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    Photos of the week: Gilet jaunes in France and a Mandarin duck in NYC

    The yellow vests take over France, protesting economic disparity and President Macron's policies, and a Mandarin Duck, presumed an escapee from a private collection makes Central Park in New York its winter home, drawing bird watchers and viral memes alike --photos of the week from across the world

    Updated on: Dec 15, 2018 3:41 PM IST
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    A statue of the Virgin Mary wears a yellow hazard vest in a street in Nantes, France. (Stephane Mahe / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A statue of the Virgin Mary wears a yellow hazard vest in a street in Nantes, France. (Stephane Mahe / REUTERS)

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    A man fishes on a bank of the Yenisei River covered with snow and hoarfrost with the air temperature at about -16 degrees Celsius outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A man fishes on a bank of the Yenisei River covered with snow and hoarfrost with the air temperature at about -16 degrees Celsius outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS)

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    A man walks past smoke rising from a fire at the independent national electoral commission’s (CENI) warehouse in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo less than a fortnight ahead of presidential elections. (John Wessels / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A man walks past smoke rising from a fire at the independent national electoral commission’s (CENI) warehouse in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo less than a fortnight ahead of presidential elections. (John Wessels / AFP)

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    Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko conducts a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Space (ISS) in this image captured from NASA video in space. (NASA TV / Handout via REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko conducts a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Space (ISS) in this image captured from NASA video in space. (NASA TV / Handout via REUTERS)

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    A boy looks on as he stands in a damaged house where a Palestinian gunman was killed by Israeli forces, near Nablus in the Israel-occupied West Bank. (Abed Omar Qusini / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A boy looks on as he stands in a damaged house where a Palestinian gunman was killed by Israeli forces, near Nablus in the Israel-occupied West Bank. (Abed Omar Qusini / REUTERS)

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    Nobel prize laureates Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege (L) and Iraqi Yazidi-Kurdish human rights activist Nadia Murad wave to people holding candles during a torchlight procession in their honour, in Oslo downtown, Norway. (Heiko Junge / NTB Scanpix / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Nobel prize laureates Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege (L) and Iraqi Yazidi-Kurdish human rights activist Nadia Murad wave to people holding candles during a torchlight procession in their honour, in Oslo downtown, Norway. (Heiko Junge / NTB Scanpix / AFP)

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    Members of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) take part in a drill at the “Newborn” barracks near the town of Gjilan. Kosovo will vote Friday on whether to create its own army, in a heavily symbolic show of independence from Serbia that has inflamed tensions between the former wartime foes. (Armend Nimani / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Members of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) take part in a drill at the “Newborn” barracks near the town of Gjilan. Kosovo will vote Friday on whether to create its own army, in a heavily symbolic show of independence from Serbia that has inflamed tensions between the former wartime foes. (Armend Nimani / AFP)

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    102-year-old great-grandmother Irene O’Shea during her skydive tandem jump over Wellington in South Australia. O’Shea is believed to have become the world’s oldest skydiver after plunging 14,000 feet through the South Australian sky. (Bryce Sellick, Matt Teager / SA Sskydiving via REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    102-year-old great-grandmother Irene O’Shea during her skydive tandem jump over Wellington in South Australia. O’Shea is believed to have become the world’s oldest skydiver after plunging 14,000 feet through the South Australian sky. (Bryce Sellick, Matt Teager / SA Sskydiving via REUTERS)

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    Swimmers take part in a charity event called ‘Polar Plunge’ at Sandycove beach in support of the Special Olympics in Dublin, Ireland. (Clodagh Kilcoyne / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Swimmers take part in a charity event called ‘Polar Plunge’ at Sandycove beach in support of the Special Olympics in Dublin, Ireland. (Clodagh Kilcoyne / REUTERS)

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    A healthcare worker sprays a room during a funeral of Kavugho Cindi Dorcas who is suspected of dying of Ebola in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo. (Goran Tomasevic / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A healthcare worker sprays a room during a funeral of Kavugho Cindi Dorcas who is suspected of dying of Ebola in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo. (Goran Tomasevic / REUTERS)

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    Migrants, intercepted off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, walk after disembarking a rescue boat at dawn at the port of Malaga, southern Spain. (Jon Nazca / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Migrants, intercepted off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, walk after disembarking a rescue boat at dawn at the port of Malaga, southern Spain. (Jon Nazca / REUTERS)

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    A girl laughs while her brother cries while being held by Santa Claus at the King of Prussia Mall, in Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A girl laughs while her brother cries while being held by Santa Claus at the King of Prussia Mall, in Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela / REUTERS)

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    A competitor takes part in a chilli pepper eating contest in a hot spring filled with chilli peppers in the Mingyue Qiangu Scenic Area in Wentang Town, Jiangxi, China. The winner took one minute to eat 20 peppers. (Stringer / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A competitor takes part in a chilli pepper eating contest in a hot spring filled with chilli peppers in the Mingyue Qiangu Scenic Area in Wentang Town, Jiangxi, China. The winner took one minute to eat 20 peppers. (Stringer / AFP)

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    US President Donald Trump speaks next to Vice President Mike Pence (2ndL) while meeting with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the White House in Washington, in a rare public meeting between leaders of the two parties in the US. (Kevin Lamarque / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    US President Donald Trump speaks next to Vice President Mike Pence (2ndL) while meeting with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the White House in Washington, in a rare public meeting between leaders of the two parties in the US. (Kevin Lamarque / REUTERS)

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    A students at Santa Claus school takes a quick grooming break during a class in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Paulo Whitaker / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A students at Santa Claus school takes a quick grooming break during a class in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Paulo Whitaker / REUTERS)

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    Window cleaners, dressed as a dog (L) and a wild boar, this year and next year’s Chinese zodiac animals, clean the windows of Ryumeikan hotel during a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming new year in Tokyo, Japan. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Window cleaners, dressed as a dog (L) and a wild boar, this year and next year’s Chinese zodiac animals, clean the windows of Ryumeikan hotel during a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming new year in Tokyo, Japan. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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    A worker piles recycled tin ‘bricks’ at La Sylvia recycling centre in Barva, province of Heredia, Costa Rica. The country discards 564 tons of plastic per day of which only 14 are recycled. Since April, a program seeks to stimulate recycling by giving value to waste through the exchange of it for a virtual currency that allows users to make purchases at partner stores. (Ezequiel Becerra / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A worker piles recycled tin ‘bricks’ at La Sylvia recycling centre in Barva, province of Heredia, Costa Rica. The country discards 564 tons of plastic per day of which only 14 are recycled. Since April, a program seeks to stimulate recycling by giving value to waste through the exchange of it for a virtual currency that allows users to make purchases at partner stores. (Ezequiel Becerra / AFP)

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    Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce de Leon, 26, reacts after winning the Miss World 2018 title in Sanya, Hainan island, China. (Jason Lee / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce de Leon, 26, reacts after winning the Miss World 2018 title in Sanya, Hainan island, China. (Jason Lee / REUTERS)

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    An Emirati falconer uses a cell phone to take a picture of the head of a Houbara bustard which was caught by a falcon on a hunting trip by Al-Marzoom Hunting Association at Al-Marzoom Falconry Reserve, about 100 kilometres southwest of Abu Dhabi. (Karim Sahib / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    An Emirati falconer uses a cell phone to take a picture of the head of a Houbara bustard which was caught by a falcon on a hunting trip by Al-Marzoom Hunting Association at Al-Marzoom Falconry Reserve, about 100 kilometres southwest of Abu Dhabi. (Karim Sahib / AFP)

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    A woman walks her dog on Wall St. during a cold day in New York City. (Brendan McDermid / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A woman walks her dog on Wall St. during a cold day in New York City. (Brendan McDermid / REUTERS)

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    A Mandarin Duck, a species native to East Asia, nips at Mallards in The Pond in Central Park in Manhattan in New York City. The lone duck has turned into a viral sensation since its appearance a few weeks ago. (Mike Segar / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A Mandarin Duck, a species native to East Asia, nips at Mallards in The Pond in Central Park in Manhattan in New York City. The lone duck has turned into a viral sensation since its appearance a few weeks ago. (Mike Segar / REUTERS)

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    A man fishes while sitting in an inflated car tube on the Banda Aceh coast in Aceh province, Indonesia. (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A man fishes while sitting in an inflated car tube on the Banda Aceh coast in Aceh province, Indonesia. (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP)

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    British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a statement outside No.10 Downing Street in London, England after surviving an attempt to oust her through a confidence vote. May remains but the size of the rebellion against her weakens her position as she tries to steer the UK out of the European Union. (Chris J. Ratcliffe / Bloomberg) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a statement outside No.10 Downing Street in London, England after surviving an attempt to oust her through a confidence vote. May remains but the size of the rebellion against her weakens her position as she tries to steer the UK out of the European Union. (Chris J. Ratcliffe / Bloomberg)

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    People react after a shooting at Catholic cathedral in Campinas, Brazil. (Amanda Perobelli / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    People react after a shooting at Catholic cathedral in Campinas, Brazil. (Amanda Perobelli / REUTERS)

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    A reveler performs during the Myths and Legends parade in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. (Joaquin Sarimento / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A reveler performs during the Myths and Legends parade in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. (Joaquin Sarimento / AFP)

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    A man holds the body of a baby who died after being delivered prematurely following a shooting attack near the Israeli settlement of Ofra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, before his funeral at Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel. (Ronen Zvulun / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A man holds the body of a baby who died after being delivered prematurely following a shooting attack near the Israeli settlement of Ofra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, before his funeral at Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel. (Ronen Zvulun / REUTERS)

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    River Plate fans celebrate after winning the Copa Libertadores title in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Celebrations eventually spilled out onto the streets with riot police being called in to reign revelers. (Agustin Marcarian / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    River Plate fans celebrate after winning the Copa Libertadores title in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Celebrations eventually spilled out onto the streets with riot police being called in to reign revelers. (Agustin Marcarian / REUTERS)

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    Pro-Brexit and anti-Brexit demonstrators argue with each other opposite the Houses of Parliament, in Westminster, central London, England. (Henry Nicholls / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Pro-Brexit and anti-Brexit demonstrators argue with each other opposite the Houses of Parliament, in Westminster, central London, England. (Henry Nicholls / REUTERS)

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    Two men hold their burning ‘rondeles’ (rolled wicker mats soaked in oil) during the Fiesta de los Rondeles, a procession devoted to the virgin of Rondeles, in Casarabonela near Malaga, Spain on the eve of the feast of Santa Lucia. (Jorge Guerrero / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Two men hold their burning ‘rondeles’ (rolled wicker mats soaked in oil) during the Fiesta de los Rondeles, a procession devoted to the virgin of Rondeles, in Casarabonela near Malaga, Spain on the eve of the feast of Santa Lucia. (Jorge Guerrero / AFP)

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    Protesters wearing yellow vests watch French President Emmanuel Macron on a TV screen in Bouguenais, France. Macron’s 13-minute address over the protests and economic disparity failed to quell the yellow vests. (Stephane Mahe / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Protesters wearing yellow vests watch French President Emmanuel Macron on a TV screen in Bouguenais, France. Macron’s 13-minute address over the protests and economic disparity failed to quell the yellow vests. (Stephane Mahe / REUTERS)

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