Week in pictures: 21-27 October 2023 - BBC News

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Palestinians collect water from a desalination plant as EU leaders call for "pauses" in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow aid to reach civilians.

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Friends and family take cover as rocket sirens sound during the funeral of Sagiv Ben Zvi, 24, who was killed during the attacks on Israel by Hamas on 7 October.

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A woman looks out over the flooded beer garden of the Boat Inn after the River Severn burst its banks near Ironbridge, Shropshire, England. Many areas across the UK were flooded due to heavy downpours caused by Storm Babet.

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Thousands of Mexicans took part in the Parade of the Catrinas through Mexico City as they prepared to mark the Day of the Dead. Many participants were made up to look like La Catrina, the name given to an elegant skeletal figure popular in Mexican culture.

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India, of the Netherlands, competes against Mono, of South Korea during the Red Bull BC One World Final at Roland Garros. Paris, France. The main event is a knockout tournament featuring 16 "B-Boys" and "B-Girls" who battle it out by showing off their best breakdancing moves.

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South African mine workers chant slogans after emerging at Gold One's Modder East mine, east of Johannesburg. More than 500 workers were held underground for three days in what police are calling a hostage situation.

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Football fans gathered at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium to remember club legend and World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton, who died on 21 October, aged 86.

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Italian police remove an Extinction Rebellion activist during a protest at the Ministry of Transport building in Rome.

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Chinese astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin say farewell ahead of their flight on the Shenzhou 17 spacecraft to China's Tiangong space station.

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Poet and novelist Sir Ben Okri is made a Knight Bachelor by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, London. The honour recognises services to literature.