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Girls on the bus half way between Yoda to Chibok

For 40 days, the Chibok girls had no food

Kidnapped girls reunite with their families for Christmas

Follow their journey home

Key Boko Haram camp falls to Nigerian troops, President says

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A female wrestler practices her tachi-ai (initial charge) against Nanjidsurch Davaajamts, 17, at a sumo wrestling training camp on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

Sumo's next superstars? Why Mongolia is a wrestling powerhouse

Norway, coastline near Alta. Reindeer waiting for the boat that will bring them to the island. They will stay there, because of more and better food, untill september, when they will be back on the mountains.

On patrol with the Reindeer Police

A supporter sports a homemade Trump jacket during a rally in the final city of the President Elect's "Thank You" tour at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, AL on Saturday, December 17, 2016.

'Where it all began': Photographing Trump's return to Alabama

Jonathan Caines poses in a traditional hobbyhorse costume in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada on Saturday, December 19, 2015.

'Mummers' making a comeback

Young members of the Libyan forces affiliated to the Tripoli government chat while holding defensive position within a school in Sirte, Libya, September, 2016.(Manu Brabo/MeMo)

Libyans use 'leftovers' to defeat ISIS

Tonina is a woman in her fifties. At the age of three she was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy.

A mother's devotion to her disabled daughter

HAITI, Port au Prince, July 2016
GISELE, 20 years old:

"My cousin told me that I had bad luck, that something was wrong with me. A friend of my parents said that he was a mason and therefore could help remove the ?bad eye?. He took me to an isolated place and asked me to get naked. He touched me and raped me. I even gave him 1000 gourds. I told my family what happened. Now he is hiding, and he is under the protection of a women judge. I want justice to be done. I also know he is a recidivist. He did the same to two little girls from my neighbourhood. The parents are scared so they don?t do anything. Both girls are 15 and 12."

BÈnÈdicte Kurzen / NOOR

Survivors of Haiti's rape crisis

Baruch Osorno (Mexique).
Homme Medecine porteur de la Tradition Azteque
Son prenom Baruch veut dire "Celui qui est benit".
Gardien des traditions ancestrales.
Membre du cercle de sagesse.
Genac, France.
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Baruch Osorno (Mexico).
Healer from the Aztec tradition.
Genac, France.
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Portraits of shamans from around the world

Italy. Rome. A group of nuns at the entrance to the Vatican take pictures and ask questions of the Swiss Guard on duty there. 2013

When in Rome

Around the world

The latest from Africa

Gemfields ruby mines in Montepuez, Mozambique

Inside the ruby mines in Montepuez

Stars sparkle in African colored gems

Croton nuts: Africa's new biofuel that literally grows on trees

The latest from the Americas

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in 2015.

Argentina's ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner charged

The birthday party where everyone was invited

Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits off Chilean coast

The latest from Asia

This picture taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 12, 2012 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un celebrating the launch of the Unha-3 rocket, carrying the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3, at the general satellite control and command center in Pyongyang. AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS

Kim Jong Un Fast Facts

'Nazi-chic': Why dressing up in Nazi uniforms isn't as controversial in Asia

$120 million worth of meth seized in record-breaking Philippines' drug raid

The latest from Europe

A policeman and firemen stand next to a truck on December 20, 2016 at the scene where it crashed into a Christmas market near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) in Berlin.
German police said they were treating as "a probable terrorist attack" the killing of 12 people when the speeding lorry cut a bloody swath through the packed Berlin Christmas market.

Tunisian man detained for possible link to Berlin attacker

Czech Republic sets up unit to counter fake news threat

Russian official disputes NYT doping story; NYT stands behind reporting

The latest from the Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on December 25, 2016. (Photo credit should read DAN BALILTY/AFP/Getty Images)

Israel backs away from Jerusalem settlement vote

Nawaz Sharif Fast Facts

Turkey and Russia agree on draft Syria ceasefire, report says

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A man takes a photograph of Scuderia Ferrari's supporters as they hold a banner that reads, 'Keep fighting Schumi ' referring to former F1 legend Michael Schumacher, severely injured in December 2013 in a skiing accident in France, at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza on September 4, 2014 ahead of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix on September 7. AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACE

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British singer David Bowie performs on stage during a concert in La Courneuve on July 3, 1987.

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This picture taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 12, 2012 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un celebrating the launch of the Unha-3 rocket, carrying the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3, at the general satellite control and command center in Pyongyang. AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS

Kim Jong Un Fast Facts

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on December 25, 2016. (Photo credit should read DAN BALILTY/AFP/Getty Images)

Israel backs away from Jerusalem settlement vote

WILTSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 21: People watch the midsummer sun as it rises over the megalithic monument of Stonehenge on June 21, 2005 on Salisbury Plain, England. Crowds gathered at the ancient stone circle to celebrate the Summer Solstice; the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Solstice Fast Facts

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: H.E. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan arrives at the 9th World Islamic Economic Forum at ExCel on October 29, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Bethany Clarke/Getty Images for 9th World Islamic Economic Forum)

Nawaz Sharif Fast Facts

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Kerry: Two-state solution is in jeopardy

A policeman and firemen stand next to a truck on December 20, 2016 at the scene where it crashed into a Christmas market near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) in Berlin.
German police said they were treating as "a probable terrorist attack" the killing of 12 people when the speeding lorry cut a bloody swath through the packed Berlin Christmas market.

Tunisian man detained for possible link to Berlin attacker

Czech Republic interior minister Milan Chovanec at a press conference at the Salzburg Forum in Prague, Czech Republic on November 4, 2016.

Czech Republic sets up unit to counter fake news threat

A picture taken at the French national anti-doping laboratory, on June 23 2008 in Chatenay-Malabry, outside Paris, shows a technician removing urine samples to be tested for EPO . AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

Russian official disputes NYT doping story; NYT stands behind reporting

Philippine Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, center, and National Bureau of Investigation Director Dante Gierran, 3rd from right, display nearly one metric ton of seized methamphetamine during a press conference in Manila, Philippines Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Aguirre II said Tuesday the 890 kilograms (1,962 pounds) of methamphetamine seized in the series of raids that started on Dec. 1 until Dec. 26 has a street value of nearly 6 billion pesos ($120 million), the biggest drug haul in the country so far. 10 people including 3 Chinese nationals were arrested during the raids. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

$120m worth of meth seized in Philippines bust

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Inside Abe's trip to Pearl Harbor

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Second black box from crashed Russian military plane found

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"¡Es una ch$"%!", mexicanos sobre precio de la gasolina

Russia's Paralympians compete during a track meet at the Novogorsk Training Center, outside Moscow, on September 8, 2016, as part of the country's two-day competition for its athletes banned from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games over evidence of state-run doping. / AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Kremlin denies latest doping allegations

Filipinas incauta 120 millones de dólares en drogas

Syria's war has raged for more than four years and killed an estimated 400,000 people.

Turkey and Russia agree on draft Syria ceasefire, report says

Gemfields ruby mines in Montepuez, Mozambique

Inside the ruby mines in Montepuez

School students whose faces have been digitally obscured, wearing Nazi uniforms at the school in Hsinchu, western Taiwan, on December 23.

'Nazi-chic': Why dressing up in Nazi uniforms isn't as controversial in Asia

Stars sparkle in African colored gems

Israeli ambassador: We need renegotiations

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The start up helping small businesses get noticed

Nuts in Hand

Croton nuts: Africa's new biofuel that literally grows on trees

The head of research of the Institute of Geography of the Catholic University of Chile, Camilo del Rio, walks near a fog collection system at the Atacama desert in Iquique, some 2000 km north of Santiago, on April 19, 2016.
The collection of water from fog is done using large pieces of vertical canvas to make the fog condense into droplets of water and flow down into a trough. / AFP / MARTIN BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)

Harvesting fog to solve a water crisis

US President Barack Obama(L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe place wreaths at the USS Arizona Memorial December 27, 2016 at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Abe and Obama made a joint pilgrimage to the site of the Pearl Harbor attack on Tuesday to celebrate "the power of reconciliation. "The Japanese attack on an unsuspecting US fleet moored at Pearl Harbor turned the Pacific into a cauldron of conflict -- more than 2,400 were killed and a reluctant America was drawn into World War II. / AFP / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Japanese Prime Minister visits Pearl Harbor

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the press at the State Department in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2015 prior to talks with the Haitian Prime Minister . AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Kerry to outline vision for peace

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Preserving Nigerian heritage through fashion

A glimpse into Antarctica's underwater world

A glimpse into Antarctica's underwater world

Philippine Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, center, and National Bureau of Investigation Director Dante Gierran, 3rd from right, display nearly one metric ton of seized methamphetamine during a press conference in Manila, Philippines Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Aguirre II said Tuesday the 890 kilograms (1,962 pounds) of methamphetamine seized in the series of raids that started on Dec. 1 until Dec. 26 has a street value of nearly 6 billion pesos ($120 million), the biggest drug haul in the country so far. 10 people including 3 Chinese nationals were arrested during the raids. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

$120 million worth of meth seized in record-breaking Philippines' drug raid

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China: We will be on Mars by the end of 2020

Donald Trump rooster statue takes China by storm

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How to deal with a year like 2016

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in 2015.

Argentina's ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner charged

U.S. President Barack Obama answers questions during a news conference in the Brady Press Breifing Room at the White House December 16, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Obama's foreign policy under fire

Senators promise Russian sanctions

This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 11, 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) during a combat drill of the service personnel of the special operation battalion of the Korean People's Army Unit 525. / AFP / KCNA VIA KNS / KNS / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP.
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Defector: N. Korea racing to finish nukes

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Obama, Abe pay respects at Pearl Harbor

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Graham: Trump disagrees with Senate on Russia

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North Korean defector reveals regime secrets

Dear 2016: It's over between us

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Israel and US clash over UN resolution

English novelist Richard Adams holding a pet mouse in 1974.

"Watership Down" author dies

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China's aircraft carrier prowls the Pacific

A man places a candle at the well-known military choir's building in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016, after a plane carrying 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, crashed into the Black Sea minutes after taking off from the resort city of Sochi. The Russian plane was headed for an air base in Syria with 92 people aboard, Russia's Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russian military plane crashes near Sochi, Russia

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2016 In Review Fast Facts

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Airline to use Tasers for unruly passengers

Debris cover a street and flames rise from a building following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces on March 7, 2014 during the Friday prayer in the Sukkari neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo. More than 140,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of a March 2011 uprising against the Assad family's 40-year rule. AFP PHOTO / BARAA AL-HALABI (Photo credit should read BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images)

Russia slams US policy shift in Syria