Updated: 17:26, Friday, 16 December 2011
Some of the best photos from around the world this week
Amir Khan hangs over the ropes as Lamont Peterson is held back by the referee during their title fight at the Washington Convention Centre
Storm waves break on the sea wall behind houses on the Cobb in Lyme Regis, England
Australian basketball player Jenna O'Hea pictured during a portrait session in Melbourne
Yachts from the US and Australia practice at Bathers Bay during the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia
A man walk's his dog on a December morning near Glastonbury Tor in Somerset
The Philippines Men's crew paddle during traditional boat racing at the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia
The sun rises over Auckland in New Zealand on 11 December
Members of a Russian Nationalist group burn a flare at a protest in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow
Competitors jump into the water during the Mens 3000m Steeple at the Victorian Athletics Centre in Melbourne
US soldiers from the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, wait to transfer to Kuwait from Camp Adder in Iraq
The Chinese team competes in the Synchronized Swimming Free Combination Final in Beijing
Guy Mercer of Bath in a scrum during the Heineken Cup match between Bath and Leinster at the Recreation Ground
A young construction worker carries a large bag of cement at a hotel construction site in Nay Pyi Taw in Burma