In Brief

2014: The year in pictures

Powerful photos from around the world, including air strikes in Syria and the Ferguson protests

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28 Dec 2014

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Kobane suicide bomb

Gokhan Sahin

KOBANE, OCTOBER:

Prince George

2014 Getty Images

WELLINGTON, APRIL:

Umbrella revolution in Hong Kong

Paula Bronstein

HONG KONG, OCTOBER:

Ferguson protests

2014 Getty Images

FERGUSON, AUGUST:

Pro-Russian separatist pets a kitten

AFP/Getty Images

DONETSK, JULY:

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red

AFP/Getty Images

LONDON, OCTOBER:

Injured miner is carried by rescuers in Turkey

AFP/Getty Images

MANISA, MAY:

Gaza City

AFP/Getty Images

GAZA, AUGUST:

US actor George Clooney and his wife Amal Alamuddin stand on a taxi boat on the Grand Canal on September 28, 2014 in Venice. Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney and Lebanese-British lawyer Am

AFP/Getty Images

VENICE, SEPTEMBER:

UKIP leader Nigel Farage outside polling station in Biggin Hill

2014 Getty Images

LONDON, MAY:

Members of theUkrainian State Emergency Service search for bodies in a field near the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Hrabove (Grabove), in Donetsk region

AFP/Getty Images

DONETSK, JULY:

Ellen DeGeneres 2014 Oscars selfie

2014 Ellen DeGeneres

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 13 (SOUTH AFRICA OUT):Oscar Pistorius at the Pretoria High Court on March 13, 2014, in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius, stands accused of the murder of his gi

2014 Gallo Images (PTY) LTD

PRETORIA, MARCH:

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 17:A young women joins Yes activists as they gather in George Square on September 17, 2014 in Glasgow,Scotland.The referendum debate has entered its final day of

2014 Getty Images

MONROVIA, LIBERIA - AUGUST 14:Aburial team prepares to collect the dead body of a woman suspected of dying of the Ebola virus on August 14, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Teams of undertakers wea

2014 Getty Images

LIBERIA, AUGUST:

A Chinese relative (R) of passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 prays in front of candles as he takes part in a prayer service at the Metro Park Hotel in Beijing on April 8, 2014. The

2014 AFP

BEIJING, APRIL:

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