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Catalonia is a powder keg, the latest protests being sparked by the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasél, but the roots of its problems lie far deeper in the culture and way back in the history of Spain.
This week, the NASA Mars rover made its historic landing on the Red Planet, protesters in Madrid and Barcelona clashed with police amid rallies in support of rap artist Pablo Hasél after his controversial arrest, and in the US, Texas was hit by the unusually cold weather, seriously disrupting power and water supplies to thousands across the state.
This is how these stories and the other major headlines from the past week were captured by photographers around the world.
The NASA Perseverance rover, shown firing up its descent stage engines before landing on Mars. February 19, 2021Handout/AFP
The Parthenon temple atop the Athenian Acropolis hill during heavy snowfalls in Athens. February 16, 2021Aris Messinis/AFP
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Riots in Barcelona over Spanish rapper jailed for nine years for tweets glorifying terrorism
Police in Catalonia, which has seen most of the rioting, said they had been met with barrage of projectiles
Protestors across region have been setting fire to large refuse containers before using them to block streets
The political response to disturbances has also strained relations inside the country s coalition government
Around 80 people have so far been arrested across the region with more than 100 others injured