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View a gallery of photos from around the world on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
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A man rides a motorcycle past Turkish troops guarding Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga soldiers prior to their departure to the Syrian city of Kobani, outside a staging area on the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.
Vadim Ghirda Associated Press
Yassin Elalamy, of Egypt, from left, Ezra Dessie, of Ethiopia, and Hilary Suarez, of the Dominican Republic, recite the pledge of allegiance during a Halloween-themed naturalization ceremony, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, in Baltimore. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services welcomed 38 children, many of whom came dressed in Halloween costumes, from 18 countries.
Patrick Semansky Associated Press
Bahraini men tend to pots of rice, meat and vegetables being prepared to feed the village, part of Shiite traditions for the Islamic month of Muharram, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Muharram is a month of remembering and mourning the death of Imam Hussein, a Shiite saint and grandson of Islam's founding prophet Muhammad. With families busy with religious activities, villagers prepare community lunches and dinners for everyone to share.
Hasan Jamali Associated Press
A Palestinian uses a sling shot during clashes with Israeli troops at Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday Oct. 31, 2014. Israel reopened a contested Jerusalem holy site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, on Friday and deployed more than 1,000 security personnel following clashes the previous day between Palestinians and Israeli riot police that had ratcheted up already heightened tensions in the city.
Majdi Mohammed Associated Press
A group of youngsters dressed as ghouls and zombies for Halloween parade in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
Francisco Seco Associated Press
Sri Lankan men move a cow from the affected mudslide area in Punagala, Sri Lanka, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Sri Lankan authorities warned of more landslides at a tea plantation where a deadly torrent of mud swept away scores of homes this week, but residents said Friday there was no room left at the shelters and no alternative housing for them to move to.
Eranga Jayawardena Associated Press
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