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The week in pictures

From refugee crises in Europe to the Academy Awards, here is this week’s news in photos.

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Migrants stand near a burning makeshift shelter set ablaze in protest against the partial dismantlement of the camp for migrants called the "Jungle", in Calais, France [Yves Herman/Reuters]
Published On 4 Mar 2016

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A boy inspects a damaged house in the rebel held besieged city of Douma, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. A cessation of hostilities came into effect in Syria on Saturday February 27, leading to a marked drop in fighting across the country [Bassam Khabieh/Reuters]
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Australian cardinal George Pell reads a statement to reporters as he leaves the Quirinale hotel after meeting members of the Australian group of relatives and victims of sex abuse, in Rome. Pell, Pope Francis’ top financial adviser, gave evidence for four days to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse from a Rome hotel conference room a short distance from the Vatican [Riccardo De Luca/AP]
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Members of the audience watch as Donald Trump is shown on large screens as he speaks at the Republican presidential candidates debate in Detroit, Michigan. Trump was attacked from all sides at the debate, which came two days after he dominated the polls on Super Tuesday [Jim Young/Reuters]
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A migrant sits next to the Greek-Macedonian border fence, at a camp near the Greek village of Idomeni. Thousands of refugees and migrants have massed at the border, leading to clashes with authorities on both sides of the fence [Marko Djurica/Reuters]
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A Soyuz capsule carrying International Space Station crew members - US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Mikhail Korniyenko - descends beneath a parachute near the town of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. Kelly and Koniyenko made history by spending 340 days at the space station, the longest ever stay [Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool/Reuters]
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Photographer Christopher Morris is removed by security officials as US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Radford, Virginia. A video of Morris being slammed to the ground led to an investigation by the Secret Service [Chris Keane/Reuters]
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro G. Inarritu pose with their Academy Awards after winning Best Actor and Best Director respectively for "The Revenant". DiCaprio used his victory speech to call on the world to tackle climate change [Mike Blake/Reuters]
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New elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino of Switzerland waves during the extraordinary FIFA congress in Zurich, Switzerland [Michael Probst/AP]
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A boy walks at the site of suicide blasts in Baghdad's Sadr City on February 28. At least 24 people died in two suicide blasts in Baghdad's mainly Shia district of Sadr City, while more than 60 others were wounded, police and medical sources said [Wissm al-Okili/Reuters]
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Zimbabwe''s President Robert Mugabe eats cake at his birthday celebrations at Great Zimbabwe in Masvingo, February 27, 2016. Mugabe marked his 92nd birthday at a nearly $1 million party organised by supporters in a drought-stricken area on Saturday, drawing criticism from opponents who said the celebrations were an affront to ordinary Zimbabweans. [Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters]
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Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, an Afghan Lionel Messi fan, shows a shirt signed by Barcelona star Lionel Messi, before he plays football at the open area in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ahmadi shot to internet fame after photographs of him dressed in the blue-and-white top with Messi's name written on it went viral in January. [Omar Sobhani/Reuters]