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Week in pictures

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27 Mar 2015
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Denis Bois

FRANCE, TUESDAY:

A model parades creations during the Sheguang Hu Collection at China Fashion Week in Beijing on March 25, 2015. The biannual China Fashion Week is being held in Beijing from March 24 to 31. A

AFP/Getty Images

BEIJING, TUESDAY:

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: James McCarthy of Everton lies in the goal after the goal scored by Eduardo Vargas of QPR (not in picture) during the Barclays Premier League match between Queens

2015 Getty Images

LONDON, SUNDAY:

Afghan demonstrators shout slogans during a rally in front of the Supreme Court in Kabul on March 24, 2015, held to protest the killing of Afghan resident Farkhunda. More than a thousand peop

AFP/Getty Images

KABUL, TUESDAY:

A man carrying a sailfish walks through Hamarweyne district in South Mogadishu on March 25, 2015. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza(Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)

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SOMALIA, WEDNESDAY:

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A man clings to a security line to cross a street flooded by the overflowing of the Copiapo River due to heavy rainfall that affected some areas in the city, in Copiapo, Chile on March 26, 20

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CHILE, THURSDAY:

BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - MARCH 26: An Orthodox Priest blesses Sergey Semchenko of the Russian Search and Recovery Forces after having blessed the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch

2015 NASA

KAZAKHSTAN, THURSDAY:

LEICESTER, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: The coffin containing the remains of King Richard III is carried on a procession for interrment at Leicester Cathedral on March 22, 2015 in Leicester, England.

2015 Getty Images

LEICESTER, SUNDAY:

Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson celebrates after bowling India's batsman Rohit Sharma during their 2015 Cricket World Cup semi-final match in Sydney on March 26, 2015.AFP PHOTO / William

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SYDNEY, THURSDAY:

A Kurdish Syrian woman walks with her child past the ruins of the town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, on March 25, 2015. Islamic State (IS) fighters were driven out of Kobane on Januar

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KOBANE, WEDNESDAY:

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