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A selection of news photographs taken around the world this week.
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Haakon Mosvold Larsen / Scanpix via Reuters
In Norway the Mayor of Oslo Marianne Borgen and Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Ruth Bush, saw the tree which will stand in Trafalgar Square in London over Christmas.
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Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
The Ivory Coast’s Koffi Kouao, Hamed Traore and team-mates celebrate after winning a penalty shootout against Ghana in the Africa Under-23 Cup of Nations in Cairo.
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Tourists enjoy an elephant safari at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in the Morigaon district of Assam, India. The sanctuary has reopened to tourists after being closed during the monsoon season.
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Laurent Darbellay / EPA
An image taken with a drone shows floating barges with solar panels on the Lac des Toules, an alpine reservoir lake in Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland. The floating solar panel station consists of 36 floating barges featuring 2,240 square meters of solar cells.
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Tracey Hearmy / Reuters
Britain’s Prince Charles is given a traditional Hongi welcome as he arrives at Government House in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Claudia Reyes / AFP
A demonstrator is hit by a riot police water cannon during a protest against the government in Santiago, Chile. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets as unrest entered a second month.
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Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters
A riot police officer blocks the entrance of Central American University, during a protest against the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, in Managua.
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Ben Birchall / PA
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price speaks during the launch of his party’s election manifesto at Coleg y Cymoedd further education college in Nantgarw, South Wales. The party wants Wales to leave the United Kingdom, and become an independent country within the European Union.
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MOhd Rsfan / AFP
Catholics hold placards ahead of a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Andrew Matthews / PA
Choristers of Winchester Cathedral in England skate on the cathedral’s ice rink ahead of its opening this week. ,
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