World news pictures of the year 2014

Updated: 2014-12-05 07:40

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World news pictures of the year 2014

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, on the outskirts of Sinjar mountain, near the Syrian border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate August 11, 2014.[Photo/Agencies]

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