August 19, 2014
![Kurdish Peshmerga forces stand guard near the town of Makhmur, south of Irbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan after the Islamic State insurgents withdrew, Aug. 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0643aea8-7330-40e7-a1f6-37f8480beb27_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kurdish Peshmerga forces stand guard near the town of Makhmur, south of Irbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan after the Islamic State insurgents withdrew, Aug. 18, 2014.
![A tornado is seen approaching the costal city of Genoa, in Northern Italy.](https://gdb.voanews.com/98cbc1b4-8ce2-4055-8d72-36463955c123_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A tornado is seen approaching the costal city of Genoa, in Northern Italy.
![Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Type-89 armored combat vehicles flare up a smoke screen during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8a31a5b6-7ccf-432e-8698-dfda81f75650_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Type-89 armored combat vehicles flare up a smoke screen during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo.
![A boy rows a makeshift raft carrying a child through the flooded areas of Lakhimpur district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Aug. 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0eb56504-4149-4e9b-b773-764a671e3a53_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy rows a makeshift raft carrying a child through the flooded areas of Lakhimpur district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Aug. 18, 2014.