20 photographs of the week
The drone strike in Baghdad, bushfires in Australia, the continuing unrest in Hong Kong and New Year celebrations – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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Hong Kong
Anti-government demonstrators use the flashlights of their mobile phones at a rally in the city’s Edinburgh Place district.Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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Baghdad, Iraq
A vehicle burns at Baghdad airport after a US airstrike. Donald Trump ordered the raid that killed Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Suleimani, early on Friday in a dramatic escalation of the struggle between Washington and Tehran for influence across the region.Photograph: Handout/EPA
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Santiago, Chile
Demonstrators clash with riot police in Santiago. Chile has been rocked by months of protests against Sebastián Piñera’s government that began with strikes over metro fare rises and escalated into the most severe social unrest since Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship nearly 30 years ago.Photograph: Claudio Reyes/AFP/Getty Images
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Bega, Australia
Amy and Ben Spencer sit at the show grounds in the southern New South Wales town of Bega where they are camping after fleeing wildfires. Australia’s bushfire crisis claimed at least two more lives as dozens of blazes tore through several towns on the east coast and forced thousands to take shelter on nearby beaches.Photograph: Sean Davey/AFP/Getty Images
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Lake Conjola, Australia
A kangaroo passes a burning house in Lake Conjola. Australian authorities have made a final plea for people to flee bushfire-affected areas in three states as conditions became so dangerous that firefighters may be unable to defend entire towns.Photograph: Matthew Abbott/New York Times/Redux/eyevine
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London
Anti-semitic graffiti in the form of numbers, 9 11, and a Star of David, on a shop window in Belsize Park. The graffiti was done during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. The numbers may refer to an antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jews were responsible for the 9/11 terror attack.Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA
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Gaza
Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian demonstrators near the border between Israel and Gaza.Photograph: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images
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Idlib, Syria
A child, who fled from regime forces advancing on Maaret al-Numan, in southern Idlib, rests at a refugee camp in Dana. The UN says more than 235,000 civilians have fled their homes in north-west Syria in the past two weeks.Photograph: Aaref Watad/AFP/Getty Images
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Baghdad, Iraq
Fires were set at the US embassy after supporters of the Hashd al-Shaabi militia broke into the compound during an angry protest over airstrikes that killed pro-Iran fighters in western Iraq.Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
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Kabul, Afghanistan
A young shoe shiner waits for customers alongside a street in Kabul.Photograph: Farshad Usyan/AFP/Getty Images
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Jakarta, Indonesia
Children wade in their flooded neighbourhood in Jakarta. Indonesia will carry out cloud seeding to try to prevent further rainfall over the capital and surrounding areas as the death toll reached 43 from flash floods and landslides. More rain is forecast.Photograph: Ed Wray/Getty Images
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Kirkwall, Scotland
Orkadians take part in the New Years Ba’, a game played with a handcrafted leather ball. The Ba’ is a mass street football match between two teams, the Uppies and the Doonies.Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Ibi, Spain
People dressed in mock military attire throw eggs as they take part in the traditional Els Enfarinats battle. The only weapons allowed are eggs, flour and firecrackers.Photograph: Jaime Reina/AFP/Getty Images
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Manila, Philippines
Crowds flocked on to the streets to welcome in the New Year in Manila.Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Believers of Afro-Brazilian religions pray to Yemanjá, the sea goddess of ancient Yoruba mythology and one of the most popular deities of Afro-Brazilian culture, on Copacabana beach.Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spectacular fireworks on display over Rio’s Copacabana Beach during the New Year’s celebrations.Photograph: Bruna Prado/AP
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Portmarnock, Ireland
Horse-riders enjoy the beach at Portmarnock, County Dublin.Photograph: David Goldman/AP
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London
A Humboldt penguin caught in mid-action during the annual stock take of animals at London Zoo.Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP
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London
Deer graze as cyclists pass in the early morning mist at Richmond Park.Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
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Gippsland, Australia
Smoke rises as East Gippsland, Victoria, burns. Thousands of people have had to flee their homes in north-east Victoria and the south coast of New South Wales in Australia’s largest ever peacetime evacuation.Photograph: Dale Appleton/Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
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