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The week in photos: Stellar

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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos: Stellar
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  • Stars in your eyes

    A Pakistani Hindu girl adjusts earthen lamps to decorate an area of her house to celebrate the Hindu festival of lights. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

  • Ball of fire

    A Hindu girl holds an earthen lamp while decorating an area of her house to celebrate Diwali. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

  • Twinkle

    An Indian family lights firecrackers during the Festival of Lights in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

  • Centre stage

    Nepalese policemen apply vermillion powder and perform rituals on a dog during the Tihar festival celebrations at a police kennel division in Katmandu, Nepal. Dogs are worshipped to acknowledge their role in providing security during Tihar festival, one of the most important Hindu festivals dedicated to the worship of the Goddess of wealth Laxmi. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

  • Swirl

    Stars swirl behind a sign for a ranch near Olsburg, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

  • Written in the stars

    A firecracker lights up the sky as candles and lamps are seen lit across a field in Allahabad. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

  • Colour pop

    A street vendor boy arranges colors for sale during Tihar festival in Katmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

  • Flah a smile

    A Chinese bride poses a picture in front of the Emperor's Ancestral Temple during the 18th Communist Party Congress in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

  • Lucky star

    An girl tries to reach a lantern displayed for sale at roadside stalls in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

  • Red blooded

    A woman holds a folding fan near a decoration in Beijing. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

  • Sparkle

    A transgender poses for a photo before the start of Argentina'’s annual gay pride parade in Buenos Aires. Argentina has improved rights for sexual minorities over the last years, becoming the first country in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage, and this year, the Congress approved Argentina's gender identity law, granting people the right to change their legal and physical gender identity simply because they want to, without having to undergo judicial, psychiatric and medical procedures beforehand. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

  • Stellar show

    Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, of Russia, perform their free program during the ISU Grand Prix Rostelekom Cup event, in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

  • Superstar

    'Funkenmariechen', young majorette dancers, put the fingers in their ears, as they hear the cannon cracker, at the start of the carnival season, in Erfurt, central Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

  • Flash back

    Violence erupts in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
  • A Pakistani Hindu girl adjusts earthen lamps to decorate an area of her house to celebrate the Hindu festival of lights. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
  • A Hindu girl holds an earthen lamp while decorating an area of her house to celebrate Diwali. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
  • An Indian family lights firecrackers during the Festival of Lights in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
  • Nepalese policemen apply vermillion powder and perform rituals on a dog during the Tihar festival celebrations at a police kennel division in Katmandu, Nepal. Dogs are worshipped to acknowledge their role in providing security during Tihar festival, one of the most important Hindu festivals dedicated to the worship of the Goddess of wealth Laxmi. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
  • Stars swirl behind a sign for a ranch near Olsburg, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
  • A firecracker lights up the sky as candles and lamps are seen lit across a field in Allahabad. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • A street vendor boy arranges colors for sale during Tihar festival in Katmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
  • A Chinese bride poses a picture in front of the Emperor's Ancestral Temple during the 18th Communist Party Congress in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
  • An girl tries to reach a lantern displayed for sale at roadside stalls in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
  • A woman holds a folding fan near a decoration in Beijing. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
  • A transgender poses for a photo before the start of Argentina'’s annual gay pride parade in Buenos Aires. Argentina has improved rights for sexual minorities over the last years, becoming the first country in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage, and this year, the Congress approved Argentina's gender identity law, granting people the right to change their legal and physical gender identity simply because they want to, without having to undergo judicial, psychiatric and medical procedures beforehand. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  • Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, of Russia, perform their free program during the ISU Grand Prix Rostelekom Cup event, in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
  • 'Funkenmariechen', young majorette dancers, put the fingers in their ears, as they hear the cannon cracker, at the start of the carnival season, in Erfurt, central Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
  • Violence erupts in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

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