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Week in pictures: Kashmir protests to Palestine rally

From protests in Kashmir and Venezuela to a rally in Palestine and celebrations in Turkey, here is the week in photos.

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Asylum seekers are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station. [Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters]
Published On 21 Apr 2017
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'For Peace and Stability in the World': a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the country's late founder. [Wong Maye-e/AP Photo]
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Pope Francis delivers an Easter Sunday address from the main balcony of St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican. [L'Osservatore Romano/AP Photo]
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Riot police clash with opposition demonstrators during the so-called 'mother of all protests' against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela. [Marco Bello/Reuters]
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Clashes erupt in Srinagar, Kashmir as hundreds of college students took to the streets to protest a police raid on their school in southern Pulwama town, in which at least 50 students were injured. [Danish Ismail/Reuters]
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Aya Hijazi, founder of an NGO helping street children, inside a holding cell in a Cairo courthouse as she faces a trial on charges of human trafficking - in which she was later acquitted. [Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters]
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Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul celebrate a "Yes" victory in the constitutional referendum that will grant sweeping powers to the presidency. [Yagiz Karahan/Reuters]
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Palestinians hold pictures of relatives held in Israeli jails during a rally marking Palestinian Prisoners Day in the West Bank city of Nablus. [Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters]
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The remains of a burned bus in Fortaleza, Brazil. According to local media, about 20 buses were torched over two days in retaliation for the alleged transfer of prisoners held in prisons there. [Paulo Whitaker/Reuters]
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An infant lies on the back of a woman as she performs a ritual while worshipping Shitala, the Hindu goddess known for curing diseases, in Kolkata, India. [Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters]