The Week in Pictures
Updated:A selection of some of the best images from around the world this week.
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1 A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, in honour of San Anton, the patron saint of animals
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2 Hindu devotees bathe in the waters of the Ganges river during the royal bathing day of Makar Sankranti, which is the start of the Maha Kumbh Mela
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3 Ruben Faria of KTM Red Bull Factory Team competes in stage 11 from La Rioja to Fiambala during the 2013 Dakar Rally in Argentina
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4 A female Bearded Tit perches on a reed among the reedbeds in Hyde Park in London
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5 An angler casts during the opening of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay in Kenmore, Scotland
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6 A tourist wearing a mask looks at the Forbidden City in Beijing as pollution covers the city
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7 People and vehicles struggle through floodwaters in Jakarta's central business district
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8 Police vehicles take up positions around a burning car during violence between loyalists, nationalists and the PSNI in east Belfast
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9 A Jewish man prays alongside a burning pyre of votive candles at the grave of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzera
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10 People gather behind a cordon to see a dead 15-metre sperm whale on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand
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11 A newly-restored steam engine departs Baker Street Underground station in a recreation of the first London Underground journey
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12 Paul McGinley poses with the Ryder Cup after it was announced that he would be the first Irish golfer to captain Europe in the biennial event
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13 Locals gather at the scene of a massive explosion outside Aleppo University in Syria
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14 London Mayor Boris Johnson speaks to reporters after a helicopter crashed into a crane in the city, killing the pilot and a person on the ground
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15 Arkady Shilkloper plays his three-metre long alphorn on the top of the largest sail of the Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Festival
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16 A cleaner was seriously injured in Stockholm in Sweden, when the train she was working in derailed and crashed into a nearby building
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17 Olympic silver medallist John Joe Nevin in action against Daouda Sow during their bout in the World Series boxing match at York Hall in London
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18 Local children enjoy the sun as Sydney recorded its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching 45.8C
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19 On the other side of the world, bathers enjoy the rooftop pool at a spa in Bath as snow falls across Britain
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20 Competitors start the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Megeve, France
