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Photos: This Week Around The World


A tapestry depicting Mother Teresa of Calcutta, in the facade of Saint Peter's Basilica during a mass, celebrated by Pope Francis, for her canonization.




A child cries after she was administered a polio vaccine during a house-to-house vaccination exercise in Maiduguri, Nigeria. An emergency polio vaccination campaign aimed at reaching 25 million children this year has begun in parts of Nigeria newly freed from Boko Haram, with fears that many more cases of the crippling disease are likely to be found. 



People hold flowers as they gather to watch the funeral procession of President Islam Karimov in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Karimov died of a stroke at 78. 




A Palestinian boy sits next to luggage as he and his family wait to cross the border into Egypt, at the Rafah crossing border in the southern Gaza Strip.




Stranded man in Costa Rica uses his cellphone at a makeshift camp at the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. 



A woman climbs toward the top of Mount Al-Noor ahead of Hajj at the Holy City Of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Hajj pilgrimage 2016 takes place in Mecca from September 9 to 14. 


Participants hold golden eagles for an eagle hunt during the second World Nomad Games at Issyk Kul lake in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. The Games, which opened on Saturday on a picturesque mountain plain in eastern Kyrgyzstan, bring together athletes from 40 countries where nomadic traditions are strong. 



A woman loyal to the Houthi movement holds a rocket-propelled grenade as she takes part in a parade to show support for the movement in Sanaa, Yemen.



US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greeting audience members at a campaign voter registration event at Johnson C Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. 



A man pictured after winning a race for disabled people in Douma, Syria. People who suffered disabilities in the Syrian war joined the race held under the slogan ''searching for life''. 


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