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Our top photos from the past week.

Habanos in Havana

From the field to the factory during the annual Habanos cigar festival in Cuba.

First 100 days of Trump

Major moments from the first days of the Trump administration.

Christian Dior at Paris Fashion Week

Celebrities come out for Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri's collection for Christian Dior in Paris.

Highlights from Paris Fashion Week

Backstage and collection highlights from Paris.

Brutal street battle for Mosul

Terrified civilians flee fighting, often under Islamic State militant fire, as Iraqi forces battle their way within range of the city's government buildings.

Banksy's Walled Off Hotel

Street artist Banksy opens the Walled Off Hotel in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Aboard the USS Carl Vinson

On the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a Freedom of Navigation Operation Patrol in South China Sea.

Venezuela's signs of crisis

Cash shortages and unrest plague the oil-rich nation in the midst of a deepening economic crisis.

Trump's political picks

The cabinet members, officials and appointees chosen by Donald Trump for senior roles in his administration and judiciary.

China's Congress meets

Inside the annual Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing.

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Reunited amid South Sudan's civil war

In the chaos of South Sudan's civil war, it took three years for Nyagonga Machul to find her lost children.  Full Coverage 

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Brazil's race to save drought-hit city

Brazil's arid northeast is weathering its worst drought on record and Campina Grande, which has 400,000 residents that depend on the reservoir, is running out of water.  Full Coverage 

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Election uncertainty in France

The high level of uncertainty in Chartres underlines how wide open the French presidential race remains. It also points to the disaffection many voters feel towards the political elite.  Full Coverage 

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Sold by Islamic State, Yazidi boy returns

After Islamic State militants had killed or enslaved Ayman's parents in their purge of the Yazidi minority to which he belongs, they sold the four-year-old to a Muslim couple. For 18 months his relatives assumed he was dead, but after Iraqi forces retook east Mosul, Ayman was reunited with his family.  Full Coverage 

REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Fighting prejudice with martial arts

A group of Afghan girls learn the flowing movements of Wushu, a sport developed from ancient Chinese kung fu, in a country where women's sport is severely restricted.  Full Coverage