Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Image copyrightVICTORIA JONES/ PAImage captionA wax figure of British Prime Minister Theresa May has the finishing touches applied at Madame Tussauds, ahead of its unveiling to the public.Image copyrightLEON NEAL/ GETTY IMAGESImage captionMen in traditional Chinese dress stand at the World Travel Market event in London in order to promote tourism to the Shaanxi region of China.Image copyrightLASZLO BALOGH/ REUTERSImage captionSandra, a 42-year-old elephant, paints with her trunk in a Hungarian travelling circus in Budapest.Image copyrightSCOTT OLSON/ GETTY IMAGESImage captionJoyce 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.Image copyrightVASILY FEDOSENKO/ REUTERSImage captionA 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.Image copyrightJENNY MORTON/UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE/ PAImage captionDuring 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.Image copyrightKHALED ABDULLAH/ REUTERSImage captionA Houthi follower emerges from a gap in a flag as he attends a rally to show support to the Palestinians in Sanaa, Yemen.Image copyrightMARTA PEREZ/ EPAImage captionA 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.Image copyrightHANNAH MCKAY/ REUTERSImage captionHubaib, a three-month-old Rohingya refugee boy, cries in a swing inside his shelter in Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.Image copyrightCHARLOTTE GRAHAM/REX/SHUTTERSTOCKImage captionRacehorses train at sunrise at Middleham Park Racing ground, North Yorkshire.
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