A Turkish soldier places a carpet next to a military vehicle, as he watches fighting between Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants, from atop a hill overlooking the Syrian town of Kobani, near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in Sanliurfa province on November 5, 2014(Reuters/Yannis Behrakis)
A voter gestures as Senate Minority Leader U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell votes in the midterm elections at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, on November 4, 2014. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
Lauren Hill of Mount St. Joseph shares a hug with Pat Summitt during a halftime awards ceremony during the game against Hiram at Cintas Center on November 2, 2014 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hill, a freshman, has terminal cancer and this game was granted a special waiver by the NCAA to start the season early so she could play in a game. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
A laborer takes a break at a coal dump site outside Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Anil Usyan/Reuters