The following gallery contains pictures of some of the more notable events that occurred during the past week.
A migrant, protecting himself from the rain with a plastic trash bag, walks through a mudpath of the "New Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, where thousands of migrants live in the hope of crossing the Channel to Britain.
NASA unveiled mosaics of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, representing the global response to its popular #PlutoTime social media campaign.
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© Photo : Sochi Autodrom Press Service
A DeLorean DMC-12 at the Sochi Autodrom during the Back to the Future Day celebration.
A park ranger surveys damage caused by flooding at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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© AP Photo / Christophe Ena
Ireland's Rob Kearney (L) grabs the shirt of Argentina's Joaquin Tuculet during the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between Ireland and Argentina at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
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© Sputnik / Sergey Guneev
Russia's President Vladimir Putin heads into the Valdai International Discussion Club session in Sochi after arriving via an AvtoVAZ Lada Vesta.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (3rd R) and wife Ri Sol Ju (4th L) enjoy an art performance given by the Chongbong Band during celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea's founding in Pyongyang.
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© AP Photo / John Minchillo
Sugar, a North American River Otter, swims in her enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Five hundred Stormtroopers on the steps at the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall of China to promote 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', on the outskirts of Beijing.
A group of locals and a tricycle are being towed by a farm tractor along a flooded highway in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija in northern Philippines, after the province was hit by Typhoon Koppu.
Dancers get ready for their performance during the annual Tbilisoba festival, celebrating Tbilisi City Day in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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© AP Photo / Marko Djurica
Migrants wait to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia.
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© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev
Russian special forces navigate an obstacle course during a maroon beret qualification exam.
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© AP Photo / David von Blohn
The remains of a mid-16th century church known as the Temple of Santiago, as well as the Temple of Quechula, is visible from the surface of the Grijalva River, which feeds the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir, due to the lack of rain near the town of Nueva Quechula, in Chiapas state, Mexico.
A woman holds a baby as refugees and migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey.
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© Sputnik / Alexey Malgavko
Local residents riding a trolleybus during a heavy snowfall in Omsk, Russia.
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© AP Photo / Andre Penner
A model wears a creation from the Alexandre Herchcovitch winter collection during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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© Photo : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
A Russian military aircraft during a sortie in Syria.
Palestinian protesters use slingshots to throw stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Al-Bireh, on the northern outskirts of Ramallah.
Two baby orangutans play with each other at the wildlife department in Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia.
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© AP Photo / Yorgos Karahalis
A man walks past some graffiti depicting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Athens.
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© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
A model wears a creation from the Natalia Gart collection during the 'Made in Russia' Fashion Week in Moscow.
A child collects a ball beside an artificial pitch at the Football Centre for Hope in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township.
Buildings under construction are seen through the mist on a hazy day in Rizhao, Shandong province, China.
A Yemeni soldier, pictured through a vehicle's windscreen, which was damaged by a bullet, gestures out of the window, in Marib, Yemen.
A Chinese national flag flies as students practice Tai Chi during a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest martial arts display, in Henan province, China.
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© AP Photo / Esteban Felix
A riot policeman fires from a homemade mortar during clashes with residents and miners in El Limon, Nicaragua, Saturday. Miners have been on strike for weeks after the firing of three union leaders, blocking access to the mine with roadblocks made of rocks and branches, affecting operations. The miners and their families are demanding the Canadian mining company B2Gold rehire the three former workers, saying their dismissals were unjust. By midday Saturday, police had taken control of the mining town.
A Palestinian protester taunts Israeli borderguards during clashes next to the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallahon.
A Bahraini Shiite Muslim woman carries her child during a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama.
