The Week in Pictures: Dec. 7, 2017 - MSN.com

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Brussels
Pro-independence Catalan supporters gather to begin a demonstration near the EU quarter in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017.




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Canberra
Members of parliament, from left, Cathy McGowan, Adam Brandt and Andrew Wilkie celebrate the passing of the Marriage Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017.




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Moscow
Visitors look at paintings of Russian president Vladimir Putin at the "SUPERPUTIN" exhibition at the UMAM museum in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. The 65-year old Russian leader, who has ruled the country since 2000, announced on Wednesday that he would seek his fourth term in office in March. Putin's 80-percent approval ratings make his victory all but certain.




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Gaza City
A Palestinian youth takes part in a protest over U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Dec. 7 in Gaza City.




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Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
A new residential area is seen in the outskirts of the city on Dec. 6 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.




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Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the annual Volunteer of Russia 2017 award ceremony at the Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia on Dec. 6.




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Yangon, Myanmar
A passenger plane flies past the sun in Yangon on Dec. 6.




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Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Firefighters battle the remnants of a fire at the Drocolor paint factory on Dec. 6 in Abidjan. A huge fire ripped through a paint factory in the Ivorian capital causing multiple explosions, and witnesses said several people were badly burnt.




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London
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds (C) speaks to journalists outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on Dec. 5 as demonstrators wave a Union (L) and European Union (EU) flags behind. British Prime Minister Theresa May scrambled Tuesday to salvage a deal over the post-Brexit border in Ireland after it was rejected by her DUP allies, exposing the weakness of her position in EU negotiations.




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Ventura, California
John Bain and Brandon Baker take cover from the embers as they try to help stop a fire from burning a stranger's home on Dec. 5 in Ventura, California.

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Kiev, Ukraine
Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili is detained by officers of the Security Service of Ukraine, conducting a search of his apartment, in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017.




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Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pumps dredge sand to reclaim land at the site of a Chinese-funded 1.4 billion USD reclamation project in Colombo on December 5, 2017. Half of the reclamation project to build Colombo Financial City, previously known as Colombo Port City, has been completed, with Sri Lanka hoping to turn it into an international financial centre with special laws protecting foreign investment.




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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 54/55, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (back), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (C) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) (front) take part in the preflight preparation at the Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome on December 05, 2017. The space crew is to take off to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Soyuz MS-07 on December 17, 2017 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.




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Mexico City, Mexico
A woman protests against the eminent approval of an Internal Security Act outside the Senate in Mexico City, on December 5, 2017. Mexican deputies approved a new security law, which provides a legal framework for military deployment, the controversial initiative is being discussed in the Senate.




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Barcelona, Spain
People hold up placards reading "Freedom for political prisoners! we are republic" during a gathering asking for the release of leaders currently jailed at Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain on Dec. 4.




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Beijing, China
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang accompanies Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to view an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on Dec. 4 in Beijing, China.




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Shandong Province, China
A resident pushes a baby carriage as she walks along a road during a snowfall in Yantai in China's eastern Shandong province on Dec. 4.




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Washington, DC
Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's lying to the FBI prior to his Marine One departure from the South Lawn of the White House on Dec. 4 in Washington, DC.




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New Delhi, India
Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar waves as she stands out of the sunroof of a car during a parade in New Delhi on Dec. 3. Indian model Manushi Chhillar won the 67th Miss World contest final on the Chinese island of Hainan on November 18.




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Abu Dhabi, UAE
A picture taken on Dec. 3 shows visitors walking in the courtyard of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

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Naypyitaw, Myanmar
The moon rises behind the Uppatasanti Pagoda seen in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The Dec. 3 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The two will occur on Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2018.




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Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
This combination of pictures created on December 3, 2017 shows Rohingya children holding objects they use as toys to play with in refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar. Over 620,000 Rohingya refugees, more than half of them children, have crossed into Bangladesh since late August after a militant attack on police outposts sparked a deadly crackdown by the Myanmar military.




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Sieversdorf, Germany
A man, disguised as Santa Claus, flies in a microlight on December 2, 2017 near Sieversdorf, eastern Germany.




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Bangkok, Thailand
Brides-to-be participate in the "Running of the Brides" race on Dec. 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.




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North Sumatra, Indonesia
An Indonesian farmer passes a field as Mount Sinabung volcano spews thick smoke into the air in Karo, North Sumatra on Dec. 2. Mount Sinabung roared back to life in 2010 for the first time in 400 years, after another period of inactivity it erupted once more in 2013, and has remained highly active since.




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North Korea
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 2 shows North Korean soldiers and Pyongyang residents holding a rally to celebrate the North's declaration it had achieved full nuclear statehood. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un declared the country had achieved a "historic cause" of becoming a nuclear state, its state media said on Nov. 29 after the country tested an intercontinental ballistic missile earlier in the day.




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Bucharest, Romania
A female member of Romania's military applies lipstick on a colleague's lips before Romania's national day military parade in Bucharest, Romania on Dec. 1, 2017. Thousands of Romanian troops staged a military parade to celebrate Romania's national day, but key politicians didn't attend, signaling tensions between the president and the ruling left-wing coalition over plans to revamp the justice system.




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Glen Coe, Scotland
A Tourist takes a selfie photograph with a red dear stag visiting a car park near Glen Coe on Dec. 1, in Glen Coe, Scotland.




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Colombo, Sri Lanka
A man carrying an umbrella is seen silhouetted through a window covered with rain drops during a wet day on Dec. 1 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.




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Dhaka, Bangladesh
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate mass and the ordination of new priests at the Suhrawardy Udyan park on Dec. 1  in Dhaka, Bangladesh.