World news pictures of the year 2014

Updated: 2014-12-05 07:40

(chinadaily.com.cn)

World news pictures of the year 2014

Photo taken from a helicopter shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 4:19 pm on Sept. 27, 2014. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day.[Photo/IC]

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