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Best Photos of the Week

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

A Rohingya Muslim at the Jamtoli refugee camp in Bangladesh. Since August, more than 620,000 have fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state, seeking safety from what the military described as ‘clearance operations’.

Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Lisandro Galindo cuts the hair of 14-year-old Carlos Estrada at a barber shop in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, which holds general elections today.

Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Mar de Plata, Argentina

Flags and banners in support of the Argentine submarine crew from the missing ARA San Juan are reflected in a window at the Mar de Plata naval base. The crew’s families reacted with anger to the possibility of an explosion at the submarine at about the time it sent its last signal on 15 November.

Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

Harare, Zimbabwe

Zimbabweans thank soldiers outside parliament after hearing the news president Robert Mugabe had resigned.

Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Harare, Zimbabwe

A soldier joins in the celebrations after Mugabe stepped down.

Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

Melbourne, Australia

Lightning strikes during the football match between Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers at Lakeside Stadium. Wanderers are fifth in Australia’s A-League, Victory seventh.

Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

London, England

The City is partly obscured by morning fog.

Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Inmate Rossana Goncalves and four of her children cry as they reunite after she competed in the annual beauty contest at Talavera Bruce penitentiary.

Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

London, England

Protesters dressed as ‘Maybots’ at the entrance to Downing Street as the cabinet leave a meeting ahead of the budget.

Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Medellin, Colombia

A crowd watches a downhill rider compete in the final of the urban bike race final.

Photograph: Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images

Hamouria, Syria

An undetonated rocket that fell after a reported air strike left a hole in the road in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria.

Photograph: Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP/Getty Images

Travneve, Ukraine

A Ukrainian serviceman walks near the government-held village of Travneve.

Photograph: Reuters

Ya’an, China

A captive-bred Chinese panda walks into the forest at Liziping nature reserve in Ya’an after being released.

Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

Mystic, Conneticut

A young girl reacts as she is greeted by Juno, a fifteen-year-old male beluga whale, at the viewing window at Mystic Aquarium on November 28, 2017. Juno is one of two beluga whales at the aquarium.

Photograph: Tim Clayton / Corbis via Getty

Jerusalem

A bystander falls as she is hit by Israeli police spraying water during a demonstration by ultra-Orthodox Jews against the detention of members of their community who failed to report to a military recruiting office. #

Photograph: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters

New York City

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands lit. The 75-foot-tall Norway spruce is covered with more than 50,000 multi-colored LED lights and will remain lit until January 7. #

Photograph: Diane Bondareff / AP Images for Tishman Speyer

Teknaf, Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees sail on an improvised raft across the Naf River to reach Bangladesh.

Photograph: Susana Vera / Reuters

Podkoren, Slovenia

A participant dressed as Krampus walks through fire during “The Hike of the Krampus of Three Lands.”

Photograph: Jure Makovec / AFP / Getty

Washington, U.S.

United States First Lady Melania Trump walks through Christmas decorations in the East Wing of the White House.

Photograph: Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty

South Korea

South Korea’s Hyunmoo II missile is fired during an exercise at an undefined location.

Photograph: The Defence Ministry / Yonhap via Reuters

 

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