Brazil's President and Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff acknowledges the crowd in Brasilia on October 26 after winning the re-elections
Image by REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
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South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius inside a police van on October 21 after he was sentenced to five years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Blade Runner&rsquos trial was closely followed by the country and the rest of the world
Image by REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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Shocked students and parents gather at the Shoultes Gospel Hall church on October 24, after a student opened fire at the Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington, killing one and wounding four others. The shooter, who acted alone, killed himself after the incident
Image by REUTERS/ Jason Redmond
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Police officers take cover near Parliament Hill on October 22 after a masked gunman killed a soldier standing guard at Canada&rsquos War Memorial in the country&rsquos second terrorist attack in three days
Image by REUTERS/Chris Wattie
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Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike on October 18. A US-led military coalition has been bombing Islamic State fighters who hold a large swathe of territory in both Iraq and Syria
Image by REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
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African migrants sit atop a border fence as Spanish Civil Guard officers try to turn them back during their attempt to cross into Spanish territories, between Morocco and Spain's North African enclave of Melilla on October 22. Around 400 migrants attempted to cross the border into Spain
Image by REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda
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Widows, who have been abandoned by their families, light sparklers after offering prayers on the banks of the river Yamuna during Diwali on October 21
Image by REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
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Serena Williams of the US walks off the court after breaking her second racket during the WTA Finals singles semi-final against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in Singapore on October 25. Serena won the match and then went on to bag her fifth WTA Finals title
