Photos of the week: From protests in Iran to New Year celebrations

Protesters hold placards reading “Support Iranians risen up against the religious dictatorship” as they stand behind a portrait of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with shoe marks over it during a demonstration on January 03, 2018 in Paris, France. (Lionel Bona Venture / AFP)

Updated on: Jan 07, 2018 6:02 PM IST

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Protesters hold placards reading “Support Iranians risen up against the religious dictatorship” as they stand behind a portrait of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with shoe marks over it during a demonstration on January 03, 2018 in Paris, France. (Lionel Bona Venture / AFP)

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A Rohingya refugee cries next to her son, outside a temporary mosque at Kutupalong refugee camp on January 04 2018 near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Tyrone Siu / REUTERS)

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Camels walk across the Liwa desert, west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2018 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 02, 2018. The festival attracts participants from around the Gulf region and includes car, bike, falcon, camel and horse races along with activities aimed at promoting the country's folklore. (Karim Sahib / AFP)

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Performers wait to go on stage at a countdown event marking the arrival of the New Year on December 31, 2017 in Beijing, China. (Greg Baker / AFP)

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People watch as fireworks explode over Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations on January 01, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Lucas Landau / REUTERS)

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Peruvian bullfighter Andres Roca Rey performs during a bullfight at the Canaveralejo bullring during the 60th Cali Fair on December 31, 2017 in Cali, Colombia. (Luis Robayo / AFP)

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A devotee lights a cigarette to a figure of Santa Muerte or The Saint of Death during the first prayer of the New Year at Tepito neighbourhood on January 01, 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Daniel Becerril / REUTERS)

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A passenger plane, with a 'supermoon' seen behind, makes its final landing approach towards Heathrow Airport on January 01, 2018 in London, England. (Toby Melville / REUTERS)

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Nora Belverud plays along a low tide beach as she holds a balloon on her fifth birthday on January 02, 2018 in San Diego. As bitterly cold temperatures gripped much of the nation, balmy temperatures and sunny skies in Southern California made for ideal weather to enjoy afternoon low tides. (Gregory Bull / AP)

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Passengers on a bus watch as Mount Sinabung spews thick smoke on January 02, 2018 in Karo, Indonesia. (Ivan Damanik / AFP)

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England's Joe Root watches as Australia's captain Steve Smith tosses the coin before the start of the first day of the fifth Ashes cricket test match on January 04, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (David Gray / REUTERS)

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Constantin Schmid of Germany soars during the ski jumping event of the third stage at the 66th Four Hills Tournament on January 4, 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. (Joe Klamar / AFP)

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A baby caresses Pope Francis during his Wednesday general audience in Paul VI hall on January 03, 2018 at the Vatican. (Remo Casilli / REUTERS)

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Ezzeya Daraghmeh, an 82-year-old Palestinian who claims she has kept locks of her hair over 67 years, holds her collected hair as she stuffs it in a pillow, on January 2, 2018 in the West Bank town of Tubas. (Raneen Sawafta / REUTERS)

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Female Gelada baboons, also known as bleeding-heart baboons, cuddle with their young in order to keep warm at the Wilhelma zoo on January 03, 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany. (Sebastian Gollnow / dpa via AP)

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Rescuers, police and firefighters work at the scene after a bus plunged the day before, around 100 meters over a cliff after colliding with a truck on a coastal highway on January 3, 2018 near Pasamayo, Peru. The bus was travelling with 53 passengers on board and the spot where the accident occurred is known as “devil's curve.” (Ernesto Benavides / AFP)

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An aerial view shows men fishing on thin ice covering the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about minus 25 degrees Celsius, on January 02, 2018 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS)

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Garbine Muguruza reacts before retiring from her second round match against Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia at the Brisbane International tennis tournament on January 2, 2018 in Australia. World number two Muguruza suffered a fitness scare ahead of this month's Australian Open when she was forced to retire with severe cramping. (Franca Tigani / AFP)

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A pedestrian walks through blinding snow across the Brooklyn Bridge during Storm Grayson on January 4, 2018 in New York City . (Darren Ornitz / REUTERS)