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Gallery|Humanitarian Crises

Week in Pictures: From Dakota pipeline to Somalia blast

From scenes of protests in the United States to images of Iraqis fleeing their homes, here is the week in pictures.

Week in pictures
Displaced Iraqis flee their homes during a battle with ISIL, in the district of Maamoun in western Mosul, Iraq. [Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters]
Published On 24 Feb 201724 Feb 2017

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Week in pictures
A structure burns after being set alight by protesters preparing to evacuate the main opposition camp against the Dakota Access oil pipeline near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, US. [Terray Sylvester/Reuters]
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A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) female fighter adjusts a mortar in northern Deir al-Zor province ahead of an offensive against ISIL, Syria. [Rodi Said/Reuters]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends marks Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Moscow's Kremlin wall in Russia. [Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters]
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Detainees crowd a holding cell at a police station near Manaus, Brazil. The beginning of the chain that feeds Brazilian gangs are improvised cells at police stations, where 10 percent of Brazil's more than 600,000 inmates await trial. [Felipe Dana/AP Photo]
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Palestinians throw shoes at a poster of US President Donald Trump during a protest in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Trump is unpopular among Palestinians because he has adopted a friendlier position with the Israeli government and has a vague stance on Palestinian statehood. [Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP Photo]
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A Somali government soldier walks past the scene of a suicide bomb explosion at Wadajir market in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. [Feisal Omar/Reuters]
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A woman claiming to be from Yemen wipes tears from her eyes as she is told by Canadian police not to enter the US-Canada border into Hemmingford, Quebec Canada. The woman crossed the border despite being told not to and was then arrested. [Christinne Muschi/Reuters]
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Prisoners play dominoes, checkers and card games during recreation time inside the National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Inmates, some waiting eight years to see a judge, try to remain mentally healthy by maintaining an exercise routine of push-ups and lifting jugs filled with dirty water. [Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo]
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Women pray in New York's Time Square during a rally in support of Muslim Americans and in protest of President Donald Trump's immigration policies. [Andres Kudacki/AP Photo]


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