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The week in pictures

From violent protests in Vietnam to a rare apology from North Korea, Al Jazeera showcases the week in images.

Sri Lankan veterans participate in a Victory Day parade in Matara, about 150kms south of the capital, Colombo. Sri Lanka(***)s government marked the fifth anniversary of its victory in a civil war over ethnic Tamil separatists.
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People stand around the coffin of late French journalist Camille Lepage during a ceremony in Bangui, Central African Republic. She was killed while embedded with members of the "anti-Balaka" Christian militia earlier in the week.
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Houses sit untouched above a canyon ravaged by wildfire in Carlsbad in the US state of California. Several wildfires have raged in San Diego County over the past week.
Policemen ask people to leave a street near the Chinese embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnamese civil society groups called for demonstrations against China following riots earlier in the week sparked by China(***)s deployment of an oil rig in waters claimed by Vietnam.
North Korean officials offered a rare public apology for the collapse of an apartment building under construction in the capital, Pyongyang, which a South Korean official said was believed to have caused considerable casualties.
Voters cast their ballots in Switzerland on a nationwide referendum to introduce the world(***)s highest minimum wage of 22 Swiss francs ($24.70) an hour.
People gather during a rally in Kiev, Ukraine to mark the 70th anniversary of the deportation of ethnic Tatars from the Crimean peninsula under the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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Miners close an entrance to their coal mine in Soma, Turkey. Eighteen people, including company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.


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