Updated: 16:17, Friday, 16 December 2011
Some of the best photos from around the world this week
Cambodians work late into the night recycling rubbish as fires burn at the local rubbish dump in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Competitors take part in a fencing event as part of the London 2012 Olympics warm-up series
US police uncovered a drug tunnel to Mexico in a warehouse in California
A fireman looks down while escalating on a fire ladder at the scene of a burning residential tower in Hong Kong
Pam Noles - a member of Occupy Los Angeles - looks at the destroyed protest encampment following a raid by LAPD officers
Active servicemen from the Royal Signals White Helmets practice a routine ahead of the British Military Tournament at Earls Court in London
A protester helps himself to a Pulp Fiction poster after the British embassy in Tehran was stormed
Shay Given sheds tears as he remembers his friend and former team-mate Gary Speed
Protesters march during public sector strikes in London
Migrating gray cranes land around the Hula Lakes in northern Israel where they feed in fields and gather their strength for their onward journeys
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma
A voter shows off his inked finger, proof of voting, at a polling station in Cairo
A strong storm downed trees in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles
Novice Guard Theo Pressed observes a moment of silence during an AIDS Day memorial service at the AIDS Memorial Grove in California
The interior of Salisbury Cathedral is illuminated by trails of candles carried by choristers
Red Bull's Mark Webber jumps for joy after his victory in the final race of the Formula One season in Brazil
Oscar Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland, Minister of State Dinny McGinley and actor Rupert Everett at the unveiling of Wilde's restored tomb in Paris