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The week in pictures

From Afghanistan’s elections to finding an ‘ocean’ on one of Saturn’s moons, Al Jazeera showcases the week in images.

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On April 4, Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador spewed a 6-mile (10km) column of ash after a powerful five-minute explosion that shot extremely hot gas and rock into the atmosphere.
Published On 6 Apr 2014
Trucks remain covered by debris following an 8.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on April 1.
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An elderly Afghan woman shows another woman her inked finger after casting her ballot at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 5, 2014. Afghan voters lined up for blocks at polling stations nationwide on Saturday, defying a threat of violence by the Taliban, to cast ballots in what promises to be the nation(***)s first democratic transfer of power. The vote will decide who will replace President Hamid Karzai, who is barred constitutionally from seeking a third term.
Shia Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim (C top in each screen), head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) announces his list of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for April 30.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his wife Aniko Levai put their ballots into the box in a polling station at a local school in Budapest on April 6, 2014. Hungarians vote in elections that look set to give strongman Orban another term after four turbulent years that have seen him labelled both saviour and autocrat.
Rwandans listen to speakers recount genocide memories, On April 7, the country will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the genocide when ethnic Hutu extremists killed neighbours, friends and family during a three-month rampage of violence aimed at ethnic Tutsis and some moderate Hutus, leaving a death toll that Rwanda has put at 1,000,050.
Dozens of of Egyptian writers and photographers held a one-day strike calling for the security forces to protect journalists who cover protests and calling for their employers to provide them with protections when covering violent events.
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This photo provided by NASA shows water vapour jets emitted from the southern polar region of Saturn(***)s moon Enceladus. Scientists announced on April 3, that they have uncovered a vast ocean beneath the icy surface of the moon.