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Week in pictures: From South Africa to Venezuela

From protests in South Africa and Venezuela to hunger in Somalia, here is the week in photos.

Week in pictures
Supporters wave national flags as they wait for the arrival of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a referendum rally in Istanbul. Turkey is heading to a contentious April 16 referendum on constitutional reforms to expand Erdogan's powers. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
Published On 14 Apr 2017
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Nazi concentration camp survivor Alexander Bytschok of Kiev, Ukraine, mourns over a plaque during a commemoration ceremony marking the 72th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. [Jens Meyer/AP Photo]
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Men react during the funeral of those killed in a Palm Sunday church attack in Alexandria, Egypt, at the Mar Amina Church. Egyptian Christians buried their dead on Monday, a day after suicide bombers killed at least 45 people in coordinated attacks targeting Palm Sunday services in two cities. [Samer Abdallah/AP Photo]
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Penitents from 'Real Cofradia del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias', also known as 'El Silencio' brotherhood, take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. [Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo]
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A woman writes a message on a wooden plank at the Ahlens department store in Stockholm, Sweden. A hijacked truck was driven into a crowd of pedestrians and crashed into a department store on Friday. Four people died and 15 others were injured in the incident. [Markus Schreiber/AP Photo]
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Newly displaced Somali mothers and their children sit in a camp in the Sahal area on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Somalia's current drought is threatening half of the country''s population, or about six million people, according to the United Nations. And while aid agencies have scaled up efforts in recent weeks, they say more support is urgently needed. [Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo]
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Protesters hold placards as they march to protest against President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, South Africa. [Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]
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A demonstrator uses a slingshot while clashing with riot police during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela. [Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters]
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Devotees pull the chariot of God Bhairab during the Biska Festival, also known as Bisket Jatra, in Bhaktapur, Nepal. [Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters]
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presents Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai with a Canadian flag during a ceremony at the Library of Parliament on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Chris Wattie/Reuters]