Photos of the week: From California deadly wildfires to Palestinian protest
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From four major wildfires burning in California to protests against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel --photos of the week from around the world.
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Flames consume a home as a wildfire burns in Ojai, California, on Thursday. Four major wildfires burning in the state have forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands and caused extensive structural damage. (Noah Berger / AP)
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Palestinian protester takes cover during clashes with Israeli forces near the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 8, 2017. (Goran Tomasevic / REUTERS)
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The full moon is pictured behind Christmas lights in Marseille, France on December 3, 2017. (Jean-Paul Pelissier / REUTERS)
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A Houthi supporter attends a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Yemen on December 8, 2017. (Mohamed al-Sayaghi / REUTERS)
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French man named Alexis, an exotic animal enthusiast, plays with his corn snakes (pantherophis guttatus) at his home in Bordeaux, France. (Regis Duvignau / REUTERS)
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A woman sits next to the body of Yawar Bashir, a suspected militant --who according to the local media was killed in a gunbattle with Indian security forces on Monday-- during his funeral procession at Kulgam district on December 5, 2017. (Danish Ismail / REUTERS)
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National Guard officers clash with supporters of Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili during a search of Saakashvili's apartment in Kiev, Ukraine on December 5, 2017. (Valentyn Ogirenko / REUTERS)
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A man holds his baby turtles near the West Bank town of Tubas. (Raneen Sawafta / REUTERS)
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Members of the anti narcotics force pose for a picture as drugs are burned during a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan on December 5, 2017. (Caren Firouz / REUTERS)
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A visitor is seen walking in the courtyard of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. (Giuseppe Cacase / AFP)
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A petrol bomb explodes in front of riot police during an anniversary rally marking the 2008 police shooting of 15-year-old student Alexandros Grigoropoulos, in Greece on December 6, 2017. (Costas Baltas / REUTERS)
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A police officer patrols the Giza Pyramids on his camel on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt on December 6, 2017. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany / REUTERS)
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A Palestinian protester runs after catching fire during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 7, 2017. (Abbas Momani / AFP)
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Snow covers the Saint Denis chapel in the village of Wolxheim, France, on December 3, 2017. (Patrick Hertzog / AFP)
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Firefighters monitor a section of the Thomas Fire along the 101 freeway on December 7, 2017 north of Ventura, California. The firefighters occasionally used a flare device to burn-off brush close to the roadside. Strong Santa Ana winds rapidly pushed multiple wildfires across the region, expanding across tens of thousands of acres and destroying hundreds of homes and structures. (Mario Tama / Getty Images / AFP)
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A wolf skin is on display for sale next to a painting of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, also known as Lenin, at Izmailovo flea market in Moscow on December 3, 2017. (Mladen Antonov / AFP)
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Activists burn a caricature of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as a gun-toting tyrannosaurus dinosaur in Manila on December 8, 2017. The demonstrators denounced the government’s war on drugs campaign, the extension of martial law in Mindanao and the crackdown on activists, while calling for Duterte’s ouster from office. (Noel Celis / AFP)
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