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Lighting above Kuwait City and a tightrope walker in Prague: Photos of the week

A thunderous bolt of lightning finds a target in Kuwait City's Liberaton Tower and a tightrope artist performs on ropes stretched over a monastery in Prague -- photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM IST

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Lightning strikes the Liberation Tower in Kuwait City during a thunder storm in Kuwait. (Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)

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Lightning strikes the Liberation Tower in Kuwait City during a thunder storm in Kuwait. (Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)

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A woman stands inside a voting booth at a polling station during a presidential election in the village of Kosmach in Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Ukraine. (Kacper Pempel / REUTERS)

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A woman stands inside a voting booth at a polling station during a presidential election in the village of Kosmach in Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Ukraine. (Kacper Pempel / REUTERS)

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A flock of migrating demoiselle cranes fills the sky in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan. (Pavel Mikheyev / REUTERS)

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A flock of migrating demoiselle cranes fills the sky in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan. (Pavel Mikheyev / REUTERS)

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A tightrope walker performs on ropes stretched over the Emmaus Monastery in Prague, Czech Republic. (David W Cerny / REUTERS)

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A tightrope walker performs on ropes stretched over the Emmaus Monastery in Prague, Czech Republic. (David W Cerny / REUTERS)

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A child sits on her rubble of her damaged home at Bhaluhi Bharbaliya village in Nepal's southern Bara district near Birgunj, the morning after a rare spring storm. (Prakash Mathema / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

A child sits on her rubble of her damaged home at Bhaluhi Bharbaliya village in Nepal's southern Bara district near Birgunj, the morning after a rare spring storm. (Prakash Mathema / AFP)

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A couple rides a boat underneath cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo, Japan. (Kim Kyung-hoon / REUTERS)

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A couple rides a boat underneath cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo, Japan. (Kim Kyung-hoon / REUTERS)

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The sun rises as fishermen are seen at the seaport of Gaza City, after Israel expanded the fishing zone for Palestinians. (Suhaib Salem / REUTERS)

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The sun rises as fishermen are seen at the seaport of Gaza City, after Israel expanded the fishing zone for Palestinians. (Suhaib Salem / REUTERS)

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The sun rises behind the ‘Eiserne Steg’ (Iron Footbridge) pedestrian bridge in Frankfurt, Germany. (Michael Probst / AP)

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The sun rises behind the ‘Eiserne Steg’ (Iron Footbridge) pedestrian bridge in Frankfurt, Germany. (Michael Probst / AP)

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A pot of flowers in tribute to an unknown homeless man who died in a street last March 18 is seen during a ceremony staged by the “Collectif Les Morts de la rue” (Collective of Street Deaths) to pay respect to the 566 homeless people who died last year on French streets, in Paris, France. (Christian Hartmann / REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

A pot of flowers in tribute to an unknown homeless man who died in a street last March 18 is seen during a ceremony staged by the “Collectif Les Morts de la rue” (Collective of Street Deaths) to pay respect to the 566 homeless people who died last year on French streets, in Paris, France. (Christian Hartmann / REUTERS)

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A newlywed couple has their photographs taken at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The United Nations decried on the new “cruel and inhuman” laws set to take effect in Brunei this week which impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, and amputations for theft. (AFP / Brunei OUT)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

A newlywed couple has their photographs taken at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The United Nations decried on the new “cruel and inhuman” laws set to take effect in Brunei this week which impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, and amputations for theft. (AFP / Brunei OUT)

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Two reindeers and their jockeys chase along an animal that runs loose as they approach the finish line on the 1 km ice track of the final in the BRP Poro cup reindeer race on a lake in Inari, northern Finland. (Alessandro Rampazzo / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

Two reindeers and their jockeys chase along an animal that runs loose as they approach the finish line on the 1 km ice track of the final in the BRP Poro cup reindeer race on a lake in Inari, northern Finland. (Alessandro Rampazzo / AFP)

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A Broto dancer prepares himself in a disused house of Bambari, in the centre of Central African Republic, before performing. The Broto, belonging to the Banda ethnic group, are known for their traditional dances accompanied by heavy horns made of tree roots. Today this tradition falls into disuse and its history is now forgotten by the new generations. (Florent Vergnes / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

A Broto dancer prepares himself in a disused house of Bambari, in the centre of Central African Republic, before performing. The Broto, belonging to the Banda ethnic group, are known for their traditional dances accompanied by heavy horns made of tree roots. Today this tradition falls into disuse and its history is now forgotten by the new generations. (Florent Vergnes / AFP)

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A model presents creations by Colombian designer Cubel during the Bogota Fashion Week in Bogota, Colombia. (Raul Arboleda / AFP)

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A model presents creations by Colombian designer Cubel during the Bogota Fashion Week in Bogota, Colombia. (Raul Arboleda / AFP)

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Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying hits a return against Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon during their women's singles quarter-final match at the Malaysia Open badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying hits a return against Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon during their women's singles quarter-final match at the Malaysia Open badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

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A “Baby Trump” balloon floating during a protest against US President Donald Trump visit to Calexico, California, as seen from Mexicali, Mexico (Carlos Jasso / REUTERS)

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A “Baby Trump” balloon floating during a protest against US President Donald Trump visit to Calexico, California, as seen from Mexicali, Mexico (Carlos Jasso / REUTERS)

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Dancers dressed in South Korean traditional “Hanbok” attire perform during a media preview of the Royal Culture Festival at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace in the Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea. (Ahn Young-joon / AP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

Dancers dressed in South Korean traditional “Hanbok” attire perform during a media preview of the Royal Culture Festival at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace in the Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea. (Ahn Young-joon / AP)

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AC Milan's Hakan Calhanoglu during the match with Udinese at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. (Daniele Mascolo / REUTERS)

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AC Milan's Hakan Calhanoglu during the match with Udinese at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. (Daniele Mascolo / REUTERS)

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A view from a Siberian Taiga forest shows stars in the night sky outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS)

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A view from a Siberian Taiga forest shows stars in the night sky outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS)

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People walk past the Oculus which serves as the centrepiece of the World Trade Centre Transportation Hub in New York, incorporating 78,000 square feet of multi level state-of-the-art retail and dining. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

People walk past the Oculus which serves as the centrepiece of the World Trade Centre Transportation Hub in New York, incorporating 78,000 square feet of multi level state-of-the-art retail and dining. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP)

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A pro-Brexit supporter holds up a placard backdropped by the Houses of Parliament and a scaffolding-covered Big Ben in London. After failing repeatedly to win Parliament's backing for her Brexit blueprint, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May dramatically changed gear, saying she would seek to delay Brexit again and hold talks with the opposition to seek a compromise. (Matt Dunham / AP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

A pro-Brexit supporter holds up a placard backdropped by the Houses of Parliament and a scaffolding-covered Big Ben in London. After failing repeatedly to win Parliament's backing for her Brexit blueprint, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May dramatically changed gear, saying she would seek to delay Brexit again and hold talks with the opposition to seek a compromise. (Matt Dunham / AP)

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Danish zookeeper Pernille Goerup Andersen interacts with panda Xing Er at the "Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding" in Chengdu, China. Xing Er is one of two pandas travelling to Copenhagen, Denmark. (Ritzau Scanpix / AFP / Denmark OUT)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

Danish zookeeper Pernille Goerup Andersen interacts with panda Xing Er at the "Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding" in Chengdu, China. Xing Er is one of two pandas travelling to Copenhagen, Denmark. (Ritzau Scanpix / AFP / Denmark OUT)

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A mother washes her newborn infant at an Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in a protection of civilian site in Malakal, South Sudan. Some 30,000 internally displaced people continue to inhabit the camp in the north of the country despite the signing of a cessation of hostilities between government and opposition forces last year. (Alex Mcbride / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

A mother washes her newborn infant at an Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in a protection of civilian site in Malakal, South Sudan. Some 30,000 internally displaced people continue to inhabit the camp in the north of the country despite the signing of a cessation of hostilities between government and opposition forces last year. (Alex Mcbride / AFP)

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A student has her picture taken with a King Kong sculpture made out of straw in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai. (Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

A student has her picture taken with a King Kong sculpture made out of straw in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai. (Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)

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People gather during a vaccine drive operated by the health authorities supported by the French NGO Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) in the village of Agang in the Ouaddai highlands region of eastern Chad, bordering west Sudan. (Amaury Hauchard / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

People gather during a vaccine drive operated by the health authorities supported by the French NGO Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) in the village of Agang in the Ouaddai highlands region of eastern Chad, bordering west Sudan. (Amaury Hauchard / AFP)

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A partial view of Mereo pyramids which hold burial chambers for Kushite kings and queens whose rule spanned nearly five centuries from 592 BC to 350 AD, near the banks of the Nile river in an area known as Nubia in northeastern Sudan. (Ashraf Shazly / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

A partial view of Mereo pyramids which hold burial chambers for Kushite kings and queens whose rule spanned nearly five centuries from 592 BC to 350 AD, near the banks of the Nile river in an area known as Nubia in northeastern Sudan. (Ashraf Shazly / AFP)

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An aerial picture of graves ahead of the annual Qingming festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, at a cemetery in Dagantangcun, 30 km east of Beijing, China. During Qingming, Chinese traditionally tend to the graves of their departed loved ones and often burn paper money, model houses, cars, mobile phones and other goods as offerings to honour them and keep them comfortable in the afterlife. (Fred Dufour / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

An aerial picture of graves ahead of the annual Qingming festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, at a cemetery in Dagantangcun, 30 km east of Beijing, China. During Qingming, Chinese traditionally tend to the graves of their departed loved ones and often burn paper money, model houses, cars, mobile phones and other goods as offerings to honour them and keep them comfortable in the afterlife. (Fred Dufour / AFP)

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Yemenis visit a cemetery in the capital Sanaa. The World Health Organization estimates nearly 10,000 Yemenis have been killed since 2015, when Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened against Houthi rebels. Human rights groups say the real death toll is several times higher. The conflict has pushed millions of Yemenis to the brink of mass starvation. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

Yemenis visit a cemetery in the capital Sanaa. The World Health Organization estimates nearly 10,000 Yemenis have been killed since 2015, when Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened against Houthi rebels. Human rights groups say the real death toll is several times higher. The conflict has pushed millions of Yemenis to the brink of mass starvation. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP)

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Riot police secure the Social Development Ministry in Buenos Aires after demonstrators attempted to camp outside the building during a protest called by Argentina’s union workers against the economic policies of the government of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri. (Emiliano Lasalvia / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

Riot police secure the Social Development Ministry in Buenos Aires after demonstrators attempted to camp outside the building during a protest called by Argentina’s union workers against the economic policies of the government of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri. (Emiliano Lasalvia / AFP)

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A woman walks past crosses at the site where the Soviet secret police shot and buried thousands of victims of the political repressions in the 1930s and 1940s. Authorities are working to demolish the illegal structures. (Sergei Gapon / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

A woman walks past crosses at the site where the Soviet secret police shot and buried thousands of victims of the political repressions in the 1930s and 1940s. Authorities are working to demolish the illegal structures. (Sergei Gapon / AFP)

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Venezuelans remain on top of containers as they attempt to cross the blocked Simon Bolivar international bridge, in Cucuta, Colombia, along the border with Venezuela. (Schneyder Mendoza / AFP)

Updated on Apr 06, 2019 1:18 PM

Venezuelans remain on top of containers as they attempt to cross the blocked Simon Bolivar international bridge, in Cucuta, Colombia, along the border with Venezuela. (Schneyder Mendoza / AFP)

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