December 12, 2013
![Syrian refugees children play near a snowman in a camp for Syrians who fled their country’s civil war, in the Bekaa valley, eastern Lebanon.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a821763d-67fa-4af6-bffa-15d01b3557ce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian refugees children play near a snowman in a camp for Syrians who fled their country’s civil war, in the Bekaa valley, eastern Lebanon.
![An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan sets a tire on fire in a protest against the execution of a senior Bangladeshi opposition leader known as the 'Butcher of Mirpur', making him the first person to be put to death for massacres committed during the country's bloody 1971 war of independence, in Islamabad.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d91baf3f-0e78-4d03-9ac2-6f6dbf35882f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan sets a tire on fire in a protest against the execution of a senior Bangladeshi opposition leader known as the 'Butcher of Mirpur', making him the first person to be put to death for massacres committed during the country's bloody 1971 war of independence, in Islamabad.
![Palestinian children look at a rainbow shining over buildings after heavy rain poured in Gaza City, Gaza.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1fafaab4-b72e-4453-b3f4-eb2e255418c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian children look at a rainbow shining over buildings after heavy rain poured in Gaza City, Gaza.
![Women smile as they look at a picture on a mobile phone during snowfall in winter in central Seoul, South Korea.](https://gdb.voanews.com/13f4809a-f0e6-4cd3-9a16-090ab735a1d9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women smile as they look at a picture on a mobile phone during snowfall in winter in central Seoul, South Korea.