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Sir Ian McKellen pictured receiving the Freedom of the City of London, at Guildhall in London (credit:WENN)
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Queen Elizabeth II signs the visitor book alongside The Duke of Edinburgh and Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Dr Ralf Speth after officially opening the new Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton to officially open the plant. (credit:Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) gestures as he joins British celebrities including actresses Barbara Windsor (3R) and Lacey Turner (2L) and military personnel for a promotional photocall for the Royal British Legion poppy appeal, in Downing Street, central London on October 30, 2014. In the run up to Remembrance Sunday, a commemoration of the contribution of British and Commonwealth servicepeople in the two World Wars and later conflicts, The Royal British Legion distributes remembrance poppys in return for donations to their 'Poppy Appeal', which supports all current and former British military personnel. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) meets actresses Barbara Windsor (R) and Lacey Turner (L), and military personnel for a promotional photocall for the Royal British Legion poppy appeal, in Downing Street, central London on October 30, 2014. In the run up to Remembrance Sunday, a commemoration of the contribution of British and Commonwealth servicepeople in the two World Wars and later conflicts, The Royal British Legion distributes remembrance poppys in return for donations to their 'Poppy Appeal', which supports all current and former British military personnel. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Prince Harry meets supporters of the Royal British Legion's London Poppy Day appeal before getting on board the poppy bus at Buckingham Palace in London, the 1960s Routemaster bus is carrying war veterans and celebrity supporters including Joss Stone, Barbara Windsor and Lacey Turner around London and will later meet the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 30: Prince Harry (2nd-R) poses for a photo with supporters of the Royal British Legion's London Poppy Day appeal with Joss Stone (R), Barbara Windsor (3rd-L) and Lacey Turner (2nd-L) before getting on board the poppy bus at Buckingham Palace on October 30, 2014 in London, England. The 1960s Routemaster bus today is carrying war veterans and celebrity supporters including Joss Stone and Barbara Windsor around London and will later meet the Prime Minister David Cameron. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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HAMBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 29: A Hamburger fan gestures to Franck Ribery of Bayern Muenchen after invading the pitch during the DFB Cup match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Muenchen at Imtech Arena on October 29, 2014 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Bongarts/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart Franklin via Getty Images)
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HAMBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 29: A Hamburger fan gestures to Franck Ribery of Bayern Muenchen after invading the pitch during the DFB Cup match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Muenchen at Imtech Arena on October 29, 2014 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Bongarts/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart Franklin via Getty Images)
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HAMBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 29: A Hamburger fan attacks Franck Ribery of Muenchen after invading the pitch during the DFB Cup match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Muenchen at Imtech Arena on October 29, 2014 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Bongarts/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart Franklin via Getty Images)
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Two women fight in the middle of a Mission district street after the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals to win the World Series on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Celebrating Halloween a diver with a Halloween skeleton costume holds a Jack O'Lantern filled with seafood feeds fish in a sea live aquarium in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Military helicopters operate during a Greek joint military exercise ''Pyrpolitis'' at the Saronic Gulf, south of Athens on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attended the drill as he is in Athens for talks expected to focus on efforts to counter Islamic State militants in Iraq, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and renewed tension between Greece and Turkey over oil-and-gas exploration off the coast of divided Cyprus. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Movember professional barber France Khamees shaves down horse trainer Peter Moody as horse Brambles is walked at Peter Moody Stables at Caulfield Racecourse on October 30, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Moody has chosen to represent Movember in the Spring Racing Premierships. Movember is committed to changing the face of men's health and it challenges men to grow moustaches during November to raise funds for prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men's mental health. Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) (credit:Michael Dodge via Getty Images)
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A Sri Lankan soldier gestures during search and rescue work at the site of a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains in Koslanda village in central Sri Lanka on October 30, 2014. Soldiers using heavy diggers stepped up their desperate search October 30 for victims of a landslide in Sri Lanka, feared to have buried alive 100 people on a tea plantation. AFP PHOTO/ Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ISHARA S.KODIKARA via Getty Images)
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Sri Lanka residents search at the site of a landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains in Koslanda village in central Sri Lanka on October 30, 2014. Soldiers using heavy diggers stepped up their desperate search October 30 for victims of a landslide in Sri Lanka, feared to have buried alive 100 people on a tea plantation. AFP PHOTO/ Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ISHARA S.KODIKARA via Getty Images)
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A view of 'The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze' spectacle which features more than 5,000 hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins created by professional artists during Halloween season in Croton-on-Hudson village of New York City, United States on October 28, 2014. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A view of 'The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze' spectacle which features more than 5,000 hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins created by professional artists during Halloween season in Croton-on-Hudson village of New York City, United States on October 28, 2014. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Swans are silhouetted at sunset at the Bolam Lake Country Park, Northumberland, as the unseasonably mild weather continues. (credit:Tom White/PA Wire)
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Giffgaff actors re-enact scenes from the new 'giffgaff x Halloween' film for commuters ahead of its launch, Westminster Bridge, London, Britain (credit:Rex Features)
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Tents are set up by pro-democracy protesters in an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty district in Hong Kong Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Student democracy activists who have occupied Hong Kong streets for a month suggested Tuesday that direct negotiations with senior Chinese Communist Party officials could be a way to end their standoff with the local government. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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San Francisco police officers work to break up a large crowd who were celebrating after the San Francisco Giants won the World Series baseball game against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in San Francisco. There were several reports of fires being set and violence breaking out after the Giants win. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A pumpkin is projected on to the side of the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool to launch World Vision's annual Night of Hope campaign this Halloween. (credit:Bob Collier/PA Wire)
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Jian Liu plays 'Sea Changes' by Douglas Lilburn, who was posthumously inducted into the APRA Hall of Fame at the 2014 Silver Scroll Awards at TSB Arena on October 30, 2014 in Wellington, New Zealand. (credit:Hagen Hopkins via Getty Images)
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British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon, second left, pays his respect at the India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Fallon is in the country to commemorate India's contribution to WWI, according to news reports. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Recording artists Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and honoree Tom Ford attend amfAR LA Inspiration Gala honoring Tom Ford at Milk Studios on October 29, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for amfAR) (credit:Christopher Polk via Getty Images)
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Photo provided by the University of Hawaii at Hilo, shows lava flow near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii (credit:PA)
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A woman walks in front of images of the 43 college rural students that remain missing, strung on the front gate of the Mexican attorney general's office in Mexico City, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. Forensic experts combed a gully in southern Mexico on Tuesday for the remains of 43 missing students, as frustration mounted among relatives of both the disappeared and the detained for the lack of answers more than a month into the investigation. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Prince Charles, center, talks to Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos as his wife Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall stands by during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. The British royals have arrived to Colombia's capital to kick off a nine-day tour of Latin America. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A man jumps over some debris that has been set on fire in the Mission district after the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals to win the World Series on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in San Francisco. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An elderly man walks past a cartoon character painted on a school wall in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border, across from the Syrian town of Kobani, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Sri Lankan boys climb up a slope of mud and sludge caused by a mudslide at the Koslanda tea plantation in Badulla district, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) east of Colombo, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera estimated the number of dead in Wednesday's disaster at the plantation would be fewer than 100, although villagers said the figure could easily exceed 200. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced a revolution in charitable giving to benefit thousands of young Londoners by giving 1 penny from tube travel journeys to charity. Under the Penny for London scheme, commuters will use their contactless payment cards to make microdonations of between 1p and 10p. The Mayor's Fund will give the cash to groups helping disadvantaged young Londoners (credit:Rex Features)
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Hindu women offer prayers as the sun sets over the Arabian Sea during Chhath Puja festival in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. On Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Lena Dunham at the signing of her new book Not That Kind Of Girl at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London. (credit:Philip Toscano/PA Wire)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, performs a posed handshake for media cameras as he greets the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani before they went inside for a meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Long Walk through Windsor Great Park to Windsor Castle in the rain, Berkshire, Britain (credit:PA)
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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall receive an official welcome by President Juan Manuel Santos and his wife Maria at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, on the second day of their tour to Colombia and Mexico. (credit:PA)