February 3, 2014
![A woman runs for cover as heavy gunfire erupts in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic. In what a French soldier on the scene described as the heaviest exchange of fire he'd seen since early December 2013, Muslim militias engaged Burundi troops who returned fire.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1b30bac6-3899-420e-abe4-12ca55717b7d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman runs for cover as heavy gunfire erupts in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic. In what a French soldier on the scene described as the heaviest exchange of fire he'd seen since early December 2013, Muslim militias engaged Burundi troops who returned fire.
![Damage is seen after an earthquake at Lixouri port on the island of Kefalonia, western Greece. The quake with a preliminary magnitude between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the island of before dawn, sending scared residents into the streets just over a week after a similar quake damaged hundreds of buildings.](https://gdb.voanews.com/659f4ea3-37e9-4362-9557-4ae2398f1a9f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Damage is seen after an earthquake at Lixouri port on the island of Kefalonia, western Greece. The quake with a preliminary magnitude between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the island of before dawn, sending scared residents into the streets just over a week after a similar quake damaged hundreds of buildings.
![The Olympic rings are cast in shadow as the sun sets behind the Bolshoy Ice Palace as preparations continue at Olympic Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3d280ae4-906e-4835-9896-bb0bad12046c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Olympic rings are cast in shadow as the sun sets behind the Bolshoy Ice Palace as preparations continue at Olympic Park for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
![Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flows during an eruption as seen from Payung village, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The rumbling volcano unleashed fresh clouds of searing gas, killing more than a dozen people.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c1d60f5c-a6eb-41ea-b57d-be4de2c382ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flows during an eruption as seen from Payung village, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The rumbling volcano unleashed fresh clouds of searing gas, killing more than a dozen people.