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Photos of the week: From an earthquake in Taiwan to Pyeongchang Olympics

Updated On Feb 10, 2018 01:29 PM IST

From a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Taiwan that left buildings askew, to the 2018 Winter Olympics arriving in Pyeongchang, South Korea --photos of the week from across the world.

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Rescue workers are seen by a damaged building after an earthquake hit Hualien, Taiwan on February 7, 2018. (REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Rescue workers are seen by a damaged building after an earthquake hit Hualien, Taiwan on February 7, 2018. (REUTERS)

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A woman with an umbrella walks during strong snowfall at the Kolomenskoye museum-reserve in Moscow on February 4, 2018. (Yuri Kadobnov / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman with an umbrella walks during strong snowfall at the Kolomenskoye museum-reserve in Moscow on February 4, 2018. (Yuri Kadobnov / AFP)

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Terje Lsungset, the founder and artistic director of the Ice Music Festival, tests an instrument made of ice outside his workshop ahead of the festival on February 2, 2018 in the mountain village of Finse, Norway. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Terje Lsungset, the founder and artistic director of the Ice Music Festival, tests an instrument made of ice outside his workshop ahead of the festival on February 2, 2018 in the mountain village of Finse, Norway. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)

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Sri Lanka's military personnel march with national flags during a rehearsal for Sri Lanka's 70th Independence day in Colombo on February 2, 2018. (Dinuka Liyanawatte / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Sri Lanka's military personnel march with national flags during a rehearsal for Sri Lanka's 70th Independence day in Colombo on February 2, 2018. (Dinuka Liyanawatte / REUTERS)

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from the historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 6, 2018. (Thom Baur / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from the historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 6, 2018. (Thom Baur / REUTERS)

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A train of the Harzer Schmalspurbahn (Harz narrow gauge train) makes its way through the snowy landscape at the Brocken mountain near Schierke in the Harz region, central Germany on February 6, 2018. (Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert / dpa / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A train of the Harzer Schmalspurbahn (Harz narrow gauge train) makes its way through the snowy landscape at the Brocken mountain near Schierke in the Harz region, central Germany on February 6, 2018. (Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert / dpa / AFP)

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A Palestinian protester and an Israeli soldier face-off during an army search operation in the Palestinian village of Burqin in the northern occupied West Bank on February 3, 2018. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Palestinian protester and an Israeli soldier face-off during an army search operation in the Palestinian village of Burqin in the northern occupied West Bank on February 3, 2018. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP)

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Members of the AMADEE-18 Mars simulation mission test a spacesuit while conducting scientific experiments during an analog field simulation in Oman's Dhofar desert on February 7, 2018. (Karim Sahib / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Members of the AMADEE-18 Mars simulation mission test a spacesuit while conducting scientific experiments during an analog field simulation in Oman's Dhofar desert on February 7, 2018. (Karim Sahib / AFP)

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Factory workers stack bricks on a cart to take them to a warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 6, 2018. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Factory workers stack bricks on a cart to take them to a warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 6, 2018. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain / REUTERS)

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Runners take part in an Underpants Run on the banks of Danube river while outside temperatures approach zero degree Celsius in Belgrade on February 4, 2018. (Andrej Isakovic / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Runners take part in an Underpants Run on the banks of Danube river while outside temperatures approach zero degree Celsius in Belgrade on February 4, 2018. (Andrej Isakovic / AFP)

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An expert holds a cat during the “World Golden Cat” international exhibition in Minsk, Belarus on February 4, 2018. (Vasily Fedosenko / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An expert holds a cat during the “World Golden Cat” international exhibition in Minsk, Belarus on February 4, 2018. (Vasily Fedosenko / REUTERS)

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A murmuration of starlings performs a dance before landing to sleep near the southern Israeli city of Rahat, in the Negev desert on February 4, 2018. (Menahem Kahana / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A murmuration of starlings performs a dance before landing to sleep near the southern Israeli city of Rahat, in the Negev desert on February 4, 2018. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)

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Staff members (R) secure the doors of a train at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on February 5, 2018. China's official peak travel period for this year's Lunar New Year began on February 1 and authorities expect more than 390 million train trips between February 1 and March 12. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Staff members (R) secure the doors of a train at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on February 5, 2018. China's official peak travel period for this year's Lunar New Year began on February 1 and authorities expect more than 390 million train trips between February 1 and March 12. (AFP)

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Japan's highest mountain Mt. Fuji is seen in the background over a ferris wheel during sunset at Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo on February 6, 2018. (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Japan's highest mountain Mt. Fuji is seen in the background over a ferris wheel during sunset at Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo on February 6, 2018. (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP)

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Nihira Bajracharya, 5, sits at the Kumari house before being appointed as the Living Goddess Kumari of Lalitpur, Nepal on February 5, 2018. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Nihira Bajracharya, 5, sits at the Kumari house before being appointed as the Living Goddess Kumari of Lalitpur, Nepal on February 5, 2018. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)

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Dancers perform during a rehearsal on the eve of the Opera Ball 2018, the highlight of the Austrian capital's ball season, at the State Opera House in Vienna on February 7, 2018. (Georg Hochmuth / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Dancers perform during a rehearsal on the eve of the Opera Ball 2018, the highlight of the Austrian capital's ball season, at the State Opera House in Vienna on February 7, 2018. (Georg Hochmuth / AFP)

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Reinhard Egger of Austria trains for the Men’s Luge Singles at the Olympic Sliding Centre ahead of Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea on February 8, 2018. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Reinhard Egger of Austria trains for the Men’s Luge Singles at the Olympic Sliding Centre ahead of Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea on February 8, 2018. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)

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A clown stops to eat a sandwich before attending an annual service of remembrance in honour of British clown Joseph Grimaldi at All Saints Church in Haggerston in London, Britain on February 4, 2018. (Simon Dawson / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A clown stops to eat a sandwich before attending an annual service of remembrance in honour of British clown Joseph Grimaldi at All Saints Church in Haggerston in London, Britain on February 4, 2018. (Simon Dawson / REUTERS)

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Mounted Kyrgyz riders play the traditional central Asian sport Kok-boru, know also as Buzkashi or Ulak Tartis (goat grabbing), near the village of Besh-Kungey, some 20km from Bishkek on February 4, 2018. (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Mounted Kyrgyz riders play the traditional central Asian sport Kok-boru, know also as Buzkashi or Ulak Tartis (goat grabbing), near the village of Besh-Kungey, some 20km from Bishkek on February 4, 2018. (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP)

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British student Lauri Love, who is accused of hacking into US government websites, poses outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London on February 5, 2018. (Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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British student Lauri Love, who is accused of hacking into US government websites, poses outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London on February 5, 2018. (Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP)

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A Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighter is seen in the eastern suburbs of al Bab, Syria on February 4, 2018. (Khalil Ashawi / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighter is seen in the eastern suburbs of al Bab, Syria on February 4, 2018. (Khalil Ashawi / REUTERS)

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Colombian Novillero Sebastian Hernandez performs during a bullfight at La Macarena bullring in Medellin, Colombia on February 3, 2018. (Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Colombian Novillero Sebastian Hernandez performs during a bullfight at La Macarena bullring in Medellin, Colombia on February 3, 2018. (Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP)

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A competitor dressed in a white suit falls into muddy water as he negotiates an obstacle in the Tough Guy endurance event near Wolverhampton, England on February 4, 2018. (Oli Scarff / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A competitor dressed in a white suit falls into muddy water as he negotiates an obstacle in the Tough Guy endurance event near Wolverhampton, England on February 4, 2018. (Oli Scarff / AFP)

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Newly released child soldiers wait in a line for their registration during a release ceremony of more than 300 child soldiers in Yambio, South Sudan, on February 7, 2018. (Stefanie Glinski / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Newly released child soldiers wait in a line for their registration during a release ceremony of more than 300 child soldiers in Yambio, South Sudan, on February 7, 2018. (Stefanie Glinski / AFP)

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Philadelphia Eagles’ Patrick Robinson celebrates winning the Super Bowl LII NFL after the Philadelphia Eagles v New England Patriots game at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 4, 2018. (Chris WAttie / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Philadelphia Eagles’ Patrick Robinson celebrates winning the Super Bowl LII NFL after the Philadelphia Eagles v New England Patriots game at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 4, 2018. (Chris WAttie / REUTERS)

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A Syrian man mourns over his destroyed home in the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region following airstrikes on the outskirts of Damascus on February 5, 2018. (Abdulmonam Eassa / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Syrian man mourns over his destroyed home in the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region following airstrikes on the outskirts of Damascus on February 5, 2018. (Abdulmonam Eassa / AFP)

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A “Patriot Picnic” protester displays Donald Trump socks at Chicano Park in San Diego on February 3, 2018. (Sandy Huffaker / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A “Patriot Picnic” protester displays Donald Trump socks at Chicano Park in San Diego on February 3, 2018. (Sandy Huffaker / AFP)

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