Photos of the week: Teej in Nepal and Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill

From Teej celebrations in Nepal to the withdrawal of the contentious extradition bill that led to four-month long protests in Hong Kong; a roundup of top photos from across the world.

Updated on: Sep 07, 2019 1:07 PM IST

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Women sing and dance at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during Teej festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. The three-day festival involves sumptuous feasts and rigid fasting. Hindu women pray for marital bliss, the well-being of their spouses and children, and the purification of their own bodies and souls during this period. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)

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Jade Wheatley from Australia takes part in the Bali Adaptive Pro, an international contest for surfers with disabilities, at Canggu beach on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. (Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)

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A train is seen derailed after a collision with a truck at a crossing in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP)

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A Palestinian protester yells at an Israeli soldier as he confronts him atop an Israeli army vehicle during a protest against Israeli forces conducting an exercise in a residential area near the Palestinian village of Naqura, northwest of Nablus in the West Bank. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP)

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An Indigenous girl from the Shanenawa tribe poses for a photo during a festival to celebrate nature and ask for an end to the burning of the Amazon, in the indigenous village of Morada Nova near Feijo, Acre State, Brazil. (Ueslei Marcelino / REUTERS)

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Aliana Alexis, of Haiti, stands on the concrete slab of what is left of her home after destruction from Hurricane Dorian in an area called “The Mud” at Marsh Harbour in Great Abaco Island, Bahamas. (Al Diaz / Miami Herald via AP)

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South Korea’s Minjong Kim celebrates winning his bronze contest against Brazil’s Rafael Silva in the Men’s Above 100kg category at the World Judo Championships at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan. (Issei Kato / REUTERS)

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Patients suffering from dengue fever receive treatment at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Munir uz Zaman / AFP)

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A girl sets a table below a painting depicting “The Last Supper” at the Casa Madre Maria Clara (Mother Maria Clara House), a Christian boarding school that accommodates abandoned and orphaned children as well as children from poor backgrounds and teaches them life skills, in Lhanguene, Maputo, Mozambique. (Siphiwe Sibeko / REUTERS)

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A man's facial hair blows in the wind as he takes a selfie along the waterfront ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Charleston, South Carolina, US. (Randall Hill / REUTERS)

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Players participate in the annual Brambles Sandbank cricket match at low tide in the Solent, England. (Hannah McKay / REUTERS)

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Children attend class on the first day of the new academic year, at a school that was damaged last year in an air strike during fighting between the Saudi-backed government forces and the Huthi rebels, in Yemen’s third-city of Taez. (Ahmad Al-Basha / AFP)

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (C) speaks at a press conference in Hong Kong, a day after she announced the withdrawal of a the extradition bill. - Hong Kong’s leader on September 4 bowed to the key demand of pro-democracy protesters following three months of unrest. (Philip Fong / AFP)

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Embattled South Korean justice minister nominee Cho Kuk (C) speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul. South Korea The would-be justice minister, facing allegations of ethical lapses involving his family held an unprecedented marathon 11-hour press conference in a bid to salvage his sinking reputation and nomination. (Yonhap / AFP)

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The Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, northwestern France. (Jeol Saget / AFP)

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A trailer competes in the 170 km Mount Blanc Ultra Trail (UTMB) race around the Mont-Blanc crossing France, Italy and Switzerland in the Tete aux Vents near Chamonix. (Jeff Pachoud / AFP)

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Models present creations by Ukrainian designer Elvira Gasanova during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev, Ukraine. (Valentyn Ogirenko / REUTERS)

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Red Crescent medics walk next to bags containing the bodies of victims of Saudi-led airstrikes on a Houthi detention centre in Dhamar, Yemen. (Mohamed al-Sayaghi / REUTERS)

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Members of Japan’s Self-Defence Forces’ honour guard prepare for a welcoming ceremony for Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo, Japan. (Issei Kato / REUTERS)

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Pupils release balloons during a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the deadly school siege in the town of Beslan, Russia. (Eduard Korniyenko / REUTERS)

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A woman weeps for relatives impacted by a suicide attack, as she is supported at the Wazir Akbar Khan hospital following the blast in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban killed at least five people in a bombing in Kabul in yet another horrific attack as the US and the insurgents negotiate a deal to see American troops leave the country. (Wakil Kohsar / AFP)

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Brother and mother of BWT Arden’s French driver Anthoine Hubert observe a minute’s silence before the start of the Formula3 race , at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Spa the day of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix. Hubert, 22, was killed on August 31 in Spa in an accident during a Formula 2 race held on the sidelines of the F1 Grand Prix. (Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP)

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Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade members attempt to control hot points during a fire in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil. (Bruno Kelly / REUTERS)

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A man gestures as he rides a motorbike after passing a burning barricade, as people protest against a shortage of fuel, in a street of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Andres Martinez Casares / REUTERS)

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Students and alumni of Kit Sam Lam Bing Yim Secondary School form a human chain during a protest in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy protesters have continued rallies on the streets despite Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam meeting a key demand of fully withdrawing the loathed extradition bill this week. (Anthony Kwan / Getty Images)