Pictures of the week 2 to 8 December 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best news, sport, weather and animal photos, from the Rohingya refugee crisis and Jerusalem clashes, to skiing Santas and a nudist restaurant.
4 December 2017: Leaves cover the face of 11-month-old Rohingya refugee Abdul Aziz, after his body was brought back to the family shelter, at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Aziz, whose family fled Myanmar some two months ago, died at local clinic after suffering from high fever and severe cough for ten days, his mother saidDamir Sagolj/Reuters5 December 2017: Roshid Jan holds her son Muhammad Gyab at their shelter at a camp for Rohingya widows and orphans inside the Balukhali camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Her husband, a religious leader in Phansi village in Myanmar's Rakhine state, was accused of being a member of a Rohingya militant group and arrested 11 months ago, she said. She had not seen him or heard about his fate since thenDamir Sagolj/Reuters2 December 2017: Rohingya refugee Mumtaz Begum, 30, becomes emotional as she touches the wounds she says she received when the Myanmar military set her house on fire after raping herAllison Joyce/Getty Images3 December 2017: Rohingya children hold objects they use as toys to play with, in the refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's BazarEd Jones/AFP4 December 2017: A four-month-old male baby panda cub is seen inside his enclosure during his naming ceremony at the Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, central France. He was named Yuan Meng, which means 'Fulfilment of a dream'Benoit Tessier/Reuters4 December 2017: Yissel Mendoza feeds her pig Balu at her home in Ciudad Juarez, MexicoJose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters6 December 2017: Timea Korozs plays with her Komondor, a traditional Hungarian guard dog, in Bodony, HungaryLaszlo Balogh/Reuters6 December 2017: Bobo, a British bulldog, takes a shower at The Wagington luxury pet hotel in SingaporeEdgar Su/Reuters2 December 2017: A Poland bantam chamois hen is displayed at the 45th National Championship Poultry Show in Telford, ShropshireOli Scarff/AFP7 December 2017: FK Vardar's Filip Gacevski tries to move a dog off the pitch during their Europa League match against Rosenborg BK at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, MacedoniaOgnen Teofilovski/Reuters3 December 2017: Stade Francais' Matthieu Ugena celebrates with teammates after winning the French Top 14 rugby union match against Racing 92 at the Jean Bouin Stadium in ParisChristophe Simon/AFP7 December 2017: Shakhtar Donetsk's coach Paulo Fonseca, dressed as Zorro, attends a news conference after their Champions League match against Manchester City in Kharkiv, UkraineValentyn Ogirenko/Reuters8 December 2017: Youngsters play football during an HIV prevention event for youth organised by non-governmental organisation (NGO) 'I Choose Life - Africa' at Kibera slum in Nairobi, KenyaYasuyoshi Chiba/AFP7 December 2017: Firefighters monitor a section of the Thomas Fire along the 101 freeway, north of Ventura in southern CaliforniaMario Tama/Getty Images5 December 2017: A fire crew passes a burning home in Ventura, CaliforniaMike Blake/Reuters7 December 2017: Firefighters monitor a section of the Thomas Fire along the 101 freeway, north of Ventura, southern CaliforniaMario Tama/Getty Images5 December 2017: A firefighter sprays water at the remains of an apartment complex destroyed by the Thomas Fire in Ventura, southern CaliforniaMario Tama/Getty Images5 December 2017: Red hot embers are blown from burned trees as strong winds whip up the Thomas Fire near Santa Paula, southern CaliforniaDavid McNew/Reuters5 December 2017: A burnt-out car is seen in front of a home destroyed by fire in Ventura, southern CaliforniaMike Blake/Reuters5 December 2017: Sparks fly as a firefighter tackles a wildfire on a hillside near homes in Santa Paula, southern CaliforniaRingo Chiu/AFP6 December 2017: A firework thrown at riot police explodes during clashes with protesters in Athens after a demonstration commemorating 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos, who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2008Aris Messinis/AFP6 December 2017: Firefighters battle a blaze in Abidjan after a huge fire ripped through a paint factory in the Ivorian capital, causing multiple explosionsSia Kambou/AFP1 December 2017: Salisbury Cathedral is illuminated by trails of candles carried by choristers during the annual 'darkness to light' advent processionMatt Cardy/Getty Images2 December 2017: A history enthusiast, dressed as a soldier, rides his horse during the re-enactment of Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna, Czech RepublicDavid W Cerny/Reuters8 December 2017: A boat passes in front of the Sydney Opera House as it is illuminated in pink to mark the marriage equality bill being passed by the Australian parliamentDavid Gray/Reuters7 December 2017: Liberal MP Warren Entsch and Labour MP Linda Burney celebrate the passing of the Marriage Amendment Bill in the Australian House of Representatives at Parliament House in CanberraAAP/Lukas Coch/Reuters8 December 2017: Marriage equality campaigners and supporters take part in a victory march at the State Library in Melbourne, AustraliaAAP/Joe Castro/Reuters1 December 2017: A drag queen collects a sample from her gums for an HIV test, during an awareness campaign for World AIDS Day, in Sao Paulo, BrazilNacho Doce/Reuters1 December 2017: The moon rises behind a pod on the London Eye, lit up in red for World AIDS DayPeter Nicholls/Reuters4 December 2017: The supermoon sets over the church of Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion at dawn in Olvera, near Cadiz, southern SpainJon Nazca/Reuters6 December 2017: People prepare a snow sculpture for the Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, ChinaReuters8 December 2017: A huge cloud forms as a storm moves through Dalby, Queensland, AustraliaInstagram/modernwifelife31/Reuters8 December 2017: A father and his son walk their dog past a large snowman on Black Mountain in Belfast, Northern IrelandCharles McQuillan/Getty Images2 December 2017: People dressed as Santa Claus enjoy the snow during Saint Nicholas Day celebrations at the Alpine ski resort of Verbier, SwitzerlandDenis Balibouse/Reuters3 December 2017: A man dressed as Santa Claus gives sweets to children in Mayrhofen, AustriaDominic Ebenbichler/Reuters7 December 2017: Members of the Pizzaioli Acrobats Coldiretti twirl and stretch dough in Naples to celebrate the Unesco decision to put the art of making Neapolitan pizza on its intangible cultural heritage listTiziana Fabi/AFP5 December 2017: Naked diners eat at O'Naturel, billed as the French capital's first nudist restaurantGeoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP6 December 2017: Dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre perform a scene from Twyla Tharp's The Golden Section in New YorkTimothy A Clary/AFP2 December 2017: Indian Navy drummers demonstrate their skills during a rehearsal ahead of Navy Day celebrations in MumbaiShailesh Andrade/Reuters8 December 2017: British anti-Brexit activist Madeleina Kay, who calls herself 'EU Supergirl', pretends to punch Boris Johnson lookalike Drew Galdron outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, BelgiumYves Herman/Reuters6 December 2017: The Queen meets George Adesola Oguntade, High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and his wife during a private audience at Buckingham Palace in LondonVictoria Jones7 December 2017: Her Majesty the Queen attends the commissioning ceremony of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in PortsmouthChris Jackson/Getty Images5 December 2017: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall poses with members of staff wearing Donald Trump masks during her visit to the offices of city traders ICAP on their annual Charity Day, in LondonArthur Edwards5 December 2017: US President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform during a meeting with families to discuss how the tax reform plan would affect them in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DCSaul Loeb/AFP7 December 2017: Palestinian children look at vandalised graffiti depicting US President Donald Trump and slogans against US Vice President Mike Pence painted on Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank city of BethlehemThomas Coex/AFP3 December 2017: A visitor walks in the courtyard of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu DhabiGiuseppe Cacace/AFP8 December 2017: Palestinian Muslim worshippers shout slogans during Friday prayers in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. Israel deployed hundreds of additional police officers following US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capitalAhmad Gharabli/AFP7 December 2017: A Palestinian woman reacts on a street in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, during a Hamas rally against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capitalMohammed Abed/AFP7 December 2017: A Palestinian protester sets alight an American flag during clashes with Israeli troops during a protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near the West Bank city of RamallahAbbas Momani/AFP3 December 2017: Comrades of Ron Yitzhak Kukia, a 19-year-old Israeli army sergeant who was stabbed near a bus stop in the city of Arad last week, mourn during his funeral at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel AvivJack Guez/AFP5 December 2017: A Houthi fighter walks through rubble after an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition targeted the presidential palace in SanaaMohammed Huwais/AFP4 December 2017: A Houthi militant sitting on a tank celebrates the death of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'aKhaled Abdullah/Reuters3 December 2017: A Syrian man carries the body of a child who was killed in an air strike in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital DamascusAbdulmonam Eassa/AFP
