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1/36 21 December 2016

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, embraces Bana Al-Abed, 7, from Aleppo, Syria, at his Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey

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2/36 20 December 2016

Relatives grieve by the corpse of victim of a blast in a fireworks market, flattened by a huge blast that killed at least 26 and injured dozens, who lies on the ground in Mexico City

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3/36 20 December 2016

View of the utter destruction caused by a huge blast in a fireworks market in Mexico City, killing at least nine people and injuring 70, according to police

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4/36 20 December 2016

Late Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov's wife Marina reacts next to the flag-wrapped coffin during a ceremony at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey

Reuters

5/36 20 December 2016

Media stand near a truck which ran into a crowded Christmas market killing several people in Berlin, Germany

AP

6/36 20 December 2016

Work begins at a poultry farm in Kawaminami, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan to bury chickens culled after a highly virulent strain of bird flu was detected

Reuters

7/36 19 December 2016

Andrey Karlov lying dead after being shot by policeman Mevlut Mert Altintas at a gallery in Ankara, Turkey

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8/36 16 December 2016

Malaysian muslim women carry placards during a demonstration in solidarity with the inhabitants of the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, outside the Russian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur

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9/36 16 December 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at a Japanese-Russian business dialogue meeting in Tokyo, Japan

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10/36 16 December 2016

A member of the Syrian government forces watches during an evacuation operation of Syrian rebel fighters and civilians from a opposition-held area of Aleppo towards rebel-held territory in the west of Aleppo's province

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11/36 13 December 2016

Honour guards carry the coffin of police officer Tugay Can Kizilirmak, 26, who was killed outside the Besiktas football club stadium

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Family members mourn as honour guards carry the coffin of police officer Tugay Can Kizilirmak, 26, who was killed outside the Besiktas football club stadium in Istanbul

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13/36 13 December 2016

Brazilian Chapecoense footballer Alan Ruschel, one of the survivors of the LaMia airliner air crash in Colombia two weeks ago, arrives at hospital in Chapeco, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil

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14/36 13 December 2016

The son of Brazilian radio journalist Rafael Henzel, one of the survivors of the LaMia airliner air crash in Colombia two weeks ago, rejoices as his father arrives at hospital in Chapeco, Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil

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15/36 13 December 2016

Brazilian radio journalist Rafael Henzel, lies on a stretcher as he arrives at the hospital in Brazil, after he survived a plane crash with Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense aboard, in Chapeco, Brazil

Reuters

16/36 13 December 2016

Nadia Murad breaks down crying as Lamia Haji Bashar delivers a speech at the European parliament in Strasbourg, after being awarded laureates of the 2016 Sakharov human rights prize

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17/36 11 December 2016

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, President Tayyip Erdogan and Former President Abdullah Gul pray during a ceremony for police officers killed in Saturday's blasts in Istanbul, Turkey

Reuters

18/36 11 December 2016

Members of U.S. Army Special Forces provide training for Iraqi fighters from Hashid Shaabi at Makhmur camp in Iraq

Reuters

19/36 11 December 2016

Chinese dancers perform during a rehearsal of 'Chinese Dance: Maestros & Classics', the closing performance of the NCPA Dance Festival 2016 at the National Centre for the Perfoming Arts (NCPA) Theatre in Beijing, China

EPA

20/36 11 December 2016

Chinese dancers perform during a rehearsal of 'Chinese Dance: Maestros & Classics', the closing performance of the NCPA Dance Festival 2016 at the National Centre for the Perfoming Arts (NCPA) Theatre in Beijing, China

EPA

21/36 11 December 2016

A nun stands inside the damaged St. Peter and St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Church after a bombing in Cairo, Egypt

EPA

22/36 11 December 2016

Rescue workers tend to the scene of a church roof collapse at Reigners Bible Church in Uyo, Nigeria

EPA

23/36 10 December 2016

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos poses with the medal and diploma during the award ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize

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24/36 10 December 2016

Police officers comfort each other after explosions near the Besiktas football club stadium Vodafone Arena in Istanbul. Turkey

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25/36 10 December 2016

Turkish forensic police officers work next to bodies front of a water cannon vehicle on the site where a car bomb exploded near the stadium of football club Besiktas in central Istanbul

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26/36 8 December 2016

A woman stands on the ruin of a market after an earthquake in Meureudu, Aceh province, Indonesia

AP

27/36 8 December 2016

A police investigator takes pictures of Nora Acielo, 47, after she was gunned down by unidentified men while she was escorting her two children to school in Manila, Philippines

Reuters

28/36 5 December 2016

The sun rises behind skyscrapers amidst the clouds on a foggy morning in Dubai

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29/36 5 December 2016

An Iraqi soldier gestures as he steps on the head of the dead body of who Iraqi forces say was an Islamic State militant, in Shayyalah al-Imam near Mosul

Reuters

30/36 5 December 2016

A man checks the damage at a medical clinic following overnight government air strikes on the town of Binnish, in Syria's northwestern Idlib province

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31/36 5 December 2016

A quarantine official disinfects a road leading to a chicken farm in Pyeongtaek, west of Seoul, South Korea. A suspected case of avian influenza was reported at the farm

EPA

32/36 5 December 2016

The bust of the late President Park Chung-hee is seen spray painted in a park in Seoul, South Korea. The bust was vandalized in an apparent anonymous act of discontent with his daughter and incumbent President Park Geun-hye who is suspected of having been involved in an unprecedented corruption scandal. The grafitti reads 'Order of Removal'

EPA

33/36 5 December 2016

Rescue workers stand beside the bodies of the victims following a fire at a local hotel, at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

EPA

34/36 5 December 2016

Iraqis ride bicycles between Baghdad's Abu Nawas street and the suspension bridge in the capital's Karrada district during an event calling for peace and the eradication of the Islamic State (IS) group

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35/36 5 December 2016

Iraqis gather prior to cycling between Baghdad's Abu Nawas street and the suspension bridge in the capital's Karrada district during an event calling for peace and the eradication of the Islamic State (IS) group

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36/36 4 December 2016

Young people march around the Plaza de la Revolucion and chant 'Yo soy Fidel,' 'I am Fidel' in English, before the arrival of the remains of former Cuban President Fidel Castro during on their four-day journey across the country in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

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