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Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, center, gestures as he leaves for Islamabad from Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Roads leading to the parliament in Islamabad are being blocked in run up to announced protests by Khan and- Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community gather at a park near the Turkey-Iraq border at the Ibrahim al-Khalil crossing, as they try to cross to Turkey, in Zakho, 300 miles (475 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (
- Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community gather at a park near the Turkey-Iraq border at the Ibrahim al-Khalil crossing, as they try to cross to Turkey, in Zakho, 300 miles (475 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (
- People grieved over the death of Al-Awadi on Thursday the day after the funeral for the other Iraqi pilot who was killed immediately in the crash near the mountain outside the town of Sinjar. Iraqi and U.S. planes have been dropping dozens of crates
- Mourners carry the flag-draped coffin of Col. Jalil Hameed al-Awadi, a pilot who was injured and died from wounds caused by Tuesday's helicopter crash in northern Iraq, during his funeral procession in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160
- Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community gather at a park near the Turkey-Iraq border at the Ibrahim al-Khalil crossing, as they try to cross to Turkey, in Zakho, 300 miles (475 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 (Photo
- The U.N. this week declared the situation in Iraq a "Level 3 Emergency" — a decision that came after some 45,000 members of the Yazidi religious minority were able to escape from a remote desert mountaintop where they had been encircled by Islamic
- The faithful gather during the beatification mass of Paul Yun Ji-Chung and his 123 martyr companions in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. (Photo: AP)
- Pope Francis, center, greets the faithfuls from his popemobile car upon his arrival at the Holy Mass at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. (Photo: AP)
- Catholic faithful gather to watch Pope Francis during the Holy Mass in front of Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014 Pope Francis beatified 124 Korean martyrs on Saturday. (Photo: AP)
- Pope Francis, left, kisses a child upon his arrival for the beatification mass of Paul Yun Ji-Chung and his 123 martyr companions in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. (Photo: AP)
- Hundreds of thousands of people turned out Saturday for one of the highlights of Pope Francis' trip to South Korea: The beatification of 124 Koreans killed for their faith over two centuries ago. (Photo: AP)
- Francis beatified 124 Korean martyrs on Saturday, telling hundreds of thousands of people who turned out for his open-air Mass that their ancestors' willingness to die rather than renounce their faith two centuries ago was a model for Asian
- Protesters chant Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, outside a convenience store that was looted and burned following the shooting death of Michael Brown by police nearly a week ago in Ferguson, Mo. A suburban St. Louis police chief on Friday identified the
- Protesters march down the middle of a street, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, in front of a convenience store that was looted and burned following the shooting death of Michael Brown by police nearly a week ago in Ferguson (Photo: AP)
- People stand in front of a convenience store after it was looted early Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The violence stemmed from the shooting death of Michael Brown by police a week ago after the teen allegedly stole a box of cigars from
- Protestors stand in the middle of West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, refusing to leave despite police orders early Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. (Photo: AP)
- Protestors stand in the middle of West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, refusing to leave despite police orders early Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. (Photo: AP)
- Against a backdrop of flood lights from police tactical vehicles, protestors stand their ground in the middle of West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, refusing to leave despite police orders early Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. (Photo: AP)
- Supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan take part in an anti government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Pakistan's capital Islamabad late
- Supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan take part in an anti government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Pakistan's capital Islamabad late
- Supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan take part in an anti government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Pakistan's capital Islamabad late
- Supporters of anti-government cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri listen to their leader in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Qadri and Imran Khan led massive rallies Saturday in Pakistan’s capital, demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif step down over
- Supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan stop from entering to Islamabad, as being blocked by authorities, Thursday, Aug 14, 2014 in Pakistan. Roads leading to the capital are being blocked in run up to announced protests by Khan and
Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, center, gestures as he leaves for Islamabad from Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Roads leading to the parliament in Islamabad are being blocked in run up to announced protests by Khan and
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