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Week in Pictures: From Romania rallies to US travel ban

From protests in Romania and the US to Chinese New Year celebrations, here is the week in pictures.

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A man waves a large Romanian flag during a protest joined by tens of thousands against a government decree that dilutes what qualifies as corruption, in Bucharest, Romania. Huge protests erupted in the capital and spread to other cities after the government changed the law. The rallies were among the biggest protests to hit Romania since communism ended in 1989. [Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo]
Published On 3 Feb 2017
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Local residents queue to receive food and humanitarian aid in Avdiivka, eastern Ukraine. Freezing residents, battered by an upsurge in fighting between government troops and Russia-backed rebels, flocked to a humanitarian aid centre Wednesday to receive food and warm up. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo]
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Civilians present their rations cards to receive food aid distributed by the Iraqi Red Crescent, in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi forces declared Mosul's eastern half fully liberated, just over three months after the operation to retake the city from ISIL was formally launched in October. [Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo]
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Israeli police evict settlers from the West Bank outpost of Amona. The evacuation began Wednesday. Amona is the largest of about 100 unauthorised outposts erected in the West Bank without formal permission, but with tacit Israeli government support. The outpost was found to be built on private Palestinian land and the Israeli Supreme Court ordered it demolished. [Oded Balilty/AP Photo]
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Iranian mourners attend the funeral of 16 firefighters killed in the collapse of a burning building on January 19, in Tehran. Tens of thousands of mourners gathered Monday at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque before the bodies of the firefighters were transported to Tehran's main cemetery. [Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo]
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People participate in a Yemeni protest against President Donald Trump's travel ban in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. [Stephanie Keith/Reuters]
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Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, speaks during funeral ceremonies for three of the victims of a deadly shooting at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre. [Chris Wattie/Reuters]
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A man takes a photograph of his friend as thick smoke rises from a fire, which broke out at oil wells set ablaze by ISIL before fighters fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq. [Muhammad Hamed/Reuters]
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People burn incense to worship the God of Fortune at Guiyuan Temple on the fifth day of Chinese Lunar New Year, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. [Darley Shen/Reuters]
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Musicians perform for dancers on the shores of Lake Titicaca, as they practise before their presentation for the Virgin of Candelaria celebrations in Puno, Peru. Dancers in colourful masks and elaborate costumes celebrate the Virgin of Candelaria, patron saint of communities along the shore of Lake Titicaca, in what is considered the largest Catholic festival in the Andes. [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]