Week in pictures: From strike in France to India’s deadly fire
A photo roundup of some of last week’s events, including more killings in Afghanistan and Nepal’s Gadhimai Festival.
A protester wearing a mask is seen among smoke as French workers demonstrate against the government's pension reform plans in Marseille as part of a day of national strike and protests. [Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters]
8 Dec 2019
An injured woman rescued from the rubble is carried by volunteers at the scene where a building collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya. [Baz Ratner/Reuters]
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A woman gets her eyes tested at a free eye-care camp on the occasion of Indian leader Babasaheb Ambedkar's death anniversary in Mumbai, India. [Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters]
A Russian army member, dressed in historical uniform, looks on before a rehearsal to mark the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines, at the Red Square in Moscow. [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]
A relative of a victim of a fire that swept through a factory where labourers were sleeping, cries outside a hospital mortuary in New Delhi. At least 43 people died in a devastating fire in a multistorey building housing the factory in a congested market area of India's capital. [Adnan Abidi/Reuters]
Lantern-covered floats stand as fireworks light up the sky during the Chichibu Night Festival in Chichibu, north of Tokyo, Japan. The Chichibu Night Festival, which has roots that go back more than 1,000 years, is one of three famous Japanese festivals to feature huge floats, which can top 7 metres (23 feet) and weigh up to 15 tonnes. [Toru Hanai/AP]
An activist takes part in a demonstration against sexual harassment, rape and domestic violence in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. [Patrick Baz/Abaad/AFP]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a horse as he visits the battle sites in areas of Mt Paektu, Ryanggang, North Korea. [KCNA/Reuters]
An Afghan man in Kabul lights candles for Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, who was shot on Wednesday along with five Afghans during an attack in the eastern Nangarhar province. [Omar Sobhani/Reuters]
A stuntman performs in the 'well of death' during the Gadhimai Mela festival at Bariyarpur in Nepal. The festival, renowned for its large number of animal sacrifices, is held every five years at the Gadhimai Temple, where devotees from Nepal and bordering India sacrifice buffaloes, goats and birds while offering prayers to Gadhimai, the goddess of power. [Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters]
![A protester wearing a mask is seen among smoke as French workers demonstrate against the government's pension reform plans in Marseille as part of a day of national strike and protests. [Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/850c6812e6f14abf84e1094cd448097a_8.jpeg?resize=1170%2C780)
![An injured woman rescued from the rubble is carried by volunteers at the scene where a building collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya. [Baz Ratner/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/484cbf5457674efd99f29f88b92fcae9_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C750)
![A woman gets her eyes tested at a free eye-care camp on the occasion of Indian leader Babasaheb Ambedkar's death anniversary in Mumbai, India. [Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/06d89cc1219e4ef99190376e639fd455_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C845)
![A Russian army member, dressed in historical uniform, looks on before a rehearsal to mark the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941, when Soviet soldiers marched towards the front lines, at the Red Square in Moscow. [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/33e49214371942499ce2da648d0ded8e_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C814)
![A relative of a victim of a fire that swept through a factory where labourers were sleeping, cries outside a hospital mortuary in New Delhi. At least 43 people died in a devastating fire in a multistorey building housing the factory in a congested market area of India's capital. [Adnan Abidi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/b572c036d86c436cb758604be0f39aa9_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C849)
![Lantern-covered floats stand as fireworks light up the sky during the Chichibu Night Festival in Chichibu, north of Tokyo, Japan. The Chichibu Night Festival, which has roots that go back more than 1,000 years, is one of three famous Japanese festivals to feature huge floats, which can top 7 metres (23 feet) and weigh up to 15 tonnes. [Toru Hanai/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/7b5026ec07284294bf0a1ffcde67958f_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![An activist takes part in a demonstration against sexual harassment, rape and domestic violence in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. [Patrick Baz/Abaad/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/27b3fe3dc9bf45799cb2aaa0cdac7eb1_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a horse as he visits the battle sites in areas of Mt Paektu, Ryanggang, North Korea. [KCNA/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/f1d8973630564cda93f0225bf47ebd56_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C782)
![An Afghan man in Kabul lights candles for Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, who was shot on Wednesday along with five Afghans during an attack in the eastern Nangarhar province. [Omar Sobhani/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1e2824087d254f468c3b590f40c1c6ef_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C856)
![A stuntman performs in the 'well of death' during the Gadhimai Mela festival at Bariyarpur in Nepal. The festival, renowned for its large number of animal sacrifices, is held every five years at the Gadhimai Temple, where devotees from Nepal and bordering India sacrifice buffaloes, goats and birds while offering prayers to Gadhimai, the goddess of power. [Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/3607242fd8bd47de9eea6529988faa25_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
!["The water sources and forest where hill tribal people usually establish their settlements remain dry now even in the monsoon. We are forced to sell fruits gathered from the forest as agricultural cultivation is unavailable," said Macharu Marma, who lives in Lulain village. [Sulayman Hossain/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/5.-Lulain-village-in-the-Bandarban-hill-district-in-Bangladesh-daily-life-of-Tribal-women.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo facing a massive police presence to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak on January 25, 2011. [Mohammed Abed/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_Nic532136.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![People inspect the damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Eloise in the city of Beira. [Andre Catueira/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56643170.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![A protester holds a poster showing Russian President Vladimir Putin and reading 'Freedom for Navalny' during a protest in support of the Russian opposition leader in Moscow. [Maxim Shipenkov/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56642222.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![China's President Xi Jinping urged unity in the face of the coronavirus pandemic [World Economic Forum/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8ZH3R4.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Dutch policemen arrest a man in Rotterdam during a third night of unrest over a nationwide COVID-linked curfew [Marco de Swart/ ANP via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8ZJ42T.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman prior to their meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 23, 2017 [Presidency Press Service/Pool Photo via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_17204571597818.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Trump is facing the imminent prospect of becoming the first US president to be impeached twice [Jim Bourg/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-06T173843Z_1405728717_RC2H2L96PS1Y_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=170%2C113)