In 2014, Ukraine spiraled into civil conflict, fresh violence shook Gaza, and the Islamic State militant group seized swathes of Iraq and Syria. These are some of the photographs that tell the stories of the year.
2014: The Year In Photos
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Firefighters work at a market set alight during a terrorist attack in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, on December 4. At least 14 policemen and security force members and 10 militants were killed in gun battles during the attack. (Kazbek Vakhayev, epa)
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Pigeons fly past a woman begging in the snow in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on December 7. (Shamil Zhumatov, Reuters)
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Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai poses with friends and fellow activists in Oslo on December 9, shortly before receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala, who was shot by Taliban gunmen for her work, shares the prize with Indian children's rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi. (Odd Andersen, AFP)
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Indian schoolchildren hold candles in the northern city of Amritsar on December 17 as they pray for the victims of a Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. At least 141 people, mainly students, died in the attack.