From the Baghdad bombings, Venezuela protests and election rallies in the US, here is the week's news in pictures.
Nearly two billion voters in 52 countries around the world will head to the polls this year to elect their leaders.
Russian-Saudi relations could be very different today, if Stalin hadn't killed the Soviet ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
How the art world's hunger for ancient artefacts is destroying a centuries-old culture. A journey across the Himalayas.
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