Gallery: The Week in Pictures

Updated: 17:29, Friday, 23 September 2011

Some of the best photos from around the world this week

  • A dancer attends the large party of the ninth National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities of the People's Republic of China
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    A dancer attends the large party of the ninth National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities of the People's Republic of China

  • Gardener Peter Glazebrook with his world record breaking onion, which weighed 8.150kg
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    Gardener Peter Glazebrook with his world record breaking onion, which weighed 8.150kg

  • The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan with two cosmonauts and an astronaut onboard
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    The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan with two cosmonauts and an astronaut onboard

  • A visitor touches the names of the deceased in the rain at the 11 September Memorial in New York
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    A visitor touches the names of the deceased in the rain at the 11 September Memorial in New York

  • Medical personnel stand by the site of the crash of two passenger trains and a bus
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    Medical personnel stand by the site of the crash of two passenger trains and a bus

  • Two young girls look over a 12,190 pound chocolate bar created by the World's Finest Chocolate company in Chicago
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    Two young girls look over a 12,190 pound chocolate bar created by the World's Finest Chocolate company in Chicago

  • A zookeeper holds up Kit and Kitty, the twin red pandas, on the first day of their introduction into their new enclosure at Tierpark Zo
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    A zookeeper holds up Kit and Kitty, the twin red pandas, on the first day of their introduction into their new enclosure at Tierpark Zo

  • The scrum during the Ireland v USA Rugby World Cup match
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    The scrum during the Ireland v USA Rugby World Cup match

  • Russian fans cheer on their team during USA v Russia in the Rugby World Cup
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    Russian fans cheer on their team during USA v Russia in the Rugby World Cup

  • Pakistani flood affected villagers gather to fetch drinking water near a makeshift camp at Tando Bago
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    Pakistani flood affected villagers gather to fetch drinking water near a makeshift camp at Tando Bago

  • A Libyan boy flashes the victory sign as he plays in an abandoned tank by the side of a road in Tripoli
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    A Libyan boy flashes the victory sign as he plays in an abandoned tank by the side of a road in Tripoli

  • One of the several hundred Manx Shearwater birds rescued after being stranded by storms
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    One of the several hundred Manx Shearwater birds rescued after being stranded by storms

  • 64-year-old Hollywood movie stuntman Rock Taylor drives through a huge sheet of glass at the 02 Arena in London
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    64-year-old Hollywood movie stuntman Rock Taylor drives through a huge sheet of glass at the 02 Arena in London

  • Lightning flashes east of the Las Vegas Strip during a thunderstorm
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    Lightning flashes east of the Las Vegas Strip during a thunderstorm

  • Maisie, a seven-year-old Highland cow, is washed ahead of the International Highland Cattle Show in Glasgow
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    Maisie, a seven-year-old Highland cow, is washed ahead of the International Highland Cattle Show in Glasgow