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Week in pictures: 4 - 10 November 2017

Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

News imageVictoria Jones/ PA The finishing touches are made to the new wax figure of Prime Minister Theresa May.Victoria Jones/ PA
A wax figure of British Prime Minister Theresa May has the finishing touches applied at Madame Tussauds, ahead of its unveiling to the public.
News imageLeon Neal/ Getty Images People wearing traditional Chinese dress.Leon Neal/ Getty Images
Men in traditional Chinese dress stand at the World Travel Market event in London in order to promote tourism to the Shaanxi region of China.
News imageLaszlo Balogh/ Reuters Sandra, a 42-year-old elephant, paints with her trunk.Laszlo Balogh/ Reuters
Sandra, a 42-year-old elephant, paints with her trunk in a Hungarian travelling circus in Budapest.
News imageScott Olson/ Getty Images Joyce Mires leaves flowers at a memorial.Scott Olson/ Getty Images
Joyce Mires leaves flowers at a memorial where 26 crosses were placed to honour the 26 victims killed at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas. On 5 November, Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed the people when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church.
News imageVasily Fedosenko/ Reuters A woman takes a selfie with an image of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin.Vasily Fedosenko/ Reuters
A woman takes a selfie with an image of Vladimir Lenin at Independence Square in Minsk, as people gathered to mark Revolution Day, the official public holiday commemorating the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
News imageJenny Morton/University of Cambridge/ PA A picture taken from undated video shows a sheep approaching a photo of Barack Obama.Jenny Morton/University of Cambridge/ PA
During an experiment at the University of Cambridge, which was reported this week, a sheep approaches an image of Barack Obama in order to demonstrate its ability to recognise familiar human faces.
News imageKhaled Abdullah/ Reuters A Houthi follower emerges from a gap in a flag.Khaled Abdullah/ Reuters
A Houthi follower emerges from a gap in a flag as he attends a rally to show support to the Palestinians in Sanaa, Yemen.
News imageMARTA PEREZ/ EPA A woman holds a banner "Freedom for politicians".MARTA PEREZ/ EPA
A woman holds a banner saying "freedom for politicians" as crowds gather at Saint James's Square, Barcelona to protest against the imprisonment of pro-Catalonia independence leaders.
News imageHannah McKay/ Reuters Hubaib cries in a swing.Hannah McKay/ Reuters
Hubaib, a three-month-old Rohingya refugee boy, cries in a swing inside his shelter in Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
News imageCharlotte Graham/REX/Shutterstock Racehorses train at sunrise at Middleham Park Racing ground, North Yorkshire.Charlotte Graham/REX/Shutterstock
Racehorses train at sunrise at Middleham Park Racing ground, North Yorkshire.

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