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Pictures of the week: From a bridge in China to tanks in Belgium
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The 1,260m Longlihe Bridge under construction in Guizhou Province, south-west China. EPA -
Palestinians on the streets of Gaza after news of a shooting attack near a synagogue in Jerusalem. At least seven people were killed in the attack. EPA -
Waves hit a mangrove swamp at sunset in Bajamar, Costa Rica. EPA -
Green patches in the Maleha desert area of Sharjah after days of rain. Pawan Singh / The National -
On the outskirts of Sanaa, a Yemeni child carries water home before going to school. EPA -
A kukeri dancer during the International Festival of the Masquerade Games in Pernik, Bulgaria. AFP -
An antiques shop in Havana, Cuba. EPA -
A woman flees a fire at a migrant camp in Almeria, Spain, that destroyed 100 dwellings. AP -
Flamingos at the Vjosa-Narte protected area near Vlora, Albania. Reuters -
Trains at a standstill at the Bercy train depot, Paris, during a strike in protest at government plans to raise France's pension age. Bloomberg -
Children and women run to escape a dust storm in the village of El Gel, Ethiopia. AFP -
Five times freediving world champion Arthur Guerin-Boeri of France warms up before a dive in search of orcas in the northern Arctic Circle. AFP -
Emergency crews prepare to move the body of a beached humpback whale that washed up on Lido Beach, New York, US. EPA -
A woman returns home after fishing in Aceh province, Indonesia. AFP -
Waste floats on the Lim river near Priboj, Serbia. AP -
Pilgrims attend the annual Hindu festival of Magh Mela, at the Sangam, the confluence of three revered rivers, in India. AP -
Flooded grounds after a storm at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Reuters -
Women and girls for the first time were allowed to join the Up Helly Aa festival in the Shetland Islands, which celebrates the Scottish islands' Viking past. AFP -
People sledding on a frozen lake near the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. AFP -
A snow removal operation in Montreal, Canada where, on average, snow-clearing vehicles are used 100 days or more each year. AFP -
Fishermen watch the electricity-generating vessel Suheyla Sultan arriving in Havana Bay, Cuba. AFP -
Troops during a rehearsal for Sri Lanka's 75th Independence Day celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters -
Workers clean debris and plastic waste on a beach in Bali, Indonesia. EPA -
Popocatepetl volcano after an increase in volcanic activity in the state of Puebla, Mexico. Reuters -
Renovations at Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National -
A base jumper leaps from the 300me-high deck of Malaysia's landmark Kuala Lumpur Tower. AFP -
Quentin Kersten in a room full of ostrich feather hats at the family costume workshop in Binche, Belgium. AP -
A high-altitude balloon over Billings, Montana. The Pentagon would not confirm that the balloon in the photo was a Chinese surveillance balloon. AP -
Martyrs' Stadium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Pope Francis met young people and catechists. AFP -
Leopard 1 tanks in a hangar in Tournais, Belgium. The tanks' owner says he will help Ukraine provided the Belgian regional government of Wallonia and Germany allow him to sell them. Reuters
