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Week in Pictures: From Mosul front line to Brazil

A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, from protest by civil servants in Brazil to Greece student uprising.

A car bomb explodes next to Iraqi special forces armoured vehicles as they advance towards ISIL-held territory in Mosul. Troops have established a foothold in the city's east from where they are driving north into the Tahrir neighbourhood. The families in Tahrir are leaving their homes to flee the fighting. [Felipe Dana/AP]
A car bomb explodes next to Iraqi special forces armoured vehicles as they advance towards ISIL-held territory in Mosul. Troops have established a foothold in the city's east from where they are driving north into the Tahrir neighbourhood. The families in Tahrir are leaving their homes to flee the fighting. [Felipe Dana/AP]
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A woman talks to her relatives across a fence separating Mexico and the United States, in Tijuana. [Jorge Duenes/Reuters]
A woman talks to her relatives across a fence separating Mexico and the United States, in Tijuana. [Jorge Duenes/Reuters]
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A pile of 5,250 illegal weapons are burned by Kenyan police in Ngong, near Nairobi. The weapons consisted of both confiscated and surrendered firearms that had been stockpiled over almost a decade and were destroyed by police as a message to the public to surrender others. [Ben Curtis/AP]
A pile of 5,250 illegal weapons are burned by Kenyan police in Ngong, near Nairobi. The weapons consisted of both confiscated and surrendered firearms that had been stockpiled over almost a decade and were destroyed by police as a message to the public to surrender others. [Ben Curtis/AP]
People pay their respects under a commemorative plaque next to the La Belle Equipe bar and restaurant in Paris, France, after a ceremony held for the victims of last year's attacks which targeted the Bataclan concert hall as well as a series of bars, and killed 130 people. [Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters]
People pay their respects under a commemorative plaque next to the La Belle Equipe bar and restaurant in Paris, France, after a ceremony held for the victims of last year's attacks which targeted the Bataclan concert hall as well as a series of bars, and killed 130 people. [Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters]
A boy drinks expired juice on a pile of rubbish at a landfill site on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. [Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters]
A boy drinks expired juice on a pile of rubbish at a landfill site on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen. [Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters]
Protesters light fires amid clouds of tear gas fired by police during small-scale clashes outside Athens' Polytechnic  complex. Dozens of anarchists who had occupied the complex threw petrol bombs and stones at police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. It followed a peaceful march in which thousands of protesters marched to the US embassy in an annual commemoration of a 1973 student uprising that was crushed by the military dictatorship which ruled the country from 1967 to 1974. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]
Protesters light fires amid clouds of tear gas fired by police during small-scale clashes outside Athens' Polytechnic complex. Dozens of anarchists who had occupied the complex threw petrol bombs and stones at police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. It followed a peaceful march in which thousands of protesters marched to the US embassy in an annual commemoration of a 1973 student uprising that was crushed by the military dictatorship which ruled the country from 1967 to 1974. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]
Women mourn for their family members  killed in the bomb blast at a shrine, before funeral prayers in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide bomber killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 100 in a Sufi saint's shrine in southwest Pakistan. [Shakil Adil/AP]
Women mourn for their family members killed in the bomb blast at a shrine, before funeral prayers in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide bomber killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 100 in a Sufi saint's shrine in southwest Pakistan. [Shakil Adil/AP]
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Public workers push against a police barrier and a water cannon as they try to reach La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile. Workers are upset with their salary increase, 3.2 percent, approved by Congress. Workers want a 4 percent increase, after lowering their demand from 7 percent. [Luis Hidalgo/AP]
Public workers push against a police barrier and a water cannon as they try to reach La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile. Workers are upset with their salary increase, 3.2 percent, approved by Congress. Workers want a 4 percent increase, after lowering their demand from 7 percent. [Luis Hidalgo/AP]
Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple to observe Rakher Upabash for the last day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]
Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple to observe Rakher Upabash for the last day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]
Civil servants protest in front of the Rio de Janeiro State Assembly, Brazil, against the state government and a plan that will limit public spending. [Ricardo Moraes/Reuters]
Civil servants protest in front of the Rio de Janeiro State Assembly, Brazil, against the state government and a plan that will limit public spending. [Ricardo Moraes/Reuters]

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Tens of thousands of South Koreans poured into the streets of Seoul on Saturday to demand that President Park Geun-hye step down amid an explosive political scandal involving and old friend of the president. The signs read "Park Geun-hye should step down". [Ahn Young-joon/AP]

Week in Pictures: From Trump to air strikes in Syria

A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including Donald Trump’s win and continued air strikes in Syria.

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A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters party carries a tyre around his neck as protesters call for the removal of President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, South Africa. [Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]

Week in pictures : From North Dakota to Haiti protests

A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including protests in Cannonball, North Dakota and Haiti.

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In Pictures: Indonesia’s Merapi volcano unleashes river of lava

Mount Merapi is Indonesia's most active volcano [Agung Supriyanto/AFP]

Photos: How COVID vaccine travelled 1,700km to an Indian village

A van delivers the vaccine developed by Oxford University-AstraZeneca at Mathalput Community Health Centre in Koraput. [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]

Photos: Farmers’ protests overshadow India’s Republic Day parade

A farmer covers his face to protect himself from tear gas during the protest in New Delhi. [Adnan Abidi/Reuters]

In Pictures: Rioters battle Dutch police over COVID-19 lockdown

A man is arrested by police during clashes in Rotterdam on Monday. [Marco De Swart/EPA]
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Israel military revising operational plans against Iran: General

Top Israeli general says revised military plans against Iran are now 'on the table' as new US government takes power [File: Amir Cohen/Reuters]

‘Psychological war’: Iran dismisses Israel military action threat

President Hassan Rouhani chairs a meeting next to his chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi [File: Iranian Presidency handout via AFP]

Eritrean forces should leave Ethiopia’s Tigray immediately: US

An Ethiopian refugee from Tigray walks in the Tenedba camp in Mafaza, eastern Sudan [Ashraf Shazly/AFP]

US judge blocks Biden’s 100-day freeze on deportations

Migrants deported from the US walk towards Mexico at the Paso del Norte international border bridge [File: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]
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