World in 2013

Updated On Dec 24, 2013 04:21 pm IST
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A Bangladeshi woman survivor is rescued at the site of Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh that collapsed in April killing 1,129 people. (AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Bangladeshi woman survivor is rescued at the site of Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh that collapsed in April killing 1,129 people. (AP)

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Survivors of super typhoon Haiyan march during a religious procession in Tolosa on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte in November, a week after Haiyan devastated the area, affecting an estimated 13 million people. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Survivors of super typhoon Haiyan march during a religious procession in Tolosa on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte in November, a week after Haiyan devastated the area, affecting an estimated 13 million people. (AFP)

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Injured people and debris lie on the sidewalk near the Boston Marathon finish line following an explosion in April. (AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Injured people and debris lie on the sidewalk near the Boston Marathon finish line following an explosion in April. (AP)

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A Syrian man with more than half his body burnt from an air strike leaves a field hospital to go back home at a village turned into a battlefield with government forces in Idlib province, northern Syria in September. (AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Syrian man with more than half his body burnt from an air strike leaves a field hospital to go back home at a village turned into a battlefield with government forces in Idlib province, northern Syria in September. (AP)

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A file photo of former South African President Nelson Mandela. The revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg in December at the age of 95. (Agency Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A file photo of former South African President Nelson Mandela. The revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg in December at the age of 95. (Agency Photo)

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This photo from May shows rescue workers breaking away bits of a sewage pipe to remove a newborn baby boy stuck inside in Jinhua, China. He was rescued in an apartment building after being flushed down a toilet, provoking online outrage. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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This photo from May shows rescue workers breaking away bits of a sewage pipe to remove a newborn baby boy stuck inside in Jinhua, China. He was rescued in an apartment building after being flushed down a toilet, provoking online outrage. (AFP)

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Egyptians wave their national flags as fireworks light the sky over Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, where hundreds thousands of opponents of President Mohammed Morsi celebrated in July. (AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Egyptians wave their national flags as fireworks light the sky over Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, where hundreds thousands of opponents of President Mohammed Morsi celebrated in July. (AP)

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An injured woman cries for help after gunmen stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi in September killing at least 59 people. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An injured woman cries for help after gunmen stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi in September killing at least 59 people. (Reuters)

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Garrett McNamara and Mark Healey (right) compete during surf tow in the southern Pacific ocean island of Tahiti, French Polynesia in June. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Garrett McNamara and Mark Healey (right) compete during surf tow in the southern Pacific ocean island of Tahiti, French Polynesia in June. (AFP)

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