Gallery: The Week In Pictures

Updated: 20:13, Friday, 20 January 2012

Some of the best photos from around the world this week

  • Riding horses through bonfires during Las Luminarias de San Anton Festival in the small village of San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain
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    Riding horses through bonfires during Las Luminarias de San Anton Festival in the small village of San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain

  • Riders compete on the road between Templers and Freeling in South Australia during stage one of the 2012 Tour Down Under
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    Riders compete on the road between Templers and Freeling in South Australia during stage one of the 2012 Tour Down Under

  • A member of the Border Security Force camel contingent speaks to a camel ahead of a rehearsal of the Republic Day parade in New Delhi
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    A member of the Border Security Force camel contingent speaks to a camel ahead of a rehearsal of the Republic Day parade in New Delhi

  • A surfer is thrown from his board day three of the National Surfing Championships in Auckland, New Zealand
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    A surfer is thrown from his board day three of the National Surfing Championships in Auckland, New Zealand

  • Breakfast time for Koalas at Wild Life Sydney in Australia
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    Breakfast time for Koalas at Wild Life Sydney in Australia

  • Raffaele Buzzi of Italy on the Ski Jump during the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Austria
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    Raffaele Buzzi of Italy on the Ski Jump during the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Austria

  • Angler Thomas Rielly catches a fish during the opening of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay in Scotland
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    Angler Thomas Rielly catches a fish during the opening of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay in Scotland

  • A man tackles a bull at a traditional bull taming festival called 'Jallikattu' in Palamedu near Madurai in India
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    A man tackles a bull at a traditional bull taming festival called 'Jallikattu' in Palamedu near Madurai in India

  • A satellite image shows the stricken Costa Concordia off the Italian coast (Credit Digital Global)
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    A satellite image shows the stricken Costa Concordia off the Italian coast (Credit Digital Global)

  • The shadow of Andy Murray as he serves at the Australian Open in Melbourne
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    The shadow of Andy Murray as he serves at the Australian Open in Melbourne

  • A security exercise takes place along the River Thames in preparation for this year's Olympics in London
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    A security exercise takes place along the River Thames in preparation for this year's Olympics in London