Photos of the Week: From Las Vegas mass shooting to Catalan pro- Independence protests

From the Las Vegas massacre that killed more than 50 and injured atleast 500 by alone shooter, Stephen Paddock to mass Catalan pro-Independence protests in Barcelona; photos of the week from around the globe.

Updated on: Oct 08, 2017 1:44 PM IST

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People run from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gun fire was heard on in Las Vegas, Nevada. (David Becker / AFP)

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Protesters wave a Catalan pro-independence 'Estelada' flag as they gather at the Placa de la Universitat square in Barcelona during a general strike. (Lluis Gene / AFP)

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A handout picture released by Vladimir region branch of the Russian Interior Ministry shows the site of a collision, after a train slammed into a passenger bus that had broken down on a level crossing, near the city of Vladimir. (AFP)

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Iraqi forces, backed by fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units) advance towards the Islamic State (IS) group's stronghold of Hawija during an operation to recapture the town from the jihadis. (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)

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A Palestinian protester hurls back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Mohamad Torokman / REUTERS)

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Fallen trees after the storm 'Xavier' are pictured along a road in Hildesheim, Central Germany. Storm Xavier slammed into the country on Thursday uprooting trees and flinging signs and billboards to the ground with winds that reached 130 kilometres per hour. (Julian Stratenschulte / AFP)

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Community members hold candles as they attend a vigil for fallen Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Officer Charleston Hartfield at Police Memorial Park on October 5. (Drew Angerer / AFP)

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Rohingya refugees collapse from exhaustion as they arrive by a small wooden boat from Myanmar to the shore of Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. (Damir Sagolj / REUTERS)

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Argentina's Lionel Messi gestures at the end of the goalless 2018 World Cup qualifier football match against Peru in Buenos Aires on October 5. (Eitan Abramovich / AFP)

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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man carries palm branches for the roof of his Sukkah, a temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot in which people eat and sleep in makeshift booths to commemorate the exodus of Jews from Egypt some 3200 years ago. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)

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Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Queen Saleha ride in a royal chariot during a procession to mark his golden jubilee of accession to the throne in Bandar Seri Begawan. (Rosian Rahman / AFP)

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A passenger plane with a full Harvest moon seen behind, makes its final landing approach towards Heathrow Airport in London, Britain. (Toby Melville / REUTERS)