The Week in Photos: From Street Performers in Lagos to Flooding in Auckland

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Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Jan 6, 2018

Performers dance during the Lagos Street Carnival on December 3rd, 2017, in Lagos. Commercial activities in the bustling Ikeja district of Lagos were grounded as people danced along the major roads to celebrate the second edition of the Lagos street carnival, heralding the Christmas and New Year's period. — Performers dance during the Lagos Street Carnival on December 3rd, 2017, in Lagos. Commercial activities in the bustling Ikeja district of Lagos were grounded as people danced along the major roads to celebrate the second edition of the Lagos street carnival, heralding the Christmas and New Year's period.
(Photo: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images)

A Polar Bear Club swimmer carries an American flag as the group makes its annual icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on January 1st, 2018, on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. — A Polar Bear Club swimmer carries an American flag as the group makes its annual icy plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on January 1st, 2018, on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
(Photo: Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

Candles and flowers are displayed outside a grocery store on January 2nd, 2018, where a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in the western German town of Kandel. — Candles and flowers are displayed outside a grocery store on January 2nd, 2018, where a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in the western German town of Kandel.
(Photo: Uli Deck/AFP/Getty Images)

Motorists wait as cows cross a road in Abobo, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on January 3rd, 2018. — Motorists wait as cows cross a road in Abobo, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on January 3rd, 2018.
(Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images)

A man walks in the middle of a flooded waterfront on January 5th, 2018, in Auckland, New Zealand. Heavy wind and rain have struck the region, with over 12,000 homes in and around Auckland losing power overnight. More flooding and damage is expected today from continued high winds. — A man walks in the middle of a flooded waterfront on January 4th, 2018, in Auckland, New Zealand. Heavy wind and rain have struck the region, with over 12,000 homes in and around Auckland losing power overnight. More flooding and damage is expected today from continued high winds.
(Photo: Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Firefighters take part in the traditional Three Kings parade (Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos) marking Epiphany in Madrid on January 5th, 2018 — Firefighters take part in the traditional Three Kings parade (Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos) marking Epiphany in Madrid on January 5th, 2018
(Photo: Gabriel Bouys/Getty Images)

A Pakistani Muslim rests at a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Karachi on June 9th, 2017.

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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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A family breaks their Ramadan fasting on June 16th, 2017, in Diyarbakir, Syria.

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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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Danil Medvedev of Russia serves during the Gentlemen's Singles first round match against Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 3rd, 2017, in London, England.

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A chrysanthemum producer walks in his field as he picks up pots in Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean Island of Corsica, on October 26th, 2017. Thousands of chrysanthemums are sold on the island as they are placed on graves for All Saints' Day on November 1st.

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