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    The Week In Pictures

    Updated: 15:59, Friday, 12 October 2012

    A selection of some of the best pictures from around the world this week

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    • A Red Deer stag roars in the early morning light in Richmond Park in London
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      A Red Deer stag roars in the early morning light in Richmond Park in London

    • Tourists take pictures as buffalo cross a road in the Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming
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      Tourists take pictures as buffalo cross a road in the Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming

    • The Northern Lights seen from Caramore Strand in Co Mayo (Pic: Darren Moran)
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      The Northern Lights seen from Caramore Strand in Co Mayo (Pic: Darren Moran)

    • Berlin's Brandenburg Gate is lit up as part of the city's Festival of Lights
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      Berlin's Brandenburg Gate is lit up as part of the city's Festival of Lights

    • Bali bomb survivor Phil Britten reads the names of the victims on a memorial in Kuta ahead of the ten-year anniversary of the 12 October 2002 attack
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      Bali bomb survivor Phil Britten reads the names of the victims on a memorial in Kuta ahead of the ten-year anniversary of the 12 October 2002 attack

    • Another view of the Northern Lights, from Malin Head in Co Donegal (Pic: Gerard O'Donnell)
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      Another view of the Northern Lights, from Malin Head in Co Donegal (Pic: Gerard O'Donnell)

    • A woman visits Frankfurt's book fair, the world's largest
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      A woman visits Frankfurt's book fair, the world's largest

    • Horses are put through their paces in an early morning exercise on the gallops at Newmarket racecourse in England
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      Horses are put through their paces in an early morning exercise on the gallops at Newmarket racecourse in England

    • Models parade sheep down London's Oxford Street as part of a Marks & Spencer campaign to promote recycling and reselling of wool products
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      Models parade sheep down London's Oxford Street as part of a Marks & Spencer campaign to promote recycling and reselling of wool products

    • Northern Lynx kittens explore their enclosure at the Highland Wildlife park in Kingussie, Scotland
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      Northern Lynx kittens explore their enclosure at the Highland Wildlife park in Kingussie, Scotland

    • London Mayor Boris Johnson makes a speech at the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham
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      London Mayor Boris Johnson makes a speech at the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham

    • John Terry was nowhere to be seen as Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine toured English football's new training base
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      John Terry was nowhere to be seen as Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine toured English football's new training base

    • Oracle Team USA flips over during a fleet race in the America's Cup World Series in San Francisco, California
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      Oracle Team USA flips over during a fleet race in the America's Cup World Series in San Francisco, California

    • Members of the Colla 'Caprogossos de Mataro' climb up as they construct a human tower during the Tarragona Castells comptetion in Spain
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      Members of the Colla 'Caprogossos de Mataro' climb up as they construct a human tower during the Tarragona Castells comptetion in Spain

    • Army troops prepare to board AW 139 helicopter during exercises in the Glen of Imaal (Pic: Air Corps Photo Section)
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      Army troops prepare to board AW 139 helicopter during exercises in the Glen of Imaal (Pic: Air Corps Photo Section)

    • There were violent protests in Athens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Greece
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      There were violent protests in Athens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Greece

    • David Wilson of the New York Giants celebrates his touchdown against the Cleveland Browns by doing a backflip
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      David Wilson of the New York Giants celebrates his touchdown against the Cleveland Browns by doing a backflip

    • President Michael D Higgins is presented with an Argentina football jersey by his counterpart Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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      President Michael D Higgins is presented with an Argentina football jersey by his counterpart Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

    • Baseball player Coco Crisp is soaked with Gatorade after he had a pie put over his face after he hit a game-winning single to beat the Detroit Tigers
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      Baseball player Coco Crisp is soaked with Gatorade after he had a pie put over his face after he hit a game-winning single to beat the Detroit Tigers

    • Barcelona fans display a Catalan flag prior to the start of the El Clásico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou
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      Barcelona fans display a Catalan flag prior to the start of the El Clásico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou

    • Paul Ryan and Joe Biden shake hands at the end of the US Vice Presidential debate in Danville in Kentucky
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      Paul Ryan and Joe Biden shake hands at the end of the US Vice Presidential debate in Danville in Kentucky

    • On the rocks! Former cricketer Ian Botham hits back towards the fairway in the Dunhill Links pro-am tournament in Scotland
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      On the rocks! Former cricketer Ian Botham hits back towards the fairway in the Dunhill Links pro-am tournament in Scotland

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