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    Photos of the week: Cirque du Soleil in Paris and Santa’s naughty list

    Bent out of shape for art at Cirque du Soleil's latest offering in Paris to sorting out coal for this year's naughty kids at a Santa School --photos of the week from across the world.

    Updated on: Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM IST
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    A member of the Canadian circus troop ‘Le Cirque du Soleil’ performs during the show “Totem” in Paris, France. The show Totem will run in the French capital till December 2, 2018. (Lionel Bonaventure / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    A member of the Canadian circus troop ‘Le Cirque du Soleil’ performs during the show “Totem” in Paris, France. The show Totem will run in the French capital till December 2, 2018. (Lionel Bonaventure / AFP)

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    A young couple walks through a forest with the Frankfurt skyline in background near Frankfurt, Germany. (Michael Probst / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A young couple walks through a forest with the Frankfurt skyline in background near Frankfurt, Germany. (Michael Probst / AP)

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    A Jordanian soldier stands at the north eastern border with Syria. (Raad Adayleh / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A Jordanian soldier stands at the north eastern border with Syria. (Raad Adayleh / AP)

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    Women take a selfie next to a flock of sheep during the annual sheep parade through Madrid, Spain. Shepherds parade the sheep through the city every year in order to exercise their right to use traditional routes to migrate their livestock from northern Spain to winter grazing pasture land in southern Spain. (Susana Vera / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Women take a selfie next to a flock of sheep during the annual sheep parade through Madrid, Spain. Shepherds parade the sheep through the city every year in order to exercise their right to use traditional routes to migrate their livestock from northern Spain to winter grazing pasture land in southern Spain. (Susana Vera / REUTERS)

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    A disabled Palestinian is helped as he uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza and demanding the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border fence in Gaza. (Mohammed Salem / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A disabled Palestinian is helped as he uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza and demanding the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border fence in Gaza. (Mohammed Salem / REUTERS)

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    People walk in a field of fireweed, or Kochia scoparia, at the Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Japan. Fireweed is a grass bush that takes on a bright red colour in autumn. (Toru Hanai / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    People walk in a field of fireweed, or Kochia scoparia, at the Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Japan. Fireweed is a grass bush that takes on a bright red colour in autumn. (Toru Hanai / REUTERS)

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    Models present creations from the Patricia Viera collection during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Brazil. (Paulo Whitaker / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Models present creations from the Patricia Viera collection during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Brazil. (Paulo Whitaker / REUTERS)

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    Buddhist pilgrims light candles around the Golden Rock or Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda to celebrate the full moon festival in Kyaikto, Mon state, Myanmar. (Ann Wang / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Buddhist pilgrims light candles around the Golden Rock or Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda to celebrate the full moon festival in Kyaikto, Mon state, Myanmar. (Ann Wang / REUTERS)

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    A blacksmith demonstrates hammering an iron piece at a workshop for handmade woks in Datian village, Hubei province, China. (Thomas Suen / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A blacksmith demonstrates hammering an iron piece at a workshop for handmade woks in Datian village, Hubei province, China. (Thomas Suen / REUTERS)

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    Ballerinas perform during an ice-cream factory promotional event at an observation floor of the Moscow International Business Centre, also known as “Moskva-City”, in Moscow, Russia. (Shamil Zhumatov / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    Ballerinas perform during an ice-cream factory promotional event at an observation floor of the Moscow International Business Centre, also known as “Moskva-City”, in Moscow, Russia. (Shamil Zhumatov / REUTERS)

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    A general view of a government housing complex in Hong Kong. (Anthony Wallace / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A general view of a government housing complex in Hong Kong. (Anthony Wallace / AFP)

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    Actor Cate Blanchett reacts as she talks to media prior the screening of the film “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” during the Rome Film Festival at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Italy. (Tiziana Fabi / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Actor Cate Blanchett reacts as she talks to media prior the screening of the film “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” during the Rome Film Festival at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Italy. (Tiziana Fabi / AFP)

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    Aerial view of a Honduran migrant caravan heading to the US, as it is stopped at a border barrier on the Guatemala-Mexico international bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico. (Pedro Pardo / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Aerial view of a Honduran migrant caravan heading to the US, as it is stopped at a border barrier on the Guatemala-Mexico international bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico. (Pedro Pardo / AFP)

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    Santa School student Jerry Julian of Colorado Springs, Colorado sits in the coal pile of Pere Marquette 1225 steam train contemplating which bad kids will receive a piece of coal for Christmas, in Owosso, Michigan. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Santa School student Jerry Julian of Colorado Springs, Colorado sits in the coal pile of Pere Marquette 1225 steam train contemplating which bad kids will receive a piece of coal for Christmas, in Owosso, Michigan. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP)

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    Afghan women wait in line to vote at a polling centre for the country’s legislative election in Kabul. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Afghan women wait in line to vote at a polling centre for the country’s legislative election in Kabul. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS)

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    Camels rest after a race, in Kabad area, 50 kilometers southwest of Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Camels rest after a race, in Kabad area, 50 kilometers southwest of Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)

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    A young visitor looks at the photograph ‘Cuban Crocodile’ by Tim Flach, a British photographer who specialises in studio photography of animals, during his exhibition in Moscow, Russia. (Alexander Nemenov / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A young visitor looks at the photograph ‘Cuban Crocodile’ by Tim Flach, a British photographer who specialises in studio photography of animals, during his exhibition in Moscow, Russia. (Alexander Nemenov / AFP)

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    An aerial view shows carriages of the Puyuma Express train in Taiwan’s northeastern Yilan county, a day after the train derailed at high speed near Xinma station, in the island’s worst rail accident for more than 25 years. (Daniel Shih / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    An aerial view shows carriages of the Puyuma Express train in Taiwan’s northeastern Yilan county, a day after the train derailed at high speed near Xinma station, in the island’s worst rail accident for more than 25 years. (Daniel Shih / AFP)

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    A person costumed as “Catrina” takes part in the “Catrinas Parade” along Reforma Avenue, in Mexico City. (Rodrigo Arangua / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A person costumed as “Catrina” takes part in the “Catrinas Parade” along Reforma Avenue, in Mexico City. (Rodrigo Arangua / AFP)

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    A jockey rides a buffalo during the annual buffalo races in Chon Buri, Thailand. Several hefty buffaloes thundered down a dirt track in eastern Thailand, kicking up dust as they are urged toward the finish line by whip-wielding jockeys perched on their backs. (Jewel Samad / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    A jockey rides a buffalo during the annual buffalo races in Chon Buri, Thailand. Several hefty buffaloes thundered down a dirt track in eastern Thailand, kicking up dust as they are urged toward the finish line by whip-wielding jockeys perched on their backs. (Jewel Samad / AFP)

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    Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (R) reacts as she is greeted by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (C) on the dias as they take their places for a ceremonial welcome for King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands on Horse Guards Parade in London, at the start of the Dutch King and Queen's two-day state visit. (Matt Dunham / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (R) reacts as she is greeted by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (C) on the dias as they take their places for a ceremonial welcome for King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands on Horse Guards Parade in London, at the start of the Dutch King and Queen's two-day state visit. (Matt Dunham / AFP)

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    Farmers dry soybeans in Liaocheng in China’s eastern Shandong province. (AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    Farmers dry soybeans in Liaocheng in China’s eastern Shandong province. (AFP)

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    A daredevil with a pilot chute in his backpack plunges toward the New River after diving off the New River Gorge bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia. 324 BASE jumpers participated in Bridge Day, which began in 1980 and has grown into one of the largest legal BASE jumping events in the world. (Michael Mathes / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    A daredevil with a pilot chute in his backpack plunges toward the New River after diving off the New River Gorge bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia. 324 BASE jumpers participated in Bridge Day, which began in 1980 and has grown into one of the largest legal BASE jumping events in the world. (Michael Mathes / AFP)

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    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with the son of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Riyadh state-run news agency SPA reported. The report said King Salman and Prince Mohammed offered their condolences to the family of the Saudi journalist. (SPA / Handout / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with the son of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Riyadh state-run news agency SPA reported. The report said King Salman and Prince Mohammed offered their condolences to the family of the Saudi journalist. (SPA / Handout / AFP)

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    French urban climber Alain Robert, also known as “Spider-Man”, begins his climb of Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, the tallest tower in the city of London. (Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    French urban climber Alain Robert, also known as “Spider-Man”, begins his climb of Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, the tallest tower in the city of London. (Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP)

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    Emirati competitors sail their dhows as they take part in the Dalma Sailing Festival, off of the coast of Dalma island in the Persian Gulf, off of the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi. (Karim Sahib / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    Emirati competitors sail their dhows as they take part in the Dalma Sailing Festival, off of the coast of Dalma island in the Persian Gulf, off of the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi. (Karim Sahib / AFP)

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    Ethiopia’s first female President Sahle-Work Zewde walks to take the oath at the Parliament in Addis Ababa. (Eduardo Soteras / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Ethiopia’s first female President Sahle-Work Zewde walks to take the oath at the Parliament in Addis Ababa. (Eduardo Soteras / AFP)

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    A contestant exercises backstage during the National Amateur Body Builders’ Association competition in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Oded Balilty / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    A contestant exercises backstage during the National Amateur Body Builders’ Association competition in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Oded Balilty / AP)

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    Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex talk to members of OneWave, an awareness group for mental health and wellbeing at South Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are were on their official 16-day Autumn tour. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex talk to members of OneWave, an awareness group for mental health and wellbeing at South Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are were on their official 16-day Autumn tour. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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    Students from St Andrews University, many in fancy dress, indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honour the ‘academic family’ on the lower college lawn in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Oct 26, 2018 9:34 PM

    Students from St Andrews University, many in fancy dress, indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honour the ‘academic family’ on the lower college lawn in St Andrews, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

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