October 24, 2014
![A part of a traditional wooden Christmas nutcracker figure and other wooden parts stand on a table in one of the factory rooms in the Erzgebirgische Holzkunst Gahlenz company in Gahlenz, southeastern Germany. The traditional wooden Christmas figures aresold all over the world.](https://gdb.voanews.com/333cee3a-4279-484f-8d5f-575effe76797_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A part of a traditional wooden Christmas nutcracker figure and other wooden parts stand on a table in one of the factory rooms in the Erzgebirgische Holzkunst Gahlenz company in Gahlenz, southeastern Germany. The traditional wooden Christmas figures aresold all over the world.
![A man watches fighting across the border in Kobani from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b3ef4b7c-c9d3-4e7a-b520-a0832b828cbd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man watches fighting across the border in Kobani from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border.
![A woman sews a protective suit for use in handling people infected with the Ebola virus, in a sewing room of Lakeland Industries Inc., in Anqiu, China.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b9eccfca-a004-44c2-919b-b84be833e080_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman sews a protective suit for use in handling people infected with the Ebola virus, in a sewing room of Lakeland Industries Inc., in Anqiu, China.
![A dog walks around the sculpture titled "breaching,"created by artist Michael Greve at the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney, Australia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/80d34227-2534-4ff9-a891-e23eb6257885_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A dog walks around the sculpture titled "breaching,"created by artist Michael Greve at the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney, Australia.