From the Miss World and Miss Universe beauty pageants to the Grand Prix Final in figure skating and the Women's Handball Championship. From the yellow vests protests to half-naked people participating in the Santa Speedo Run. Check out participants in a chilli pepper eating competition in China and students dancing at the 3rd International Kremlin Cadet Ball. Sputnik has collected the best pictures of the past week.
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Miss Mexico Vanessa Ponce de Leon, 26, holds her crown after winning the Miss World 2018 title in Sanya, Hainan Island, China.
© REUTERS / Jason Lee
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Cosmonauts of Roscosmos Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev go for a spacewalk.
© Photo : ESA/Alexander Gerst
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Activists burn portraits of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at a rally to commemorate the 70th International Human Rights Day near the Presidential Palace in Manila.
© AFP 2023 / Ted Aljibe
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A cat jumps to catch a fish while a man fishes in the Bosphorus in the Karakoy district in Istanbul.
© AFP 2023 / Ozan Kose
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Competitors taking part in a chilli pepper eating contest in a hot spring filled with chilli peppers in the Mingyue Qiangu Scenic Area in Wentang Town, Yichun City, in China's central Jiangxi Province. The winner needed 1 minute to eat 20 peppers.
© REUTERS / Stringer
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Police clashing with River Plate fans in Buenos Aires, Argentina. River Plate fans are celebrating the Copa Libertadores title.
© REUTERS / Agustin Marcarian
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Participants dancing during the 3rd International Kremlin Cadet Ball, dedicated to Heroes of the Fatherland Day, the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Suvorov military and Nakhimov naval schools, as well as the 300th anniversary of ballroom culture in Russia, held in the Gostiny Dvor.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Biyatov
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Migrants from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, walk next to a border fence as they prepare to cross it illegally, in Tijuana, Mexico, December 12, 2018.
© REUTERS / Mohammed Salem
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US President Donald Trump speaks with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.
© REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque
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Actor Margot Robbie attends the European premiere of "Mary Queen of Scots" in London, UK.
© REUTERS / Phil Noble
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Law enforcement officers during a protest rally of motorists "yellow vests" in the area of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
© Sputnik / Irina Kalashnikova
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A man swimming in a partly frozen lake at minus 20 degrees Celsius in Shenyang in China's north-eastern Liaoning province.
© AFP 2023 / Stringer
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People enjoy Christmas and New Year decorations in front of the GUM department store on the Red Square in Moscow.
© AFP 2023 / Mladlen Antonov
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Russian figure skater Elizaveta Tuktamysheva participating in demonstration performances at the Grand Prix Final in figure skating in Vancouver.
© Sputnik / Alexander Vilf
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High-speed train cars derailed in a train collision in the western part of Ankara.
© Sputnik / Altan Gocher
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Natalia Carvajal, Miss Costa Rica 2018, walks on stage during the 2018 Miss Universe national costume presentation in Chonburi province.
© AFP 2023 / Lillian Suwanrumpha
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Two horses stand on a snowy meadow in Langenenslingen-Ittenhausen, southwestern Germany.
© AFP 2023 / DPA/Thomas Warnack
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German left-wing Franziska Muller (L) and left-back Emily Bolk (R) defend against Hungarian left-back Noemi Hafra during the 2018 European Women's Handball Championships Group 2 main round match between Hungary and Germany on December 9, 2018 at the Jean Weille sport hall in Nancy.
© AFP 2023 / Jean-Christophe Verhaegen
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A woman street vendor prepares her stall outside her house in the Medina neighbourhood of Dakar, Senegal.
© REUTERS / Zohra Bensemra
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Participants leave the starting line of the annual Santa Speedo Run through the Back Bay neighbourhood in Boston, Massachusetts.
© REUTERS / Brian Snyder
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Women share a laugh while walking through the King of Prussia Mall, the United States' largest retail shopping space in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
© REUTERS / Mark Makela