A picture taken on October 14, 2014 shows a large explosion allegedly hitting a Syrian army military outpost in the southern part of the city of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province. The explosion was reportedly caused by rebel fighters belonging to Ahrar al-Sham brigade of the Islamic Front coalition who dug a tunnel underneath the outpost and loaded it with explosives.(Ghaith Omran/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of "El Sistema" plays on a harp, as part of the "New Members" program, next to a newborn baby at a public maternity hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 1, 2014. In a nation awash with guns and with one of the world's highest murder rates, Venezuela's hugely successful classical music program, called "El Sistema", has for decades sought to counteract poor children's exposure to violence with the gentle and inspiring influence of classical music. It used to only admit children aged at least 5. But under its latest "New Members" projects, hundreds of smaller infants can receive voice lessons, musical initiation with paper-made instruments, and free concerts, at its base in Caracas. (Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
Radical protesters clash with Interior Ministry and law enforcement members on the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks, marked by activists and supporters of the All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda (Freedom) Party and far-right activists and nationalists to honor the role of the movement in the history of Ukraine, during a rally near the parliament building in Kiev, on October 14, 2014. The protesters demanded the release of political prisoners in Ukraine. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
Riot police officers stand guard at a main road in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on October 17, 2014. New scuffles broke out Friday night between Hong Kong riot police and pro-democracy activists in a district where police cleared protesters earlier in the day. The chaotic scenes unfolded hours after police moved in to clear tents, canopies and barricades at Mong Kok, a smaller protest zone across Victoria Harbor from the main occupied area in the heart of the financial district.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
An Israeli woman (center) and a Palestinian woman gesture at one another during a protest by Palestinian women against Jewish visitors to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount on October 14, 2014.(Reuters/Finbarr O'Reilly)
Palestinian women gesture at an Israeli man during a protest by Palestinian women against Jewish visitors to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on October 14, 2014. The site in Jerusalem's walled Old City has seen repeated disturbances over the years over what Palestinians say are fears of an Israeli threat to the site. (Reuters/Finbarr O'Reilly)
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