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Week in Pictures: From Mosul push to freed Chibok girls

A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including the battle for Mosul and the release of girls in Nigeria.

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Iraqi army soldiers raise their weapons in celebration on the outskirts of Mosul. Iraqi special forces charged into the battle for the ISIL-held city on Thursday, with a pre-dawn advance as part of a multi-pronged assault to recapture the city. [AP]
Published On 21 Oct 2016
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More than 200 migrants and refugees were rescued off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, according to the international charity Save the Children. They will now be taken to Italy. [Mstyslav Chernov/AP]
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Hundreds of protesters carrying umbrellas took part in a mass demonstration against gender violence at Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital. People across the country marched to condemn violence against women, the latest public outcry after the recent killing of a 16-year-old girl who died after being drugged, raped and tortured. [Victor R. Caivano/AP]
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A Pakistani security official from the Anti-Narcotic Control Forces stands guard near burning piles of seized drugs and liquor in Quetta. Pakistan is taking strict measures to stop drug trafficking from tribal areas and neighbouring Afghanistan. [Arshad Butt/AP]
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Displaced people fleeing clashes sit at a military vehicle in Qayyarah, during an anti-ISIL operation near Iraq's Mosul. [Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters]
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One of the freed Chibok girls celebrates with family members during a church service held in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. The girls were released by Boko Haram and flown to Abuja where they later met their families. Nearly 300 girls were kidnapped by the armed group in April 2014 in a mass abduction that shocked the world. [Olamikan Gbemiga/AP]
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Fighters from Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government gesture as they advance into the last area controlled by ISIL in Sirte, Libya. [Ismail Zitouny/Reuters]
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People fight as they try to get food brought by a truck after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti. [Carlos Garcia Rawlins /Reuters]
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Members of Hindu Sena, a right-wing Hindu group, burn posters of US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during a protest in support of her rival, Republican Donald Trump, in New Delhi, India. [Adnan Abidi/Reuters]
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Drug users who call themselves 'Recovering Champions' are hosed with water as part of their weekend drug rehabilitation programme organised by the government of San Fernando, La Union, in northern Philippines. The popularity of methamphetamine - a cheap and addictive drug - is overburdening health services, driving many countries to adopt tough policies to fight the surge in narcotics use. Around 700,000 drug users and pushers have registered with authorities in a process termed 'surrendering'. [Erik De Castro/Reuters]