Gallery: The Week In Pictures

Updated: 13:53, Friday, 17 February 2012

Some of the best photos from around the world this week

  • A surfer practices prior to competition during the 2012 Australian Surfing Open in Manly, Australia
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    A surfer practices prior to competition during the 2012 Australian Surfing Open in Manly, Australia

  • Jensen, a a two-year-old False Map turtle from the Mississippi River, gets used to his new home at Blackpool Sea Life Centre in England
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    Jensen, a a two-year-old False Map turtle from the Mississippi River, gets used to his new home at Blackpool Sea Life Centre in England

  • Fans of Whitney Houston gather outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles where the pop singer was found dead on Saturday 11 February at the age of 48
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    Fans of Whitney Houston gather outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles where the pop singer was found dead on Saturday 11 February at the age of 48

  • Smoke rises from charred rubble in the wake of a fire which destroyed two famous villages housing China's Dong ethnic group in Hunan province
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    Smoke rises from charred rubble in the wake of a fire which destroyed two famous villages housing China's Dong ethnic group in Hunan province

  • A couple kiss before performing on the first day of Carnival celebrations in Salvador, Brazil
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    A couple kiss before performing on the first day of Carnival celebrations in Salvador, Brazil

  • Rafael Cabrera-Bello of Spain hits his tee-shot on the eighth hole during the third round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club
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    Rafael Cabrera-Bello of Spain hits his tee-shot on the eighth hole during the third round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club

  • Police clash with protestors on the streets of Athens during a demonstration against the new austerity measures
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    Police clash with protestors on the streets of Athens during a demonstration against the new austerity measures

  • Demonstrators throw projectiles at riot police on a street corner during the violent protests in central Athens
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    Demonstrators throw projectiles at riot police on a street corner during the violent protests in central Athens

  • The Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes perform during the opening day of the Singapore Airshow 2012
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    The Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes perform during the opening day of the Singapore Airshow 2012

  • Adele poses with the six gongs she won at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
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    Adele poses with the six gongs she won at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles

  • Couples kiss during a group Valentine's Day wedding at the National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach, Florida
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    Couples kiss during a group Valentine's Day wedding at the National Croquet Center in West Palm Beach, Florida

  • The funeral cortege of four siblings pauses outside the family home where they died in a house fire in the town of Warton, Lancashire, England
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    The funeral cortege of four siblings pauses outside the family home where they died in a house fire in the town of Warton, Lancashire, England

  • A bongo calf, born in the African Plains last month, gets used to her surroundings at Dublin Zoo
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    A bongo calf, born in the African Plains last month, gets used to her surroundings at Dublin Zoo

  • Actress Isabel Vendrell Cortes holds a mask as she attends the 'Indignados' Press Conference during the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival
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    Actress Isabel Vendrell Cortes holds a mask as she attends the 'Indignados' Press Conference during the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival

  • A Hindu devotee gets pierced with spikes, flowers, milk, lime and fruits sewed to his body during the annual Hindu Thaipusam Kavady festival near Durban in South Africa
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    A Hindu devotee gets pierced with spikes, flowers, milk, lime and fruits sewed to his body during the annual Hindu Thaipusam Kavady festival near Durban in South Africa

  • Homer and Bart Simpson attend the ceremony honoring Matt Groening with a Star on The Hollywood Walk in California
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    Homer and Bart Simpson attend the ceremony honoring Matt Groening with a Star on The Hollywood Walk in California

  • Supporters of the Malian national football team grimace in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, before the start of the 2012 African Cup of Nations third place play-off football match between Ghana and Mali
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    Supporters of the Malian national football team grimace in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, before the start of the 2012 African Cup of Nations third place play-off football match between Ghana and Mali

  • Thousands of people stay on the frozen Aussenalster river during the 'Alstervergnuegen' festival in Hamburg, Germany
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    Thousands of people stay on the frozen Aussenalster river during the 'Alstervergnuegen' festival in Hamburg, Germany

  • Dedicated surfers head out to surf at Coldingham Bay, an inlet in the North Sea, in Scotland
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    Dedicated surfers head out to surf at Coldingham Bay, an inlet in the North Sea, in Scotland

  • Dublin manager Pat Gilroy (l) and Mayo manager James Horan chat after the Allianz Football League game between their sides was abandoned after fog descended on McHale Park in Castlebar
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    Dublin manager Pat Gilroy (l) and Mayo manager James Horan chat after the Allianz Football League game between their sides was abandoned after fog descended on McHale Park in Castlebar