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The week in pictures

From protests in Panama to the naming of seven new saints at the Vatican, Al Jazeera showcases this week in images.

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A Palestinian man casts his ballot for municipal elections at a polling station in the West Bank village of Shiyoukh
A Palestinian man casts his ballot for municipal elections at a polling station in the West Bank village of Shiyoukh, north of Hebron. Palestinians voted in local elections in the Israel-occupied West Bank on October 20.
Published On 21 Oct 2012


On October 20, a group of lawyers march to protest the law that allows the sale of lands at the Free Zone  in  the city of Colon, Panama.
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Members of the crew of the Argentine naval vessel (***)Libertad(***) walk at Tema port in Accra. A court in Ghana upheld as legal the detention of the naval vessel seized under a court order by creditors pursuing the South American nation over its 2002 debt default.
 Pro-life campaigners sing hymns during a protest outside the Marie Stopes clinic, the first private clinic offering abortions in Northern Ireland.
 Thousands of British protesters marched through central London, against public spending cuts and tax rises.
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Norodom Sihanouk the former Cambodian king died at the age of 89. Buddhist monks and people attend the procession of the body of the king.
A general view of St Peter(***)s Square as Pope Benedict XVI presides over a special mass to name seven new saints, in the Vatican, October 21.
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Lebanese anti-government protesters wave national and party flags during a protest a day after a car bomb attack killed Lebanon(***)s intelligence chief Wissam-Al Hassan, and at least seven others in downtown Beirut.
US President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking during a campaign event at Ohio University .Obama continues to campaign in swing states with just under three weeks left till Election Day.