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Week in pictures: From India election to refugee crisis

A photo roundup of some of last week’s events, including a candlelight protest in Mexico and plight of Rohingya refugees

Hindu saints stand in a queue to casts their votes at a polling station during the last phase of Gujarat state assembly election on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Amit D
Hindu saints queue to cast their votes at a polling station during the last phase of Gujarat state assembly election on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India. [Amit Dave/Reuters]
Published On 15 Dec 2017
Villagers hold torches to represent light and vision during the Divina Pastora procession, as part of a festival to honour the Virgin of Los Rondeles, on the eve of St Lucia''s Day, in Casarabonela, ne
Villagers hold torches to represent light and vision during the Divina Pastora procession, as part of a festival to honour the Virgin of Los Rondeles, on the eve of St Lucia's Day, in Casarabonela, near Malaga, southern Spain. [Jon Nazca/Reuters]
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People pose for a picture to view an installation artwork called Suspended, composed of items of clothing discarded by refugees on their arrival at Lesvos, by artist Arabella Dorman, at St James''s Chu
People pose for a picture to view an installation artwork called Suspended, composed of items of clothing discarded by refugees on their arrival at Lesvos, by artist Arabella Dorman, at St James's Church on Piccadilly in London. [Tim Ireland/AP Photo]
Russian space agency specialists help Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-05 space capsule about 150 km ( 80 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Z
Russian space agency specialists help cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy shortly after the landing of the Soyuz MS-05 space capsule about 150 km (80 miles) southeast of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Three astronauts on Thursday landed back on Earth after nearly six months aboard the International Space Station. [Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool/AP Photo]
A worker hangs dried fish onto poles at a processing facility on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China December 12, 2017. Picture taken December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDIT
A worker hangs dried fish onto poles at a processing facility on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. [Reuters]
Fans of Brazil''s Flamengo soccer team light flares in the stands during a Copa Sudamericana final championship soccer match against Argentina''s Independiente at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Bra
Fans of Brazil's Flamengo football team light flares in the stands during a Copa Sudamericana final championship football match against Argentina's Independiente at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo]
Rohingya refugees jostle as they line up for a blanket distribution under heavy rainfall at the Balukhali camp near Cox''s Bazar, Bangladesh December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis TPX IMAGES O
Rohingya refugees jostle as they line up for blankets under heavy rainfall at the Balukhali camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]
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In this Nov. 20, 2017 photo, Indian kushti wrestlers fight in the ring, during their daily training at an akhada, a kind of wrestling hostel at Sabzi Mandi, in New Delhi, India. Like many traditions i
Indian kushti wrestlers fight in the ring, during their daily training at an akhada, a kind of wrestling hostel at Sabzi Mandi, in New Delhi. Kushti wrestling faces the threat of being left behind. But for many poor families, the ancient sport provides a glimmer of hope. [Dar Yasin/AP Photo]
A woman carries a sign that says in Spanish "Security without war" during a candlelight protest against a newly proposed security law in Mexico City, late Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Mexico''s ruling par
A woman carries a sign that says in Spanish 'Security without war' during a candlelight protest against a newly proposed security law in Mexico City. Mexico's ruling party sent a bill through Congress' lower house on December 7 giving the military police powers. [Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo]
Retired Croatian Army officers attend a commemoration ceremony honoring late Croatian general Slobodan Praljak convicted of war crimes who died after apparently taking poison at a United Nations tribu
Retired Croatian Army officers attend a commemoration ceremony honoring late Croatian general Slobodan Praljak at the main concert hall in Zagreb, Croatia. Praljak was convicted of war crimes and died after apparently taking poison at a United Nations tribunal. [Darko Bandic/AP Photo]