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Week in Pictures : From Arbaeen to Thanksgiving

A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, from Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq to Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Week in Pictures — Shia Muslim pilgrims gather as they commemorate Arbaeen, at the shrine of Imam Abbas and the shrine of Imam Hussein, in Karbala, 80km south of Baghdad, Iraq. Millions of Shia Muslims gather each year in Karbala. The holiday marks the end of the 40-day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. [Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters]

Week in pictures — Rescuers work at the site of a train crash near Pukhrayan village, in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh, northern India. Fourteen coaches of an overnight passenger train rolled off the track killing 150 people and leaving hundreds injured. [Jitendra Prakash / Reuters]

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Week in pictures — A Rohingya Muslim woman and son in tears after being caught by Bangladeshi border guards while illegally crossing at a checkpoint in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A UN refugee agency chief has accused Myanmar troops of killing men and raping women, forcing stateless minority to flee to Bangladesh. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ Reuters]

Week in pictures — A man sits amid the debris after a suicide lorry bomb attack on a petrol station in the city of Hilla, south of Baghdad, Iraq. Nearly 100 people were killed and dozens wounded in the explosion. ISIL claimed responsibility for the blast that targeted Shia Muslims returning from the Arbaeen pilgrimage, in Karbala. [Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters]

Week in pictures — Dancers perform during Macy's 90th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. The parade, which began in 1924, features giant balloons of characters from popular culture floating above the streets of Manhattan. [Alba Vigaray/ EPA]

Week in Pictures — A woman is consoled by a relative as watches her home burn during a fire that broke out in a built up area of Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir. More than 50 families were affected by the fire. The number of fires in Kashmir increase during the winter due to charcoal stored in houses, which is used to fight the cold. [Danish Ismail/Reuters]

week in pictures — A protester in tears during a demonstration on Turtle Island against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. [Stephanie Keith/ Reuters]

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Week in Pictures — Relatives and friends watch a rescue operation for miners trapped in a copper mine hit by a landslide, near the southeastern city of Siirt, Turkey. [Sertac Kayar / Reuters]

Week In Pictures — Men help a woman affected by tear gas used by National Police officers to disperse a demonstration of supporters of the Fanmi Lavalas political party on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Protesters threw stones at police and burned tyres demanding "fair" election results which they insist will put their candidate in the presidency. [Andres Martinez Casares / Reuters]

Week in pictures — A boy cleans a damaged mosque at a site hit by an air strike in the rebel-held besieged Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. [Bassam Khabieh / Reusters]