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The week in photos

This is the week that was, in pictures.

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COOLING DOWN, HEATING up, setting Europe on fire – this is our pick of the pics that set our temperatures soaring this week at TheJournal.ie:

The week in photos
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  • Common cause

    Thousands of Egyptians gather at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising in Cairo, during a protest against Israel's closure of Gaza. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

  • Have a break

    Trinamool Congress party supporters offer sweets to another standing in the backdrop of a banner that depicts Communist Party of India-Marxist leaders trailing in a race, in Kolkata, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

  • Excira. Delira.

    Jedward give it socks to get through the Eurovision semi-final in Duesseldorf, Germany. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

  • Collapsed city

    A woman walks by a collapsed building after the earthquake in Lorca, Spain which killed nine people. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

  • Life in the wings

    Actresses wait backstage to perform Kunqu Opera 'Dream of the Red Chamber' in Beijing. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

  • Lost, forgotten

    A woman photographs crosses placed at Copacabana beach to protest against the lack of governmental aid after January's torrential rains and mudslides which killed nearly 1,000 people in the mountainous area of Rio de Janeiro state. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

  • What celebration?

    Angry citizens protest over the country's fiscal difficulties outside the Dail on what was meant to be Europe Day, a celebration of the European community. (Brian O'Leary/Photocall Ireland).

  • Bring it.

    Chilean students confront riot police as they are sprayed with a water cannon during a demonstration in downtown Santiago. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)

  • I'm a rocketman

    Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, right, U.S. astronaut Michael Fossum, left, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, centre, pose at Russian Space Training Center in Star City outside Moscow. They will head off in June on a mission to the ISS. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

  • Mine's lovely, thanks. How's yours?

    Just because it's Friday... Two pandas chews bamboo shoots at Chengdu Panda Base in Chengdu city, southwest China. (Wang wen/AP/Press Association Images)

  • Citizen journalism

    In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, Syrian anti-government protesters carry banners in Arabic that read: "Freedom means to stop the killing and arrests," during a rally in the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria.

  • Brought to book

    People walk past a tower made of some 30,000 books in different languages, named "Babel Tower," at San Martin Square, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

  • Getting binned

    Bins are being removed from the streets of Dublin for security purposes in advance of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and US President Barack Obama (Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

  • Hey. I'm swimming here.

    A Pakistani child swims with buffalos to beat the heat in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

  • Parched earth

    A severe drought in southeast China has lowered water levels in the Yangtze River as low as 10ft. (Hu guolin/AP/Press Association Images)

  • And all because the ladies love...

    You may not know the face, but you'll certainly know the shows. Christian Louboutin, creator of famous red-soled designer shoes, is in Dublin for a flying visit. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
  • Thousands of Egyptians gather at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising in Cairo, during a protest against Israel's closure of Gaza. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
  • Trinamool Congress party supporters offer sweets to another standing in the backdrop of a banner that depicts Communist Party of India-Marxist leaders trailing in a race, in Kolkata, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • Jedward give it socks to get through the Eurovision semi-final in Duesseldorf, Germany. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
  • A woman walks by a collapsed building after the earthquake in Lorca, Spain which killed nine people. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
  • Actresses wait backstage to perform Kunqu Opera 'Dream of the Red Chamber' in Beijing. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
  • A woman photographs crosses placed at Copacabana beach to protest against the lack of governmental aid after January's torrential rains and mudslides which killed nearly 1,000 people in the mountainous area of Rio de Janeiro state. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
  • Angry citizens protest over the country's fiscal difficulties outside the Dail on what was meant to be Europe Day, a celebration of the European community. (Brian O'Leary/Photocall Ireland).
  • Chilean students confront riot police as they are sprayed with a water cannon during a demonstration in downtown Santiago. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)
  • Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, right, U.S. astronaut Michael Fossum, left, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, centre, pose at Russian Space Training Center in Star City outside Moscow. They will head off in June on a mission to the ISS. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
  • Just because it's Friday... Two pandas chews bamboo shoots at Chengdu Panda Base in Chengdu city, southwest China. (Wang wen/AP/Press Association Images)
  • In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, Syrian anti-government protesters carry banners in Arabic that read:
  • People walk past a tower made of some 30,000 books in different languages, named
  • Bins are being removed from the streets of Dublin for security purposes in advance of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and US President Barack Obama (Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
  • A Pakistani child swims with buffalos to beat the heat in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
  • A severe drought in southeast China has lowered water levels in the Yangtze River as low as 10ft. (Hu guolin/AP/Press Association Images)
  • You may not know the face, but you'll certainly know the shows. Christian Louboutin, creator of famous red-soled designer shoes, is in Dublin for a flying visit. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

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