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Week in pictures: From FARC peace deal to Yemen bombing

From a peace deal in Colombia to continued air raids in Yemen, here is the week’s news in pictures.

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An elderly man stands among the rubble of the Alsonidar Group's water pump and pipe factory after it was hit by Saudi-led air raids in Sanaa, Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out attacks on Yemen's Houthi rebels and their allies since March 2015. [Hani Mohammed/AP]
Published On 24 Sep 2016
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Some 2,500 lifejackets worn by refugees who made the sea crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Chios are displayed in what the organisers called a "Lifejacket Graveyard" in Parliament Square, London, in front of the Houses of Parliament. The display was organised by Snappin'' Turtle Productions and supported by refugee charities to coincide with the first ever United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants. [Matt Dunham/AP]
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Funeral workers remove masking tape wrapped around the head and the wrists of the body of a man who police said was a victim of a drug-related vigilante execution in Manila, Philippines. [Ezra Acayan/Reuters]
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Soldiers look up toward the president as they ride past the National Palace during the annual Independence Day military parade in Mexico City's main square, known as the Zocalo. Mexico marked the 206th anniversary of its independence from Spain on Friday, September 16, 2016. [Rebecca Blackwell/AP]
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The charred interior of the parliament is seen after it was burned in post-election protests in Libreville, Gabon. [Edward McAllister/Reuters]
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Released Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad boards a plane to take him to Davao city for an audience with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Jolo island, Sulu province in southern Philippines. Carrying a backpack with a bullet hole in as a reminder of his ordeal, Sekkingstad, freed by Abu Sayyaf rebels after a year held hostage in the jungle, described the nightmarish ordeal on Sunday as "devastating," including the beheadings of his two fellow Canadian hostages. [Nickee Butlangan/AP]
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A tank is seen as fighters from Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government take position during a battle with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group in Sirte, Libya. [Ismail Zitouny/Reuters]
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Performers celebrate at the end of the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [Leo Correa/AP]
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A refugee stands among the remains of a burned tent at the Moria refugee camp, after a fire that ripped through tents and destroyed containers during violence among residents, on the Greek island of Lesbos. [Giorgos Moutafis/Reuters]
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A fighter from Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), arrives at the camp where they are preparing for a congress ratifying a peace deal with the government, near El Diamante in Yari Plains, Colombia. [John Vizcaino/Reuters]