THE best pictures from around the world and UK this week include sporting events and humanitarian crisis.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands is pictured during practice for the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix; and Australia’s Mitchell Starc runs in to bowl during day three of the first Ashes test at The Gabba, Brisbane.
Migrants walk on the field after crossing into Chile from the Bolivian border near Colchane, Chile; and firefighters work on a forest fire that affected dozens of houses in the Castro commune, in Chiloe, Southern Chile.
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