![Kurdish Peshmerga forces help those who fled from their homes in Hawija. Iraqi forces captured the town and surrounding area from ISIL this week. It was one of the armed group's last strongholds in Iraq. [Ako Rasheed/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/273ffc86b73a43d8a91217ffadfad222_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
A photo roundup of some of last week’s key events, including Rohingya crisis, Navratri festival and capture of Hawija.
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Week in pictures: From Kenya protests to Paris strike
A photo roundup of some of last week’s key events, including wildfires in California and the fight against ISIL.
![A fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces is seen on the frontline in Raqqa, Syria. [Erik De Castro/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/9c07a95b45b7409882c7147476fbb71a_8.jpeg?resize=1170%2C780)
13 Oct 2017
![A march to protest against President Emmanuel Macron's economic policies took place in Paris. A nationwide strike by French public sector workers on Tuesday affected schools, hospitals and public services, and caused disruptions in domestic air traffic. [Thibault Camus/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2ebdebd9fab941a5a68ab0cca073c524_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C823)
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![A woman clings to the body of Kashmiri rebel Nasrullah Mir during his funeral procession in Hajin, 38km north of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. Two Indian air force commandos and two rebels were killed on Wednesday in a fierce gun battle in the disputed region of Kashmir. [Danish Ismail/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/a418218d36bb4e828b1366996ad190d0_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C734)
![Migrants look out of a detention centre in Gharyan, Libya. [Hani Amara/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/a63a623b5cec468f9cf5939b176981a0_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C737)
![Children stand on a Turkish Armed Forces vehicle, as a military convoy passes their village on the Turkey-Syria border in Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey. [Osman Orsal/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/35a762dd5f0747368315de09b8caf2c8_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![A demonstrator is detained by riot police during a rally against Columbus Day in downtown Santiago, Chile. [Pablo Sanhueza/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/3a15a53d3fc04209935b7fdcc9d1a6d6_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C784)
![A National Super Alliance supporter holds a poster as hundreds demonstrate in Nairobi, Kenya, demanding a leadership change at the country's election commission. Protests took place in the capital Nairobi and the opposition stronghold of Kisumu, in western Kenya, as well as in the coastal city of Mombasa. [Sayyid Abdul Azim/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/069d22d06e0c49f79c06716e354a3125_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
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![North Koreans celebrate the 20th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il's appointment as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. [KCNA/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/3ac407f3a81549ac8c0dca963cb8578d_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C772)
![A wildfire burning along Highway 29 is seen from a fire truck near Calistoga, California. More than 8,000 firefighters were battling the blazes with additional manpower and equipment pouring in from across the country, as well as from other countries, including Australia and Canada. [Jae C. Hong/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/3f3ad5d8422449ccab76fca096c1e591_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![A woman comforts her husband, who is suffering from severe diarrhoea, at a dysentery clinic run by Medical Teams International in Kutupalong camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. [Damir Sagolj/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/c517fe86ed3a4882a8d737973a0b1e22_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
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