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The World in Photos This Week

Pulling victims from the rubble in Syria; celebrating the Water Festival in Myanmar; and sitting through a power outage in Yemen.

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INDIA-POLITICS-AGRICULTURE

Indian farmers harvest wheat in Imamipur village on the outskirts of Allahabad, April 12.

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UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CRISIS

A pro-Russian separatist soldier kisses an image of Jesus on Orthodox Easter Sunday in Donetsk, April 12.

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SYRIA-CONFLICT

Syrian emergency personnel try to pull a woman out from under the rubble following a reported barrel bomb attack by government forces on a rebel-held district in Aleppo, April 13. Randa Slim writes for FP on Iran's military support for the Syrian government here.

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A Hindu devotee dressed as the goddess Kali runs over smouldering charcoal during the ritual of Shiva Gajan in Agartala, India, April 14.

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RUSSIA-RELIGION-EASTER

Russian Orthodox worshippers celebrate Easter at a church in Moscow, April 12.

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A migrant holds his child at the port of Lesbos island as he waits to board a ship to Athens, April 17.

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Chilean riot police in Santiago arrest a student during a demonstration to demand that the government improve the quality of public education, April 16.

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FRANCE-EQUESTRIAN POLICE

Equestrian police patrol in Lyon's Parc de la Tete d'Or, France, April 15.

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Children celebrate Thingyan, Myanmar's water festival that brings in the Buddhist New Year, in Yangon, April 16.

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PALESTINIAN-GAZA-POLLUTION-DAILY LIFE

A Palestinian boy fills a donkey cart at a garbage dump in the southern Gaza Strip with items he hopes to sell, April 16.

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BRAZIL-INDIGENOUS-MOBILIZATION-DEMO

Members of indigenous Brazilian groups demonstrate in Brasilia for greater rights, April 14.

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GUINEA-OPPOSITION-PROTEST

Guinean opposition supporters protest the regime of President Alpha Condé in Conakry, April 13.

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<> on April 15, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
<> on April 15, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

A devotee drinks from a soda bottle as other devotees throw vermillion powder during the Sindoor Jatra festival in Thimi, Nepal, April 15.

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Children in Abuja demonstrate for the release of 219 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants, April 14. FP's David Francis looks at why the United States and Nigeria will never #BringBackOurGirls here.

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People in traditional costumes participate in Dai minority New Year celebrations in Xishuangbanna, China, April 14.

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Beekeeping students view a hive frame during a training course on urban beekeeping in Paris, April 15.

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Kashmiri Muslims shout anti-India slogans at a rally in Srinagar, April 15.

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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in a graduation ceremony at the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center in Erbil, Iraq, April 16. Check out Manal Omar and Sarhang Hamasaeed's argument for FP about the need to focus in Iraq on more than just defeating the Islamic State.

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Iraqi Yazidis light candles and paraffin torches near Dohuk during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year, April 14.

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Yemeni family members sit in their home in Sanaa on April 14, the second day of a power outage across the country. FP's Lara Jakes reports here on the how Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi put the White House on the spot about Saudi Arabia's bombing campaign in Yemen.

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A police officer protects the shops of foreign nationals in Johannesburg, April 17, as anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa spread.

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PHILIPPINES-POLITICS-ANIMALS

Animal owners and activists in Manila protest a recent ordinance they claim would require people to secure government permits if they want to own multiple pets, April 15.

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