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Photos of the week: From Spain’s satellite Amazonas-5 blast to London tube bombing

From Spain’s satellite Amazonas-5 blast , South Korean troops fire Hyunmoo missile to London underground train blast -- photos of the week from around the world.

Updated on: Sep 17, 2017 5:29 PM IST

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A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the Spain's satellite Amazonas-5 blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on September 12, 2017 local time. (Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)

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A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the Spain's satellite Amazonas-5 blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on September 12, 2017 local time. (Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)

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Workers sort bottles to throw them in a plastic bottle chipper at a recycling workshop in Islamabad, Pakistan September 12, 2017. (Caren Firouz / Reuters)

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Workers sort bottles to throw them in a plastic bottle chipper at a recycling workshop in Islamabad, Pakistan September 12, 2017. (Caren Firouz / Reuters)

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An injured woman reacts outside Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15, 2017. (Kevin Coombs / REUTERS)

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An injured woman reacts outside Parsons Green tube station in London, Britain September 15, 2017. (Kevin Coombs / REUTERS)

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World XI players arrive on the pitch in rickshaws painted with truck art at Ghaddafi Cricket Stadium to play in the World XI cricket series in Lahore, Pakistan September 12, 2017. (Mohsin Raza / Reuters)

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World XI players arrive on the pitch in rickshaws painted with truck art at Ghaddafi Cricket Stadium to play in the World XI cricket series in Lahore, Pakistan September 12, 2017. (Mohsin Raza / Reuters)

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Farmers from the southern state of Tamil Nadu display skulls which they claim are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide, during a protest demanding good rates for their crops and crop insurance scheme from the government, in New Delhi, India, September 13, 2017. (Cathal McNaughton / Reuters)

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Farmers from the southern state of Tamil Nadu display skulls which they claim are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide, during a protest demanding good rates for their crops and crop insurance scheme from the government, in New Delhi, India, September 13, 2017. (Cathal McNaughton / Reuters)

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Palestinians gather atop a damaged building as they wait for the return of their relatives after performing the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca, at Rafah border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip September 13, 2017. (Mohammed Salem / Reuters)

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Palestinians gather atop a damaged building as they wait for the return of their relatives after performing the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca, at Rafah border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip September 13, 2017. (Mohammed Salem / Reuters)

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Lightning strikes behind Las Vegas Strip casinos as a thunderstorm passes through Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. September 13, 2017. (Steve Marcus / Reuters)

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Lightning strikes behind Las Vegas Strip casinos as a thunderstorm passes through Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. September 13, 2017. (Steve Marcus / Reuters)

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South Korean troops fire Hyunmoo Missile into the waters of the East Sea at a military exercise in South Korea, September 15, 2017. (Yonhap / Defense Ministry/ Reuters)

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South Korean troops fire Hyunmoo Missile into the waters of the East Sea at a military exercise in South Korea, September 15, 2017. (Yonhap / Defense Ministry/ Reuters)

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Crystal Palace's Dutch defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah heads the ball during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Crystal Palace at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on September 10, 2017. (Paul Ellis / AFP)

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Crystal Palace's Dutch defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah heads the ball during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Crystal Palace at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on September 10, 2017. (Paul Ellis / AFP)

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Cubans wade through a flooded street in Havana, on September 10, 2017. Deadly Hurricane Irma battered central Cuba on Saturday knocking down power lines, uprooting trees and ripping the roofs off homes as it headed towards Florida. Authorities said they had evacuated more than a million people as a precaution, including about 4,000 in the capital. (Yamil Lage / AFP)

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Cubans wade through a flooded street in Havana, on September 10, 2017. Deadly Hurricane Irma battered central Cuba on Saturday knocking down power lines, uprooting trees and ripping the roofs off homes as it headed towards Florida. Authorities said they had evacuated more than a million people as a precaution, including about 4,000 in the capital. (Yamil Lage / AFP)

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Toaist priests kneel to worship during an event to mark the Hungry Ghost Festival in Hong Kong on September 11, 2017. The festival, celebrated in the seventh lunar month of the lunar new year calendar among communities in southern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, marks the belief that the "Gates of Hell" are opened to let out the hungry ghosts who then wander in the land of the living while foraging for food. (Anthony Wallace / AFP)

Updated on Sep 17, 2017 5:29 PM

Toaist priests kneel to worship during an event to mark the Hungry Ghost Festival in Hong Kong on September 11, 2017. The festival, celebrated in the seventh lunar month of the lunar new year calendar among communities in southern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, marks the belief that the "Gates of Hell" are opened to let out the hungry ghosts who then wander in the land of the living while foraging for food. (Anthony Wallace / AFP)

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This photo taken on September 11, 2017 shows a wingsuit flyer hitting the target during the 6th Carabao World Wingsuit Championship on Tianmenshan mountain in Zhangjiajie in China's central Hunan province. (China Out/ STR / AFP)

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This photo taken on September 11, 2017 shows a wingsuit flyer hitting the target during the 6th Carabao World Wingsuit Championship on Tianmenshan mountain in Zhangjiajie in China's central Hunan province. (China Out/ STR / AFP)

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This handout picture released on September 11, 2017 by the Assemblea Nacional Catalana (Catalan National Assembly) shows an aerial view of people waving a giant banner reading in Catalan "Independence now" during a pro-independence demonstration, on September 11, 2017 in Barcelona during the National Day of Catalonia, the "Diada. (Handout Assemblea Nacional Catalana / Roser Vilallonga / AFP)

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This handout picture released on September 11, 2017 by the Assemblea Nacional Catalana (Catalan National Assembly) shows an aerial view of people waving a giant banner reading in Catalan "Independence now" during a pro-independence demonstration, on September 11, 2017 in Barcelona during the National Day of Catalonia, the "Diada. (Handout Assemblea Nacional Catalana / Roser Vilallonga / AFP)

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A protester (L) holds a cobblestone during clashes with police within a protest called by several French unions against the labour law reform, on September 12, 2017 in Nantes, western France. (Loic Venance / AFP)

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A protester (L) holds a cobblestone during clashes with police within a protest called by several French unions against the labour law reform, on September 12, 2017 in Nantes, western France. (Loic Venance / AFP)

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A couple on a motorcycle drive past burning tires placed by demonstrators on a main road in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, on September 12, 2017. Demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the government and the new budget for 2018, throwing stones at the police, setting tires on fire and blocking some streets. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

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A couple on a motorcycle drive past burning tires placed by demonstrators on a main road in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, on September 12, 2017. Demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the government and the new budget for 2018, throwing stones at the police, setting tires on fire and blocking some streets. (Hector Retamal / AFP)

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Smoke rises from buildings in the area of Bughayliyah, on the northern outskirts of Deir Ezzor on September 13, 2017, as Syrian forces advance during their ongoing battle against the Islamic State (IS) group. (George Ourfallan / AFP)

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Smoke rises from buildings in the area of Bughayliyah, on the northern outskirts of Deir Ezzor on September 13, 2017, as Syrian forces advance during their ongoing battle against the Islamic State (IS) group. (George Ourfallan / AFP)

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A picture shows the Olympics Rings on the Trocadero Esplanade near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on September 13, 2017, after the International Olympic Committee named Paris host city of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. (Christophe Simon / AFP)

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A picture shows the Olympics Rings on the Trocadero Esplanade near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on September 13, 2017, after the International Olympic Committee named Paris host city of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. (Christophe Simon / AFP)

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A picture taken on September 10, 2017 shows river boats moored in the Nile at a marina at sunrise in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor. (Khaled Desouki / AFP)

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A picture taken on September 10, 2017 shows river boats moored in the Nile at a marina at sunrise in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor. (Khaled Desouki / AFP)

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This handout photograph released by India's Press Information Bureau (PIB) on September 13, 2017, shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Abe's wife Akie (unseen) paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram, in Ahmedabad. (PIB / AFP)

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This handout photograph released by India's Press Information Bureau (PIB) on September 13, 2017, shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Abe's wife Akie (unseen) paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram, in Ahmedabad. (PIB / AFP)

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President-elect Halimah Yacob (C) takes the oath of office while flanked by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon (R) during the presidential inauguration ceremony at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore September, 14 2017. (Wallace Woon / Pool / AFP)

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President-elect Halimah Yacob (C) takes the oath of office while flanked by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon (R) during the presidential inauguration ceremony at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore September, 14 2017. (Wallace Woon / Pool / AFP)

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An Indian artist works on a statue of the Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the forthcoming Navratri Durga festival at a workshop in Allahabad on September 15, 2017. (Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)

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An Indian artist works on a statue of the Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the forthcoming Navratri Durga festival at a workshop in Allahabad on September 15, 2017. (Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)

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Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 15, 2017. Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers voted to hold an independence referendum set in motion by regional president Massud Barzani, who has kept open the option of postponing it under American pressure. (Safin Hamed / AFP)

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Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 15, 2017. Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers voted to hold an independence referendum set in motion by regional president Massud Barzani, who has kept open the option of postponing it under American pressure. (Safin Hamed / AFP)

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A woman rides a motorcycle across a bridge on a highway in the central province of Ha Tinh as Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall to the country's central coast on September 15, 2017. Heavy rain and wind lashed Vietnam's central coast Friday as Typhoon Doksuri made landfall, prompting mass evacuations as officials predicted it could be the most powerful storm in a decade. (Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP)

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A woman rides a motorcycle across a bridge on a highway in the central province of Ha Tinh as Typhoon Doksuri makes landfall to the country's central coast on September 15, 2017. Heavy rain and wind lashed Vietnam's central coast Friday as Typhoon Doksuri made landfall, prompting mass evacuations as officials predicted it could be the most powerful storm in a decade. (Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP)

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Anti-US protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during a rally near the US embassy in Manila on September 15, 2017. The protesters marched to the US embassy to commemorate the Philippine Senate's voting on September 21, 1991 to end the continued stay of US military bases in the country, and accused the US of continued intervention in Mindanao island. (Ted Aljibe / AFP)

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Anti-US protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during a rally near the US embassy in Manila on September 15, 2017. The protesters marched to the US embassy to commemorate the Philippine Senate's voting on September 21, 1991 to end the continued stay of US military bases in the country, and accused the US of continued intervention in Mindanao island. (Ted Aljibe / AFP)

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Visitors ride a swing ride during the opening day of the 184th Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 16, 2017. (Michael Dalder / Reuters)

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Visitors ride a swing ride during the opening day of the 184th Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 16, 2017. (Michael Dalder / Reuters)

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