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Sears department store is shown in Norristown, Pa., Oct. 15, 2018.
Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection buckling under its
massive debt load and staggering losses. Matt Rourke, AP
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An
elderly woman is evacuated on Oct. 15, 2018 in Villegailhenc after it
was hit by heavy rain storms which swamped parts of France, flooding
rivers and cutting roads, killing at least six people. The Aude river
reached flood levels not seen in over 100 years, the French agency
responsible for monitoring water levels, Vigicrues, said. Firemen
responded to more than 250 calls overnight, as 6 to 7 inches of rain
fell in the fortress city of Carcassonne. ERIC CABANIS, AFP/Getty Images
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Terrorist
Mounir el Motassadeq is led from one helipcopter to another at the
airport in Hamburg, Germany, Oct. 15, 2018. The Moroccan man convicted
of helping three of the Sept. 11 attackers as they plotted to strike New
York and Washington was flown from a Hamburg jail on Monday to the
city's airport in preparation for his deportation to his home country. Daniel Bockwoldt, dpa via AP
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Lebanese activist sleeps inside a cage in Beirut's Martyr's square to
protest against the policies of the political elite in Lebanon on Oct.
15, 2018. JOSEPH EID, AFP/Getty Images
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Israel
forces detain activists in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan
al-Ahmar that Israel plans to demolish, located between the West Bank
city of Jericho and Jerusalem, Oct. 15, 2018. Khan al-Ahmar is a Bedouin
community where some 180 people live in shacks, which Israeli
authorities claim were built without obtaining permits. Israeli
authorities plan to demolish the shacks after the Israeli High Court of
Justice rejected petitions filed by Khan al-Ahmar residents against
their evacuation. ABED AL HASHLAMOUN, EPA-EFE
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A
visually impaired person takes part in the rally to mark International
White Cane Day, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 15, 2018. Around 1,350
visually impaired participants and their helpers took part the rally and
walked three kilometers in Yangon. White Cane Safety Day is observed on
Oct. 15, to highlight the achievements of blind or visually impaired
people. LYNN BO BO, EPA-EFE
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Clouds
in the sky are reflected in the water as the sun rises behind trees
along the banks of a lake in Bruehl near Mannheim, Germany, Oct. 15,
2018. RONALD WITTEK, EPA-EFE
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