Gallery: The Week In Pictures

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Saturday, 22 January 2011


A selection of the most striking images from around the world this week

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  1 Aid is delivered to local residents isolated by flooding in Sao Bento, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  

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  2 Micheal Martin speaks to reporters outside Leinster House following Brian Cowen's victory in the Fianna Fáil confidence motion
  

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  3 The porous US/Mexico border fence stretches through the Sonoran Desert in Tohono O'odham Nation, Arizona
  

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  4 Runners and Riders in action in The Yorkshire Racing Novices Hurdle at Doncaster Racecourse
  

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  5 Aerial view of a house at risk following landslides in the locality of Poco Fundo, an isolated area near Petropolis, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  

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  6 Clouds surround the mountains close to Germany's highest mountain Zugspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
  

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  7 A Malaysian Hindu devotee performs a ritual bath during Thaipusam celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  

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  8 Dogs are prepared for the 28th annual Aviemore Husky Sled Dog Rally beside Loch Morlich in Aviemore, Scotland
  

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  9 Female prison police put together handguns with eyes covered during a training performance in Hainan Province, China
  

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  10 Demonstrators place flowers in the barrels of soldiers' guns as Tunisians take to the streets in Tunis, Tunisia
  

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  11 Afghan horsemen compete in the traditional game of Buzkashi in Kabul, Afghanistan
  

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  12 New recruits take part in a drill session in winter conditions in Heilongjiang province, China
  

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  13 Running back Matt Forte of the Chicago Bears attempts to jump into the endzone against the Seattle Seahawks at Soldier Field in Chicago, US
  

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  14 Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia plays a backhand in his second round match against Fernando Verdasco during day three of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park
  

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  15 Thousands travel home for lunar new year celebrations in China
  

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  16 A woman rides a horse through a bonfire during a festival honour of San Anton in the small village of San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain
  

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  17 Snow covers a block of flats in Huzhou, Zhejiang province of China