• Filipino villagers escape to a safe area as the Mayon Volcano erupts anew in the town of Daraga, Albay province, Philippines. Francis Malasig / EPA
    Filipino villagers escape to a safe area as the Mayon Volcano erupts anew in the town of Daraga, Albay province, Philippines. Francis Malasig / EPA
  • Closed shops in an alley in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, as people go on strike protesting against the visit of US vice president Mike Pence to Israel and Jerusalem. Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP
    Closed shops in an alley in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, as people go on strike protesting against the visit of US vice president Mike Pence to Israel and Jerusalem. Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP
  • The venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympics, in Pyeongchang. Ed Jones / AFP
    The venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympics, in Pyeongchang. Ed Jones / AFP
  • A Palestinian boy pulls his brother as he sits in a wheeled-suitcase as he walks down a street in a refugee camp in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    A Palestinian boy pulls his brother as he sits in a wheeled-suitcase as he walks down a street in a refugee camp in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • A prison visitor raises her fist walking past a fire supporting the strike of prison guards (background) demonstrating outside the Baumettes prison in Marseille, as part of a nationwide movement to call for better safety and wages. Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP
    A prison visitor raises her fist walking past a fire supporting the strike of prison guards (background) demonstrating outside the Baumettes prison in Marseille, as part of a nationwide movement to call for better safety and wages. Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP
  • A temple staff lifts a pet cat as a snow-covered garden is seen through a window of Meigetsuin Zen temple in Kamakura, west of Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
    A temple staff lifts a pet cat as a snow-covered garden is seen through a window of Meigetsuin Zen temple in Kamakura, west of Tokyo. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
  • A woman (bottom, centre) looks upwards at the bamboo structure installation titled 'the infinite dimensions of smallness' by Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija on display on the roof garden at the National Gallery in Singapore. Wallace Woon / EPA
    A woman (bottom, centre) looks upwards at the bamboo structure installation titled 'the infinite dimensions of smallness' by Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija on display on the roof garden at the National Gallery in Singapore. Wallace Woon / EPA

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