The week in review: Looking back at the world in pictures

Prime Minister Narender Modi, Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Senior BJP Leader Lal Krishan Advani, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union home mInister Rajnath Singh, finance minister Arun Jaitley and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad arrive for the flower tribute to martyrs in the 2001 Parliament terrorist attack, at Parliament House in New Delhi on December 13 . (Arun Sharma/HTs)

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Prime Minister Narender Modi, Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Senior BJP Leader Lal Krishan Advani, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union home mInister Rajnath Singh, finance minister Arun Jaitley and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad arrive for the flower tribute to martyrs in the 2001 Parliament terrorist attack, at Parliament House in New Delhi on December 13 . (Arun Sharma/HTs)

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Heavy rains and high-velocity winds lash Chennai as severe cyclonic storm Vardah makes landfall in the state on December 12. (Vanne Srinivasulu/HT)

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An old man cries after missing his spot in the queue at State Bank of India new colony branch, in Gurgaon on 13 December. (Parveen Kumar/HT )

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Indian players celebrate after defeating Australia in the Junior World Cup Hockey semifinal match in Lucknow on Friday. (PTI)

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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addresses the media after receiving a memorandum from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab farmers for a loan waiver and reduced power tariffs. Gandhi speaks at the party headquarters in New Delhi on December 14. Uttar Pradesh and Punjab go to polls in early 2017. (Manish Swarup/AP)

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The head cleric of Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar displays a Holy Relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammed, for devotees on the first Friday after Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi. (S Irfan / PTI)

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President Pranab Mukherjee (right) with his Tajikistan counterpart Emomali Rahmon (centre) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a ceremonial reception to the visiting dignitary at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday, December 17. (Shahbaz Khan / PTI)

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The Ambassador of France, Alexandre Ziegler confers an insignia on chairperson and editorial director of the Hindustan Times Group, Shobhana Bhartia in New Delhi on December 14. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT PHOTO)

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Internally displaced Afghan children play outside their temporary home at a refugee camp in Kabul on December 16. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / AFP)

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The wreckage of a US Marine MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft on the coast of Nago, Japan's southern island of Okinawa on December 14, after it crash-landed late on December 13. Five crew members aboard the MV-22 Osprey were injured after the aircraft suffered a "mishap" and landed in shallow water, the Pentagon said. (AFP / JIJI PRESS )

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The army's Maratha Light Infantry Regiment soldiers show their 'Malkhamb' skills at a rehearsal for the Vijay Diwas celebrations in Karad, Maharashtra on December 13. (PTI)

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Artists work on snow sculptures at an exhibition in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, on December 13. (REUTERS)

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Indian boxing star Vijender Singh (left) and Francis Cheka, current intercontinental Champion, at a news conference on the eve of their fight in New Delhi on December 16. (Atul Yadav / PTI)

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Icicles hang from trees as the sun makes an appearance in Springfield, Oregon on the morning of December 16. In Eugene, a local utility reported that roughly 15,000 customers were still without power Friday as branches continued to snap in what's considered Lane County's worst ice storm in years. (Chris Pietsch / The Register-Guard via AP)

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Sparrows fly as they feed in a field on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, on Monday, December 12. Temperatures in Belarus reached around -6 Celsius (21 degrees Fahrenheit). (Sergei Grits / AP)