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Week in pictures: From Hajj 2017 to Rohingya plight

A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including Tropical Storm Harvey, a bombing in Iraq and Eid al-Adha.

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David Gonzalez comforts his wife Kathy after being rescued from their home flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey in Orange, in the US state of Texas. [Jonathan Bachman/Reuters]
Published On 1 Sep 2017
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People throw tomatoes at each other during the annual 'tomatina' fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50km outside Valencia, Spain. [Alberto Saiz/AP Photo]
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A Palestinian protester tries to push a donkey away from the scene of clashes with Israeli troops following a protest against the nearby Jewish settlement of Qadomem, in the West Bank village of Kofr Qadom close to Nablus. [Mohamad Torokman/Reuters]
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People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Jamila market in the Sadr City district of Iraq's capital, Baghdad. [Wissm al-Okili/Reuters]
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A Rohingya woman looks on after being refused entry to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh by the country's security forces. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]
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Muslim pilgrims pray at the Grand Mosque, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [Khalil Hamra/AP Photo]
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SPLA-IO rebels fire weapons during an assault on government soldiers in the town of Kaya, on the border with Uganda, South Sudan. [Goran Tomasevic/Reuters]
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People attend prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha at Gumuk Pasir Parangkusumo, south of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. [Hendra Nurdiyansyah/Antara/Reuters]
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North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew over Japan before plunging into the northern Pacific Ocean. Here, an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. [KCNA/Reuters]
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A girl mourns as policemen carry the body of Abdul Rasheed, a police officer, who according to the Indian police was shot by suspected fighters in Anantnag, during his wreath laying ceremony in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. [Danish Ismail/Reuters]