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Photos of the week: Julian Assange arrested and capturing a black hole

WikiLeaks foundr Julian Assange arrested from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after his asylum protection was lifted and the first ever image of a black hole's event horizon--photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Apr 13, 2019 2:34 PM IST

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen in a police van after he was arrested by British police outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, England. (Henry Nicholls / REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 13, 2019 2:34 PM

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen in a police van after he was arrested by British police outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, England. (Henry Nicholls / REUTERS)

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A Nepalese army soldier bonds with a horse at the Nepal cavalry stable before the Ghode Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Niranjan Shrestha / AP)

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A Nepalese army soldier bonds with a horse at the Nepal cavalry stable before the Ghode Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Niranjan Shrestha / AP)

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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, USA. (Brendan McDermid / REUTERS)

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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, USA. (Brendan McDermid / REUTERS)

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A Member of Misrata forces, under the protection of Tripoli’s forces, prepares himself to go to the front line in Tripoli, Libya. (Hani Amara / REUTERS)

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A Member of Misrata forces, under the protection of Tripoli’s forces, prepares himself to go to the front line in Tripoli, Libya. (Hani Amara / REUTERS)

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Sun Rongchun, 57, exercises with an improvised cervical traction device attached to a high bar at a sports complex in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. (Sheng Li / REUTERS)

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Sun Rongchun, 57, exercises with an improvised cervical traction device attached to a high bar at a sports complex in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. (Sheng Li / REUTERS)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara wave as Netanyahu speaks following the announcement of exit polls in Israel’s parliamentary election at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel. Netanyahu won a tightly contested election cementing a record fifth term in office. (Ammar Awad / REUTERS)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara wave as Netanyahu speaks following the announcement of exit polls in Israel’s parliamentary election at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel. Netanyahu won a tightly contested election cementing a record fifth term in office. (Ammar Awad / REUTERS)

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Rohingya refugee boys who study in an Islamic school smile as they react to the camera at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain / REUTERS)

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Rohingya refugee boys who study in an Islamic school smile as they react to the camera at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain / REUTERS)

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Framed through the Empty Sky Memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey, sunrise lights up the sky behind the New York City skyline. (/J. David Ake / AP)

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Framed through the Empty Sky Memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey, sunrise lights up the sky behind the New York City skyline. (/J. David Ake / AP)

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A beekeeper works at an apiary in Navajas, Matanzas province, Cuba. In the mountains of Matanzas province, in western Cuba, bees buzz free of agrotoxic, enjoying a diet rich in wild flowers and producing a high quality honey, that European markets crave for. (Yamil Lage / AFP)

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A beekeeper works at an apiary in Navajas, Matanzas province, Cuba. In the mountains of Matanzas province, in western Cuba, bees buzz free of agrotoxic, enjoying a diet rich in wild flowers and producing a high quality honey, that European markets crave for. (Yamil Lage / AFP)

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Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) takes part in a ballet class for 4 to 6 year olds, while on a visit to YMCA South Ealing in west London, England to learn more about their work on mental health and see how they are providing support to young people in the area. (Adrian Dennis / Pool / AFP)

Updated on Apr 13, 2019 2:34 PM

Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) takes part in a ballet class for 4 to 6 year olds, while on a visit to YMCA South Ealing in west London, England to learn more about their work on mental health and see how they are providing support to young people in the area. (Adrian Dennis / Pool / AFP)

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A zookeeper interacts with a sea lion during its training aimed at making medical interventions easier at the Vincennes zoological gardens (Parc zoologique de Vincennes) in Paris, France. The zoo of Paris will celebrate five years since its reopening on April 12, 2019. (Philppe Lopez / AFP)

Updated on Apr 13, 2019 2:34 PM

A zookeeper interacts with a sea lion during its training aimed at making medical interventions easier at the Vincennes zoological gardens (Parc zoologique de Vincennes) in Paris, France. The zoo of Paris will celebrate five years since its reopening on April 12, 2019. (Philppe Lopez / AFP)

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A migrant sits on the grass as smoke from a fire billows above tents outside of a refugee camp in Diavata, a western suburb of Thessaloniki, where migrants gathered in Greece. Hundreds of migrants and refugees gathered following anonymous social media calls to walk until the Northern borders of Greece to pass to Europe. (Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP)

Updated on Apr 13, 2019 2:34 PM

A migrant sits on the grass as smoke from a fire billows above tents outside of a refugee camp in Diavata, a western suburb of Thessaloniki, where migrants gathered in Greece. Hundreds of migrants and refugees gathered following anonymous social media calls to walk until the Northern borders of Greece to pass to Europe. (Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP)

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A boy peers from inside a bus in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. (Chandan Khanna / AFP)

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A boy peers from inside a bus in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. (Chandan Khanna / AFP)

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Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido are reflected on a trumpet during a demo in Caracas, Venezuela. (Matias Delacroix / AFP)

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Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido are reflected on a trumpet during a demo in Caracas, Venezuela. (Matias Delacroix / AFP)

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An aerial view from a drone shows water from the artificial Qaraaoun lake running into the overflow pipe near the dam in the west of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. The abundance of rain this year led to an overflow drainage in one of the biggest dams in Lebanon. (Joseph Eid / AFP)

Updated on Apr 13, 2019 2:34 PM

An aerial view from a drone shows water from the artificial Qaraaoun lake running into the overflow pipe near the dam in the west of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. The abundance of rain this year led to an overflow drainage in one of the biggest dams in Lebanon. (Joseph Eid / AFP)

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A man blows soap bubbles for tourists in Rome, Italy. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP)

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A man blows soap bubbles for tourists in Rome, Italy. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP)

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Competitors run on the Reichsbrucke bridge after taking the start of the 36th edition of Vienna Marathon in Vienna, Austria. (Joe Klamar / AFP)

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Competitors run on the Reichsbrucke bridge after taking the start of the 36th edition of Vienna Marathon in Vienna, Austria. (Joe Klamar / AFP)

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A sedated lioness is pictured in a cage at a zoo in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, during the evacuation by members of the international animal welfare charity “Four Paws” of animals from the Palestinian enclave to relocate to sanctuaries in Jordan. (Said Khatib / AFP)

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A sedated lioness is pictured in a cage at a zoo in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, during the evacuation by members of the international animal welfare charity “Four Paws” of animals from the Palestinian enclave to relocate to sanctuaries in Jordan. (Said Khatib / AFP)

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Roma children swing on tied clothes near their shelter at a Roma Camp in the village of Plemetina, near Pristina in Kosovo, during the International Roma Day marked around Europe to celebrate Romani culture and raise awareness of the situation of Roma. (Armend Nimani / AFP)

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Roma children swing on tied clothes near their shelter at a Roma Camp in the village of Plemetina, near Pristina in Kosovo, during the International Roma Day marked around Europe to celebrate Romani culture and raise awareness of the situation of Roma. (Armend Nimani / AFP)

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A airliner flies high above a giant gold-colored inflatable astronaut representing Dutch astronaut Andre Kuiper in his astronaut gear to mark the start of the fifth National Museum Week in Sassenheim, Netherlands. (Lex van Lieshout / ANP / AFP)

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A airliner flies high above a giant gold-colored inflatable astronaut representing Dutch astronaut Andre Kuiper in his astronaut gear to mark the start of the fifth National Museum Week in Sassenheim, Netherlands. (Lex van Lieshout / ANP / AFP)

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A person holds a candle during a night vigil and prayer at the Amahoro Stadium as part of the 25th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide, in Kigali, Rwanda. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

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A person holds a candle during a night vigil and prayer at the Amahoro Stadium as part of the 25th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide, in Kigali, Rwanda. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

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A portion of the field of 1,500 participants begins the trek to the highest point over the Florida Keys Overseas Highway’s longest span during the Seven Mile Bridge Run near Marathon, Florida. (Andy Newman / Florida Keys News Bureau / AFP)

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A portion of the field of 1,500 participants begins the trek to the highest point over the Florida Keys Overseas Highway’s longest span during the Seven Mile Bridge Run near Marathon, Florida. (Andy Newman / Florida Keys News Bureau / AFP)

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A homeless man sleeps on a pile of plastic bags and newspapers under a porch in Rome, Italy. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP)

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A homeless man sleeps on a pile of plastic bags and newspapers under a porch in Rome, Italy. (Vincenzo Pinto / AFP)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel plays with a handball given to her by the German Handball Federations president (not in picture) as she received the German national handball team at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (John MacDougall / AFP)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel plays with a handball given to her by the German Handball Federations president (not in picture) as she received the German national handball team at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (John MacDougall / AFP)

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Indonesian soldiers take part in a handling riots practice ahead of the elections at their military home base in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. (Chaideer Manyuddin / AFP)

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Indonesian soldiers take part in a handling riots practice ahead of the elections at their military home base in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. (Chaideer Manyuddin / AFP)

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Alaa Salah, a Sudanese woman propelled to internet fame earlier this week after clips went viral of her leading powerful protest chants against President Omar al-Bashir, addresses protesters during a demonstration in front of the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum, Sudan. (AFP)

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Alaa Salah, a Sudanese woman propelled to internet fame earlier this week after clips went viral of her leading powerful protest chants against President Omar al-Bashir, addresses protesters during a demonstration in front of the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum, Sudan. (AFP)

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Revellers and elephants splash water at each other during a ceremony to celebrate the Buddhist New Year, locally known as Songkran, in Ayutthaya, Thailand. (Jewel Samad / AFP)

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Revellers and elephants splash water at each other during a ceremony to celebrate the Buddhist New Year, locally known as Songkran, in Ayutthaya, Thailand. (Jewel Samad / AFP)

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A handout shows the first photograph of a black hole and its fiery halo, released by Event Horizon Telescope astronomers (EHT), which is the “most direct proof of their existence,” one of the project’s lead scientists told AFP. (European Southern Observatory / AFP)

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A handout shows the first photograph of a black hole and its fiery halo, released by Event Horizon Telescope astronomers (EHT), which is the “most direct proof of their existence,” one of the project’s lead scientists told AFP. (European Southern Observatory / AFP)

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A competitor splashes water on his face during the fourth stage of the 34th edition of the Marathon des Sables between Jebel El Mraier and Rich Mbirika in the southern Moroccan Sahara desert,. The 34th edition of the marathon is a live stage 250 kilometres race through a formidable landscape in one of the world’s most inhospitable climates. (Jean-Philippe Ksiazek / AFP)

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A competitor splashes water on his face during the fourth stage of the 34th edition of the Marathon des Sables between Jebel El Mraier and Rich Mbirika in the southern Moroccan Sahara desert,. The 34th edition of the marathon is a live stage 250 kilometres race through a formidable landscape in one of the world’s most inhospitable climates. (Jean-Philippe Ksiazek / AFP)

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Genocide survivor Laurencia Mukalemera (L), a Tutsi, is offered a cup of water by Tasian Nkundiye (R), a Hutu who murdered her husband and spent eight years in prison for the killing and other crimes, before being interviewed at Nkundiye’s home in the reconciliation village of Mbyo, near Nyamata, in Rwanda. (Ben Curtis / AP)

Updated on Apr 13, 2019 2:34 PM

Genocide survivor Laurencia Mukalemera (L), a Tutsi, is offered a cup of water by Tasian Nkundiye (R), a Hutu who murdered her husband and spent eight years in prison for the killing and other crimes, before being interviewed at Nkundiye’s home in the reconciliation village of Mbyo, near Nyamata, in Rwanda. (Ben Curtis / AP)

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