Pictures of the week: Poinsettias, parades and pollution
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Hindu festival Rakher Upobash in Dhaka
Hundreds of Hindus devotee sits with light candle to celebrate a religious Hindu festival Rakher Upabas at Shamibag Loknath Dham in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Sit in front of candles light and absorb in prayer Lokenath Brahmachari who is called Baba Lokenath was an 18th Century Hindu saint and philosopher in Bengal. Hindu worshippers fast and pray in earnest to the gods for their favors during the traditional ritual called Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash. (Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
- 2/15
Christmas Poinsettia plants
Carolyn Spray, owner of Pentland Plants garden centre in Loanhead, Midlothian, prepares and inspects Poinsettia plants ready to be dispatched for the Christmas season. (PA)
- 3/15
Remembrance Sunday 2017
The Guards’ Memorial at the Guards’ Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London, for the Welsh Guards’ Regimental Remembrance Sunday. (PA)
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- 4/15
Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks
A view of the Thaingkhali refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm over the plight of Rohingya Muslims in remarks before Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders from a Southeast Asian bloc that has refused to criticize her government over the crisis. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
- 5/15
Indonesia Beached Whales
Rescuers attempt attempt to push stranded whales back into the ocean at Ujong Kareng beach in Aceh province, Indonesia. An official said 10 whales were stranded at the beach and attracted hundreds of onlookers who posed for pictures with them. (AP Photo/Syahrol Rizal)
- 6/15
Spain Daily Life
A group of pigeons fly over a tile roof during an autumn day, in Pamplona, northern Spain. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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- 7/15
Czech Republic Tiger Cubs
Two cubs of critically endangered Malayan tigers are about to be weighed in their enclosure at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic. The two cubs, a male and a female, were born on Oct 3, 2017. So far, only two European zoos managed to breed this subspecies of tiger, last time the zoo in Halle, Germany in 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
- 8/15
Argentina Journalists Protest
Photojournalists with their eyes blindfolded raise their cameras to protest the closing of the DyN news agency, outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. DyN is the latest in a series of closures of news outlets in Argentina that have left over 2,000 workers unemployed. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
- 9/15
Iran-Iraq Earthquake
In this photo provided by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, survivors of the earthquake warm themselves in front of destroyed buildings at the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran. A powerful earthquake shook the Iran-Iraq border late Sunday, killing more than one hundred people and injuring some 800 in the mountainous region of Iran alone, state media there said. (Pouria Pakizeh/ISNA via AP)
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- 10/15
India Air Pollution
School children take out a march to express their distress on the alarming levels of pollution in the city, in New Delhi, India. Thick smog has constricted India’s capital this week, smudging landmarks from view and leaving residents frustrated at the lack of meaningful action by authorities. The air was the worst it has been all year in New Delhi, with microscopic particles that can affect breathing and health spiking to 75 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
- 11/15
Palestinian-Israeli conflict
A Palestinian protester carries a burning tire during clashes with Israeli forces following a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images)
- 12/15
Independence Rally Takes Place In Catalonia
Catalonia’s Independence supporters march during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain. Independence movement associations and political parties called for a march to protest against the prison detentions of the Ousted Catalan Government. (David Ramos/Getty Images)
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- 13/15
Australians Celebrate YES Vote Win In Marriage Law Postal Survey
Supporters of the vote yes for marriage equality gather in Haig Park to celebrate the result in Canberra, Australia. Australians have voted for marriage laws to be changed to allow same-sex marriage, with the Yes vote claiming 61.6 percent to to 38.4 percent for No vote. Despite the Yes victory, the outcome of Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey is not binding, and the process to change current laws will move to the Australian Parliament in Canberra. (Michael Masters/Getty Images)
- 14/15
Carnaby Christmas lights switch-on
Crowds gather for the Carnaby Christmas lights switch-on in Carnaby, London, which features a carnival theme. (PA)
- 15/15
FINA Grand Prix
Liam Stone of New Zealand dives in the Men’s 3m springboard semi final during the FINA Gold Coast Diving Grand Prix at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Gold Coast, Australia. (Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
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