World news pictures of the year 2014

Updated: 2014-12-05 07:40

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World news pictures of the year 2014

British D-Day veteran of the Normandy campaign Fred Glover, 88, of Brighton, poses while watching a display by 300 multinational paratroops in Ranville, France June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history 70 years ago to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in the World War II. [Photo/Agencies]

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