Gallery: The Week In Pictures

Updated: 17:33, Thursday, 19 January 2012

Some of the best photos from around the world this week

  • The wreck of the MV Rena is seen off Astrolabe Reef on 10 January in Tauranga, New Zealand
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    The wreck of the MV Rena is seen off Astrolabe Reef on 10 January in Tauranga, New Zealand

  • Volunteers 'waiting for the bus' at Henley Beach in Adelaide in Australia as part of an installation by surrealist artist Andrew Baines
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    Volunteers 'waiting for the bus' at Henley Beach in Adelaide in Australia as part of an installation by surrealist artist Andrew Baines

  • Will Kennedy riding Made In Time (green/yellow) on the way to winning at Taunton racecourse
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    Will Kennedy riding Made In Time (green/yellow) on the way to winning at Taunton racecourse

  • Some less than enthusiastic Mitt Romney supporters look on during a campaign rally in Columbia, South Carolina
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    Some less than enthusiastic Mitt Romney supporters look on during a campaign rally in Columbia, South Carolina

  • A kite surfer takes advantage of high winds and waves off Blackpool seafront on 12 January
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    A kite surfer takes advantage of high winds and waves off Blackpool seafront on 12 January

  • The Cincinnati Bengals kick off against the Houston Texans during their AFC Wild Card Playoff game in Texas
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    The Cincinnati Bengals kick off against the Houston Texans during their AFC Wild Card Playoff game in Texas

  • A man works on a snow sculpture to be displayed at 'Moroz (Frost) City'' snow festival in Moscow
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    A man works on a snow sculpture to be displayed at 'Moroz (Frost) City'' snow festival in Moscow

  • Ana Ivanovic poses with 370 Australian Open Ballkids during the a team photo on the steps of Victoria's Parliament House in Melbourne
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    Ana Ivanovic poses with 370 Australian Open Ballkids during the a team photo on the steps of Victoria's Parliament House in Melbourne

  • A woman laughs while unloading her boat of produce at a market in Ganvie in Benin
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    A woman laughs while unloading her boat of produce at a market in Ganvie in Benin

  • A superior instructs Indian soldiers during preparations for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi
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    A superior instructs Indian soldiers during preparations for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi

  • Snowdrops are already in early bloom at Rococo Gardens in Painswick in England
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    Snowdrops are already in early bloom at Rococo Gardens in Painswick in England

  • Dublin's Diarmuid Connolly and Michael Dara MacAuley make their way out to the pitch for the O'Byrne Cup clash with Carlow
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    Dublin's Diarmuid Connolly and Michael Dara MacAuley make their way out to the pitch for the O'Byrne Cup clash with Carlow

  • South Korean special warfare command soldiers participate in winter military training in Pyeongchang-gun
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    South Korean special warfare command soldiers participate in winter military training in Pyeongchang-gun

  • A sign post indicating the way to the Zugspitz pictured after heavy snowfalls near Reutte in Austria
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    A sign post indicating the way to the Zugspitz pictured after heavy snowfalls near Reutte in Austria

  • Bonhams employee Victoria Livesey displays one of Winston Churchill's wartime cigars at Bonhams Annual Gentlemans Library sale
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    Bonhams employee Victoria Livesey displays one of Winston Churchill's wartime cigars at Bonhams Annual Gentlemans Library sale

  • Mist and fog rolls across fields beneath Glastonbury Tor on 13 January in Somerset
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    Mist and fog rolls across fields beneath Glastonbury Tor on 13 January in Somerset