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The week in pictures
From violent protests in Vietnam to a rare apology from North Korea, Al Jazeera showcases the week in images.
Sri Lankan veterans participate in a Victory Day parade in Matara, about 150kms south of the capital, Colombo. Sri Lanka(***)s government marked the fifth anniversary of its victory in a civil war over ethnic Tamil separatists.
Published On 20 May 2014
20 May 2014
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People stand around the coffin of late French journalist Camille Lepage during a ceremony in Bangui, Central African Republic. She was killed while embedded with members of the "anti-Balaka" Christian militia earlier in the week.
Houses sit untouched above a canyon ravaged by wildfire in Carlsbad in the US state of California. Several wildfires have raged in San Diego County over the past week.
Policemen ask people to leave a street near the Chinese embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnamese civil society groups called for demonstrations against China following riots earlier in the week sparked by China(***)s deployment of an oil rig in waters claimed by Vietnam.
North Korean officials offered a rare public apology for the collapse of an apartment building under construction in the capital, Pyongyang, which a South Korean official said was believed to have caused considerable casualties.
Voters cast their ballots in Switzerland on a nationwide referendum to introduce the world(***)s highest minimum wage of 22 Swiss francs ($24.70) an hour.
People gather during a rally in Kiev, Ukraine to mark the 70th anniversary of the deportation of ethnic Tatars from the Crimean peninsula under the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Miners close an entrance to their coal mine in Soma, Turkey. Eighteen people, including company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.