October 29, 2014

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Smoke rises after a house was blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in Rafah near the border with southern Gaza Strip.

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Vehicles with Kurdish fighters are escorted by Turkish Kurds on their way to the Turkey-Syria border. Iraqi Kurdish fighters arrived in southeast Turkey en route to the Syrian town of Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds fight Islamic State militants.

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The unmanned Antates rocket owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation explodes just seconds after launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, on what was to be a mission to the International Space Station.

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Turkish students carry a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, during the 91st anniversary celebrations of the creation of the Turkish Republic in Ankara.