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Week in pictures: From Trump vs. Clinton to Syria raids

A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including a US 2016 election debate and a North Korea aerial show.

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Vintage cars destroyed in Morgan Hill, California, after a heatwave exacerbated a wildfire that burned buildings and forced people from their homes in the US state. [Noah Berger/AP]
Published On 30 Sep 2016
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Children play at a refugee camp on the northeastern Greek island of Chios. Over 60,000 refugees remain stranded on Greece's mainland and the islands since European border closures earlier this year. [Mstyslav Chernov/AP]
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Demonstrators march in the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, protesting against the police killing of Keith Scott. [Mike Blake/Reuters]
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A rescue worker is seen next to an overturned car at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Megi in China's Zhejiang province. [Reuters]
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Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton at the start of their first debate at Hofstra University in New York. [Joe Raedle/Pool/Reuters]
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Students in Durban march as countrywide protests demanding free tertiary education continue in South Africa. [Rogan Ward/Reuters]
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Union workers protest against a government tax amnesty in Jakarta, Indonesia [Darren Whiteside/Reuters]
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Smoke rises behind an ancient castle in the rebel-controlled town of Maaret al-Numan after air strikes in Idlib province, Syria. [Khalil Ashawi /Reuters]
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North Koreans shield their eyes from the sun as they watch an aerial display during an air festival at a newly upgraded commercial airport in the coastal city of Wonsan that officials hope will draw foreign tourists. [Wong Maye-E/AP]