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The week in pictures
From riots in Sweden to Bayern Munich’s Champions League victory, Al Jazeera showcases the week in images.
US President Barack Obama visited areas in Oklahoma destroyed by tornadoes that killed 24 and injured hundreds.
Published On 27 May 2013
27 May 2013
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African leaders pose for an official photograph at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on May 25. The African Union recently marked its 50th anniversary. Since its inception, the continent-wide organisation has been dedicated to shedding Africa(***)s colonial heritage and resolving conflicts on the continent.
People attend the funeral of victims of a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan, on May 25. More than a dozen died in the blast.
Eighty-year-old Japanese extreme skier Yuichiro Miura waves after becoming the oldest person to climb the world(***)s tallest mountain Mount Everest on May 23. Miura, who also conquered the 8,850-metre peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the mountain(***)s highest point in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the peak(***)s first successful ascent.
Firemen extinguish a row of burning cars in the suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm, Sweden on May 23. After four nights of riots, the country remains gridlocked on how to solve unemployment among the nation(***)s immigrant population.
Thousands protest against the government in Malaysia as opposition figures claim election fraud that enables the current administration to stay in power. Above, a speaker addresses a rally in Kuala Lumpur on May 25.
A Lebanese man looks at rocket shrapnel that struck a car exhibit south of Beirut on May 26. Rockets slammed into two predominantly Shia neighbourhoods, wounding at least four people. Tensions have been running high in Lebanon as Syrian rebels have threatened to take action against Hezbollah for sending fighters to Syria to assist President Bashar Assad.
Bayern Munich players celebrate their victory over Borussia Dortmund after the UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium on May 25.