Gallery: The Week In Pictures

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

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  1 Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua.
  

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  2 Emma McKinney of New South Wales falls in the women's U17 2000m steeplechase at Sydney Olympic Park, Australia.
  

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  3 Final preparations for the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, England.
  

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  4 Protestors look through a door being blocked by police officers at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, United States.
  

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  5 People walk through fields of Rapeseed Oil at Anshun Dragon Palace Scenic Area in Guizhou Province, China.
  

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  6 Amish bidders listen to the auctioneer during the Annual Mud Sale to support the Fire Department in Gordonville, Pennsylvania.
  

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  7 Will Asher of England competes in the Moomba Masters Invitational Water Ski Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
  

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  8 Children play cricket on the railway tracks in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  

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  9 This composite image shows Carl Edwards celebrating with a backflip after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup in Las Vegas, United States.
  

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  10 Two paramilitary policemen patrol in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.
  

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  11 A worker carries a bunch of oil palm fruit to his buffalo-drawn cart in Johore, Malaysia.
  

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  12 An orbital sunrise brightens this view of space shuttle Discovery as it prepares to leave the ISS and return to Earth.
  

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  13 After the return of Discovery, Endeavour is slowly transported to the launch pad for its final flight from Cape Canaveral, United States
  

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  14 Technician Karen Bond adjusts a camera at the Theatre Royal ahead of the 35th Laurence Olivier Awards in London, England.
  

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  15 David Fandilla 'El Fandi' confronts a bull during a bullfight at the Plaza Valencia bullring in Valencia, Spain.
  

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  16 Libyan rebels fire Katyusha rockets at government troops on the frontline near Ras Lanuf, Libya.
  

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  17 Rival teams the Up'ards and Down'ards battle for the ball in the annual Shrove Tuesday 'no rules' football match in Ashbourne, England.
  

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  18 A trawler which came to rest in what was Kensennuma city centre following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
  

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  19 A local resident returns to his car amid devastation in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.
  
  

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  20 A Cosmo Oil Co refinery burns in Ichihara in Chiba.
  

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  21 A boat is left sitting on top of a building amid a sea of debris in Otsuchi town in Iwate prefecture.
  

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  22 An aerial view of Fukushima nuclear power plant following the explosion prompted by a cooling failure in the reactor.
  

 

[allybird58]

Great pics Noely.Amazing pics of the terrible destruction in Japan