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Human Rights
Week in pictures: From Kenya protest to alt-right rally
A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including Sierra Leone mudslide and a fire in the Philippines.
A Syrian Democratic Forces sniper is seen during the fight against ISIL in Imru al-Qais, a district of Syria's Raqqa. [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]
Published On 18 Aug 2017
18 Aug 2017
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Rinki Singh, 31, holds a photo of her daughter Aarushi, 6, who died in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Baba Raghav Das hospital in India's Uttar Pradesh. More than 60 children died in the hospital over a seven-day period. [Cathal McNaughton/Reuters]
A woman hides behind policemen who clashed with supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi. [Goran Tomasevic/Reuters]
A Palestinian woman kisses her grandson through the window of a bus in the Gaza Strip before she leaves for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]
A firefighter aims water on homes engulfed in flames during a fire in a residential area of the Philippines' Quezon City. [Dondi Tawatao/Reuters]
Miners and members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) sing to mark five years since 34 striking platinum miners were shot dead by police outside the Lonmi''s Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg, South Africa. [Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]
An Israeli soldier points his weapon towards Palestinian protesters during clashes in the occupied West Bank village of Kofr Qadom near Nablus. [Mohamad Torokman/Reuters]
A photo of Heather Heyer, who was killed when a man rammed his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters, sits on the ground at a memorial in Charlottesville, Virginia. [Evan Vucci/AP Photo]
A mother who lost her son during a mudslide in Sierra Leone's Freetown is consoled near the entrance of Connaught Hospital. More than 400 people were killed when the landslide struck on Monday after heavy rains. [Afolabi Sotunde /Reuters]
Government supporters in Caracas perform a parody involving Uncle Sam, a personification of the US government, during a march to denounce US President Donald Trump's talk of a "military option" for resolving Venezuela's political crisis. [Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo]