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Pakistani girls display a poster while sitting at their desks, as their teacher, not shown, talks to them about 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday by a Taliban gunman for her role in promoting girls' education in the Swat Valley where she lives, in a school in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. A Pakistani military spokesman says Yousufzai is in "satisfactory" condition but cautions that the next few days will be critical.
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A Pakistani demonstrator carries a candle during a protest against the assassination attempt of child activist Malala Yousafzai, in Karachi on October 11, 2012. The Pakistani child activist that shot in the head by the Taliban was airlifted to the country's top military hospital for specialist treatment, is still in a critical condition, officials said. The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai on a school bus in the Swat valley has been denounced worldwide and by the Pakistani authorities, who have offered a reward of more than USD 100,000 for the capture of her attackers.
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Vassilios Apostolopoulos was a lawyer disbarred in 2002. He recently had his license reinstated after coping with mental illness and homelessness.
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A child jumps on the waste products that are used to make poultry feed as she plays in a tannery at Hazaribagh in Dhaka October 9, 2012. Luxury leather goods sold across the world are produced in a slum area of Bangladesh's capital where workers, including children, are exposed to hazardous chemicals and often injured in horrific accidents, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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Children play on a destroyed armoured personnel carrier belonging to forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Azaz, in northern Syria near the border with Turkey, October 8, 2012.
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The 24th Tarragona Castells Comptetion was held on October 7, 2012 in Tarragona, Spain. The 'Castellers' who build the human towers with precise techniques compete in groups, known as 'colles', at local festivals with aim to build the highest and most complex human tower. The Catalan tradition is believed to have originated from human towers built at the end of the 18th century by dance groups and is part of the Catalan culture.
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Members of the Colla 'Castellers de Vilafranca' start a construction of a human tower during the 24th Tarragona Castells Comptetion on October 7, 2012 in Tarragona, Spain.
Members of the Colla 'Vella de Valls' start a construction of a human tower during the 24th Tarragona Castells Comptetion on October 7, 2012 in Tarragona, Spain.
Members of the Colla 'Jove de Valls' celebrate after building a human tower during the 24th Tarragona Castells Comptetion on October 7, 2012 in Tarragona, Spain.
Members of the Colla 'Vella de Valls' start a construction of a human tower during the 24th Tarragona Castells Comptetion on October 7, 2012 in Tarragona, Spain.
Members of the Colla 'Caprogossos de Mataro' climb up as they construct a human tower during the 24th Tarragona Castells Comptetion on October 7, 2012 in Tarragona, Spain.
Members of the Colla 'Castellers de Vilafranca' climb up as they construct a human tower during the 24th Tarragona Castells Comptetion on October 7, 2012 in Tarragona, Spain.
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Syrian child refugees attend their fourth day of school at Al Zaatri refugee camp, in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria October 4, 2012. The school is a grant from the European Union to provide education to Syrian refugees residing in Jordan. The first phase will start with 2,400 out of 4,000 primary, middle and high school students, the Director of UNICEF in Jordan, Dominique Hyde said.
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A rebel fighter is carried by his friends and layed on a gurney to be treated for gunshot wounds to his chest sustained during heavy battles with government forces in Midan neighborhood, in the northern city of Aleppo, as fighting in Syria's second largest city between rebel forces and government troops continues.
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