Week in pictures: 3-9 December 2016 - BBC News

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Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters continued their protest against the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, arguing the multi-billion dollar project will contaminate drinking water and damage sacred burial sites. Supporters of the pipeline say it will provide a more cost-effective means of transporting oil than shipping barrels by train.





ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS / REUTERS
Fireworks exploded next to riot police during clashes following an anniversary rally that marked the 2008 police shooting of 15-year-old student Alexandros Grigoropoulos in Athens, Greece.





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Prince Harry joined City brokers in fancy dress on the trading floor of the global financial firm ICAP during its 23rd annual charity day. ICAP gives away one day's revenue and commissions every year to fund philanthropic projects and research around the world.





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The lights on the Christmas tree outside 10 Downing Street were turned on by British Prime Minister Theresa May and three schoolgirls from her Maidenhead constituency who had won a competition.





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In Scotland, people enjoyed a ride on a Ferris wheel at the Christmas market in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.





AHMED JADALLAH / REUTERS
Iraqis wait to receive aid outside a distribution point to the east of Mosul. The military offensive to reclaim the the city from so-called Islamic State (IS) has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.





AAMIR QURESHI / AFP
All 47 people on board a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane were killed when it crashed about 40 miles north of Islamabad.





OMAR SANADIKI / REUTERS
Syria's government resumed its bombardment of parts of besieged east Aleppo after a brief humanitarian pause. Government forces have retaken at least 75% of east Aleppo in recent weeks.





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Fidel Castro's ashes were interred in the Cuban city of Santiago, nine days after his death at the ago of 90.





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World champion Emily Seebohm, of Australia, competes in the women's 100m Individual Medley at the FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships at WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.





LAURENT GILLIERON / AP
Father Christmas passed over Lake Geneva to mark the opening of the Christmas market in Montreux, Switzerland.