The Week in Photos: From an Eruption in Bali to an Election in Honduras

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Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Updated:: Jan 9, 2018
Original:: Dec 2, 2017

A view from the temple at Kubu sub-district in Indonesia's resort island of Bali shows Mount Agung's eruption on November 26th, 2017. — A view from the temple at Kubu sub-district in Indonesia's resort island of Bali shows Mount Agung's eruption on November 26th, 2017.
(Photo: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images)

Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on November 27th, 2017. — Children ride a merry-go-round on opening day at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on November 27th, 2017.
(Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/AFP/Getty Images)

A volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defence searches the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria on the outskirts of Damascus on November 28th, 2017. — A volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defence searches the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria on the outskirts of Damascus on November 28th, 2017.
(Photo: Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP/Getty Images)

A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017. — A boy collects used plastic bottles to be sold at a junk shop at Divisoria market in Manila, Philippines, on November 29th, 2017.
(Photo: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)

Supporters of Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla set fire to a barricade during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa on November 30th, 2017. — Supporters of Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla set fire to a barricade during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa on November 30th, 2017.
(Photo: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images)

A balloon vendor descends an escalator at City Walk in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1st, 2017. — A balloon vendor descends an escalator at City Walk in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1st, 2017.
(Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images)

A crowd releases lanterns into the air to celebrate the Yee Peng festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, in the city of Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand on November 3rd, 2017.

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Young pilgrims wait for the arrival of Pope Francis at the Sanctuary of Fatima on May 12th, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal.

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Relatives of earthquake victims burn offerings at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county during the 10-year anniversary on May 11th, 2018, in the Sichuan province of China. Beichuan county was relocated a decade after it was destroyed by the 2008 earthquake in which more than 15,000 people died.

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Indonesian youths play at a game center surrounded by floodwaters after seasonal rains hit Bandung on November 17th, 2017.

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Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) greets a crowd of supporters as he arrives for a campaign rally on July 31st, 2017, in Gakenke ahead of the August 4th presidential election. Kagame and his Rwanda Patriotic Front Party have held an iron grip on power since overthrowing the extremist Hutu regime, which perpetrated the 1994 genocide of 800,000 Tutsis.

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Opposition leader Raila Odinga speaks to the crowd gathered at a rally at the Ogango Grounds on October 20th, 2017, in Kisumu, Kenya. Tensions are high as Kenya awaits a new presidential election after it annulled the results of the first vote in August.

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