The Week In Pictures

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Gallery: The Week In Pictures



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

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  1 Thomas Morgenstern of Austria competes during the 59th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
  

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  2 'The Fool' is smoked as he starts the ancient game of Haxey Hood in the centre of Haxey Village in Doncaster, England
  

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  3 A group of men perform the traditional Bulgarian 'Horo' dance in the icy winter waters of the Tundzha river in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria
  

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  4 Coptic priest Girgis El Moharaky leads an Orthodox Christmas mass in Berlin, Germany
  

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  5 Dublin hurlers warming up before the start of the Evening Herald Dublin Blue Stars match at St Brigids Russell Park, Dublin
  

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  6 South Korean soldiers participate in cold endurance training during winter military exercises in Yeonpyeong, South Korea
  

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  7 Members of the public visit the opening of the 27th Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China
  

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  8 Jockey Andrew McNamara parts company with Rocco's Hall during the Porterstown Handicap Steeplechase at Fairyhouse, Co Meath
  

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  9 A man waves in front of a partial solar eclipse in Lahore, Pakistan
  

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  10 Josh Slater of the Lipscomb Bisons drives to the basket during a game against Memphis in Tennessee, US
  

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  11 Activists of ruling Pakistan People's Party crowd around the ambulance carrying the body of Punjab governor Salman Taseer in Islamabad, Pakistan
  

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  12 A child's toy floats in flood waters covering a suburban street in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton, Australia
  

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  13 Riot police stand guard as Christians protest outside the al-Abasseya Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt
  

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  14 Traffic on a partially destroyed road after volcanic mudflows forced evacuations in the Central Java town of Magelang, Indonesia