This Week in Pictures

New wave of protests in the US and heavy snowfall in Moscow, release of provocative movie "The Interview" and violence in the India's Assam region – take a look at these and other events of this week in the following photo gallery.

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Another killing of black teenager Antonio Martin by white police officer sparks new wave of protests in the US. December, 25.

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The Cathedral of the Virgin Protectress, also known as the Cathedral of Saint Basil, on Moscow's Red Square. December, 25.

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Fans line up at the Silent Movie Theatre for a midnight screening of "The Interview" in Los Angeles, California. December, 25.

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An Indian girl's shadow is seen on the wall of a relief camp as a tribal man stands guard with a bow and arrow at Tinsuti village in Sonitpur district of Indian eastern state of Assam, India. December, 25.

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© Sputnik / Kirill Kallinikov

Opening of the Interactive Moscow Map hall in the Mosstroinform information and analytics center of the Moscow Urban Development and Construction Complex. December, 25.

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Women wearing bikinis and Santa Claus hats participate in a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas. December, 24.

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Russia’s newest heavy launch vehicle, the environmentally friendly Angara-A5 before its first orbital launch at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Region. December, 23.

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People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers pour snow from a tyre onto their head during a training session in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China. December, 24.

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Children try to walk through a flooded street at Kampung Melayu residential area in Jakarta. December, 24.

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Participants and guests of Christmas fair in a garden "Hermitage". December, 21.

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© Sputnik / Evgeny Kotenko

A crowd of thousands gathered outside the parliament building in Kiev to show their opposition to cost-cutting measures proposed by the government of Ukraine. December, 23.

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© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov

Workers decorate the main New Year tree of Russia on the Cathedral square of the Moscow Kremlin. December, 24.

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Chorus rehearsal of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. December, 23.

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People bring flowers and candles to a place of murder police officers in New York. December, 23.

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A US soldier from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment shields himself from the rotor wash of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter after being dropped off for a mission with the Afghan police near Jalalabad in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. December, 22.

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Miners are reflected in the dressing room's mirror after their last working day at Hungary's last hard coal deep-cast mine at Markushegy. December, 24.

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© AP Photo / Max Vetrov

A couple of Russian Army helicopters fly over the Monument to Scuttled Ships, during a promotional campaign for contract service for Russian Army in Sevastopol, Crimea. December, 23.

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© AP Photo / Rajesh Kumar Singh

Indian passenger wears a blanket to keep himself warm while waiting at a railway station in a cold morning in Allahabad, India. December, 23.

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The pine covered with ice and snow in the mountains of Slovenia. December, 24.

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Dog Xiaoniu dressed in clothes walks across a street with its owner (not pictured) in Shanghai. December, 21.

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A Pakistani Christian boy decorates a tree in preparation for the upcoming Christmas holiday in Islamabad's slums, Pakistan. December, 24.