October 3, 2014
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Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Arafat near Mecca as they perform one of a series of Hajj rituals late in the day.
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A pro-democracy protester is taken away by police offers as an ambulance tries to leave the compound of the chief executive office in Hong Kong.
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Turkish troops take position in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, near the Mursitpinar border crossing with Syria. Islamic State (IS) militants have now advanced to within a few kilometers from the town, which lies just across the Turkish border.
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Brazil's President and Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff (R) and her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wave to supporters during a campaign rally in Sao Paulo. Brazil will hold its general elections Sunday.