The Kerch Strait Bridge linking Crimea with mainland Russia in its final stage of construction, Vladimir Putin's announcement to run for re-election, Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and other great photographs of the week. Scroll through the world in pictures in TASS photo gallery.
This week in photos: Trump's Jerusalem move, Putin's annoucement, and Crimea's bridge
The world in pictures in a photo gallery by TASS
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A woman passes by a work of art featured in the street art project 'Laman Seni' in Shah Alam, Malaysia, December 5. Laman Seni was organized by a local council to encourage creativity among youth and student artist
© EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL Indian people in a boat feed the migratory birds on a smoggy morning on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India, December 5
© EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTA Paul Bekaert, lawyer for sacked former President of the Government of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont, gives a press conference at the end of the second hearing at a Belgian court, in Brussels, Belgium, December 4
© EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ The Kerch Strait Bridge linking Crimea with mainland Russia in its final stage of construction, December 3
© Sergei Malgavko/TASS Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the 2017 Volunteer of Russia award ceremony at the Megasport Arena, December 6. Later in the day, he announced his decision to run for re-election at a meeting with veterans and workers of the GAZ automobile plant
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS US President Donald Trump signs a proclamation to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Washington, USA, December 6
© AP Photo/Evan Vucci Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany perform during the Pairs Short Program of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2017 in Nagoya, Japan, December 7
© EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON South Korean rock climbers wearing Santa Claus costumes seen at an event in the Christmas holiday season on the Bulam mountain in Seoul, South Korea, December 3
© EPA-EFE/JEON HEON-KYUN Former Georgian president and Ukraine’s top opposition politician, Mikheil Saakashvili speaks to people wounded during clashes with police in Kiev, Ukraine, December 6. Police tried to take Saakashvili into custody at the tent camp, but his supporters put up fierce resistance to the officers
© AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka A fan wearing a Captain Phasma costume takes pictures during the red carpet event of the upcoming movie ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ in Tokyo, Japan, December 6
© EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON A samba band member turns a broom, beer can and rubber band into a selfie stick at the Oswaldo Cruz neighborhood, marking Samba Day, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2
© AP Photo/Leo Correa A man walks past a wall mural depicting a child superimposed on a representation of the Brazilian national flag, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 5
© AP Photo/Andre Penner A Yemeni inspects a destroyed armored personnel carrier at a street leading to the residence of Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh a day after Houthi militants killed him, in Sana’a, Yemen, December 5
© EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB A firefighter battles a wildfire in Ojai, California, USA, December 7
© AP Photo/Noah Berger The leaders of the Orthodox Churches and archpriests of the Russian Orthodox Church attend a liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, Russia, December 4. The liturgy celebrated the 100th anniversary of the enthronement of Saint Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
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