Photos of the Week: From the Kabul attack to the Paris Spring-Summer couture week

From a gun attack killing 22 people in Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel to the Paris Spring-Summer couture week 2018 -- photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Jan 27, 2018 1:13 PM IST

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A man tries to escape from a balcony of the Intercontinental Hotel during an attack by gunmen in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 21, 2018. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS)

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US model Anna Cleveland presents a creation by Jean-Paul Gaultier during the 2018 Spring-Summer Haute Couture fashion show in Paris on January 24, 2018. (Bertrand Guay / AFP)

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US President Donald Trump (R) with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 25, 2018. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

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Turkish army tanks and soldiers gather close to the Syrian border on January 21, 2018 at Hassa in Hatay province. Turkish forces on January 20, 2018, began a major new operation aimed at ousting the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) Kurdish militia from Afrin, pounding dozens of targets from the sky in air raids and with artillery. (Bulent Kilic / AFP)

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A woman shouts slogans during the Women’s March in New York City on January 20, 2018, as protestors took to the streets across the United States, hoisting anti-Trump placards, banging drums and donning pink hats for a second edition opposing the President -- one year to the day of his inauguration. (Kena Betancur / AFP)

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Erupting lava from the Mayon volcano as seen from Legazpi in Albay province on January 25, 2018. Philippine authorities said they will remove all holdouts, by force if necessary, to avoid casualties after tens of thousands of other residents fled to safety. (Ted Aljibe / AFP)

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People take part in the "Domingo Fareleiro" (Floury Sunday in Galician) festival in the village of Xinzo de Limia, Spain on January 21, 2018. (Miguel Riopa / AFP)

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Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts during the men's singles fourth round match against Argentina's Diego Schwartzman on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 21, 2018. (William West / AFP)

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People protest against the attendance of the US president to the upcoming Davos World Economic Forum, on January 23, 2018 in Zurich. (Phillippe Desmazes / AFP)

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A murmuration of starlings performing their traditional dance before landing to sleep near Rahat, Israel on January 22, 2018. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)

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A baby is baptised during a mass baptism ceremony at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi late on January 21, 2018. (Vano Shlamov / AFP)

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An Afghan security personnel inspects the site of attack on the British charity, Save the Children’s office in Jalalabad on January 24, 2018. (Noorullah Shirzada / AFP)

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A man holding an umbrella makes his way through heavy snow at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan on January 22, 2018. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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Pakistani demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the killing of 27-year-old Naqeebullah in an alleged police encounter, in Karachi on January 22, 2018. Pakistani authorities on January 20 suspended a senior police officer over the killing of a man in an alleged staged shoot-out that sparked anger and protests nationwide. (Asif Hassan / AFP)

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A woman feeds seagulls on the embankment of Lake Annecy in Geneva on January 24, 2018. (Yuri Kadobnov / AFP)

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A general view of the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympics on January 23, 2018. (Ed Jones / AFP)

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American surfer Kei Kobayashi rides a wave during the Men's QS 3,000 of the World Surf League SEAT Pro Netanya Semifinals on January 20, 2018. (Jack Guez / AFP)

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Local residents and their dog go down a flooded street in a rowboat in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges on January 24, 2018. France braced for floods on January 23 as the Rhine threatened to overflow and the rapidly rising Seine forced Paris authorities to halt trains on a busy commuter line. Heavy rains have lashed France for days, leaving 30 departments across the country on flood alert. (Thomas Samson / AFP)

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People are registered by an Ugandan soldier after they crossed the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo to become refugees at Nteko village in western Uganda on January 24, 2018. Since last December, about 300 Congolese people per day have been fleeing from the Mai Mai militias’ attacks in the Kivu region of the eastern part of DRC to this border area. (Sumy Sadurni / AFP)

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"Chinelos" traditional dancers perform during the carnival celebrations in Jiutepec, Mexico on January 23, 2018. The "Chinelos" tradition is one of the many developed after the conquest when native and catholic rites blended, these dancers represent in a satirical way the Europeans' -who banned peasants to attend carnival festivities- and their fancy style. (Omar Torres / AFP)

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A demonstrator hurls a Molotov cocktail at the riot police during clashes in Caracas on January 22, 2018. (Juan Barreto / AFP)

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Revellers in costumes take part in the traditional "Correfoc" festival in Palma de Mallorca on January 21, 2018. The Correfoc is a night of revelry in which participants dress as demons and devils, and move through the streets scaring people with fire and fireworks. (Jaime Reina / AFP)

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Flowers are pictured next to a statue of French chef Paul Bocuse in the courtyard of his restaurant, ‘L'auberge du Pont de Collonges,’ on January 20, 2018. (Jeff Pachoud / AFP)

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Aerobatic dancers under the direction of Spanish theatrical company La Fura dels Baus perform in "The Rise of the Tritons" during the opening of Valletta 2018, European Capital of Culture, in Valletta on January 20, 2018. (Darrin Zammit / REUTERS)