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Week in pictures: From Brazil protests to Iraq bombings

Last week saw huge anti-government protests in Brazil and Venezuela while a series of bombs killed scores in Iraq.

week in pictures — Thousands of demonstrators march during a protest against Brazil's acting President Michel Temer, and in support of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. [Andre Penner/AP]

week in pictures — A man asks for a travel permit to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing after it was opened for two days by Egyptian authorities, in the southern Gaza Strip. [Suhaib Salem/Reuters]

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Week in pictures — People participate in a mass dance in the North Korean capital Pongyang's main ceremonial square a day after the ruling Workers' Party wrapped up its first congress in 36 years. [Damir Sagolj/Reuters]

Week in pictures — Demonstrators with physical disabilities try to break through a barricade by riot police during a protest calling on the government to provide a monthly subsidy rather than an annual one in La Paz, Bolivia. [David Mercado/Reuters]

week in pictures — Civilians help a municipality bulldozer clean up after a car bomb exploded in a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital Baghdad's eastern district of Sadr City. [Khalid Mohammed/AP]

week in pictures — Opposition supporters clash with Venezuelan National Guards during a rally in Caracas demanding a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro. [Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters]

week in pictures — Kenyan riot police accost suspected members of the opposition Coalition for Reforms and Democracy, during a protest to demand the disbandment of the electoral body before next year's election in Nairobi. [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]

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week in pictures — An Indian boy uses a a goggle made of cardboard to watch the rare transit of Mercury across the sun in Lucknow, India. NASA says the event occurs only about 13 times in a century. [Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP]