Beißen Gedanken: Some of the memorable photographs of 2014

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Some of the memorable photographs of 2014

1. The leader of the Ukrainian Internet Party as an impersonator of «Star Wars» character Darth Vader on the roof of a van during the election campaign.

Campaigning for parliamentary elections in Ukraine

2. The mother of Abdolah Hosseinzadeh, who was murdered in 2007, slaps the killer of her son before his execution. Some moments later she spares his life removing the rope from the neck of a man, who murdered her son.

3. During the annual «Burial of Pachencho» in Cuba the citizens of Santiago de Las Vegas pour rum in the opened mouth of an actor, who plays Pachencho lying in a mock caffin.

4. The dancers of Nene de Vila Matilde samba school take part in the carnival parade at Sao Paulo.

TOPSHOTS-BRAZIL-CARNIVAL-SAO PAULO-PARADE-NENE DE VILA MATILDE

5. Harpists accompany the birth of a new life at a public maternity hospital in Caracas.

6. An employee of the Russian Space Training Center hangs space suites out to dry.

7. The chemical treatment of the sidewalk in front of the house, where a second person diagnosed with Ebola virus lives.

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8. Mamoru Mori — former astronaut and present director of the National Museum of Emerging Science — officially hires a robot for work.

9. Young people take part in the commemoration performance during the National Week of a Remembrance in Colombia.

10. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes the waters standing in the submarine of a Korean People’s Army naval unit.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stands on the conning tower of a submarine during his inspection of the KPA Naval Unit 167

11. A rainbow hole in a cloudy sky over Australia.

12. Tobit Software robots perform a pole dance at a technology show.

13. Rescue operation on Mount Ontaka in Japan that is covered with ash and smoke after a volcano eruption.

JSDF soldiers and firefighters conduct rescue operations at mountain lodges, covered with volcanic ash as volcanic smoke rises near the peak of Mt. Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures

14. An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s «King Lear» performed by syrian children at the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan.

Syrian children perform in an adaptation of Shakespeare's

15. An Ultra-Orthadox Jewish man prays in a hole during a demonstration against the construction of new houses, where according to protesters ancient Jewish graves are.