Gallery: The Week In Pictures

Updated: 16:50, Friday, 25 November 2011

A selection of some of the best images from around the world this week

  • A pilot escaped injury when his helicopter crashed as he helped to install a Christmas tree in Auckland
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    A pilot escaped injury when his helicopter crashed as he helped to install a Christmas tree in Auckland

  • Horses perform during a rehearsal for the International Horse Show of Spain in Seville
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    Horses perform during a rehearsal for the International Horse Show of Spain in Seville

  • An Egyptian youth wearing a gas mask aims a sling shot during clashes around Cairo's Tahrir Square
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    An Egyptian youth wearing a gas mask aims a sling shot during clashes around Cairo's Tahrir Square

  • Ireland captain Robbie Keane and his LA Galaxy team-mates celebrate winning the MLS Cup
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    Ireland captain Robbie Keane and his LA Galaxy team-mates celebrate winning the MLS Cup

  • The Champs-Élysées is lit up for the first day of the Christmas celebrations in Paris
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    The Champs-Élysées is lit up for the first day of the Christmas celebrations in Paris

  • Commander Mike Fossum and his crew returned to earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station
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    Commander Mike Fossum and his crew returned to earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station

  • Nathan Bailey and Luke Strong of Britain compete in the Trampoline and Tumbling World Championship in Birmingham
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    Nathan Bailey and Luke Strong of Britain compete in the Trampoline and Tumbling World Championship in Birmingham

  • Geese emerge from their enclosure in Kuhhorst Germany as farmers prepare for Christmas
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    Geese emerge from their enclosure in Kuhhorst Germany as farmers prepare for Christmas

  • Josh Taylor (Britain) lands a left jab on Jamel Herring (USA) during a test event for the 2012 Olympics in London
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    Josh Taylor (Britain) lands a left jab on Jamel Herring (USA) during a test event for the 2012 Olympics in London

  • Protesters burn $1 notes during an Occupy Los Angeles demonstration at the Federal Reserve Bank of Los Angeles
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    Protesters burn $1 notes during an Occupy Los Angeles demonstration at the Federal Reserve Bank of Los Angeles

  • Staff at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Swansea process orders as they prepare for the busiest time of the year
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    Staff at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Swansea process orders as they prepare for the busiest time of the year

  • Competitors windsurf in the RSX class in the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia
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    Competitors windsurf in the RSX class in the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia

  • A group of ring tailed lemurs eat from a Thanksgiving spread at the San Francisco Zoo
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    A group of ring tailed lemurs eat from a Thanksgiving spread at the San Francisco Zoo

  • Government officials examine a passenger train that derailed in Kasmir
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    Government officials examine a passenger train that derailed in Kasmir

  • 4,000 hectares of forest have been destroyed by bush fires in Western Australia
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    4,000 hectares of forest have been destroyed by bush fires in Western Australia

  • People walk past cages with birds for sale at a market in Sonepur in India
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    People walk past cages with birds for sale at a market in Sonepur in India