Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
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Women held a protest against President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who has faced sexual assault allegations from several women.
Ahmad Yusni / EPA
Base jumpers leap from a 300m high deck during the annual Kuala Lumpur Tower International Jump in Malaysia.
Clodagh Kilcoyne/ Reuters
Two women work on their embroidery skills during a medieval festival at Claregalway Castle in Ireland.
Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA
A badly damaged mosque is seen near the Talise beach in Palu city, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, following a series of powerful earthquakes on 28 September, triggering a tsunami and killing over 1,300 people.
Eloisa Lopez / Reuters
A woman fans her Yorkshire Terrier puppy ahead of World Animal Day celebrations at Eastwood City Walk of Fame in Quezon City, near Manila, in the Philippines.
Gulshan Khan / AFP
Residents of Johannesburg's Ennerdale suburb in South Africa burn tyres to protest at the lack of police and government action against drug abuse, as well as at poor housing and basic services in the area.
Peter Byrne / PA
A puppet called the Giant Man lying on the beach at New Brighton, Wirral, in the UK, as part of the Giant Spectacular event by street theatre company Royal De Luxe.
Maxim Shipenkov / AFP
Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth in the Soyuz MS-08 space capsule following a six-month mission.
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Activists cause damage to shops in Mexico City during protests to mark the 50th anniversary of the massacre of students by security forces in Tlatelolco.
Jane Barlow / PA
Lance Corporal Anthony Boyle, from Kilmarnock, was reunited with his seven-month-old daughter Lucy, after taking part in a homecoming parade through Ayr town centre with the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
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Timothy A. Clary / AFP
Ahmad Yusni / EPA
Clodagh Kilcoyne/ Reuters 
Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA
Eloisa Lopez / Reuters
Gulshan Khan / AFP
Peter Byrne / PA
Maxim Shipenkov / AFP
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