Hats, horses and a Harley: Photos of the week

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Isaac Guerendo of the San Francisco 49ers heads for a touchdown in snowy conditions against the Buffalo Bills. The Bills won 35-10.

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Pop star Rihanna was the headline act at The 2024 Fashion Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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About 1,000 people took part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz to mark its 219th anniversary. In six hours on 2 December 1805, 75,000 soldiers of Napoleon’s Grande Armee defeated a Russo-Austrian force of 90,000 on fields near the town of Austerlitz, in what was then the Austrian empire.

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Rebel forces in Syria took control of the country’s second-largest city, Aleppo. The offensive is the largest against the Syrian government in years, and the first time rebels fighting the forces of President Bashar al-Assad have reached Aleppo since being forced out by the army in 2016.

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Members of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards prepare for a ceremonial welcome for the Emir of Qatar and his wife, at Horse Guards Parade in London.

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People make their way around Dal Lake as temperatures drop to -4C (25F) and below in parts of Indian-administered Kashmir.

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Actor Richard Aucott in his dressing room before playing the role of Nurse Nelly in the Christmas pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at St Helens Theatre Royal, in Merseyside.

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In Maputo, the captial of Mozambique, students marched against the October election results as they returned home from their final secondary school exams. Opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane called for protests to continue. There have been violent encounters with the police, and at least 67 people have been killed.

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More than 300 people have been arrested during mass protests in Georgia after the ruling party Georgian Dream said it was halting the country’s bid to start talks on joining the EU.

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Members of the Riding Santas Harley Davidson Club took part in their 10th ride to distribute sweets to children and collect money for a children’s hospice in Jockgrim, near Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany.