Pictures_of_the_week (3rd-10th Dec 2012)

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Pictures of the week 3rd 10th December 2012
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A boy dances to celebrate government army FARDC
soldiers return to Goma.
Photo by GORAN TOMASEVIC
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Forest officials ride tame elephants as they try
to free an injured elephant from a mud pit in
Goalpara district in the eastern Indian state of
Assam.
Photo by STR/STRINGER/INDIA
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Participants of 'Strut the Streets', an annual
swimwear parade, look at a man pole dancing in
central Sydney.
 Photo by YANNIS BEHRAKIS
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Photo by ROBERT PRATTA
A combo picture shows Les Chrysalides de
Saint-Jean installation by artist Damien Fontaine
at the Saint-Jean Cathedral during the rehearsal
for the "Festival of Lights in central Lyon late
in the night.
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Britain's Prince William leaves the King Edward
VII hospital with his wife Catherine, Duchess of
Cambridge, London.
Photo by ANDREW WINNING
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Hassan Mekki, a 32-year-old Sudanese migrant,
shows scars on his back in Athens. He was
attacked by a group of men holding Greek flags
and left with the deep wounds on his back, throat
and neck in August 2012.
Photo by YANNIS BEHRAKIS
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German Bundeswehr army soldiers walk in front of
an armoured personnel carrier Marder in their
combat outpost OP North, near Baghlan, in
northern Afghanistan.
Photo by FABRIZIO BENSCH
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A typhoon victim holds a bag of relief goods as
she walks among debris swept by floodwaters at
the height of Typhoon Bopha, while returning to
an evacuation centre in New Bataan town in
Compostela Valley, southern Philippines.
Photo by ERIK DE CASTRO
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An employee from the electricity board works on
newly installed overhead power cables ahead of
the "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, as the sun
sets in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.
Photo by JITENDRA PRAKASH
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A cadet lies on the grass after collapsing during
a promotion ceremony at a police school in
Bogota.
Photo by JOHN VIZCAINO
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Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch of
Canada perform during the pairs' short programme
at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in
Sochi.
Photo by GRIGORY DUKOR
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by GARY HERSHORN
Workmen lower themselves from the roof at the
Estadio Castelao, as construction continues in
preparation for the 2013 Confederations Cup
soccer tournament, in Fortaleza.
Photo by GARY HERSHORN
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Skiers compete during the men's team sprint
cross-country skiing World Cup at the Sprint
Quebec event in downtown Quebec City.
Photo by MATHIEU BELANGER
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Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in a rally
marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of
Hamas, in Gaza City.
Photo by SUHAIB SALEM
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Labourers work on levelling land ahead of the
"Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, as the sun
sets in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.
Photo by STR/JITENDRA PRAKASH
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A child writes Christmas wishes on the world's
longest letter addressed to Santa Claus during a
Guinness World Record attempt in Pantelimon, near
Buchares.
Photo by BOGDAN CRISTEL
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A snowmobiler flies through the air as part of
the entertainment during the Monster Energy
Snowmobile Freestyle tour at the World Cup Ski
Cross race in Nakiska, Alberta.
Photo by TODD KOROL
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Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(BNP) set fire to tyres as they block a street
during a nationwide blockade in Dhaka.
Photo by ANDREW BIRAJ
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A fisherman casts his net into the Kathajodi
River in Cuttack district, about 25 km (15 miles)
from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar .
Photo by STR/STRINGER
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Akiko Suzuki of Japan performs during the gala
exhibition at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure
Skating Final in Sochi.
Photo by GRIGORY DUKOR
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