The Week in Pictures
Updated:A selection of some of the best pictures from around the world this week.
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1 A man carries a girl as they leave the flooded St Mark's Square in Venice during 'acqua alta' (high water)
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2 An Afghan circus performer drives a car on a 'Wall of Death' on the third day of Eid al-Adha in Jalalabad
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3 Horses all steamed up return after trackwork at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne
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4 Salmon return upstream to spawn in the River Etterick in Scotland
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5 Guardsmen take their position before a ceremonial welcome in Horse Guards Parade in London at the start of a state visit by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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6 St Louis Rams players take to the field before their NFL clash with the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium in London
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7 Agnieszka Radwanska serves to Sara Errani at the season-ending TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships Tennis in Istanbul
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8 Indian fishing boats rest on a beach near the oil tanker ship Pratibha Cauvery after the ship ran aground 31 October off the coast in Chennai
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9 Rebel fighters take position in a flat in Aleppo during a battle against Syrian government forces
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10 US President Barack Obama comforts Hurricane Sandy victim Dana Vanzant as he visits a neighbourhood in Brigantine, New Jersey
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11 New York taxis sit in a flooded park following flooding from superstorm Sandy
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12 A red deer stag looks for food in a bracken thicket after sunrise in Richmond Park in London
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13 Liverpool striker Luis Suarez celebrates scoring the opening goal during the Barclays Premier League match against Everton at Goodison Park
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14 Tourists riding on elephants look at a rhinoceros at the Indian Pobitora wildlife sanctuary
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15 Olympic bronze medallists Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes pose with Ireland rugby star Paul O'Connell as the boxing and rugby squads met at Carton House
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16 UCD win Student Yachting World Cup 2012 (Pic: Icarus Sailing Media)
