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World news in pictures

World news in pictures

  • 1/30 27 November 2016

    A Cuban flag flies at half mast near the Malecon, following the announcement of the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in Havana, Cuba

    Reuters

  • 2/30 27 November 2016

    Spectators watch Aboriginal dancers and acrobats perform with a 50-tonne Arcadia spider, constructed from used repurposed military hardware, during a laser and pyrotechnics show in Perth, Australia

    Reuters

  • 3/30 27 November 2016

    Spectators watch Aboriginal dancers and acrobats perform with a 50-tonne Arcadia spider, constructed from used repurposed military hardware, during a laser and pyrotechnics show in Perth, Australia

    Reuters

  • 4/30 27 November 2016

    A monkey eats a banana at an ancient temple during the annual 'monkey buffet' in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand

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  • 5/30 27 November 2016

    Monkeys eat bananas at an ancient temple during the annual 'monkey buffet' in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand

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  • 6/30 27 November 2016

    Perfomers in monkey costumes dance during the annual 'Monkey Buffet' Festival at the Phra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand

    Reuters

  • 7/30 27 November 2016

    Mayor of Bordeaux and candidate for the right-wing primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential elections, Alain Juppe, gestures after leaving a voting booth in a polling station in Bordeaux, southwestern France

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  • 8/30 27 November 2016

    French politician Francois Fillon, member of the conservative Les Republicains political party, leaves the polling booth to cast his ballot during the second round of the French center-right presidential primary election in Paris, France

    Reuters

  • 9/30 27 November 2016

    German bakers work on a giant Stollen, a traditional German Christmas cake in Dresden, Germany

    EPA

  • 10/30 27 November 2016

    Kuwaiti candidate and former parliament speaker Marzouq al-Ghanem, celebrates with his supporters following the announcment of his victory in the parliamentary election, in Kuwait city

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  • 11/30 27 November 2016

    Kuwaiti candidate and former parliament speaker Marzouq al-Ghanem, celebrates with his supporters following the announcment of his victory in the parliamentary election, in Kuwait city

    Getty

  • 12/30 27 November 2016

    Shiite fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi region advance through the village of Baylunah, southwest of Mosul

    Getty

  • 13/30 27 November 2016

    Shiite fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi region stand on the front line in the village of Baylunah, southwest of Mosul

    Getty

  • 14/30 27 November 2016

    Prisoners and their mothers seen after a concert marking Mother's Day at correctional facility 2

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  • 15/30 27 November 2016

    Prisoners and their mothers attend a concert marking Mother's Day at correctional facility 2

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    Prisoners and their mothers seen after a concert marking Mother's Day at correctional facility 2

    Getty

  • 17/30 26 November 2016

    Picture taken on the opening day of the International Guadalajara Book Fair, the biggest literary event in the Spanish-speaking world, in Guadalajara, Mexico

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  • 18/30 26 November 2016

    Millions of South Korean citizens attend a candlelight rally to demand South Korean president Park Geun-hye to step down in the Gwanghwamun square in Seoul, South Korea

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  • 19/30 26 November 2016

    Women wearing balaclavas participate in a march by Ecuadorean feminists gainst domestic violence in Quito, Ecuador

    AP

  • 20/30 26 November 2016

    Women hold brooms during a march called by Ecuadorean feminist associations against domestic violence in Quito, Ecuador

    AP

  • 21/30 26 November 2016

    Cuban exiles in Los Angeles and their families rally with Cuban and American flags at the Jose Marti square on Echo Park in Los Angeles.

    AP

  • 22/30 26 November 2016

    A man signs a condolences book for the late former Cuban leader Fidel Castro at the Ruben Dario National Theater in Managua, Nicaragua

    Reuters

  • 23/30 26 November 2016

    People wait in line to enter the Revolution square to attend a homege ceremony of the late former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Managua, Nicaragua

    Reuters

  • 24/30 26 November 2016

    Activists and members of the Communist Party of Mexico hold up flags as they arrive outside the Cuban Embassy in Mexico, as part of a tribute, following the announcement of the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in Mexico City, Mexico

    Reuters

  • 25/30 26 November 2016

    A painting of Cuba's former president Fidel Castro is seen at a factory in Havana, Cuba.

    Reuters

  • 26/30 26 November 2016

    Students place candles around an image of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, at the university where Castro studied law as a young man, during a vigil in Havana, Cuba

    AP

  • 27/30 26 November 2016

    A man poses for a picture next to a statue of the late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro with flowers as part of the tribute following the announcement of his death inside the Cuban embassy in Lima, Peru

    Reuters

  • 28/30 25 November 2016

    Flooding caused by torrential rain in northern Italy was feared to have claimed at least one victim after a man was swept away by a swollen river near Turin. Several hundreds of people had to be evacuated from their homes and many roads

    Getty

  • 29/30 25 November 2016

    People sit in a boat of the Italian fire fighters as they help them to evacuate from their home in Moncalieri, near Turin

    Getty

  • 30/30 24 November 2016

    laying hens confined indoors on a farm near Eigeltingen in southern Germany. Farm birds are no longer allowed to roam freely due to an outbreak of avian flu in the area

    EPA

Brazilian football team among 81 people in Colombia plane crash

'It's a tragedy of huge proportions'

Murray 'too young' for knighthood and won't attend SPOTY awards

The Scot is the favourite for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Matthew Norman Ukip has not wiped out the far right, it’s given it a new home

He is good grist to the mill of snark, don't laugh off new leader Paul Nuttall. He has argued for NHS privatisation and capital punishment. He bangs on about the flag of St George and the rebirth of what he calls patriotism – but you and I would regard as nationalism

Interview with director Lee Kyoung Mi: challenging female stereotypes

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Anne-Marie had fun and attitude to spare at her sold-out Koko show

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Mary Berry to return as judge on American GBBO spin-off

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Alcott would have been 184 today

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Apparently holding your mascara under your boob is a common thing

Despite Colombia crash, 2016 one of safest years on record for flights

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Top 15 clever wall storage ideas for compact city homes

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A genetics professor says people need to stop counting calories

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MPs pass Bill forcing people to ask if they want to watch porn

The law has been criticised both by free speech advocates as well as those who want it to cover more websites

Google's new VR headset is lacking the most important thing, for now

Daydream is likely to become a major VR platform, in a year with more than a few competitors. But it's not ready for that just yet

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