Sunday, 29 January 2012

Pictures of the week 16th - 22nd Jan

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A dog looks out from his cage after a race in a sled dog competition in Galyateto, 106km (66 miles) east of Budapest, January 22, 2012. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
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In this handhout picture taken on on January 17, 2012 Indonesian schoolchildren cross a river using a badly damaged bridge in Lebak in Indonesia's Banten province. Indonesian authorities said on January 21, 2012 that they will immediately repair a nearly collapsed bridge but downplayed risk to children who make a dangerous crossing to get to school everyday.
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Police walk past a barrier set on fire by residents of the Pinheirinho slum, who are resisting police arrival to evict them by court order, in Sao Jose dos Campos, 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Sao Paulo, January 22, 2012. Some 1,500 families who have been occupying a private plot of land for the past eight years were evicted after a lengthy legal process by the real owner, police sources said. REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio
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A traditional cock fight takes place during the annual Jonbeel festival in Jagiroad about 75 kilometers (46 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. Tribal Tiwa people come down from Meghalaya hills to participate in Jonbeel festival where they exchange goods by barter system.
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A protesting Tibetan activist hangs from a bus as he is held by others after being detained outside Hyderabad House, as visiting Chinese delegates meet their Indian counterparts to talk on border issues, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. The activists protested against a lack of Tibetan representation in the ongoing border talks between India and China in New Delhi
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A Red-bellied Woodpecker perches on a suet feeder during a winter storm in the village of Nyack, New York, January 21, 2012. The first major winter storm of 2012 to hit the northeast U.S. was expected to drop up to eight inches of snow on the region. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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United Airlines planes take off and land at San Francisco airport, California January 21, 2012. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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The dead body of a gunman is seen inside a car behind a bullet-riddled windshield in Jungapeo in the state of Michoacan January 19, 2012. In a shootout between gunmen and soldiers, two gunmen were killed while other three managed to escape, according to local media. Picture taken January 19, 2012 REUTERS/Leovigildo Gonzalez
People ride on top of a crowded commuter train in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Indonesia has gone to imaginative extremes to try to stop commuters from illegally riding the roofs of tra
People ride on top of a crowded commuter train in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Indonesia has gone to imaginative extremes to try to stop commuters from illegally riding the roofs of trains, hosing down the scofflaws with red paint, threatening them with dogs and appealing for help from religious leaders. Now the authorities have an intimidating and possibly even deadly new tactic: Suspending rows of grapefruit-sized concrete balls ...
A Japanese macaque mounting Shishiro, a five-year-old Japanese wild boar, plays in their cage at Hamura Zoo in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A Japanese macaque mounting Shishiro, a five-year-old Japanese wild boar, plays in their cage at Hamura Zoo in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
Indian soldiers from the Border Security Forces atop camels stand at attention in front of the Presidential Palace during a ceremony in preparation for the annual Beating Retreat in New Delhi, India,
Indian soldiers from the Border Security Forces atop camels stand at attention in front of the Presidential Palace during a ceremony in preparation for the annual Beating Retreat in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. India marks Republic Day on Jan. 26
A military aircraft flies through the smoke of tire fires set by anti-government protester during the Bahrain International Airshow in Sakhir, Bahrain,  Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Protesters set tire fi
A military aircraft flies through the smoke of tire fires set by anti-government protester during the Bahrain International Airshow in Sakhir, Bahrain, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Protesters set tire fires on roads nationwide, attempting to darken the skies to make their presence felt during the prestigious air show. 
Indians feed birds from a boat on the River of Yamuna as it is enveloped by winter morning fog in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Indians feed birds from a boat on the River of Yamuna as it is enveloped by winter morning fog in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. 
The shadow of Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is cast against the South Carolina state flag as he waits to be introduced at a campaign rally in an airplane hanger, Friday, J
The shadow of Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is cast against the South Carolina state flag as he waits to be introduced at a campaign rally in an airplane hanger, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in North Charleston, S.C.
A canopy of lights shines over newly fallen snow in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Boston got about 2.5 inches of snow from the winter storm that passed through the area
A canopy of lights shines over newly fallen snow in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Boston got about 2.5 inches of snow from the winter storm that passed through the area.
In this photo provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals, Ellie-Jean Coffey, of Australia, competes in the Billabong World Junior Championship Gold Coast surfing competition in Burleigh Head
In this photo provided by the Association of Surfing Professionals, Ellie-Jean Coffey, of Australia, competes in the Billabong World Junior Championship Gold Coast surfing competition in Burleigh Heads, Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2012.
Long-stemmed roses rest on the reflecting pool wall at the crypts of civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King, in Atlanta on Monday Jan. 16, 2012. King
Long-stemmed roses rest on the reflecting pool wall at the crypts of civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King, in Atlanta on Monday Jan. 16, 2012. King would have been 83 years old on his actual birthday, Jan. 15
Nadal of Spain sits under a shade during a break in between games during his match agianst Lopez of Spain at the Australian Open tennis tournament
Rafael Nadal of Spain sits under a shade during a break in between games during his men's singles match agianst Feliciano Lopez of Spain at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 22, 2012. 
A spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), born in captivity four months ago, is seen with its mother at the zoo in Cali
A spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), born in captivity four months ago, is seen with its mother at the zoo in Cali January 21, 2012. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga