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The World in Photos this Week
Muslims celebrate Ashura around the world; Venezuelan opposition leaders demonstrate; and Indians participate in Durga Puja festivities.
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- October 14, 2016

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Indian devotees decorate each other's faces with vermilion powder and offer sweets as part of a ritual known as 'Sindhoor Khela' as they mark the final day of Durga Puja in Hyderabad, on Oct. 11.
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Queen Elizabeth II views a portrait of herself ay British artist Henry Ward, marking six decades of patronage to the British Red Cross, unveiled at Windsor Castle, England, on Oct. 14.
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A man walks down a street heavily flooded by Hurricane Matthew's heavy rains on Oct. 12 in Lumberton, North Carolina.
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Prominent Venezuelan opposition leaders demonstrate in Caracas on Oct. 13 against President Nicolas Maduro.
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy carries palm branches for the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot, the feast of the Tabernacles, in an Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, on Oct. 13.
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Supporters of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej prayed at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok on Oct. 13. The palace announced his death later that day.
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Shiite Muslim men, part of the migrant community currently living in Piraeus, Greece, use chains and blades during a self-flagellation ritual to mark Ashura, one of the most important festivals of the Shiite calendar, on Oct. 12. Ashura commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was assassinated in 680 and whose tragic end laid the foundation for the faith practiced by the Shiite community.
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Supporters of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir celebrate in the Green Square in Khartoum as he delivers a speech following the declaration of an extension of a cease-fire on Oct. 11.
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Thousands of great white pelicans on their migration to Africa eat fish provided by Israeli farmers at a water reservoir in Mishmar HaSharon on Oct. 13.
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Guatemalan natives and peasants march against mine exploitation in Guatemala City on Oct. 12.
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Iranians light candles to commemorate the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, during an Ashura ceremony in Tehran on Oct. 12.
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A butcher prepares cuts of beef at a mosque in Dakar, Senegal on Oct. 10. The meal is prepared for a celebration on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
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Men perfom "Los Historiantes" traditional dance during a ceremony commemorating the International Day of Indigenous Resistance San Juan Opico, El Salvador on Oct. 12.
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About 2,000 participants dressed in period costume prepare to take part in the re-enactment of the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in Battle, England, on Oct. 14.
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Fighters from the Free Syrian Army take part in a battle against Islamic State jihadists in Yahmoul, Syria north of Aleppo on Oct. 10.
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People demonstrate for peace in Cali, Colombia on Oct. 12, two weeks after voters rejected a peace deal with FARC rebels.
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Inmates watch as drug suspects are processed inside a police station in Manila, Philippines on Oct. 12.
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Protesters from the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa, sing and dance on Oct. 12 after authorities closed campuses across the city after weeks of demonstrations for university tuition fees.
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An officer of Brazil's special police unit looks into a transport van following clashes between drug dealers inside a favela in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 10.
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Afghan Shiite Muslims use chains and blades during ritual self-flagellation as part of Ashura commemorations in Ghazni on Oct. 12.
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Members of an Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn walk through the neighborhood on Yom Kippur, one of the most important holidays of the Jewish year, on Oct. 12.
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