A photo round-up of some of last week's key events, including wildfire in California and Al-Aqsa tensions.
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.
A relatively new independence and fresh waves of conflict inspire a South Sudanese refugee to build antiwar video games.
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