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    Quiz of the week

    Test your knowledge of the stories which made headlines over the past seven days

    By The National
    January 13, 2023 at 1:00 pm EST
     

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    • Prince Harry reveals reason for seeking Queen’s permission before marrying Meghan Markle
    • Restaurant regularly voted one of the world’s best to close its doors at end of 2024
    • Michelle Yeoh becomes first Malaysian to win Golden Globe
    • Virgin Orbit launch: First UK bid to send rocket into space ends in failure
    • Cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain runs aground in major shipping canal
    • Wales captain Gareth Bale announces retirement from football
    • UN says Earth’s protective ozone layer should be fully healed within decades
    • Concern over new Covid-19 variant spreading rapidly around the world
    • Tennis star reveals she is pregnant with first child
    • Indian airline mistakenly leaves passengers behind when taking off

    Pictures of the week: From Afghan sportswomen to Cirque du Soleil performers

    An Afghan women's football team. AP
    In the traditional Central Asian sport of Kok-Boru, horsemen score points by dropping a goat carcass in the opposing team's goal. EPA
    Picture perfect in a field of flowers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Reuters
    Hindu pilgrims on Sagar Island during a religious festival in Kolkata, India. EPA
    A member of the female-only security team Dragon Squad at a funeral in Etinan, Nigeria. Reuters
    Altharis Threatt carries items from her daughter-in-law's tornado damaged mobile home in Mount Vernon, Alabama. EPA
    Paraglider Majed Darwish at Sky Adventures in Sharjah. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A man runs for cover during protests near Juliaca airport in Peru. EPA
    Members of the Shembe Church during the annual Nazareth Baptist Church pilgrimage near Durban, South Africa. EPA
    Supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate outside Congress in Brasilia. Reuters
    A Ukrainian helicopter fires at Russian positions in Kherson. AP
    Roman Catholic devotees during the Feast of the Black Nazarene at Quirino Grandstand, Manila. Getty Images
    A floating cafe in Nakhon Pathom, west of the Thai capital Bangkok. AFP
    Lightning strikes over Rutenberg power station in Ashkelon, Israel. Reuters
    Prince Harry's autobiography Spare on display in a bookshop window in London. Reuters
    A girl collects bricks from the debris of her house in a flood-hit area of Balochistan province, Pakistan. AFP
    Syrian rebels fighting government forces on the front line in Tadif, Aleppo province. AFP
    Afghan children play on a street in Jalalabad. AFP
    A flooded property in Gilroy, California. AFP
    A dragon dance troupe in Bogor, Indonesia, practise for the Lunar New Year celebrations. AFP
    Deer in early morning mist in Jutland, Denmark. Reuters
    Police respond to protests at a lignite mine near the village of Luetzerath in Germany. EPA
    Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing. Reuters
    An ostrich egg next to 4,000-year-old ostrich egg fragments found in Nitzana sands in the Negev desert, Israel. EPA
    Wild boar feed on rubbish in the Peak, a luxury residential district in Hong Kong. EPA
    Bolivian biker Daniel Jager Nosiglia during Stage 10 of the 2023 Dakar Rally, between Haradh and Shaybah in Saudi Arabia. AFP
    The southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province, Iraq. AFP
    A man prepares kite string in Jalandhar, India. AFP
    Protesters clash with riot police in the city of Cusco, Peru. AFP
    Cirque du Soleil opening night at the Coca Cola arena, Dubai.  Khushnum Bhandari / The National

    An Afghan women's football team. AP

    Updated: January 13, 2023, 6:00 PM
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