
The World in Photos This Week
Palestinian youth clash with Israeli police; contestants of the world beard championship show off their facial hair; and residents wade through flooded streets in South Carolina.
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A flare lights up the sky as Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces in the Palestinian town of Surda on Oct. 5. Sulome Anderson writes about the Palestinian refugees fleeing to Europe here.
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An Afghan day laborer takes a break from unloading straw from a truck on the outskirts of Kabul on Oct. 5. FP's Dan De Luce and Paul McLeary write about the U.S. bombardment of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan here.
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People collect water from a fire vehicle parked along a street in Silvan, Turkey, on Oct. 5. FP's Keith Johnson writes about rising tensions between Turkey and Russia here.
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Young dancers perform during an outdoor ballet class on the steps of the Sydney Opera House on Oct. 9 in Sydney, Australia.
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Contestants of the World Beard and Mustache Championships pose for a picture on Oct. 3 in Leogang, Austria.
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The director of human resources for Air France's long-haul flights runs away from demonstrators after several hundred employees stormed into the airliner's offices on Oct. 5.
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A dog runs on a flooded street in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on Oct. 4.
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A masked Palestinian youth throws a petrol bomb at Israeli security forces during clashes at a checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 6.
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Employees throw stacks of money to be piled on the floor for a customer's withdrawal at a bank in Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 8.
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Indonesian military troops line up during an exercise at a naval base in West Java on Oct. 3.
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The United Kingdom's national Wool Week starts off with a march down London's historic tailoring street, Savile Row, on Oct. 5.

A toddler sits on the winner of the giant pumpkin category during the London Harvest Festival Show on Oct. 6 in London, England.
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Guinean opposition presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo rises above the crowd to wave to supporters on Oct. 8 during an election campaign in Conakry.
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Fans of Colombia cheer for their team before the start of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers match between Colombia and Peru, at a stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Oct. 8.
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An Indian artist uses a fire torch to dry a statue of the Hindu goddess Durga on Oct. 9, ahead of the forthcoming Dussehra, or Vijayadashami, festival in Hyderabad.
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A general view of the ceremonial mass of Spain's Duke of Calabria in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, on Oct. 8.
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A man stands in the doorway of his relatives' flooded house on Oct. 7 in Givhans, South Carolina.
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An Israeli border policeman speaks to a Palestinian man next to a stabbing scene on Oct. 7 in Jerusalem's Old City.
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Performers bend their bodies during an art gallery show on Oct. 8 in London, England.
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A Chinese tourist holds onto his son as they walk across a glass-bottomed suspension bridge in Shiniuzhai park in Hunan province on Oct. 7.
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty ImagesThe World in Photos This Week
Palestinian youth clash with Israeli police; contestants of the world beard championship show off their facial hair; and residents wade through flooded streets in South Carolina.