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Former Soviet Leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, presses his hands in concrete attached to a piece of the Berlin wall during a reception at the Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 where the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall is marked with numerous events on the weekend.. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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PERTH, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07: Families, veterans and soldiers from The Black Watch 3rd Battalion the royal Regiment of Scotland, attend a memorial service at the Black Watch Museum to commemorate the lives lost during conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan on November 7, 2014 in Perth, Scotland. The event also marked 10 years since Black Watch soldiers, Sergeant Stuart Gray, Private Scott McArdle and Private Paul Lowe were killed in a bombing at a vehicle checkpoint in Iraq. The three, who all came from Fife, were the first British soldiers to be killed by a suicide bomber during the Iraq war. A civilian Iraqi interpreter also died in the blast. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
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Walkers brave the wind to photograph the big waves on the seafront of Brighton, Sussex. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Labour Party leader Ed Miliband arriving at City of London Crematorium in north east London, for the funeral of Paul Cottingham, the partner of Lord Michael Cashman who lost his battle from cancer last month. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Wire)
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Tony and Cherie Blair arriving at City of London Crematorium in north east London, for the funeral of Paul Cottingham, the partner of Lord Michael Cashman who lost his battle from cancer last month. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Wire)
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson attends the Greater London Authority Annual Service of Remembrance at City Hall in London.Picture date: Friday November 7, 2014. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
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Peter Smith, Chief Executive of the Wildwood Trust, feeds Milcho, one of two male European Brown Bears in their quarantine enclosure at the trust, after they arrived this week following being rescued from an abandoned bear breeding centre in Bulgaria suffering from neglect. (credit:Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)
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A picture shows over 2 tons of cannabis seized by security forces burning during a drugs destruction event with Senegal's interior minister, on the Mamelles hills in the Ouakam district of Dakar. AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SEYLLOU via Getty Images)
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Palestinian supporters of the Islamic Jihad shout slogans during a rally against the storming of the Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on November 7, 2014 in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has cancelled a visit to Gaza planned for November 8 after a wave of bombings hit Fatah property in the territory, government spokesman Ihab Bseiso told AFP. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAID KHATIB via Getty Images)
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The Every Man Remembered sculpture in Trafalgar Square has been unveiled by Royal British Legion beneficiary Serena Alexander. Serena lost her son, Sam Alexander MC, in Afghanistan and received help through the Legion's Independent Inquest Advice Service. The sculpture is a collaborative piece with artist Mark Humphrey. Made of brass, it is loosely based on the Unknown Solider and stands on a plinth of limestone sourced from the Somme. The 7.5m high sculpture is encased in a Perspex obelisk, surrounded by poppies which float up around the figure every five minutes. It will be on display in Trafalgar Square until 16 November before carrying out a four-year tour of Great Britain. (credit:Rex Features)
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Sun rays gleam through the former wall of Berlin at Bernauer street in Berlin, Germany, 07 November 2014. With numerous events the city remembers the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Photo: Stephanie Pilick/dpa (credit:Stephanie Pilick/DPA)
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A section of the Berlin Wall with grafitti stands on display on November 5, 2014 in a garden of the headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in Strasbourg, eastern France. The wall which separated East from West Berlin for 28 years was torn down November 9, 1989. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG (Photo credit should read PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRICK HERTZOG via Getty Images)
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A man walks past remains of the Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse, with luminous white balloons, installed along the former route of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, Friday Nov. 7, 2014. They are part of the project 'Lichtgrenze 2014' (lit. 'lightborder 2014') on occasion of the 25. anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9 2014. (AP Photo/dpa, Stephanie Pilic) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Thais stand on a floodgate to find valuables from krathongs in the Ping river during Loy Krathong Festival in Chiang Mai. People place money along with candles and incense on their floating offerings. Every year, about 600 tons of Krathong are released into the Ping river during the Loy Krathong Festival in Chiang Mai. (Photo by Atid Kiattisaksiri/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Atid Kiattisaksiri via Getty Images)
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A man looks at a commemorative train after it pulled in to King's Cross station on November 7, 2014 in London, England. 100 members of the armed forces past and present lined the platform as a train with a special wrap around with stories of the fallen pulled into the station as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of WWI. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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Veterans and service personnel stand on the platform as a commemorative train pulls into King's Cross station on November 7, 2014 in London, England. 100 members of the armed forces past and present lined the platform as a train with a special wrap around with stories of the fallen pulled into the station as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of WWI. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
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Chairman of FC Santa Claus, Juha Etelainen, gives Santa Claus the 1st Member card. (credit:PA)
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Chairman of FC Santa Claus, Juha Etelainen, gives Santa Claus the 1st Member card. (credit:PA)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 06: General view of the atmopshere at The World Famous Oxford Street Christmas Lights Switch On Event taking place at John Lewis' Flagship Store on November 6, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Miles Willis/Getty Images for New West End Company) (credit:Miles Willis via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 06: Cheryl Fernandez-Versini switches on the Oxford Street Christmas Lights at Oxford Street on November 6, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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Chinese paramilitary soldiers march in formation in the halls of the China National Convention Centre (CNCC) in Beijing on November 7, 2014, as security is ramped up for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. Top leaders and ministers of the 21-member APEC grouping are meeting in Beijing from November 7 to 11. AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GREG BAKER via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Jessica Chastain arrives at AFI FEST 2014 presented by Audi - opening night gala screening of 'A Most Violent Year' held at Dolby Theatre on November 6, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic) (credit:Michael Tran via Getty Images)
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TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 06: AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd leaves Tauranga District Court after being charged with attempting to procure murder at Tauranga District Court on November 6, 2014 in Tauranga, New Zealand. Phil Rudd was AC/DC's drummer from 1975 to 1983. (Photo by Joel Ford/Getty Images) (credit:Joel Ford via Getty Images)
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 06: Teenage girls from the Cerro-Cora 'favela', or community, dance a ceremonial dance with UPP officers during a debutante ball at Ilha Fiscal castle organized by the Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) from their community on November 6, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gala was held in the castle on Guanabara Bay and relied on volunteers who prepared makeup, hair dressing and loaned dresses, in an effort to build goodwill between 'favela' residents and the community's police force. Thirteen girls, aged around 15-years-old, attended the ball along with police officers, family members and supporters. The neo-Gothic castle was inaugurated in 1889 and is famed for holding the last Imperial Ball in November of 1889, just six days before Brazil became a Republic. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 05: Eminem speaks onstage at WSJ. Magazine 2014 Innovator Awards at Museum of Modern Art on November 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) (credit:Mike Coppola via Getty Images)
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A newborn baby squirrel monkey clings to its mother as the troop, which is the collective term for a group of squirrel monkeys, play in the fresh Autumn air, at Bristol Zoo Gardens, Bristol.Picture date: Thursday November 6, 2014. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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A full moon rises seen from a hilltop overlooking the Syrian city of Kobani, outside Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Thursday, Nov. 6, 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:AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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One Word Trade Center as seen from the 9/11 Memorial grounds, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in New York. k. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision/AP Images) (credit:Diane Bondareff/Invision/AP)
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A masked Palestinian youth stands near garbage scattered near a section of Israel's separation barrier during clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian youths in the refugee camp of Shuafat in east Jerusalem, on November 6, 2014. Israel has no plans to change the status quo at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound by allowing Jewish prayer there, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Jordan's King Abdullah II. (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
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British models Kate Moss (C) and Cara Delevingne (L) pose during the launching of the Paris' department store 'Printemps Haussmann' Christmas decorations on November 6, 2014 in Paris. (credit:FRANCK FIFE via Getty Images)
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Tens of thousands of starlings start their murmuration, with Criffel mountain in the background, as dusk falls near Gretna Green on the England and Scotland border. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II places a wreath of poppies at the new Flanders Field WW1 Memorial outside the Guards Chapel in Westminster in London, on November 6, 2014. The Flanders Fields Memorial Garden has been created with soil taken from the 70 battlefields and Commonwealth War Grave Cemeteries in Flanders, Belgium. (credit:JOHN STILLWELL via Getty Images)
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Undated handout issued by Chester Zoo of Lima, a two-year-old Spectacled bear which has arrived from northern France to Chester Zoo where it is planned to breed with existing male, Bernando. (credit:Steve Rawlins/Chester Zoo/PA Wire)
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A picture taken on November 6, 2014 from the Turkish city of Mursitpinar shows a rocket fired by Islamic State militants to People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters' positions, from the east part of the Syrian city of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab. Turkey is pursuing a delicate but potentially dangerous strategy over the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, working to thwart Kurdish domination of northern Syria but also running the risk of a breakdown of its peace process with the Kurds. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ARIS MESSINIS via Getty Images)