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2014 in Review
2014 in Review
December 31, 2014, 10:20 AM
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Here’s a look at some of the memorable photos of 2014.
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A shirtless spectator watches Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla compete during the women’s 10K classical style cross-country race at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Kalla won the silver medal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, passes the Arc de Triomphe during the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 137.5 kilometers (85.4 miles) with start in Evry and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File
In this Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 photo, an Indian man moves out of the way of a leopard in the northern Indian city of Meerut, India. Forestry officials and police armed with tranquilizer darts searched for a leopard that injured six people in the northern Indian city, creating panic and driving people indoors, police said Tuesday. (AP Photo/File)
AP Photo/File
Fireworks are seen over the Olympic Park during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File
New York Yankee Derek Jeter jumps after hitting the game-winning single against the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in New York. The Yankees won 6-5. It was Jeter’s last home game of his career at Yankee Stadium. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File
Jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, center, photographed through a security window, arrives in a courtroom at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Friday, May 9, 2014. Fujimori, who is already serving 25 years following previous convictions, is now being tried for allegedly diverting government funds to finance newspapers that backed his successful run for a third term. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File
Riot police launch tear gas into the crowd as thousands of protesters surround the government headquarters in Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. Hong Kong police used tear gas and warned of further measures as they tried to clear thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered outside government headquarters in a challenge to Beijing over its decision to restrict democratic reforms for the city. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)
AP Photo/Wally Santana, File
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a parade marking the Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, May 9, 2014. Putin extolled the return of Crimea to Russia before tens of thousands during his first trip to Black Sea peninsula since its annexation. The triumphant visit was quickly condemned by Ukraine and NATO. (AP Photo / Ivan Sekretarev, File)
AP Photo / Ivan Sekretarev, File
In this photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/File)
AP Photo/File
Miles Scott, left, dressed as Batkid, throws the ceremonial first pitch next to Batman before an opening day baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. On Nov. 15, 2013, Scott, a Northern California boy with leukemia, fought villains and rescued a damsel in distress as a caped crusader through The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, Pool, File)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg, Pool, File
An Israeli woman takes cover as siren alarming sounds warning of rocket attacks by Palestinians militants from Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File
Entertainer and Navy veteran Bill Cosby speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at the The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, catches the Wanamaker Trophy from PGA of America president Ted Bishop after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File
A protester throws a Molotov cocktail onto a fire during clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, early Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. As riots spread from Ukraine’s embattled capital to nearly half of the country, President Viktor Yanukovych promised to reshuffle his government and make other concessions – but a top opposition leader said nothing short of his resignation would do. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File
Russia’s Maria Sharapova reacts after defeating Romania’s Simona Halep during their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Sharapova won 6-4, 6-7, 6-4. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)
AP Photo/David Vincent, File
Fans arrive before the start of an NHL outdoor hockey game at Dodger Stadium between the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks in Los Angeles, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in an ice hockey match between Russian amateur players and ice hockey stars at a festival of Russia’s amateur hockey organized by the Night Hockey League in the Bolshoy arena in the Olympic Park in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Saturday, May 10, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service, File)
AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service, File
Switzerland’s Fanny Smith, from left, Sweden’s Anna Holmlund, Austria’s Katrin Ofner and Canada’s Kelsey Serwa compete during their ski cross race at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File
A cow jumps over revelers on the bull ring at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Revelers from around the world in Pamplona take part in an eight-day event of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises.” (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)
AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File
A flag, put up by volunteers helping search the area, stands in the ruins of a home left at the end of a deadly mudslide from the now-barren hillside seen about a mile behind, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Oso, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File
Honda rider Paulo Goncalves of Portugal, right, reacts as he sees his motorcycle on fire during the fifth stage of the Dakar Rally between the cities of Chilecito and Tucuman in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File
Israeli soldiers mourn over the grave of Sergeant Sagi Erez, an infantry soldier training to be a squad commander, during his funeral at the military cemetery in Haifa, northern Israel, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Erez, 19, was killed in combat after Gaza militants used a tunnel to sneak into Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel must be ready for a “prolonged” military operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File
Police wearing riot gear walk toward a man with his hands raised Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File
Opposition leader and former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, center, is attacked and sprayed with a fire extinguisher as he tries to stop the clashes between police and protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama practices tai chi with students at Chengdu No.7 High School in Chengdu in southwest China’s Sichuan province Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
AP Photo/Andy Wong, File
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, of Portugal, top, tries to score in between opposition players during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Granada at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File
Real goalkeeper Iker Casillas, center, lifts the Champion League trophy, as he and teammates, celebrate winning the Champion League title, against Atletico Madrid, in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, May 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File
From left, Europe’s players Jamie Donaldson, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Justin Rose pour champagne over captain Paul McGinley as they celebrate winning the 2014 Ryder Cup golf tournament, at Gleneagles, Scotland, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File
People walk amongst the debris, at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014. A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down as it flew over the country and plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights as it was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Ukrainian airspace. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)
AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File
South Koreans hold their North Korean relative’s hands on a bus after the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain in North Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. The first reunions of North and South Koreans in more than three years have were held in North Korea. The final group of Koreans to participate in reunions ends Tuesday. KOREA OUT (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Ji-eun, File)
AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Ji-eun, File
Canada forward Sidney Crosby scores a goal on Sweden goaltender Henrik Lundqvist during the second period of the men’s gold medal ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, Pool, File)
AP Photo/Julio Cortez, Pool, File
Pope Francis and President Barack Obama smile as they meet at the Vatican Thursday, March 27, 2014. A visibly energized President Barack Obama held a nearly hourlong audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, expressing his great admiration for the pontiff and inviting him to visit the White House. (AP Photo/Gabriel Bouys, File Pool)
AP Photo/Gabriel Bouys, File Pool
An employee of the Russian Space Training Center hangs out space suits to dry of Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin, NASA’s U.S. flight engineer Kathleen Rubins and Japanese space agency’s flight engineer Takuya Onishi after their undergoing training near in Noginsk, 60 km (38 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 2, 2014. The training was intended to simulate the capsule landing on water. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File
Garteh Korkoryah, center, mother of Thomas Eric Duncan, is comforted during a memorial service for her son, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, in Salisbury, N.C. Duncan died of Ebola in Dallas on Oct. 8. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File
Russian President Vladimir Putin waits in the presidential lounge to be introduced at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics as behind him, a TV screen shows the malfunction of the Olympic rings opening at the start of the ceremony, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File, Pool)
AP Photo/David Goldman, File, Pool
U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande look out at Omaha Beach, one of the sites of the Allied soldiers beach landings, at Normandy American Cemetery as they participate in the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Colleville sur Mer in Normandy, France, Friday, June 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File
Japanese Air Self-Defense Force loadmasters and trained spotters scan the ocean aboard a C130 aircraft while it flies over the southern search area in the southeastern Indian Ocean, 200 to 300 kilometers (124 to 186 miles) south of Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, March 21, 2014. Search planes scoured a remote patch of the Indian Ocean but came back empty-handed after looking for any sign of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, another disappointing day in one of the world’s biggest aviation mysteries. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda, File)
AP Photo/Koji Ueda, File
Kansas City Royals’ players celebrate in the clubhouse after winning Game 3 of baseball’s AL Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals won 8-3 to sweep the Angels in the series. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File
Police arrest a man as they disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo., early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, a white police officer fatally shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File
Germany’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, left, winner of the Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper, shakes hands with Argentina’s Lionel Messi, winner of the Golden Ball award as the tournament’s top player, after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Germany won the match 1-0. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File
Former first lady Nancy Reagan visits the grave site of her husband, President Ronald Reagan, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File
The body of boxer Christopher Rivera, who was shot to death on Sunday, is propped up in a fake boxing ring during his wake at the community recreation center within the public housing project where he lived in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Elsie Rodriguez, vice president of the Marin funeral home, explained that Rivera had asked his family that if he died, he wanted his funeral to make reference to his boxing career. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)
AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File
A time exposure shows the path of Marine One as it lands on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington with President Barack Obama aboard, Thursday, July 24, 2014. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
AP Photo/J. David Ake, File
Black smoke and fireballs rise during clashes between protesters and police in central Kiev, Ukraine, early Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File
Kashmiri residents wade through floodwaters in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. At least 100 villages across the Kashmir valley were flooded by overflowing lakes and rivers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File
Thick smoke and flames from an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition rise in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Monday, Oct. 20, 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. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File
Britain’s Prince Charles wears a traditional Saudi uniform as he attends the traditional Saudi dancing best known as “Arda,” performed during Janadriya culture festival at Der’iya in Riyadh, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Fayez Nureldine, File Pool)
AP Photo/Fayez Nureldine, File Pool
This image released by Ellen DeGeneres shows actors front row from left, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Peter Nyong’o Jr., and, second row, from left, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o and Angelina Jolie as they pose for a “selfie” portrait on a cell phone during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ellen DeGeneres, File)
AP Photo/Ellen DeGeneres, File
In this Thursday Oct. 2, 2014 photo, Mercy Kennedy, 9, cries as community activists approach her outside her home on 72nd SKD Boulevard in Monrovia, Liberia, a day after her mother was taken away by an ambulance to an Ebola ward. Neighbors wailed upon learning that Mercy’s mother had died; she was among the cluster of cases that includes Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who dies from the disease in Texas. Little Mercy walked around in a daze in a torn nightgown and flip-flops, pulling up the fabric to wipe her tears as a group of workers from the neighborhood task force followed the sound of wailing through the thick grove of banana trees and corn plants. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File
In this photo provided by the Spanish Defense Ministry, aid workers and doctors transfer Miguel Pajares, a Spanish priest who was infected with the Ebola virus while working in Liberia, from a plane to an ambulance as he leaves the Torrejon de Ardoz military airbase, near Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Spanish Defense Ministry, File)
AP Photo/Spanish Defense Ministry, File
This picture taken on Jan. 31, 2014, and released by the UNRWA, shows residents of the besieged Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, queuing to receive food supplies, in Damascus, Syria. A United Nations official called on warring sides in Syria to allow aid workers to resume distribution of food and medicine in a besieged Palestinian district of Damascus. The call comes as U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged Syrian government to authorize more humanitarian staff to work inside the country, devastated by its 3-year-old conflict. (AP Photo/UNRWA, File)
AP Photo/UNRWA, File
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is greeted by supporters shortly after being freed from prison in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergey Kozlov, File)
AP Photo/Sergey Kozlov, File
A pro-Russian fighter holds up a toy found among the debris at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet near the village of Hrabove, Friday, July 18, 2014. Emergency workers, police officers and even off-duty coal miners spread out across the sunflower fields and villages of eastern Ukraine, searching the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down as it flew high above the country’s battlefield. The attack killed 298 people from nearly a dozen nations. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)
AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File
Fabio Fognini of Italy bites his racket during the final match of the Buenos Aires’ Copa Claro tennis Open against David Ferrer of Spain in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File
Uruguay’s Luis Suarez holds his teeth after running into Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)
AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File
Michael Brown Sr. yells out as the casket is lowered during the funeral service for his son Michael Brown in Normandy, Mo., Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to Michael Brown, the 18-year-old shot and killed Aug. 9 in a confrontation with a police officer that fueled almost two weeks of street protests. (AP Photo/New York Times, Richard Perry, File Pool)
AP Photo/New York Times, Richard Perry, File Pool
President Barack Obama makes a face as he reads “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House is Washington, Monday, April 21, 2014. Thousands of children gathered at the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll. This year’s event features live music, cooking stations, storytelling, and of course, some Easter egg rolling. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File
Relatives of passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol sit near the sea at a port in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea on Sunday, April 20, 2014. Over 300 people were killed in the accident, many of them students. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
AP Photo/Lee Jin-man
Two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television from their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz. CPB provided media tours of two locations in Brownsville, Texas, and Nogales, that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File Pool)
AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File Pool
This Aug. 14, 2009 file photo shows actor Robin Williams in Los Angeles. Williams, whose free-form comedy and adept impressions dazzled audiences for decades, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in an apparent suicide. Williams was 63. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File
Brooklyn Nets forward Paul Pierce (34) fouls Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) as he drives through the lane to score in the first period during Game 3 of an Eastern Conference semifinal NBA playoff basketball game on Saturday, May 10, 2014, in New York. Pierce was called for a flagrant foul and James scored on the play. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File
An elderly Syrian Kurdish refugee woman from the Kobani area, warms up by a fire at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Monday, Nov. 10, 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. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File
Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry stands with his prosthetic hand over his heart, wearing his Medal of Honor during the “Pledge of Allegiance” at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, during a ceremony to honor him and other recipients of the Medal of Honor from Washington state. Petry lost his hand in 2008 when an enemy grenade he was throwing away from fellow soldiers detonated while in combat in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File
In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 photo, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Mexico. Guzman, the head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, was captured alive overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File
Holding American flags, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman, left, bumps fists with Carlos Arredondo near the finish line of the the 118th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 21, 2014, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File
Brazil’s Fernandinho reacts after Germany’s Toni Kroosduring scored his side’s third goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Brazil and Germany at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File
In this Oct. 29, 2014, file photo, San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, left, and Buster Posey celebrate after winning 3-2 to win the series over Kansas City Royals after Game 7 of baseball’s World Series in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File
Dennis Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seated above in the stands, before an exhibition basketball game at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)
AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File
Zoe Mahan, center, pushes the trophy as her mother Kandi Mahan, left, grabs her while they pose with Hunter Mahan, husband, father and winner of The Barclays golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Paramus, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
AP Photo/Mel Evans, File
A man carries a woman affected by tear gas launched by riot police at anti-government protesters in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File
Brazil’s Neymar is fouled by Colombia’s Juan Zuniga during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Brazil and Colombia at the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil, Friday, July 4, 2014. Brazil’s team doctor says Neymar will miss the rest of the World Cup after breaking a vertebrae during the team’s quarterfinal win over Colombia. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File
Michael Phelps warms up prior to a 50-meter freestyle preliminary heat at the Arena Grand Prix swim event, Friday, April 25, 2014, in Mesa, Ariz. It is Phelps’ second competitive event after a nearly two-year retirement. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
AP Photo/Matt York, File
FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, left, duels for the ball against Espanyol’s Diego Colotto during a Spanish La Liga soccer match against Espanyol at Cornella-El Prat stadium in Cornella Llobregat, Spain, Saturday, March 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File
Caterham driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan runs off the track after he crashed with Williams driver Felipe Massa of Brazil on the first lap of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, March 16, 2014. Both Massa and Kobayashi walked away from the accident. (AP Photo/Ross Land, File)
AP Photo/Ross Land, File
Student protesters against a China-Taiwan trade agreement barricade the entrance to the legislature in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Several hundred opponents of a far-reaching trade pact with China occupied Taiwan’s legislature late Tuesday, further delaying action on a measure that Beijing strongly favors. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)
AP Photo/Wally Santana, File
Fatima, 13, weeps as she kisses her injured father, Ahmad al-Messmar, 40, who was wounded when a deadly car bomb blew up near a gas station, in the predominately Shiite town of Hermel, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the Syrian border in northeast Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. A shadowy Lebanese Sunni extremist group claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing in Hermel, a stronghold of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group, that killed several people in the latest attack linked to the war in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File
Usain Bolt of Jamaica takes a photo on a smart phone with a member of the crowd as he walks round Hampden Park Stadium after he competed in the men’s 4×100 meter relay race during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday Aug. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/ Scott Heppell, File)
AP Photo/ Scott Heppell, File
Protesters are taken away by police officers after hundreds of protesters staged a peaceful sit-ins overnight on a street in the financial district in Hong Kong Wednesday, July 2, 2014, following a huge rally to show their support for democratic reform and oppose Beijing’s desire to have the final say on candidates for the chief executive’s job. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File
Protesters use a large slingshot to hurl a Molotov cocktail at police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday Jan. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File
This Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, file photo, shows the Wall Street entrance of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. and global stocks fell Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, as investors closed their positions ahead of the New Year and amid concern over political uncertainty in Greece. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
AP Photo/Richard Drew
Xavier Simeon, of Belgium, crashes during Indianapolis Moto 2 motorcycle race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File
A Buddhist monk and relatives of passengers aboard a sunken ferry spray alcohols during a Buddhist ceremony to pray for speedy rescue and their safety at a port in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 18, 2014. The ferry flipped onto its side and filled with water off the southern coast of South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File
Malala Yousafzai holds up her Liberty Medal during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, in Philadelphia. The honor is given annually to an individual who displays courage and conviction while striving to secure liberty for people worldwide. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File
A Palestinian man shouts for help moments after Palestinian teen, Mohammad Abu Daher, on the ground, was shot to death by Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Medical officials say Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian teens in a West Bank clash that erupted after Palestinians marked the anniversary of their uprooting in the war over Israel’s 1948 creation. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File
Lucy Hamlin and her husband, Spc. Timothy Hamlin, wait for permission to re-enter the Fort Hood military base, where they live, following a shooting on the base, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/ Tamir Kalifa, File)
AP Photo/ Tamir Kalifa, File
The wreck of the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia is held up by giant tanks as tug boats surround it in the final stages of the refloating phase before being towed to the Italian port of Genoa, in the tiny Tuscan island of Isola del Giglio, Italy, Monday, July 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File
India’s next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi displays the letter from the Indian President inviting him to form the new government, outside the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Modi met with President Pranab Mukherjee after he was formally chosen by his party as the next prime minister, just days after a resounding victory in national elections. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File
Eric Frein is escorted by police into the Pike County Courthouse for his arraignment in Milford, Pa., Friday Oct. 31, 2014. Frein was captured seven weeks after police say he killed a Pennsylvania State trooper in an ambush outside a barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz, File)
AP Photo/Rich Schultz, File
An office building is illuminated with LED lights displaying “Pray for MH370” next to Malaysia’s landmark Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)
AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File
Real’s coach Carlo Ancelotti, is lifted in the air, after his team won the Champions League final soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, May 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File
Palestinian medics treat a wounded girl at the emergency room of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 18, 2014. Thousands of Israeli soldiers launched a ground invasion in the Gaza Strip, escalating a 10-day campaign of heavy air bombardments to try to destroy Hamas’ rocket-firing abilities and the tunnels militants use to infiltrate Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File
A woman talks to Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, who is running for reelection for the Workers Party (PT), as Rousseff makes a campaign stop at a popular restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File
Palestinians take cover as an Israeli strike on a building causes a ball of fire and smoke to rise in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)
AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File
Members of the Castellers Joves Xiquets de Valls try to complete their human tower during the 25th Human Tower Competition in Tarragona, Spain, on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. The tradition of building human towers, or castells, dates back to the 18th century and takes place during festivals in Catalonia, where colles, or teams, compete to build the tallest and most complicated towers. The structure of the castells varies depending on their complexity. A castell is considered completely successful when it is loaded and unloaded without falling apart. The highest castell in history was a 10 floor structure with 3 people in each floor. In 2010 castells were declared by UNESCO one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File
Briana Nash, left, helps her mother Charla Nash, apply lip balm before speaking to Connecticut legislators at a public hearing at the Legislative Office Building, Friday, March 21, 2014, in Hartford, Conn. Nash was mauled by a friend’s chimpanzee in 2009. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File
Shaun White, of the United States, hits the edge of the half pipe during the men’s snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
AP Photo/Andy Wong, File
Newly enlisted FACA (Central African Armed Forces) soldiers drag the lifeless body of a suspected Muslim Seleka militiaman moments after Central African Republic Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza addressed the troops in Bangui, Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014. The victim was lynched by hundreds of recruits, pelting him with bricks and mutilating his body with knives. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File
Zinaida Patskan, 80, stands in her destroyed house following a shelling from Ukrainian government forces in Semyonovka village near the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, FILE)
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, FILE
Protesters march in the street as lightning flashes in the distance in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File
A Costa Rica soccer fan is detained by the police while another fan lies on the ground injured with a knife, after a fight broke out during the live telecast of the quarterfinal World Cup match between Costa Rica and The Netherlands, at Democracy square in San Jose, Costa Rica, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Dutch Goalie Tim Krul came on as a substitute in the final minute of extra time and then saved two penalties in a 4-3 shootout victory over Costa Rica on Saturday, giving the Netherlands a spot in the World Cup semifinals. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File
In this photo taken Monday March 10, 2014, Oscar Pistorius cries as he listens to cross questioning about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in court during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius was charged with the shooting death of Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Bongiwe Mchunu, File Pool)
AP Photo/Bongiwe Mchunu, File Pool
In this picture taken Sunday, June 15, 2014, migrants from Africa are temporarily sheltered in the Catholic church of St. Curato D’Ars in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The Italian coast guard and navy have rescued more than 300 migrants whose boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea and recovered the bodies of 10 migrants whose dinghy had overturned. (AP Photo/Alessandro Fucarini, File)
AP Photo/Alessandro Fucarini, File
This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) taking aim at captured Iraqi soldiers wearing plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant website, File)
AP Photo via militant website, File
Luca Grunwald of Germany, crashes and falls on his Kalex KTM, right, colliding with Alessandro Tonucci of Italy on his Mahindra, left, and Juanfran Guevara on his Kalex KTM, centre, during the Moto3 Race of the Dutch Grand Prix, in Assen, northern Netherlands, Saturday June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Jannink, File)
AP Photo/Vincent Jannink, File
A local youth takes a selfie photograph in front of Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to St George’s indoor market on in Belfast Tuesday June 24, 2014. The Queen is on a 3 day visit to Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, File Pool)
AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, File Pool
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