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The week in pictures

From an eruption in Indonesia to the Winter Olympics in Russia, Al Jazeera showcases the week in images.

Large waves hit the lighthouse and harbour at high tide at Newhaven in Sussex, southern England. Britain was hit by the third storm in a week, compounding the record levels of flood water in the south and west of the country.
Published On 17 Feb 2014
Opposition demonstrators hold a Venezuelan flag in front of a burning barricade during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro(***)s government in Caracas. Protesters gathered to demand the president(***)s resignation.
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A Bahraini girl places a sign that reads in Arabic, "Democracy is the solution", into razor wire coiled outside a police station during a pro-democracy march west of the capital of Manama. Tens of thousands of protesters marched down a divided four-lane highway, calling for the long-serving prime minister, Sheik Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, to step down.
Pakistani commuters ride past balloons hanging above a Valentine(***)s stall in Karachi. At least three students were wounded in a clash at a university in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, following a dispute over Valentine(***)s Day celebrations in the deeply Muslim country, police said.
People stand behind a gate at Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, as food is being unloaded from a cargo aircraft. The UN food agency on February 12 launched one of its largest-ever emergency food airlifts, flying in supplies to the Central African Republic.
A Sri Lankan mahout walks alongside his elephant in Colombo. The Sri Lankan elephant is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as the population has declined by at least 50 percent over the last three generations.
Hot lava and volcanic materials flow down from Mount Kelud near Kediri, East Java following a volcanic eruption on February 13.
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Canada(***)s Charles Hamelin and Eduardo Alvarez of the US fall during the men(***)s 1,000 metres short track speed skating quarter-finals race at the Iceberg Skating Palace at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.