![Iraqi army soldiers raise their weapons in celebration on the outskirts of Mosul. Iraqi special forces charged into the battle for the ISIL-held city on Thursday, with a pre-dawn advance as part of a multi-pronged assault to recapture the city. [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/f08739cfb5d84956af39ba7e42d371e5_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including the battle for Mosul and the release of girls in Nigeria.
In Pictures
Week in Pictures: From US elections to Rohingya exodus
A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, including the US presidential election and attacks on the Rohingya.
![A Ukrainian serviceman fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun during military exercises near the village of Divychky in Ukraine [Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cc39148e50454c3d8f0323f6b0342a41_8.jpeg?resize=1170%2C780)
28 Oct 2016
![The emaciated frame of 18-year-old Saida Ahmad Baghili on a hospital bed in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodaida, suffering stark evidence of malnutrition after the 19-month civil war [Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/6bf299a53557450ab4760613f9e09f96_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
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![Migrants hug after being separated during the dismantlement of the camp called the 'Jungle' in Calais, France [Philippe Wojazer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ef5f102c1a2a4ee9b381e08253788359_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C773)
![A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter takes a selfie with children after recapturing the Fadiliya village from ISIL north of Mosul, Iraq [Air Jalal/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/0879914ff8c9414ba5b34228f4c84676_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C797)
![First lady Michelle Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton embrace after speaking at a campaign rally in North Carolina [Andrew Harnik/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/23579e2223f8449893e058abc1a128e3_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C916)
![People wait to carry the bodies of their family members who died in an attack on a police training academy in Quetta, Pakistan, where at least 60 people were killed [Arshad Butt/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/57ede04f1d7741fd935c07a8b4185776_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C737)
![Demonstrators clash with members of the Venezuelan National Guard during a rally demanding a referendum on removing Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro [Carlos Eduardo Ramirez/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/897bd4c82ac943ea97255b9ae793e795_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
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![The aftermath of a market that was set on fire in a Rohingya village in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state [Soe Zeya/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/f2a96e016ded42feb8689ad92cf2dbe4_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C780)
![Nepalese women struggle to drink homemade alcohol poured through a pipe during the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu. Hundreds of women and young girls gathered to drink the alcohol as a blessing from the idol Swet Bhairab, which they believe will keep them free from all diseases [Narendra Shrestha/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/4ea66fe3374b479382b707ac932c9f0d_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C799)
![Boys inspect a hole in the ground after an air strike near a playground on the besieged rebel-held town of Douma east of Damascus, Syria [Bassam Khabieh/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/f59483ff9e034702aab3d7d2451082e9_8.jpeg?fit=1170%2C796)
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![A woman poses with a portrait of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, as others line up to hold the portrait after the announcement of the king's death, outside Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. The world's longest-reigning monarch died at the age of 88 on October 13. [Jorge Silva/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/509e4d931d274b0c9c0fc71d770787cc_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
A photo round-up of some of last week’s key events, from the death of Thai King to the Hindu festival of Durga Puja.
![Daniela Gasparin, 38, who said she lost her hand and suffered 11 stab wounds when her former partner attacked her with a knife on a bus, sits outside her home in Boituva, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on June 5, 2019. Gasparin's ex-boyfriend was convicted of attempted murder, and his appeal was denied. [File: Pilar Olivares/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-05T175756Z_1111400909_RC255M9KXOSG_RTRMADP_3_WOMEN-ANTIVIOLENCE-BRAZIL.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Afghanistan refugee women living in India hold placards during a demonstration to mark International Womens' Day in New Delhi, India. [Manish Swarup/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP_21067430854031.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Aisha, a dressmaker in Dalori displacement camp, shows off the pink dress with white flowers she made. [Alyona Synenko/ICRC]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_1083.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Pope Francis arrives to pray for war victims at 'Hosh al-Bieaa', Church Square, in Mosul's old city. [Yara Nardi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-07T072350Z_569278052_RC276M9LRA6A_RTRMADP_3_POPE-IRAQ-MOSUL.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![The kind of racism Prince Philip exudes is reminiscent of the very spirit of British and other European imperialism at its height, writes Dabashi [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/9c3ddf475c7744f5b811b383cf8d68ac_18.jpeg?resize=170%2C113)
![Devices are displayed at the research lab of the Israeli firm Cellebrite's technology on November 9, 2016 in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva. It only takes a few seconds for an employee of Cellebrite's technology, one of the world's leading hacking companies, to take a locked smartphone and pull the data from it [Jack Guez/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_HY7PK.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![The controversy over Canada's butter, dubbed 'Buttergate', has garnered international attention in recent weeks [Jillian Kestler-D'Amours/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ButterMontreal3-JillianAJE.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![The US Congress is preparing to send President Joe Biden a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan [File: Erin Scott/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-08T180925Z_64702610_RC267M9DL220_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-CONGRESS.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
