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A baby is carried across the bordering Tachira River by a soldier as hundreds of Colombians leave Venezuela with their belongings, arriving in Cucuta, Colombia, on August 27, 2015. Hundreds of Colombians are fleeing Venezuela, opting to leave the country with their belongings rather than be deported empty-handed like more than 1,000 people sent home in an escalating border crisis. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the border between Tachira and the Colombian department of Norte de Santander closed last week in response to an attack by unidentified assailants on a military patrol, which wounded a civilian and three soldiers on an anti-smuggling operation. (Photo by Luis Acosta/AFP Photo)
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