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Week in pictures: From Macron to Moon

From French president to South Korea’s president and Iranian presidential election campaign, here is the week in photos.

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A man pushes two children in a wheelchair as they flee heavy fighting between ISIL and Iraqi special forces in Mosul, Iraq. [Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo]
Published On 12 May 2017
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French President-elect Emmanuel Macron gestures during a victory celebration outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France. Speaking to thousands of supporters from the Louvre Museum's courtyard, Macron said that France is facing an "immense task" to rebuild European unity, fix the economy and ensure security against extremist threats. [Thibault Camus/AP Photo]
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Anti-government protesters work together to aim a giant slingshot holding a glass bottle of fecal matter at security forces blocking their march from reaching the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela. Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro tried to march to the Supreme Court to protest its decision to gut the opposition-controlled congress of its powers - a ruling that was quickly rescinded under a barrage of international criticism but set off weeks of political unrest that have left some three dozen dead. [Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo]
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Chibok school girls recently freed from Boko Haram captivity are seen in Abuja. The 82 freed Chibok schoolgirls arrived in Nigeria's capital on Sunday to meet President Muhammadu Buhari as anxious families awaited an official list of names and looked forward to reuniting three years after the mass abduction. [Olamikan Gbemiga/AP Photo]
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South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In raises his hands as his party leaders and members watch local media's exit poll results for the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea. Liberal candidate Moon Jae-in was declared the new president of South Korea after winning 41 percent of the vote. [Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo]
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Local residents carry portraits of their ancestors, participants in World War II, as they celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in St. Petersburg, Russia. About 400,000 people walked in central streets of St. Petersburg in a march named ''Immortal Regiment'' carrying portraits of their relatives who fought in World War II. [Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo]
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A student is detained by police after throwing an object at them during a protest march demanding a government overhaul of the education funding system that would include canceling their student loan debt, in Santiago, Chile. Some students stay in debt for up to 20 years after completing their studies. [Esteban Felix/AP Photo]
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Supporters of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in the May 19 presidential election attend a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani will face off against five challengers. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
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Aksha Yakub Rasool, 2, sits on her mother Bilkis Bano's knee during a press conference in New Delhi, India. Bilkis was gang raped and fourteen of her relatives, including her three-year-old daughter, were killed during religious riots that broke out in Gujarat in 2002. Last week a court in Mumbai upheld the conviction of 11 men to life in prison for the rape and murder. [Cathal McNaughton/Reuters]
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A Palestinian protester uses a sling to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during clashes at a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. [Mohamad Torokman/Reuters]