
A Week in World Photos
A royal exit in the United Kingdom, a strike in India, and disaster in Iran.
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Part of the exhibit at Madame Tussauds London sits empty after the removal of the figures of Prince Harry and Meghan, the duchess of Sussex, on Jan. 9. The figures were removed from the royal display and placed elsewhere in the exhibit after the couple’s announcement to step back as senior members of the British royal family.
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Train passengers carry their belongings as activists block train tracks during a nationwide general strike called by trade unions aligned with opposition parties to protest the Indian government’s economic policies in Amritsar on Jan. 8.
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The sky turns red from smoke from the Snowy Valley bushfire on the outskirts of Cooma, Australia, on Jan. 4.
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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó shouts as he is surrounded by journalists on his way to the National Assembly in Caracas on Jan. 7.
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A man surveys collapsed businesses after an earthquake hit Guanica, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 8.
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Rescue teams work amid debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran on Jan. 8.
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A child’s shoe is among the debris at the scene of the Ukrainian airline crash in Tehran on Jan. 8.
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Iranian mourners gather during the final stage of funeral processions for slain top general Qassem Suleimani in his hometown of Kerman on Jan. 7.
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Protesters hold pictures of Suleimani during a demonstration outside the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul on Jan. 5.
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Teachers and pro-democracy supporters hold placards as they take part in a rally to support teachers in Hong Kong on Jan. 3.
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam takes part in her weekly news conference in Hong Kong on Jan. 7.
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The Popocatépetl volcano spews ash and smoke as seen from Puebla, central Mexico, on Jan. 9.
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A float takes part in the White Day parade during the Carnival of Blacks and Whites in Pasto, Colombia, on Jan. 6.
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Protesters kneel in front of a police cordon during a demonstration in Paris on Jan. 9, as part of a nationwide, multisector strike against the French government’s pension overhaul.
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A Vietnamese woman collects dried incense sticks at a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi on Jan. 9 ahead of Tet celebrations for the upcoming Lunar New Year.
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A vendor sells cotton candy on a street during a snowfall in Murree, north of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Jan. 7.
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Belarusian villagers celebrate Kalyady in Danilevichy on Jan. 7. Kalyady is an ancient pagan holiday originally celebrated on winter solstice when people walk from house to house singing, dancing, eating, and drinking with their neighbors.
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A Russian Orthodox child looks at candles as he attends a Christmas service in Moscow on Jan. 6. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 6 in areas that use the old Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar commonly used in secular life around the world.
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Pope Francis drinks mate, a traditional South American drink, as he meets with Argentine soldiers from the United Nations during the weekly general audience at the Vatican on Jan. 8.
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Bulgarian men perform the traditional Horo dance in the icy waters of the Tundzha River in Kalofer as part of Epiphany Day celebrations on Jan. 6. An Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river, and it is believed that the one who retrieves it will be healthy throughout the year along with those who dance in the freezing waters.
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A drone captures shadows of camels during the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah, east of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 7.
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Drivers compete as a spectator gestures on the roadside during Stage 4 of the Dakar 2020 between Neom and Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 8.
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A murmuration of starlings forms before landing to roost near the southern Israeli city of Rahat, in the Negev desert, on Jan. 8.
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Former Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi boss Carlos Ghosn gestures as he addresses a crowd of journalists on his reasons for dodging trial in Japan, where he is accused of financial misconduct, at the Lebanese Press Syndicate in Beirut on Jan. 8.
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A worker arranges plastic bags used to carry industrial chemicals in the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 9.
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A Scottish Highland cow grazes in a field in Aitrang, southern Germany, on Jan. 9.
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A woman warms herself near a small fire on a roadside in New Delhi on Jan. 9.
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Members of an all-female demining team look for unexploded ordnance at a land mine site in the Quang Tri province of Vietnam on Jan. 6.
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Residents commute on a road through thick smoke from bushfires in Bemboka, in Australia’s New South Wales state, on Jan. 5.
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A young seal rests on a beach on the North Sea island of Heligoland, Germany, on Jan. 5.
JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty ImagesA Week in World Photos
A royal exit in the United Kingdom, a strike in India, and disaster in Iran.