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Week in Pictures: From mudslides to Donald Trump

From mudslides in Sri Lanka to the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, this is the week in pictures.

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Refugees and migrants on board the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) Phoenix vessel off the shores of Crotone, Italy. Numbers of refugees and migrants attempting the dangerous central Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Italy have risen since this time last year, with more than 43,000 people recorded so far in 2017. [Chris McGrath/Getty Images]
Published On 2 Jun 2017
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President Rodrigo Duterte declared 60 days of martial law in Mindanao after local groups Maute Group and Abu Sayyaf stormed the southern region. He said martial law could be extended across the Philippines to enforce order, allowing the detention of people without charge. [Jes Aznar/Getty Images]
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Sri Lankan military rescue workers and villagers search for survivors at the site of a mudslide in Bellana village in Kalutara. Landslides and floods killed at least 164 people and left another 104 missing in the island nation following heavy monsoon rains. [Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo]
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People gather at the site of a car bomb near Baghdad's Al-Shuhada Bridge. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but ISIL carries out frequent bombings targeting civilians in the Iraqi capital. [Sabah Arar/AFP Photo]
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Rohingya refugees walk next to huts in a makeshift camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district after Cyclone Mora made landfall in the region. Mora hit Bangladesh on May 30, damaging thousands of homes as more than 300,000 people fled villages in the coastal district of Cox's Bazar, which bore the brunt of the cyclone. [STR/AFP Photo]
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Wounded Afghan women at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul. At least 90 people were killed and more than 450 others as a massive blast targeted Kabul's diplomatic quarter, shattering the morning rush hour and bringing carnage to the streets of the city. [Shah Marai/AFP Photo]
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Teams gathered to compete in the Dragon Boat Championships in Hong Kong on May 30, 2017. [Power Sport Images/Getty Images]
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An Iraqi woman evacuates western Mosul's Zanjili neighbourhood on June 1, 2017, during ongoing battles between Iraqi forces to retake the city from ISIL fighters. [Karim Sahim/AFP photo]
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Palestinian Muslim worshippers attend the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan outside the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound. [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP Photo]
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President Donald Trump walks out to speak about the US role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC. He announced US withdrawal from the pact, citing job concerns. [Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images]