Gallery: The Week In Pictures

Updated: 17:28, Friday, 18 November 2011

Some of the best photos from around the world from the past seven days

  • The smouldering remains of houses following a blaze at a slum in Dhaka in Bangladesh
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    The smouldering remains of houses following a blaze at a slum in Dhaka in Bangladesh

  • Ireland defender Stephen Ward takes a boot to the face during the Euro 2012 play-off first leg win over Estonia
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    Ireland defender Stephen Ward takes a boot to the face during the Euro 2012 play-off first leg win over Estonia

  • Salvage teams remove containers from the Rena, which ran aground on a reef off New Zealand
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    Salvage teams remove containers from the Rena, which ran aground on a reef off New Zealand

  • A swan lands on the lake in London as Britain enjoys a mild November
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    A swan lands on the lake in London as Britain enjoys a mild November

  • Ringing in the changes. Mario Monti succeeds Silvio Berlusconi as Italian Prime Minister
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    Ringing in the changes. Mario Monti succeeds Silvio Berlusconi as Italian Prime Minister

  • Tiger Woods shakes hands with his former caddie Steve Williams during the Presidents Cup
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    Tiger Woods shakes hands with his former caddie Steve Williams during the Presidents Cup

  • Protesters carry a coffin representing the debt of Italy during a protest against austerity cuts
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    Protesters carry a coffin representing the debt of Italy during a protest against austerity cuts

  • Enda Kenny plants a smacker on the cheek of German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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    Enda Kenny plants a smacker on the cheek of German Chancellor Angela Merkel

  • Damien Duff made his team-mates giggle by turning the wrong way during the national anthem before the second leg against Estonia
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    Damien Duff made his team-mates giggle by turning the wrong way during the national anthem before the second leg against Estonia

  • The North Carolina Tar Heels play against the Michigan State Spartans on board the USS Carl Vinson
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    The North Carolina Tar Heels play against the Michigan State Spartans on board the USS Carl Vinson

  • An Occupy Wall Street activist was left with blood on his face after scuffles between protesters and police
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    An Occupy Wall Street activist was left with blood on his face after scuffles between protesters and police

  • Boys play in the water in the flooded district of Rangsit in Bangkok, Thailand
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    Boys play in the water in the flooded district of Rangsit in Bangkok, Thailand