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    The Week in Pictures

    Updated: 12:28, Sunday, 25 November 2012

    Some of the best images from around the world this week.

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    • A horse and cart passes flooded fields and roads close to the village of North Curry near Taunton, England
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      A horse and cart passes flooded fields and roads close to the village of North Curry near Taunton, England

    • Uncollected garbage during the 21st day of the garbage collectors' strike on in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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      Uncollected garbage during the 21st day of the garbage collectors' strike on in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

    • Best Buy employees in Naples, Florida, participate in a group huddle as they prepare to open the store on Thanksgiving Day, hours before the start of 'Black Friday'
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      Best Buy employees in Naples, Florida, participate in a group huddle as they prepare to open the store on Thanksgiving Day, hours before the start of 'Black Friday'

    • Maple trees change colour on the Katsura river in Arashiyama in Kyoto, Japan
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      Maple trees change colour on the Katsura river in Arashiyama in Kyoto, Japan

    • A naked man stands at the top of a statue in Whitehall as police cordon the area off in London
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      A naked man stands at the top of a statue in Whitehall as police cordon the area off in London

    • Claire Robertson from Scottish Ballet poses dressed as the Good Snow Flake inside a life size snow globe on Buchanan Street in Glasgow during a promotion for a festive production of 'The Nutcracker'
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      Claire Robertson from Scottish Ballet poses dressed as the Good Snow Flake inside a life size snow globe on Buchanan Street in Glasgow during a promotion for a festive production of 'The Nutcracker'

    • A young beluga whale swims with an adult beluga at the John G Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois
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      A young beluga whale swims with an adult beluga at the John G Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois

    • Artisan Martina Beyer, at the Seiffener Volkskunst Christmas decorations manufactory, assembles a nutcracker in Seiffen, Germany
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      Artisan Martina Beyer, at the Seiffener Volkskunst Christmas decorations manufactory, assembles a nutcracker in Seiffen, Germany

    • Students march through Westminster in London as they protest against the rising costs of further education in Britain
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      Students march through Westminster in London as they protest against the rising costs of further education in Britain

    • The Spiderman balloon makes its way down Sixth Avenue during the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York
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      The Spiderman balloon makes its way down Sixth Avenue during the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York

    • Singer Don McLean makes his way through Columbus Circle during the same parade
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      Singer Don McLean makes his way through Columbus Circle during the same parade

    • People wait in line to collect free food at a distribution point on Thanksgiving Day in the Coney Island neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York
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      People wait in line to collect free food at a distribution point on Thanksgiving Day in the Coney Island neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York

    • Female competitors at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Heerenveen, Netherlands
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      Female competitors at the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Heerenveen, Netherlands

    • Emergency services at the scene of an explosion on a bus with passengers onboard in central Tel Aviv, Israel
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      Emergency services at the scene of an explosion on a bus with passengers onboard in central Tel Aviv, Israel

    • Palestinians look at their destroyed homes following Israeli air strikes on the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah
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      Palestinians look at their destroyed homes following Israeli air strikes on the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah

    • An Israeli soldier stands on his tank in a deployment area on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip
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      An Israeli soldier stands on his tank in a deployment area on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip

    • During the last hour of hostilities, militants launch rockets from Gaza City as an Israeli bomb explodes on the horizon
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      During the last hour of hostilities, militants launch rockets from Gaza City as an Israeli bomb explodes on the horizon

    • Felix Jones of the Dallas Cowboys runs for a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during a Thanksgiving Day game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas
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      Felix Jones of the Dallas Cowboys runs for a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during a Thanksgiving Day game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas

    • Children play cricket on the Azad Maidan in Mumbai, India
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      Children play cricket on the Azad Maidan in Mumbai, India

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