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Week in pictures: 25 November - 1 December

From volcanic ash to The Ashes, here's the past seven days in pictures

1 Dec 2017

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SATURDAY, AUSTRALIA:

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SATURDAY, GERMANY:

Revierderby

rivals

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SUNDAY, GERMANY:

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MONDAY, USA:

Washington DC

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MONDAY, CHINA:

Weifang

Shandong

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Burkina Faso’

Ouagadougou, during the French president’s Africa tour

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WEDNESDAY, NETHERLANDS:

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THURSDAY, JORDAN:

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THURSDAY, INDONESIA:

olcanic ash belches up as high as two miles above the summit of Bali’s erupting

Mount Agung

volcano

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FRIDAY, UK:

Is Joe Biden taking a tougher stance on Taiwan?

Vladimir Putin during a meeting of he Summit of Collective Security Treaty Organisation

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In Depth

What next for Russia’s high-profile defectors?

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Today’s newspapers

‘Laughing at us all’

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Tall Tales

University tells students to take swimming test ‘online’

Yellow vests protestors demonstrate near the Arc de Triomphe

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In Depth

Five times the cost of living triggered civil unrest

Joe Biden delivers a speech at the White House

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Between the lines

Can Biden break the US gun lobby?

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Tall Tales

Jaws actor becomes police chief on island where movie was filmed

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Why we’re talking about . . .

Is Russian President Vladimir Putin seriously ill?

Chinese troops on mobile rocket launchers during a parade in Beijing

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Fact file

What would happen if China invaded Taiwan?

Vladimir Putin hosting a meeting in the Kremlin via video link

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Behind the scenes

Are assassins trying to kill Putin?

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Week in pictures: 25 November - 1 December

From volcanic ash to The Ashes, here's the past seven days in pictures

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