Best of the week 47/2020

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Azerbaijan Armenia Ceasefire

A woman from Stepanakert, who left for Armenia during the escalation of the conflict, sits in a car after her return to Stepanakert, self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. On November 10, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint declaration on a new ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku and Yerevan have agreed to stop all hostilities in Karabakh starting November, 11. Free buses started running from Yerevan to Stepanakert for those returning to Karabakh on November 13.

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Azerbaijan Armenia Ceasefire

An elderly woman from Stepanakert, who left for Armenia during the escalation of the conflict, is pictured after returning to Stepanakert, self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. On November 10, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint declaration on a new ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku and Yerevan have agreed to stop all hostilities in Karabakh starting November, 11. Free buses started running from Yerevan to Stepanakert for those returning to Karabakh on November 13.

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Azerbaijan Armenia Ceasefire

A man from Stepanakert, who left for Armenia during the escalation of the conflict, walks in a street after his return to Stepanakert, self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. On November 10, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint declaration on a new ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku and Yerevan have agreed to stop all hostilities in Karabakh starting November, 11. Free buses started running from Yerevan to Stepanakert for those returning to Karabakh on November 13.

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Germany Protest

German police disperse protesters at a demonstration against government measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Berlin, Germany. A total of 365 arrests were made and ten police officers injured as around 5,000 activists gathered at the city's Brandenburg Gate, after the German government banned rallies outside parliament because of fears of violence. After repeated warnings for the crowd to put on face coverings went unheeded, police spent several hours trying to clear the demonstration.

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Azerbaijan Armenia Ceasefire

Local resident Armen reacts after setting fire to his shop before handing village over to Azerbaijan, in the village Nor Aikajdur, Martakert Province, self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. On November 9, the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan adopted a joint statement on the cessation of hostilities in unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh. The agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh resulted in the loss of some territories controlled by the Armenian-majority self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and the deployment of Russian peacekeepers to the region.

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Azerbaijan Armenia Ceasefire

The photo shows car license plates removed from the Armenian military equipment captured by the Azerbaijani armed forces during the escalation of the armed conflict in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh and relocated to the village of Melbinasi, Azerbaijan. After years of recurrent conflicts between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces, full-scale fighting began in late September this year. Two days after Azerbaijan announced it had taken Shusha, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russia-brokered cease-fire under which territory that Armenia occupies outside the formal borders of Nagorno-Karabakh will be gradually ceded.

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US Space

In this handout photo released by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-1 mission, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASAs SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched at 7:27 p.m. EST on Sunday, Nov. 15, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

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