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Pictures of the week 25 November to 1 December 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

The week's best news and sports photos, from the eruption of Mount Agung and snow in Britain, to Harry and Meghan's engagement and the Pope in Asia.

By David Sim David Sim
Published 01 December 2017, 4:46 PM GMT
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30 November 2017: A plume of smoke above Mount Agung volcano is illuminated at sunset as seen from Amed, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia Darren Whiteside/Reuters
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30 November 2017: Buachaille Etive Mor, a mountain near Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland, is reflected in the slow-flowing river Coupall Russell Cheyne/Reuters
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30 November 2017: Snow falls around The Angel of North near Gateshead, England Lee Smith/Reuters
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28 November 2017: Paramilitary soldiers rub snow onto their bodies during a winter training session in Changchun, Jilin province, China Reuters
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26 November 2017: The Toronto Argonauts run onto the field in the snow before the start of the Canadian Football League's 105th Grey Cup championship game against the Calgary Stampeders in Ottawa Chris Wattie/Reuters
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1 December 2017: Snow covers the terraced vineyards above Lake Geneva at the Unesco World Heritage site of Lavaux in Epesses, western Switzerland Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
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30 November 2017: Boys play with tyres on the banks of the Yamuna river on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters
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25 November 2017: The moon is seen over the Christ the Redeemer statue before it is lit up with orange lights on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Rio de Janeiro Leo Correa/AFP
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28 November 2017: The Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying Russia's Meteor-M 2-1 weather satellite and other equipment lifts off from the launch pad at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Uglegorsk, Russia Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP
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30 November 2017: An attendee takes a picture of the new 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 at the Los Angeles Auto Show Mike Blake/Reuters
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30 November 2017: Fireworks explode in the sky during the lighting of a Christmas tree in a square in the Lebanese coastal city of Byblos, north of Beirut Joseph Eid/AFP
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29 November 2017: A man looks at an illuminated face on a tree at the launch of Enchanted Christmas attraction at Westonbirt Arboretum near Tetbury in Gloucestershire Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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1 December 2017: An employee poses for a photograph outside Tate Britain in London, illuminate with the Christmas art commission Home for Christmas by Alan Kane Peter Nicholls/Reuters
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28 November 2017: Stage designer Es Devlin poses beside a 'Christmas Tree' at the entrance to the Victoria and Albert museum in London. The tree consists of a cloud of floating words that have been contributed by visitors and forms part of the 'Sounds Like Christmas' month-long musical celebration of Christmas across the V&A Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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27 November 2017: An artist dressed as the Ice Queen poses at the opening of the Christmas market at Gendarmenmarkt square in Berlin Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
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29 November 2017: A Christmas tree is reflected in a mirrored stainless steel sculpture titled Agatha by Gregory Orekhov placed outside the GUM department store in downtown Moscow Mladen Antonov/AFP
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27 November 2017: US First Lady Melania Trump walks through Christmas decorations in the East Wing as she tours holiday decorations at the White House in Washington, DC Saul Loeb/AFP
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27 November 2017: US President Donald Trump honours Navajo Code Talkers for their contributions during World War Two at the White House in Washington Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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28 November 2017: US President Donald Trump makes a statement from the Roosevelt Room next to the empty chairs of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, after they cancelled their meeting at the White House in Washington, DC Jim Watson/AFP
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26 November 2017: Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard and Martin Lennon help up former MSP Cathy Peattie after she fell over, outside John Smith House in Glasgow Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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27 November 2017: Tony Appleton, dressed as a town crier, calls out the announcement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement outside Kensington Palace Jack Taylor/Getty Images
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27 November 2017: Prince Harry and his fiancée, US actress Meghan Markle, pose for a photograph in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in London, following the announcement of their engagement Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP
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27 November 2017: Meghan Markle shows off her engagement ring as she stands with Prince Harry in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in London
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28 November 2017: Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge, visits the Foundling Museum in London Mary Turner/Reuters
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30 November 2017: The Queen visits the Chichester Theatre in West Sussex Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images
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30 November 2017: Yarna the black Labrador prepares to present the Queen with a bouquet of flowers at the headquarters of Canine Partners in Midhurst, West Sussex Richard Pohle
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26 November 2017: A dog awaits judging during the Zagreb Winter Classic dog show in Zagreb, Croatia Antonio Bronic/Reuters
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29 November 2017: A female giant panda named Mu Yun sits in a bucket at the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda in Chengdu, Sichuan Province VCG/VCG via Getty Images
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29 November 2017: Swans gather on the river Thames near Windsor Castle. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are due to marry at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in May 2018 Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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25 November 2017: Steve Smith of Australia speaks to his players before they take to the field during day three of the first Test Match of the 2017/18 Ashes Series against England at The Gabba in Brisbane Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
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25 November 2017: France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reacts during a doubles tennis match against Belgium at the Davis Cup World Group final in Lille Philippe Huguen/AFP
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29 November 2017: Manchester City's Kyle Walker spits out water during a game against Southampton at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester Lee Smith/Reuters
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25 November 2017: France's Sekou Macalou tries to catch the ball ahead of Japan's lock and captain Michael Leitch in the line out at The U Arena in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris Lionel Bonaventure/AFP
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25 November 2017: Samoa play England at Twickenham Stadium in London Toby Melville/Reuters
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25 November 2017: Fans cheer during a match in the 'Champions Ligay' gay football tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Pilar Olivares/Reuters
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25 November 2017: An activist smokes during a parade to demand gender equality and LGBT rights in Santiago, Chile Ivan Alvarado/Reuters
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26 November 2017: Miss South Africa 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters is crowned Miss Universe 2017 by Miss Universe 2016, Iris Mittenaere, in Las Vegas, Nevada Patrick Gray/AFP
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30 November 2017: Students hold red ribbons during an event to mark World AIDS Day at a high school in Hefei, Anhui province, China Reuters
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29 November 2017: Performers from Madhya Pradesh take selfie before taking part in a cultural event organised by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in New Delhi Sajjad Hussain/AFP
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1 December 2017: Kashmiris react as a priest displays a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammad during Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet, at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar Tauseef Mustafa/AFP
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28 November 2017: Rohingya Muslim refugees react as police and officials attempt to control a surging crowd as they wait to be called to receive aid – consisting of rice, water, and cooking oil – at a relief centre at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar Ed Jones/AFP
Pope Francis Myanmar
28 November 2017: Pope Francis gestures beside Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyidaw Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
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1 December 2017: Pope Francis greets Bangladeshi Christians as he arrives to lead mass in Dhaka Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
Pope Francis Rohingya Muslim refugees Bangladesh Myanmar
1 December 2017: Tears run down the face of a Rohingya refugee as she and others pray during their meeting with Pope Francis in Dhaka, Bangladesh Damir Sagolj/Reuters
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29 November 2017: A woman wearing a veil attends an open-air Mass led by Pope Francis in Yangon, Myanmar Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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29 November 2017: A woman holds a rosary while attending a mass service at the Holy Rosary church in Dhaka ahead of Pope Francis's visit to Bangladesh Prakash Singh/AFP
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29 May 2017: A masked protester holds a smoke bomb during a strike by taxi drivers to protest what they say is unfair competition from car sharing companies such as Uber and Cabify, in Madrid Juan Medina/Reuters
Islamabad Pakistan blasphemy Islamist
25 November 2017: A protester throws a tear gas canister back towards police during a clash in Islamabad Aamir Qureshi/AFP
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28 November 2017: Police fire tear gas to control a crowd trying to force their way into Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi to attend the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta Baz Ratner/Reuters
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29 November 2017: People protesting against the enforced auction of homes clash with riot police in the lobby of a courtroom in Athens Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP
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28 November 2017: A cloud of dust and smoke billows following an explosion close to the border on the Egyptian side of the divided city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Said Khatib/AFP
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29 November 2017: Former International Criminal Court general Slobodan Praljak swallows poison during his judgment at the UN war crimes court at The Hague ICTY
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