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Humanitarian Crises
Week in pictures: From London fire to Mosul fighting
A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including the Grenfell Tower blaze and protests in the Philippines.
A protester holds a Venezuelan national flag as a building that houses the Supreme Court burns during a demonstration against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. [Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters]
Published On 16 Jun 2017
16 Jun 2017
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Iraqi soldiers give drops of water to a dehydrated baby who was rescued from the front line of the ongoing battle against ISIL near the Old City of western Mosul. [Erik De Castro/Reuters]
A blaze engulfs the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London. UK police have launched a criminal investigation into Wednesday's fire, which killed at least 17 people. [Toby Melville/Reuters]
The scene after an attack outside a hotel and an adjacent restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. At least 31 people and all five al-Shabab attackers were killed in the incident late on Wednesday night. [Reuters]
Palestinians climb over a section of the Israeli separation wall near Ramallah as they try to make their way to Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem for Friday prayers during the Ramadan fasting month. [Mohamad Torokman/Reuters]
Anti-sharia protesters in the US clash with anti-fascists and Minnesota police in the state capital of St Paul. [Adam Bettcher/Reuters]
An Afghan girl looks on among women who have lined up to receive relief assistance during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Jalalabad. [Parwiz/Reuters]
Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria extinguish a fire in a wheat field that burned during the ongoing battle to fully recapture Raqqa from ISIL. [Goran Tomasevic/Reuters]
A child receives medical attention after being rescued from the rubble of a seven-storey building that collapsed in a residential area of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. At least two people were killed in the incident. [Baz Ratner/Reuters]
Protesters in the Philippine capital Manila stage a 'die-in' with a banner that reads 'stop the killings' during a demonstration against President Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs'. [Bullit Marquez/AP Photo]