Gallery: The Week In Pictures

Friday, 10 February 2012

Some of the best photos from around the world this week

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  Idiot Enda Kenny and Idiot number 2, Eamon Gilmore shake hands as former US President Bill Clinton compliments the Government
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Pakistani fishermen use cranes to pull the carcass of a whale shark from the waters at a fish harbour in Karachi
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Members of the English Defence League take part in a demonstration through the streets of Leicester. Up to 2,000 members of the EDL gathered as an opposing demonstration by anti-fascists held their protest nearby
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  A lion cub plays with a snowball at the Belgrade Zoo
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  A devotee has his body pierced with hooks before taking part in the Thaipusam procession at Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Singapore
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Runningback Ahmad Bradshaw of the New York Giants runs the ball for a 6 yard touchdown in the fourth quarter against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XLVI
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Christie's auction house employees hang a 'Portrait of Henrietta' by Francis Bacon during a press preview of Post War And Contemporary Art at Christies auction house
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  A man dusts shop mannequins displaying wigs in a hair and beauty store in Brixton
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Harry Redknapp speaks to the media after he was cleared on tax evasion charges
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Burama (officially known as Myanmar) opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves from the top of a vehicle during campaigning in the Delta region
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Stephen Ferris of Ireland walks off the field having being sin binned by referee Wayne Barnes, which resulted in a last minute penalty being awarded to Wales
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award on Friday for this image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in Yemen
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  In driving snow, torches representing the return of the sun are used in a symbolic battle against winter on Huddersfield, England
  
  

No. 11

What about this one, the match being called off tonight

That is one big shark.