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Photos of the week: Brexit Day and Kobe Bryant’s death

The United Kingdom exits the European Union and Los Angeles Lakers icon and five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant’s death along with his daughter and seven other people in a helicopter crash in California --photos of the week from around the world.

Updated on: Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM IST

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A pro-Brexit supporter smiles as he poses at Parliament Square on Brexit day, in London, England. The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on January 31. (Toby Melville / REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

A pro-Brexit supporter smiles as he poses at Parliament Square on Brexit day, in London, England. The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on January 31. (Toby Melville / REUTERS)

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Passengers look from the window of a train as Lion dancers perform at a platform of Gambir station during Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rat celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Aprillio Akbar / Antara Foto via REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

Passengers look from the window of a train as Lion dancers perform at a platform of Gambir station during Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rat celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Aprillio Akbar / Antara Foto via REUTERS)

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Tibetan monks visiting the Florida Keys from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in southern India, watch a loggerhead sea turtle named “Drifter” head to the Atlantic Ocean in Islamorada, Florida. The 170-pound female, who was rescued in November 2019 and rehabilitated at the Keys-based Turtle Hospital, was released following a ceremony performed by the monks. (Bob Care / Florida Keys News Bureau via REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

Tibetan monks visiting the Florida Keys from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in southern India, watch a loggerhead sea turtle named “Drifter” head to the Atlantic Ocean in Islamorada, Florida. The 170-pound female, who was rescued in November 2019 and rehabilitated at the Keys-based Turtle Hospital, was released following a ceremony performed by the monks. (Bob Care / Florida Keys News Bureau via REUTERS)

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A boy writes on the wall of a Saraswati temple during the Shreepanchami festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess of education Saraswati in belief that the goddess will help devotees excel in education, in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

A boy writes on the wall of a Saraswati temple during the Shreepanchami festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess of education Saraswati in belief that the goddess will help devotees excel in education, in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)

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A Palestinian man places a shoe on a television screen broadcasting the announcement of Mideast peace plan by US President Donald Trump, in a coffee shop in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Mussa Qawasma / REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

A Palestinian man places a shoe on a television screen broadcasting the announcement of Mideast peace plan by US President Donald Trump, in a coffee shop in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Mussa Qawasma / REUTERS)

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Construction workers labour at the site of the Huoshenshan temporary field hospital being built in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province. China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. (Arek Rataj / AP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

Construction workers labour at the site of the Huoshenshan temporary field hospital being built in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province. China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. (Arek Rataj / AP)

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wearing a mask and protective suit speaks to medical workers as he visits the Jinyintan hospital where patients of the new coronavirus are being treated following the outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (CNSPHOTO via REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wearing a mask and protective suit speaks to medical workers as he visits the Jinyintan hospital where patients of the new coronavirus are being treated following the outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (CNSPHOTO via REUTERS)

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A coach uses a stick to provoke a lioness from the pride of Frans, a lion previously owned by Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the Sanaa Zoo, Yemen. (Mohamed al-Sayaghi / REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

A coach uses a stick to provoke a lioness from the pride of Frans, a lion previously owned by Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh at the Sanaa Zoo, Yemen. (Mohamed al-Sayaghi / REUTERS)

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US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish poses in the press room with the awards for Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best New Artist, Song Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles, California. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish poses in the press room with the awards for Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best New Artist, Song Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles, California. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

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Elisa Gasparin of Switzerland competes during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women 15 km Individual event at Pokljuka, Slovenia. (Jure Makovec / AFP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

Elisa Gasparin of Switzerland competes during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women 15 km Individual event at Pokljuka, Slovenia. (Jure Makovec / AFP)

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Brexit Party leader and member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage shows off his socks at a session of the European Parliament in which it was approve the Brexit deal in Brussels, Belgium. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

Brexit Party leader and member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage shows off his socks at a session of the European Parliament in which it was approve the Brexit deal in Brussels, Belgium. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)

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A bridge almost consumed by flood water on the border of the municipalities of Diamantina and Olhos D’Agua in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The levels of the Jequitinhonha River have risen following severe flooding, which has already claimed close to 50 confirmed deaths and almost 19,000 people have been forced from their homes due to flood or landslide damage. (Nilmar Lage / AFP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

A bridge almost consumed by flood water on the border of the municipalities of Diamantina and Olhos D’Agua in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The levels of the Jequitinhonha River have risen following severe flooding, which has already claimed close to 50 confirmed deaths and almost 19,000 people have been forced from their homes due to flood or landslide damage. (Nilmar Lage / AFP)

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A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent stands by for security at a tunnel spur that went off into a different direction, during mapping of the "Baja Metro Tunnel", which CBP says is the longest illicit cross-border tunnel ever discovered along the Southwest border, in Otay Mesa, California, US. (US Customs and Border Protection via REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent stands by for security at a tunnel spur that went off into a different direction, during mapping of the "Baja Metro Tunnel", which CBP says is the longest illicit cross-border tunnel ever discovered along the Southwest border, in Otay Mesa, California, US. (US Customs and Border Protection via REUTERS)

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan carries the coffin of a victim after an earthquake hit Elazig, eastern Turkey, during the funeral procession for Salih Civelek and Aysegul Civelek. Rescuers continued searching for people buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings while emergency workers and security forces distributed tents, beds and blankets in the affected areas. (Turkish Presidential Press Service via AP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan carries the coffin of a victim after an earthquake hit Elazig, eastern Turkey, during the funeral procession for Salih Civelek and Aysegul Civelek. Rescuers continued searching for people buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings while emergency workers and security forces distributed tents, beds and blankets in the affected areas. (Turkish Presidential Press Service via AP)

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White pelicans, one of the largest birds from Canada and the United States, are seen at the shore of the Chapala lagoon in Cojumatlan, Mexico. White pelicans travel thousands of kilometers migrating from the low temperatures of North America. (Ulises Ruiz / AFP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

White pelicans, one of the largest birds from Canada and the United States, are seen at the shore of the Chapala lagoon in Cojumatlan, Mexico. White pelicans travel thousands of kilometers migrating from the low temperatures of North America. (Ulises Ruiz / AFP)

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This picture taken with a tilt-shift lens shows Serbia’s Novak Djokovic serve against Canada’s Milos Raonic during their men’s singles quarter-final match on day nine of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia. (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

This picture taken with a tilt-shift lens shows Serbia’s Novak Djokovic serve against Canada’s Milos Raonic during their men’s singles quarter-final match on day nine of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia. (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)

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Flags with the stripes of the prison uniforms of Nazi death camps fly at the fence of Birkenau at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland. Survivors of the death camp gathered for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet army’s liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising anti-Semitism and hatred. (Czarek Sokolowski / AP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

Flags with the stripes of the prison uniforms of Nazi death camps fly at the fence of Birkenau at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland. Survivors of the death camp gathered for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet army’s liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising anti-Semitism and hatred. (Czarek Sokolowski / AP)

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Commuters make their way on a street adorned with election posters laminated with plastic in Dhaka. The Bangladeshi capital is awash with millions of plastic-laminated campaign posters ahead of elections in the capital, and environmentalists are up in arms. (Munir uz Zaman / AFP)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

Commuters make their way on a street adorned with election posters laminated with plastic in Dhaka. The Bangladeshi capital is awash with millions of plastic-laminated campaign posters ahead of elections in the capital, and environmentalists are up in arms. (Munir uz Zaman / AFP)

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A Boeing 777X airplane takes off during its first test flight from the company's plant in Everett, Washington. (Terray Sylvester / REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

A Boeing 777X airplane takes off during its first test flight from the company's plant in Everett, Washington. (Terray Sylvester / REUTERS)

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LA county firefighters work at the scene of a helicopter crash that reportedly killed retired basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight other people in Calabasas, California. (Gene Blevins / REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 02, 2020 5:02 PM

LA county firefighters work at the scene of a helicopter crash that reportedly killed retired basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight other people in Calabasas, California. (Gene Blevins / REUTERS)

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