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Week in pictures: 5 - 11 December 2020

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A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

image copyrightJacob King / Reuters
image captionMargaret Keenan receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at University Hospital, Coventry, UK. The 90-year-old grandmother became the first person in the world to be given the jab as part of a mass vaccination programme.
image copyrightMorgan Sette / AFP
image captionThe capsule from Japan's Hayabusa-2 space probe streaks through the sky before parachuting down near Woomera in South Australia. The spacecraft collected the first significant quantity of rock from an asteroid before returning the sample to Earth.
image copyrightByron Smith / Getty Images
image captionRefugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia wait to be transferred to a camp in neighbouring Sudan. Hundreds of people are thought to have been killed, while around 50,000 have fled to Sudan, due to fighting between Ethiopian government forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
image copyrightAndrea Pattaro / AFP
image captionPeople walk through floodwater in Venice, Italy, following sudden severe weather. New floodgates designed to protect the city from up to 3m (10ft) tides require 48 hours notice to be activated.
image copyrightAaron Chown / PA Media
image captionUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Brussels. The two met to discuss the Brexit trade deadlock after months of talks failed to reach an agreement.
image copyrightAjeng Dinar Ulfiana / Reuters
image captionA man shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during regional elections in Depok, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. More than 100 million people were eligible to vote, with nearly 300,000 polling stations set up in 24 districts and 37 cities.
image copyrightLim Huey Teng / Reuters
image captionA doctor collects a swab sample from a man to be tested for coronavirus, in Shah Alam, Malaysia.
image copyrightPavel Mikheyev / Reuters
image captionA tamed golden eagle takes part in a traditional hunting contest near the town of Esik, in Almaty region, Kazakhstan.
image copyrightDavid Mercado / Reuters
image captionA cholita wrestler celebrates her win, in El Alto, near La Paz. Bolivia's female fighters returned to the ring following a nine-month hiatus due to coronavirus restrictions.
image copyrightVictoria Jones / PA Media
image captionThe Irish Guards' new canine regimental mascot, an Irish wolfhound called Turlough Mor, spends time with his new handler at Wellington Barracks in London.

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