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Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:42 PM

Civilians crowd inside the United Nations compound on the outskirts of the capital Juba in South Sudan, December 17, 2013. Clashes broke out again in the South Sudanese capital Juba on Tuesday, a day after President Salva Kiir said security forces had put down an attempted coup by supporters of his former deputy. Constant gunfire and explosions in the early morning were followed by a few hours of relatively calm before sporadic gunfire restarted, witnesses said. REUTERS/Hakim George (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:56 PM

Igor Skliarevsky and his wife Elena warm themselves at a fire in a pro-European protesters camp at Independence Square in Kiev, December 16, 2013. By day, Igor Skliarevsky works as a graphic designer. By night, he is an anti-government protester, sometimes manning the barricades in Ukraine's snowy capital. The 36-year-old delivers maps for fellow protesters, directing them to medical posts or kitchens. He also set up a website coordinating food, warm clothing and other supplies for those camped out on Kiev's Independence Square. Picture taken December 16, 2013. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:26 PM

An effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set on fire during an anti-North Korean rally on the second anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong Il in central Seoul December 17, 2013. North Korea's political and military elite publicly pledged their loyalty to leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, less than a week after he ordered the execution of a powerful family ally in a rare public purge. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:20 PM

A typhoon survivor decorates a Christmas tree amidst the rubble of destroyed houses in Tacloban city in central Philippines December 17, 2013. Super typhoon Haiyan reduced almost everything in its path to rubble when it swept ashore in the central Philippines on November 8, killing at least 6,069 people, leaving 1,779 missing and 4 million either homeless or with damaged homes. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)