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    The Week in Pictures

    Updated: 12:20, Friday, 22 February 2013

    A selection of some of the best images from around the world this week.

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    • A camel stands in the snow at the zoo in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.
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      A camel stands in the snow at the zoo in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.

    • A cactus is covered in snow at the Ritz-Carlton course in Arizona as play was suspended due to weather during the first round of the World Golf Championships
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      A cactus is covered in snow at the Ritz-Carlton course in Arizona as play was suspended due to weather during the first round of the World Golf Championships

    • Thousands of couples take part in a mass wedding ceremony at Cheongshim Peace World Center in Gapyeong-gun, South Korea
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      Thousands of couples take part in a mass wedding ceremony at Cheongshim Peace World Center in Gapyeong-gun, South Korea

    • The Women's Club 1X semifinal starts during day three of the New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha in Wellington, New Zealand
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      The Women's Club 1X semifinal starts during day three of the New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha in Wellington, New Zealand

    • Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Western Conference dunks the ball during the 2013 NBA All-Star game at the Toyota Center
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      Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Western Conference dunks the ball during the 2013 NBA All-Star game at the Toyota Center

    • A worker cleans debris from the Fun Town Pier that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy in Seaside Heights, New Jersey
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      A worker cleans debris from the Fun Town Pier that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy in Seaside Heights, New Jersey

    • People look and photograph Tower Bridge as it emerges from early morning fog on The River Thames in London, England
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      People look and photograph Tower Bridge as it emerges from early morning fog on The River Thames in London, England

    • Chicken feet are displayed for sale at the Singapore Chinatown Complex Wet Market in Singapore
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      Chicken feet are displayed for sale at the Singapore Chinatown Complex Wet Market in Singapore

    • Piles of doll body parts are seen at Sydney's Original Doll Hospital in Bexley in Sydney, Australia
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      Piles of doll body parts are seen at Sydney's Original Doll Hospital in Bexley in Sydney, Australia

    • US President Barack Obama looks at a boy with a magnifying glass while visiting children at College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center
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      US President Barack Obama looks at a boy with a magnifying glass while visiting children at College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center

    • Farmers walk with geese in the streets of the city of Sarlat-la-Caneda in France during the Fest'Oie festival
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      Farmers walk with geese in the streets of the city of Sarlat-la-Caneda in France during the Fest'Oie festival

    • Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) veterinarians inspect an anesthetized five-year-old female Asiatic black bear at the Mandai Zoological Garden in Singapore
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      Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) veterinarians inspect an anesthetized five-year-old female Asiatic black bear at the Mandai Zoological Garden in Singapore

    • The first wave of nude swimmers enter the surf in the 'Sydney Skinny' - in what is dubbed the first mass nude ocean swim in Sydney
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      The first wave of nude swimmers enter the surf in the 'Sydney Skinny' - in what is dubbed the first mass nude ocean swim in Sydney

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