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Week in Pictures: From women’s marches to Somalia blast

From blast in Somalia to women’s protests around the globe and wildfires in Chile, here is the week in pictures.

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Syrians walk through the devastation in the old city of Aleppo. Thousands have returned to their homes in east Aleppo, an area that was held by rebels for more than four years until government forces retook full control of it last month. [Hassan Ammar/AP Photo]
Published On 27 Jan 2017

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Firefighters try to douse the flames as the worst wildfires in Chile's modern history ravage wide swaths of the country's central-south regions. [Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters]
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A migrant holds a banner that reads "Please open the border" during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia. Hundreds of migrants and refugees have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in downtown Belgrade, looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded borders into the European Union. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]
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Thousands of people on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, DC, participate in the Women's March to protest against President Donald Trump the day after he was sworn in as the 45th US President. Solidarity rallies were held in more than 30 countries around the world. [Michael Reynolds/EPA]
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Indian soldiers march along Rajpath, the ceremonial boulevard, during a Republic Day parade in New Delhi. India adopted its constitution on January 26, 1950. [Manish Swarup/AP Photo]
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Signs that bear the names of children killed by stray bullets are seen during a protest at the Copacabana beach in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. People are demanding an end to the violence that erupted after police operations against suspected drug traffickers and thieves. [Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters]
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Donald Trump arrives for the inauguration ceremony swearing him in as the 45th President of the United States at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. [Brian Snyder/Reuters]
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The Gambia's President Adama Barrow rides his motorcade through crowds of hundreds of thousands after arriving at Banjul airport. The new president has finally arrived in the country a week after taking the oath of office in neighbouring Senegal. [Jerome Delay/ AP Photo]
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A worker chats with residents at a newly built section of the US-Mexico border fence at Sunland Park, US opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez. [Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]
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Rescuers prepare to carry an unidentified injured man from the scene of an explosion in front of Dayah hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. At least 28 people were killed and dozens wounded in a coordinated gun-and-bomb attack carried out by al-Shabab. [Feisal Omar/Reuters]