WION Edge: The most interesting and powerful photo stories of the month
A boy stands outside a bullet-riddled house, which was damaged during the security operations and clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern Diyarbakir province, Turkey.
(Sertac Kayar / Reuters)
(Photograph:Reuters)
A Tibetan woman carries a child as they visit Namtso lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Located four hours? drive from Lhasa at an altitude of around 15, 479 ft above sea level, Namtso lake is not only the highest saltwater lake in the world but also considered sacred, attracting throngs of devotees and pilgrims.
(Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
(Photograph:Reuters)
Firefighters and animal rescuers inspect the carcasses of long-finned pilot whales stranded on a beach in the northern French city of Calais. Six of the ten beached whales had already died by the time firefighters and members of the local Animal Protection League got to the scene, but they were able to revive four of the mammals, including two calves, and helped them return to the sea.
(Denis Charlet / AFP / Getty Images)
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People lay flowers to commemorate victims of the Russian airliner crash in Egypt, on the stairs of the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow.
(Maxim Shemetov / Reuters)
(Photograph:Reuters)
A Tibetan Buddhist monk takes pictures with his smartphone of a daily chanting session at a Buddhist laymen lodge during the Utmost Bliss Dharma Assembly in Sichuan province, China.
(Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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A Palestinian woman paints a mural, depicting a masked Palestinian holding a knife, in support of Palestinians committing stabbing attacks against Israelis.
(Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters)
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A young girl adds a message written on a post-it note to a display in New York City that was started in reaction to the election of President-elect Donald Trump.
(Lucas Jackson / Reuters)
(Photograph:Reuters)
A group of boys play in a street outside their home in front of a burning oil well set on fire by fleeing ISIS members on November 10, 2016 in Al Qayyarah, Iraq.
(Photograph:Getty)
Inmates watch as drug suspects are processed inside a police station on October 12, 2016, in Manila, Philippines. The Duterte administration shifted to the next phase in its war on drugs after the first 100 days of President Rodrigo Duterte as over 3,600 people have been killed while more than 700,000 drug dependents surrendered to authorities.
(Photograph:Getty)