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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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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]
Published On 5 Nov 2016
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A displaced Iraqi boy leads his animals to safety after escaping from the ISIL-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, near Mosul. [Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters]
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A pepper spray antidote is poured into a man's eyes during a protest against the building of a pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, North Dakota in the United States. [Stephanie Keith/Reuters]
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Volunteer rescuers work at the site of a train accident in Pakistan's Karachi. A collision near Karachi's Landhi railway station killed 20 people and injured 65 others on Thursday. [Shakil Adil/AP]
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A man dances outside the Montello barracks, in Milan, Italy. More than a thousand Italians turned out to welcome a group of refugees who have been moved to a refurbished military barracks after demonstrations against their presence. [Luca Bruno/AP]
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Family members sit beside decorated graves during Day of the Dead celebrations at the San Gregorio cemetery in Mexico City. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2, families decorate the graves of departed relatives with marigolds and candles, and spend the night in the graveyard, eating and drinking as they keep their dead loved ones company. [Eduardo Verdugo/AP]
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Some 1,250 students from the Assumption College hold cards to form an image of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, Thailand. [Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]
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A police officer inspects a house after a suicide attack at an elders meeting on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, Afghanistan. At least six civilians were killed and four wounded in the attack. [Parwiz /Reuters]
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Protesters carry the body of a young teenager on a cart after he was shot during protests over delays in aid distribution after a Category 4 hurricane pummelled Haiti last month. Les Cayes Mayor Jean Gabriel Fortune said the boy was killed as police clashed with protesters when they tried to climb aboard a boat that had arrived from Puerto Rico carrying supplies. [Dieu Nalio Chery/AP]
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Iraqi priests hold the first mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from ISIL in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq. [Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters]