Week in pictures: 27 February - 5 March 2021 - BBC News

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A student is reunited with her family in Jangebe, Nigeria, after being kidnapped, along with nearly 300 others, at a boarding school on 26 February. More than 600 students have been abducted from schools in north-west Nigeria since December as criminals look to cash in on ransom demands.

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Mount Sinabung erupted on Tuesday, sending clouds of ash up to 5km (3.1 miles) into the sky. The volcano, in North Sumatra, erupted in 2010 after being inactive for centuries, and there has been increased activity over the past year.

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Models present creations from the Versace fall/winter 2021/2022 collection during Milan Fashion Week in Italy.

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Anti-coup protester Kyal Sin, 19, known as Angel (bottom left), takes cover with other protesters as police open fire in Mandalay. At least 54 people have been killed so far by security forces in the protests in Myanmar, according to the UN Human Rights office. After this photo was taken, Angel was shot dead. Images of the teenager wearing her "Everything will be OK" T-shirt at the protests went viral.

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Hindu devotees offer prayers by rolling on the ground after performing a bathing ritual on the last day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival at the Hanumante river in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu.

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Sahrawi women take part in a parade at the Awserd refugee camp in Tindouf, Algeria. The event marks 45 years since the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic was declared. It is a full member of the African Union but not recognised by all international governments.

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French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at court in Paris where he was sentenced to three years in jail - two of them suspended - for corruption. He was convicted of trying to bribe a judge in 2014 - after he had left office - by suggesting he could secure a prestigious job for him in return for information about a separate case.

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A health worker screens visitors for Covid-19 symptoms at Tembisa Hospital in South Africa.
A woman emits fire during a display of fire breathing

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Women take part in a fire-breathing performance during a protest against violence on women, outside the Cuauhtemoc district mayor's office in Mexico City.

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Pauline Millard, of Weaverthorpe Dolls Houses and Miniatures, in North Yorkshire, peers through the window of a replica 1970s village shop. The business houses a collection of more than 200,000 hand-made miniatures and has thrived during lockdown.

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

A controlled detonation was carried out after an unexploded World War Two bomb was found in south-west England. More than 2,600 households and University of Exeter halls of residence were evacuated.