Updated: 18:11, Friday, 27 January 2012
Some of the best photos from around the world this week.
Stacey Cook trains ahead of the World Cup Women's Downhill event in St Moritz in Switzerland
Giant pandas Yuan Zi and Huan Huan mess about in their enclosure at Zoo Parc De Beauval in France
Serena Williams tosses her racquet in her match against Ekaterina Makarova at the Australian Open
Fireworks over the Perth skyline as Australia celebrates Australia Day
Snooker player Neil Robertson and his son Alexander pose with the Masters trophy
Israeli army alpine soldiers ski near their outpost on Mt Hermon in the Golan Heights
A fire breather performs in Chinatown in Manila as part of Chinese New Year celebrations
Men stand on a post as Egyptians gather in Tahrir Square to mark the one year anniversary of the revolution
A Dutch salvage crew prepares to remove fuel form the sunken cruise liner Costa Concordia
Danielle Vrielink of Canada takes part in Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria
A collection of bespoke coffins are on display at an exhibition at the South Bank Centre in London
Orang-utan baby 'Changi' kisses his mother 'Lea' at a zoo in Krefeld, Germany
Members of the Russian Orthodox Church mark Epiphany by plunging into the ice cold water of a lake near Moscow