELECTIONS)

A man walks out of a voting booth at a polling station during a parliamentary
election in the village of Fiina near Lviv, October 26, 2014. Ukrainians voted on
Sunday in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament and
strengthen President Petro Poroshenko's mandate to end separatist conflict in
the east, but may fuel tension with Russia. REUTERS/Roman Baluk (UKRAINE -
Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)
Oct. 26, 2014

A local resident looks through a ballot brought by an election commission
member during a parliamentary election, with a rooster seen in the foreground,
in the village of Havronshchyna near Kiev, October 26, 2014. Ukrainians voted on
Sunday in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament and
strengthen President Petro Poroshenko's mandate to end separatist conflict in
the east, but may fuel tension with Russia. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE -
Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS ANIMALS)
Oct. 26, 2014

A woman casts a ballot during a parliamentary
election at a school gym in the village of
Semyonovka near Slaviansk, eastern Ukraine,
October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Oct. 26, 2014

An election commission member (L) holds a mobile
ballot box while collecting votes from local residents
during a parliamentary election in the village of
Havronshchyna near Kiev, October 26, 2014.
Oct. 26, 2014

Oct. 26, 2014
An elderly voter looks at her voting ballot at a polling station
during parliamentary elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct.
26, 2014. Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to
elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its
association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. (AP
Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Darth Vader, previously known as Viktor Shevchenko, center, the
leader of the Ukrainian Internet Party, waits to receive his ballot
papers at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Kiev,
Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls
Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted
by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. Pollsters
predict the Ukrainian Internet Party, which also includes a Stepan
Chewbacca on its list, has little chance of getting into parliament in
Sunday's vote. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Oct. 26, 2014
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0

Electoral commission workers sit
at a polling station as they wait
for voters during parliamentary
elections in Konstantinovka,
Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine,
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Voters in
Ukraine headed to the polls
Sunday to elect a new parliament,
overhauling a legislature tainted
by its association with ousted
President Viktor Yanukovych. (AP
Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Oct. 26, 2014

Oct. 26, 2014
A man reads a ballot paper before casting his
vote for the parliamentary elections at a
polling station in Konstantinovka, Donetsk
region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014.
Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday
to elect a new parliament, overhauling a
legislature tainted by its association with
ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. (AP
Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A local resident places her
ballot into a mobile ballot box
at her home in Horodyshche
near Chernihiv. REUTERS-Stringer
Oct. 26, 2014

Oct. 26, 2014
A woman leaves a booth at a polling station
inside the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow,
Russia, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Ukrainians
headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new
parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted
by its association with ousted President Viktor
Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukrainian soldier Stuzhenko Vasyl, 32, who lost his arm and a leg during fighting near Illovaisk in the Donetsk
region last August, casts his vote for the parliamentary elections from the bed of the military hospital where he is
recovering from his wounds in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday
to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor
Yanukovych. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Oct. 26, 2014

Battle for Donetsk airport

Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport
A parking lot and the control tower as
seen from a terminal at the airport.

Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport
A soldier enjoys a break in
the fighting at the airport.

Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport
A soldier takes a nap during a break in the fighting.

Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport
A Ukrainian soldier carries grenade
launchers brought by a supply convoy.
The delivery sparked a shootout with pro-
Russia separatists. (Sergei Loiko - Los
Angeles Times)

Fighters from the pro-government Right Sector
militia provoke an enemy sniper.
Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport

A Ukrainian soldiers takes part in a shootout
with pro-Russia separatists on the road to the
Donetsk airport.
Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport

Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport
Battle for Donetsk airport

Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport
Only three floors remain in the
blackened skeleton of the terminal.

Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport
Government forces discuss an operation to deliver
supplies and ammo to the Donetsk airport.

Oct. 28, 2014
Ukrainian army Maj. Valery Rud fights pro-
Russia separatists inside the airport.
Battle for Donetsk
airport

Oct. 28, 2014
Troops have a meal at the airport.
Battle for Donetsk
airport

Oct. 28, 2014
Troops cook a meal.
Battle for Donetsk
airport

Maj. Rud stands in front of a separatist artillery
round that flew into the airport but did not explode.
Oct. 28, 2014
Battle for Donetsk
airport

Oct. 28, 2014
The Donetsk airport before the fighting
Battle for Donetsk
airport

Fighting Islamic State
( Oct. 25 – Oct. 27 )

Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment
against Islamic State militants in Zumar, October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Oct. 25, 2014
Fighting IS

A member of the Kurdish peshmerga forces gestures
in Zumar, October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Oct. 25, 2014
Fighting IS

Iraqi military vehicles are being transported
into Jurf al-Sakhar, as part of reinforcements
after Iraqi troops seized the town, October 25,
2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 25, 2014
Fighting IS

A Shi'ite fighter aims using a sniper rifle during a patrol in Jurf al-Sakhar,
October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 25, 2014
Fighting IS

Oct. 25, 2014
Fighting IS
Iraqi security forces personnel participate in an
intensive security deployment against Islamic State
militants in the Himreen mountains of Diyala province,
October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Oct. 25, 2014
Fighting IS
A Shi'ite fighter wears a
headband as he patrols in
Jurf al-Sakhar, October 25,

A Shi'ite fighter carries his weapon during a patrol in Jurf al-
Sakhar October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 25, 2014
Fighting IS

Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an
intensive security deployment against
25, Islamic State militants in Zumar, October 25,
Oct. 2014 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Fighting IS

Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS
Shi'ite fighters pose with a black flag belonging to the Islamic State, which
they pulled down after capturing the town of Jurf al-Sakhar from the Islamic
State militants, south of Baghdad October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Destroyed buildings are seen in Zumar, October 26, 2014, after Kurdish
peshmerga forces took the northern Iraqi town from Islamic State.
REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS

Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS
Kurdish peshmerga troops
participate in an intensive
security deployment
against Islamic State
militants in Zumar, October
26, 2014. REUTERS/Azad
Lashkari

The shadow of a Shi'ite fighter flashing the V-sign while celebrating after
taking control of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, is cast on a
wall October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS

Iraqi Army personnel transport a wounded
soldier after a mortar attack in Jurf al-Sakhar,
south of Baghdad, October 26, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS

Shi'ite fighters participate in an intensive security deployment against
Islamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar, south of Baghdad, October 26,
Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS

Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi army members
guard a checkpoint in Jurf al-Sakhar,
October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Al-
Marjani
Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS

A Shi'ite fighter shaves while holding a weapon in Jurf al-
Sakhar, October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands near a wall on which the black flag
commonly used by Islamic State militants and other writing have been
painted over, in the northern Iraqi town of Zumar, October 26, 2014.
Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS

Smoke rises after a mortar attack in Jurf al-Sakhar, south of
Baghdad, October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS

Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS
Iraqi Army personnel participate in an
intensive security deployment against
Islamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar,
south of Baghdad, October 26, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer

Shi'ite fighters participate in an intensive security deployment against
Islamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar, October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Alaa
Al-Marjani
Oct. 26, 2014
Fighting IS

Iraqi families surrender to Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi Army after they took
control of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27, 2014.
REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS

REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud
Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS

Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS

A Shi'ite fighter searches a man after
taking control of Jurf al-Sakhar from
Islamist State militants, October 27,
2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf
Mahmoud
Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS

Iraqi Army personnel take part during an intensive security deployment
against Islamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar, October 27, 2014.
Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS

Iraqi families sit after surrendering to Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi Army after
they took control of Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants, October 27,
2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud
Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS

Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS
Iraqi families look on
after surrendering to
Shi'ite fighters and Iraqi
Army after they took
control of Jurf al-Sakhar
from Islamist State
militants, October 27,
2014.
REUTERS/Mahmoud
Raouf Mahmoud

Shi'ite fighters supporting the Iraqi Army take part during an intensive
security deployment against Islamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar,
October 27, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud
Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS

Iraqi families sit after surrendering to Shi'ite
fighters and Iraqi Army after they took control of
Jurf al-Sakhar from Islamist State militants,
October 27, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf
Mahmoud
Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS

Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS
Iraqi families surrender to Shi'ite
fighters and Iraqi Army after they
took control of Jurf al-Sakhar
from Islamist State militants,
October 27, 2014.
REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf
Mahmoud

Oct. 27, 2014
Fighting IS

A young YPG fighter on her way to the front line. Thousands of Kurdish
women have taken up arms to protect their people against attacks from
Bashar Assad’s government, ISIS militants and the al Qaeda-linked al-
Nusra Front.
Oct. 28, 2014
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Fighting IS

Funeral for Kurdish fighters

Oct. 28, 2014
Fighting IS
A Kurdish man shouts carrying the
coffin of a People's Protection Units, or
YPG, fighter killed during fighting with
Islamic State forces in the Syrian town
of Kobani, during a funeral for five
fighters in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria
border, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 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/Vadim Ghirda)

Oct. 24, 2014 Funeral for Kurdish fighters
Funeral for Kurdish
Turkish Kurdish women
show the 'V' signs as they
carry a coffin during the
funeral of Kurdish fighters
killed during clashes
against Islamic State in the
Syrian town of Kobani, at a
cemetery in the
southeastern town of
Suruc, Sanliurfa province
October 24, 2014.
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
fighters
Turkish Kurdish men sit as they attend the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed during
clashes against Islamic State in the Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the
southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.
A boy holds the Kurdish PKK youth organization flag during the funeral of three Kurdish
fighters killed during clashes against Islamic State in Syrian town of Kobani, at a
cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.
Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar
crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province
October 24, 2014.

A Turkish Kurdish woman tears as
she mourns during the funeral of
Kurdish fighters killed during
clashes against Islamic State in
the Syrian town of Kobani, at a
cemetery in the southeastern
town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province
October 24, 2014.
Turkish Kurdish men carry a coffin during the funeral of Kurdish fighters killed during
clashes against Islamic State in the Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the
southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.
Turkish Kurdish women mourn during the
funeral of Kurdish fighters killed during
clashes against Islamic State in Syrian
town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the
southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa
province October 24, 2014.
Turkish Kurds carry a coffin during the funeral of Kurdish
fighters killed during clashes against Islamic State in the
Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern
town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.
Oct. 24, 2014
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Funeral for Kurdish
fighters

Funeral for Kurdish
fighters
Television crew equipment and an empty chair are pictured on a hill, with smoke rising
in the Syrian town of Kobani in the background, near the Mursitpinar border crossing,
on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province
October 24, 2014.
Flowers lie on a coffin during the funeral of three Kurdish fighters killed during clashes against
Islamic State in the Syrian town of Kobani, at a cemetery in the southeastern town of Suruc,
Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.
A Turkish Kurdish woman mourns
next to an empty coffin following a
burial at a cemetery in the
southeastern town of Suruc,
Sanliurfa province, October 24,
2014.
Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani near the Mursitpinar border crossing, on the
Turkish-Syrian border, as seen from the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province
October 24, 2014.
Oct. 24, 2014

A Kurdish Turkish woman cries as she stands overlooking the Syrian town of
Kobani in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.
Oct. 24, 2014
Funeral for Kurdish
fighters
Turkish Kurds watch the Syrian town of Kobani from a hill near the Mursitpinar
border crossing, on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of
Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014.
Funeral for Kurdish fighters

Inside KOBANI

Syria
Bulent Kilic / AFP/Getty Images
Kurdish fighters defending Kobani, Syria, stand on a hill near the
Turkish border after an airstrike Oct. 23, 2014 against Islamic State militants.
Inside KOBANI

Syria
Bulent Kilic / AFP/Getty Images
Islamic State militants patrol Oct. 23 near a flag they
planted in Syria, just across the Turkish border.
Oct. 23, 2014
Inside KOBANI

A scene of devastation in Al-Salam Square,
where ISIS carried out an attack using a truck
rigged with explosives.
Oct. 28, 2014
Inside KOBANI

Rubble is strewn across the central
marketplace in Kobani.
Iraqi-Kurdish journalist Shirwan Qasim
spent three days inside the besieged
Syrian city last week after making a
perilous journey across the border from
Turkey. A fierce battle has raged for the
strategically-important city over the past
40 days, with Kurdish fighters backed by
U.S.-led airstrikes attempting to slow the
advance of ISIS.
Oct. 28, 2014
Inside KOBANI

Oct. 28, 2014
Inside KOBANI
An abandoned shop in Kobani's central market.
While most of the population has fled, several
hundred mostly elderly people remain in the city,
U.N. envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said earlier
this month. Over 10,000 civilians are stuck nearby
on the Syrian side of the border, trapped in the
danger zone and at risk from stray bullets.

Oct. 28, 2014
Inside KOBANI
A field commander from the Kurdish People's
Protection Unit (YPG) in Kobani.
No part of the city is safe, Qasim says. "There
were lots of explosions and fighting where I
was, and the battles are very violent. In one
minute you can go from complete quiet to all
guns firing. At some points on the front line,
we were only 50 meters from ISIS fighters."

A Kurdish fighter monitors the city's western front line.
Oct. 28, 2014
Inside KOBANI

An unexploded mortar shell lies amidst rubble on a street in Kobani. In the
western side of the city, people hide in their homes when clashes occur and only
venture outside when the situation calms down, Qasim says. Kurdish YPG fighters
Oct. 28, 2014 distribute food.
Inside KOBANI

Kurdish fighters return from the front line. The Kurdish fighters are in great spirits,
Qasim says. Kurds from Turkey, Iraq, and Iran are participating alongside Syrian
Kurds in the battle for Kobani.
Oct. 28, 2014
Inside KOBANI

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a
base in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani ,October
28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Reuters / Friday, October 31, 2014
Oct. 28, 2014

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive through Arbil after leaving a
base in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani ,October
Oct. 28, 2014

A convoy of Kurdish peshmerga fighters drive
through Arbil after leaving a base in northern
Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of
Kobani, October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad
Lashkari
Oct. 28, 2014

Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare before leaving a base on the outskirts
of Arbil in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani ,October
Oct. 28, 2014

People wave to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters on their way to the Syrian
town of Kobani, in Dohuk province October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Oct. 28, 2014

People wave to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters on
their way to the Syrian town of Kobani, in
Dohuk province October 28, 2014.
REUTERS/Ari Jalal
Oct. 28, 2014 Reuters / Friday, October 31, 2014

Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare before leaving their base on the
outskirts of Arbil in northern Iraq, on their way to the Syrian town of Kobani,
October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Oct. 28, 2014

Oct. 28, 2014
A convoy of Kurdish
peshmerga fighters drive
through Arbil after leaving a
base in northern Iraq, on their
way to the Syrian town of
Kobani, October 28, 2014.
Reuters / Friday, October 31,
2014

Oct. 29, 2014
A convoy of peshmerga vehicles is escorted by
Turkish Kurds on their way to the Turkish-Syrian
border, in Kiziltepe near the southeastern city of
Mardin October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Oct. 29, 2014
A convoy of peshmerga vehicles is
escorted by Turkish Kurds on their
way to the Turkish-Syrian border, in
Kiziltepe near the southeastern city
of Mardin October 29, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer

A convoy of peshmerga vehicles makes its way to the Turkish-Syrian
border, near the town of Kiziltepe, in the southeastern Mardin
province October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 29, 2014

A convoy of peshmerga vehicles is welcomed by Turkish Kurds at Habur
border gate, which separates Turkey from Iraq, near the town of Silopi in
southeastern Turkey, October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 29, 2014

An Iraqi peshmerga fighter reacts as he drives as part of a convoy of
peshmerga vehicles on their way to the Turkish-Syrian border, in Kiziltepe
near the southeastern city of Mardin October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 29, 2014

A convoy of peshmerga vehicles is
escorted by Turkish Kurds on their
way to the Turkish-Syrian border, in
Kiziltepe near the southeastern city
of Mardin October 29, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer
Oct. 29, 2014

Oct. 29, 2014
A convoy of peshmerga vehicles is welcomed
by Turkish Kurds after crossing into Turkey near
the Habur border gate in the southeastern city
of Silopi, October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Kurdish people wait to
greet Peshmerga fighters
in the border town of
Suruc, Sanliurfa province
October 29, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis
Behrakis
Reuters / Friday, October
31, 2014
Oct. 29, 2014

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters celebrate atop an army
vehicle carrying a heavy machinegun as they move
towards the Syrian town of Kobani, October 31,
2014. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
Oct. 31, 2014

Oct. 31, 2014
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters
celebrate atop an army
vehicle as they move
towards the Syrian town of
Kobani from the border
town of Suruc, Sanliurfa
province, October 31, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

Kurdish peshmerga fighters wave Kurdish flags
atop an army vehicle as they move towards the
Syrian town of Kobani, October 31, 2014.
Oct. 31, 2014 REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

Oct. 31, 2014
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters wave from a
bus as they move towards the Syrian town
of Kobani from the border town of Suruc,
Sanliurfa province, October 31, 2014.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

Kurdish peshmerga fighters wave Kurdish
flags atop an army vehicle as they move
towards the Syrian town of Kobani,
October 31, 2014. REUTERS/Yannis
Behrakis
Oct. 31, 2014
THE END
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