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Pictures of the week: From Afghan sportswomen to Cirque du Soleil performers
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An Afghan women's football team. AP -
In the traditional Central Asian sport of Kok-Boru, horsemen score points by dropping a goat carcass in the opposing team's goal. EPA -
Picture perfect in a field of flowers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Reuters -
Hindu pilgrims on Sagar Island during a religious festival in Kolkata, India. EPA -
A member of the female-only security team Dragon Squad at a funeral in Etinan, Nigeria. Reuters -
Altharis Threatt carries items from her daughter-in-law's tornado damaged mobile home in Mount Vernon, Alabama. EPA -
Paraglider Majed Darwish at Sky Adventures in Sharjah. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
A man runs for cover during protests near Juliaca airport in Peru. EPA -
Members of the Shembe Church during the annual Nazareth Baptist Church pilgrimage near Durban, South Africa. EPA -
Supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate outside Congress in Brasilia. Reuters -
A Ukrainian helicopter fires at Russian positions in Kherson. AP -
Roman Catholic devotees during the Feast of the Black Nazarene at Quirino Grandstand, Manila. Getty Images -
A floating cafe in Nakhon Pathom, west of the Thai capital Bangkok. AFP -
Lightning strikes over Rutenberg power station in Ashkelon, Israel. Reuters -
Prince Harry's autobiography Spare on display in a bookshop window in London. Reuters -
A girl collects bricks from the debris of her house in a flood-hit area of Balochistan province, Pakistan. AFP -
Syrian rebels fighting government forces on the front line in Tadif, Aleppo province. AFP -
Afghan children play on a street in Jalalabad. AFP -
A flooded property in Gilroy, California. AFP -
A dragon dance troupe in Bogor, Indonesia, practise for the Lunar New Year celebrations. AFP -
Deer in early morning mist in Jutland, Denmark. Reuters -
Police respond to protests at a lignite mine near the village of Luetzerath in Germany. EPA -
Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing. Reuters -
An ostrich egg next to 4,000-year-old ostrich egg fragments found in Nitzana sands in the Negev desert, Israel. EPA -
Wild boar feed on rubbish in the Peak, a luxury residential district in Hong Kong. EPA -
Bolivian biker Daniel Jager Nosiglia during Stage 10 of the 2023 Dakar Rally, between Haradh and Shaybah in Saudi Arabia. AFP -
The southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province, Iraq. AFP -
A man prepares kite string in Jalandhar, India. AFP -
Protesters clash with riot police in the city of Cusco, Peru. AFP -
Cirque du Soleil opening night at the Coca Cola arena, Dubai. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
