Week in pictures: 1-7 October 2017

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A wealthy former accountant opened fire on concertgoers in Las Vegas, killing at least 58 people and injuring more than 500. Stephen Paddock, 64, set up a firing point in a hotel overlooking an open-air country music festival and shot himself dead as police stormed his suite.

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A Rohingya Muslim child carries an infant at a refugee camp in Palang Khali near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A UK charity appeal to help people fleeing violence in Myanmar has been launched by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). The government said it would match the first £3m donated by the public. More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have left the country, with many now staying in camps in Bangladesh.

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Comedian Simon Brodkin, also known as Lee Nelson, confronts Prime Minister Theresa May during her speech at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. To add to Mrs May's woes, some of the letters fell off the stage backdrop slogan behind her and a nagging cough and croaky voice forced the PM to stop on more than one occasion.

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People carry a huge flag and placards during a demonstration against Spanish police violence two days after the independence referendum in the Spanish region of Catalonia, which the Madrid government had declared illegal. Hundreds of people were injured when police used force to try to block voting.

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Performers prepare to take part in the Illuminated Night Carnival Parade which features in the annual Light Night Leeds festival of visual arts in the centre of Leeds, England. The festival features projections, interactive installations, exhibitions, dance, music and street performances, taking place in the centre of the city.

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A worker checks the dryness of firecrackers at a factory ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India.

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Indonesian military personnel show their skills during a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of Indonesia's military. At least 6,000 personnel took part in the celebrations.

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Lisa Borders, president of the Women's National Basketball Association, presents Sylvia Fowles of the Minnesota Lynx with the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award at the WNBA Finals in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a game against the Los Angeles Sparks.

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A woman looks up at a giant pendulum, part of a large-scale interactive installation by Danish collective SUPERFLEX, during the unveiling of the Tate Modern Hyundai Commission 2017, at the Tate Modern in central London.