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REWIND: TOP photos of the week that was

June 29, 2015 10:24 IST

Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 14 images

Image: A woman grieves as she lay flowers at the beach next to the Imperial Marhaba Hotel where 38 people were killed on Friday in a terrorist attack in Souuse, Tunisia. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images


Image: A reveller pats a police horse as they chat with officers during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, Britain. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/ Reuters


Image: Dancers of the Friedrichstadt-Palast from the show "THE WYLD" pose during a promotional photocall in the carriage of an underground train in Berlin, Germany. The 10.6 million euro ($13.5 million) show is the largest production budget in the 95-year history of Friedrichstadt-Palast. Photograph:Hannibal Hanschke/ Reuters 


Image: A protester reacts as police use water cannon during a demonstration to demand changes in the Chilean education system in Santiago, Chile. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/ Reuters 


Image: A Somali soldier takes position at the scene of a suicide attack by al Shabaab militants in capital Mogadishu. Four Islamist gunmen were killed after detonating a car bomb and shooting their way into a national intelligence agency training site, the internal security ministry said, adding that the government did not suffer any casualties during the attack. Photograph: Feisal Omar/ Reuters 


Image: People look at the rubble of houses destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa. Arab air strikes killed 15 people and wounded dozens across Yemen late on Saturday, the Houthi-run Saba news agency reported. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/ Reuters


Image: Mount Sinabung volcano spews hot lava as seen from an empty village inside the danger zone area at Beras Tepu Village in Karo Regency, Indonesia's North Sumatra province. More than 10,000 people from 12 villages, who are living around the slopes of Mount Sinabung, left their homes and moved to refugee camps, local media reported on Friday. Photograph: Beawiharta/ Reuters 


Image: Relatives mourn the death of Lata Jadhav, 35, who died after consuming bootleg liquor, at a slum in Mumbai, India. Toxic homemade liquor has killed at least 94 slum dwellers in India's financial capital Mumbai, with more than 45 in hospital, police said on Sunday, in the latest disaster involving moonshine. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/ Reuters 


Image: Three-year-old Iqal washes himself as he waits for the sun to go down during Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photograph: Olivia Harris/ Reuters 


Image: Nuns greet Pope Francis as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican. Photograph: Tony Gentile/ Reuters


Image: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain's Queen Elizabeth smile as a robot waves during their visit at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Michael Sohn/ Reuters 


Image: Riders rear up on their horses while surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, Balearic Island of Menorca, Spain. Photograph: Enrique Calvo/ Reuters 


Image: A boy, who was wounded by what activists said was violence caused by Islamic State fighters in Kobani, waits inside a vehicle to cross into Turkey at the Syrian-Turkish border crossing of Tel Abyad, Syria. Photograph: Rodi/ Reuters Said 


Image: French riot police push an overturned car as striking French taxi drivers demonstrate at the Porte Maillot to block the traffic on the Paris ring road during a national protest against car-sharing service Uber, in Paris, France. Photograph: Charles Platiau/ Reuters


Image: Sharon Risher (2nd R) stands at the casket of her mother, Ethel Lance, as she is buried at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church cemetery in North Charleston, South Carolina. Photograph: Brian Snyder/ Reuters