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Photos of the week: Taal volcano eruption and Lebanon protests
From an erupting volcano in the Philippines to the release of anti-government protesters in Beirut; a roundup of the top photos from across the world.
Updated on: Jan 18, 2020 8:03 PM IST
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A man clears ash from the roof of his truck against a plume of steam rising from the Taal volcano, at a fishing harbour in Laurel of Batangas, Philippines. Taal is the second-most active volcano in the Philippines Islands and it began erupting on Sunday, January 12. (Ed Jones/AFP)
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Riot police arrest an anti-government demonstrator who was protesting outside the police headquarters, demanding the release of those taken into custody the night before in Beirut. On Friday, Lebanese security forces had released most of the more than 100 protesters arrested after two nights of violent encounters between police and demonstrators. (Hussein Malla/AP)
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Cars move on a road between hoar-frost covered trees near Debrecen, Hungary. (Zsolt Czegledi/AP)
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads Friday prayers in Tehran. The last time Khamenei led Friday prayers at Tehran’s Mosalla mosque was in February 2012, on the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution and at a time of crisis over the Iran nuclear issue. (HO/KHAMENEI.IR/AFP)
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A bus that tipped into a chasm is lifted up as rescue workers look for victims in Xining, China. The bus plunged through a collapsed section of the road, killing six people. (Ma Minyan/AP)
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A horseman jumps over a bonfire in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares in the province of Avila in central Spain, during the opening of the traditional religious festival ‘Luminarias’ in honour of San Antonio Abad (Saint Anthony), patron saint of animals, on January 16. (Pierre Philippe Marcou/AFP)
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Thousands of devotees return home on an overcrowded train, after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema, which is considered the world’s second-largest Muslim gathering after Haj, in Tongi, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain/REUTERS)
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A satellite image shows fires near Eden, New South Wales, Australia. (Maxar Technologies/REUTERS)
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Lukas Frischhut, of Austria, takes part in practice for the Snowboarding Slopestyle competition of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games at Leysin Park in Leysin, Switzerland. (Joel Marklund/AP)
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An Ethiopian farmer attempts to fend off desert locusts as they fly in his khat farm on the outskirts of Jijiga in Somali, Ethiopia. (Giulia Paravicini/REUTERS)
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WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain on January 13. The 48-year-old Australian appeared for a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court and spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth to the judge and saluted his supporters in the public gallery during the hearing. (Henry Nicholls/REUTERS)
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Tyson Steele waves for help outside of a cabin, as he stands next to an SOS sign drawn in the snow at Sustina Valley in Alaska, US. He watched his remote cabin go up in flames, mourned the death of his dog and then spent weeks in the Alaska wilderness, bundling up in a makeshift shelter. (Alaska State Troopers/REUTERS )
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Barcelona’s president Josep Maria Bartomeu (L) and football director Eric Abidal (R) pose with Barcelona’s new coach Quique Setien (C) during his official presentation after signing his new contract with the Catalan club. Barcelone FC and Setién have reached an agreement for the latter to become first team coach until 30 June 2022. (Lluis Gene/AFP)
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The aftermath of a powerful storm sweeping across southern US that killed at least 11 people. (Lt. Bill Davis / Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office / AFP)
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A man takes part in a rescue operation after a central heating pipe broke at the ‘Ocean Plaza’ mall in a central district of Ukrainian capital Kiev. At least 10 people were injured as a result of burns with hot water. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)
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Bottles of beer of ‘El Chapo 701’, a line in clothing, jewellery and liquor bearing the nickname of the jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, are displayed during the 72 edition of IM Intermoda Mexico fashion fair in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Ulises Ruiz/AFP)
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A view of lightning strikes over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during heavy rains. (Said Khatib/AFP)
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Edwin Straver in action during stage 11 of Dakar Rally from Shubaytah to Haradh in Saudi Arabia. (Hamad I Mohammed/REUTERS)
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