Gallery: The Week In Pictures

Updated: 19:10, Friday, 6 January 2012

Some of the best photos from around the world this week

  • Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks with Senator John McCain in between events in Manchester, New Hampshire
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    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks with Senator John McCain in between events in Manchester, New Hampshire

  • Phil Jaques bats during the T20 Big Bash League match between the Adelaide Strikers and the Hobart Hurricanes at the Adelaide Oval
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    Phil Jaques bats during the T20 Big Bash League match between the Adelaide Strikers and the Hobart Hurricanes at the Adelaide Oval

  • Counting the animals on the annual stock take day at London Zoo
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    Counting the animals on the annual stock take day at London Zoo

  • Robert West of the American Eagle Association releases 'Challenger' before the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona
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    Robert West of the American Eagle Association releases 'Challenger' before the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona

  • Tom Hilde of Norway crashes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Oberstdorf in Germany
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    Tom Hilde of Norway crashes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Oberstdorf in Germany

  • Artists from Cirque Du Soleil perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London
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    Artists from Cirque Du Soleil perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London

  • Kevin MacCormick took this shot of goose barnacles on a tree found washed up on a beach between Kilmore Quay and Cullenstown in Wexford
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    Kevin MacCormick took this shot of goose barnacles on a tree found washed up on a beach between Kilmore Quay and Cullenstown in Wexford

  • A burning car sits in the sand dunes during stage one of the rally from Mar Del Plata to Santa Rosa de la Pampa in Argentina
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    A burning car sits in the sand dunes during stage one of the rally from Mar Del Plata to Santa Rosa de la Pampa in Argentina

  • Men dressed as Vikings lead the torchlight procession for the start of the New Year celebrations in Edinburgh
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    Men dressed as Vikings lead the torchlight procession for the start of the New Year celebrations in Edinburgh

  • The skies over London are lit up as the British capital celebrates the New Year
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    The skies over London are lit up as the British capital celebrates the New Year

  • Ice scupltures are displayed at China's annual Ice and Snow festival in Harbin
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    Ice scupltures are displayed at China's annual Ice and Snow festival in Harbin