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From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the monumental to the day-to-day, each week, HuffPost World will present some of the most remarkable images from across the globe.

This week: unrest in Bahrain, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean, a day in the life of a North Korean, and more. Check out the stunning photographs in the gallery below.

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Week in Photos
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Under pouring rain, Voodoo believers participate in a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, Sunday, April 8, 2012. Hundreds of voodoo followers travel to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves from West Africa and is one of Haiti's three recognized religions. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:AP)
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Pilgrims enact the Passion of Christ along downtown Lima during the Good Friday procession at San Cristobal hill in Lima on April 6, 2012. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
(03 of10)
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Two-year-old Ouobra Kompalemba, who suffers from severe malnutrition and bronchitis, receives milk through a catheter, on March 19, 2012 at a hospital in Diapaga, eastern Burkina Faso. At least 20 million people are threatened by famine this year in Sahel according to the NGO Action Against Hunger. (RAPHAEL DE BENGY/AFP/Getty Images) Read the full story here. (credit:Getty)
(04 of10)
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A Bahraini anti-government protester reacts to tear gas fired by riot police Thursday, April 12, 2012, in Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain, on the edge of the capital of Manama, where clashes erupted after a march in support of jailed opposition political leaders. Anti-government graffiti on the wall includes "Steadfast" and "From the land of the honorable, we reject Al Khalifa," referring to the ruling family. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) (credit:AP)
(05 of10)
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A man smokes marijuana during a march calling for the decriminalization of marijuana on March 23, 2012 in Guatemala City. (JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Read the full story here. (credit:Getty)
(06 of10)
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Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain steers his car during practice for the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix in Shanghai, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) (credit:AP)
(07 of10)
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Syrians pray over the bodies of Syrian violence victims at a funeral in the northwestern town of Kafr Zeta on April 10, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Evacuated Acehnese residents are pictured at open ground in front of the historic Baiturrahman grand mosque in the capital Banda Aceh after a powerful earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra in Aceh province on April 11, 2012. A massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island, US and Indonesian monitors reported, prompting an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert. (CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images) Read the full story here. (credit:Getty)
(09 of10)
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A Bahraini Shiite Muslims, wearing a gas mask, holds a gas canister during clashes with riot police after a demonstration in the village of Belad al-Qadeem, south of Manama, on April 12, 2012 against the Formula One race taking place on April 22, and in solidarity with Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja, a prisoner who went on hunger strike 64 days ago. (AFP/Getty Images) Read the full story here. (credit:Getty)
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A North Korean employee works in a textile factory in Pyongyang on April 9, 2012. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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