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Week in pictures: From Matthew to Duterte’s ‘drugs war’

A photo round-up of last week’s events, including a storm battering the Caribbean and the Philippines’ “war on drugs”.

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South African students protesting against high tuition fees clash with police at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand. Police fired rubber bullets and set off stun grenades to disperse protesters after the university announced it was re-opening despite demonstrations calling for free education. [Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]
Published On 7 Oct 2016
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A fighter of the Libyan forces affiliated to the Tripoli government receives help after being shot by a sniper in Sirte. [Manu Brabo/AP]
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Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti's southwestern coast, including the village of Corail where dozens of houses were destroyed. The storm's 235 kilometres-per-hour winds smashed concrete walls, flattened palm trees and tore roofs off homes, killing hundreds and forcing thousands of Haitians to flee. [Carlos Garcia Rawlins /Reuters]
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Several hundred refugees and migrants in Serbia head towards the Hungarian border. [Marko Djurica/Reuters]
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Mannequins explode during an anti-terror drill in Seoul, South Korea. [Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]
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A Palestinian woman in Gaza City in front of the remains of her house which was destroyed by an Israeli air strike on Wednesday. [Khalil Hamra/AP]
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Pope Francis talks with a firefighter in the the earthquake-struck Italian town of Amatrice. [L''Osservatore Romano/ Pool/AP]
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People who fled from ISIL-controlled areas arrive in the northern Syrian rebel-held town of Waqf, near al-Rai town, in the Aleppo governorate. [Khalil Ashawi/Reuters]
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A Greek pensioner shouts at riot police after they fired pepper spray at retirees taking part in an anti-austerity protest against pension cuts near the prime minister's office in central Athens. [Petros Giannakouris/AP]
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Security forces escort Filipino men following a police raid at an alleged drug den where two suspects were killed and about 90 people arrested during operations as part of the continuing 'war on drugs' campaign of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte near the Payatas dumpsite in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. [Aaron Favila/AP]