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Week in pictures: From Iran earthquake to Greece floods

A photo roundup of some of last week’s events, including protests in Barcelona and a suicide bomb attack in Kabul.

Protesters hold the lights of their mobile phones as they wave Estelada flags during a demonstration called by pro-independence associations asking for the release of jailed Catalan activists and lead
Protesters hold their lit-up mobile phones as they wave Estelada flags during a demonstration called by pro-independence associations in Barcelona, Spain, asking for the release of jailed Catalan activists and leaders. [Albert Gea/Reuters]
Published On 17 Nov 2017
People look at a destroyed vehicle after a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
People look at a destroyed vehicle after a suicide bomber detonated in Kabul, Afghanistan. [Mohammad Ismail/Reuters]
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Zimbabwe''s President Robert Mugabe, center, arrives to preside over a student graduation ceremony at Zimbabwe Open University on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Mugabe is maki
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives to preside over a student graduation ceremony at Zimbabwe Open University on the outskirts of Harare. It was Mugabe's first public appearance since the military put him under house arrest earlier this week. [Ben Curtis/AP Photo]
A man walks past a car moved by the force of flood water and a damaged house in the town of Mandra western Athens, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Greece''s fire department says rescue crews are searching
A man walks past a car moved by the force of floodwaters and a damaged house in the town of Mandra, in western Athens. Greek officials said that rescue crews were searching for six people reported missing in the area after major flash flooding that left at least 14 people dead. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
Survivors sit in front of a destroyed house on the earthquake site in Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Rescuers are digging through the debris of buildings felled by the Sunday
Survivors sit in front of a destroyed house at the site of an earthquake in Sarpol-e-Zahab, in western Iran. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
A Syrian woman walks past damaged buildings in Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
A Syrian woman walks past damaged buildings in Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta. [Bassam Khabieh/Reuters]
A Rohingya refugee boy gets a haircut at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox''s Bazar, Bangladesh November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
A Rohingya refugee boy gets a haircut at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. [Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters]
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A woman demonstrates against Brazil''s congressional move to criminalize all cases of abortion, including cases of rape and where the mother''s life is in danger, with a face painting representing a wom
A woman demonstrates against Brazil's congressional move to criminalise all cases of abortion, including cases of rape and where the mother's life is in danger, with a face painting representing a woman dead after an illegal abortion, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [Ricardo Moraes/Reuters]
President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte at an ASEAN Summit dinner at the SMX Convention Center, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Trump is on
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte at an ASEAN Summit dinner in Manila, Philippines. [Andrew Harnik/AP Photo]
A School boy painted his face as a green tree participates in a march with other school children to express their distress on the alarming levels of pollution in the city, in New Delhi, India, Wednesd
A young man with his faced painted to look like a tree participates in a march with other schoolchildren to express their distress over the alarming levels of pollution in New Delhi, India. [Manish Swarup/AP Photo]