The Year in Photos
![Typhoon survivor Manolito Pacurib stands inside his damaged home near a shipping vessel that remains grounded after being washed ashore during Typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban, Philippines, Dec. 23, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/2e18b2b7-5dcd-476c-a1a0-e36fc4f23a5e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Typhoon survivor Manolito Pacurib stands inside his damaged home near a shipping vessel that remains grounded after being washed ashore during Typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban, Philippines, Dec. 23, 2013.
![Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former Russian oil baron, was reunited with his family in Berlin a day after being released from a decade-long imprisonment in Russia, Dec. 22, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/7aca5019-294b-4d7c-ac30-674b435b46f0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former Russian oil baron, was reunited with his family in Berlin a day after being released from a decade-long imprisonment in Russia, Dec. 22, 2013.
![People inspect the rubble of damaged buildings following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Dec. 15, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b94c775a-1306-4b69-95f1-b214a3c21952_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People inspect the rubble of damaged buildings following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Dec. 15, 2013.
![People light candles in front of a photo of former South African president Nelson Mandela, at the Trocadero Square, Paris, France, Dec. 15, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1434fc13-ffaf-406f-8adb-6b2debabe307_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People light candles in front of a photo of former South African president Nelson Mandela, at the Trocadero Square, Paris, France, Dec. 15, 2013.