Gallery: The Week In Pictures

Updated: 18:03, Friday, 4 November 2011

Some of the best photos from around the world this week

  • Racegoers make their way home through the rubbish after attending Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia.
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    Racegoers make their way home through the rubbish after attending Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia.

  • MV Rena is battered by strong seas as it remains stuck on Astrolabe Reef in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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    MV Rena is battered by strong seas as it remains stuck on Astrolabe Reef in Tauranga, New Zealand.

  • Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have a brief discussion before a news conference at the G20 Summit in Cannes.
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    Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have a brief discussion before a news conference at the G20 Summit in Cannes.

  • An autumn scene as the sun sets in the Cotswolds in Whittington, England.
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    An autumn scene as the sun sets in the Cotswolds in Whittington, England.

  • Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin addresses a Republican Party fundraiser in Florida.
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    Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin addresses a Republican Party fundraiser in Florida.

  • Tourists meet Occupy London protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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    Tourists meet Occupy London protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral in London.

  • Dancers from the English National Ballet pose for photographers at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich in London.
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    Dancers from the English National Ballet pose for photographers at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich in London.

  • Michael D Higgins and family celebrate after he is elected as Ireland's ninth President
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    Michael D Higgins and family celebrate after he is elected as Ireland's ninth President

  • Fireworks mark the 125th anniversary of dedication of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
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    Fireworks mark the 125th anniversary of dedication of the Statue of Liberty in New York.

  • British Gas engineer Martin Caulfield services and cleans a gas lamp in front of Westminster Abbey, England.
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    British Gas engineer Martin Caulfield services and cleans a gas lamp in front of Westminster Abbey, England.

  • Severe flooding reaches the outskirts of Bangkok in Thailand.
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    Severe flooding reaches the outskirts of Bangkok in Thailand.

  • Kent Farrington of the United States makes a jump during the Jumping Competition at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico.
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    Kent Farrington of the United States makes a jump during the Jumping Competition at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico.