![A Palestinian protester is seen amid smoke during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between Israel and the occupied Gaza Strip. [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/4668302c75834a61a7a672b20608514d_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including protests in the Philippines and floods in India.
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Week in pictures: From Somalia blast to refugee crises
A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including protests in Venezuela and the coming election in Kenya.
![Syrian refugees protest outside the German embassy in Greece against delays in reuniting with their relatives in Germany. [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bf5efff9204b4aa28c5beff012e47a0f_8.jpeg?resize=1170%2C780)
4 Aug 2017
![A member of Brazil's Homeless Workers Movement (MTST) yells during a protest against President Michel Temer's proposed changes to labour and pension laws. [Leonardo Benassatto/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2867d2ac12094a17a87ffaddc42a79fe_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C773)
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![Kenyans in the capital city of Nairobi pray during a rally calling for peace before the August 8 presidential election. [Baz Ratner/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bf1413e5dbcd4f7fb1e5192f4fbf4137_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![Flames erupted in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas as clashes broke out during Sunday's Constituent Assembly election. [Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/5e709a0b853541e6bfa99891a5b1fca5_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C803)
![Somali military officers evacuate an injured man from the scene of an explosion in Maka al-Mukaram road in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. A car bomb exploded near a police station on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding another 13. [Feisal Omar/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/e79e2388fc9246df8a9a09b1c64f7e13_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C741)
![A university student participates in a march in San Salvador to commemorate the killings of students by Salvadoran military forces during a protest in 1975. [Jose Cabezas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/7434bcecac474b698e5810c426e2be8e_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![Refugee and migrant children sing during a concert at the Herod Atticus theatre in Athens. Dozens of children from refugee camps around the Greek capital performed at the theatre as part of a global initiative to teach music to refugee children. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/c9341d2cc79e4775ac652c96612ffa4a_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
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![People shout slogans as they gather around the body of Shabir Ahmad Mir, a Kashmiri rebel, who was killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces in the Pulwama district of Indian-administered Kashmir. Tensions have remained high in the region after the killing of a prominent leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group. [Danish Ismail/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/a6fd8f92a07942b380d4be9bb0557e48_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C768)
![US troops assess the damage to an armoured vehicle that belongs to the NATO-led military coalition in Afghanistan. On Wednesday, at least two US soldiers were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber targeted a convoy of foreign forces in the southern province of Kandahar. [Ahmad Nadeem/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/47582f2c82544c5dafe74b6d38599864_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C813)
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