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Week in Photos

The week in photos

This is the week that was, in pictures…
7.16pm, 3 Jun 2011
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E.COLI, PROTESTS, clashes and memorials: just some of the topics to hit the headlines this week.

Check out some of the strongest images of the past seven days, from across the world:

The week in photos
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  • Lebanon

    Pro-Syrian regime supporters carry pictures of President Bashar Assad and his father Hafez Assad, during a demonstration to show their support for the Syrian President, in Beirut, Lebanon, on 3 June, 2011. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

  • Yemen

    Relatives and friends of tribesmen loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, who were killed in clashes with Yemeni security forces carry their bodies during their funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen, 3 June, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

  • India

    A bomb squad member stands close to a remotely operated vehicle disposing of unexploded munitions at the Inland Container Depot at Tuglaqabad in New Delhi, India, on 3 June, 2011.(AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

  • Peru

    Under pouring confetti, Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, of the political party Fuerza 2011, waves to supporters during her closing campaign rally in Lima, Peru, on 2 June, 2011. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

  • England

    People play in a fountain in Sheffield city centre, as temperatures continue to rise as the weekend approaches. (Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

  • Slane

    Jennifer Maher and Emma Sprice from Waterford, pictured at Slane for the Kings of Leon concert last weekend. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

  • US

    The space shuttle Endeavour touches down after completing its final flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 June, 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

  • Dublin

    Collette Herra holds a picture of her father George Goddard who was an Auxiliary Fireman on the night of the North Strand bombing by the German Luftwaffe in May 1941 on the 70th anniversary today. (Photocall Ireland)

  • Spain

    Protesting farmers dump some 300 kilos of fruit and vegetables outside the German consulate in Valencia, Spain on 2 June 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Robert Solsona)

  • US

    A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, 2 June, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

  • Dublin

    Jiao Xu pictured in the "IRE-SU Garden" at the first day of Bloom 2011 in the Phoenix Park in Dublin on 2 June, 2011. (Sasko Lazarov/Photocall)

  • Dublin

    The Lord Mayor of Dublin Gerry Breen hosted the 2011 Lord Mayor's Awards in the Mansion House which honours indivduals and groups who made a special contribution to Dublin, including singer Imelda May. (Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

  • Dublin

    Pictured at the first day of the OMC European Championships in Hair and Beauty is model Rosanne Morris at the RDS. (Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

  • India

    Indian street children wear human skull masks during a " World No Tobacco Day" awareness rally in Kolkata, India, 31 May, 2011..( AP Photo/Sucheta Das)
  • Pro-Syrian regime supporters carry pictures of President Bashar Assad and his father Hafez Assad, during a demonstration to show their support for the Syrian President, in Beirut, Lebanon, on 3 June, 2011. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
  • Relatives and friends of tribesmen loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, who were killed in clashes with Yemeni security forces carry their bodies during their funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen, 3 June, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
  • A bomb squad member stands close to a remotely operated vehicle disposing of unexploded munitions at the Inland Container Depot at Tuglaqabad in New Delhi, India, on 3 June, 2011.(AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
  • Under pouring confetti, Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, of the political party Fuerza 2011, waves to supporters during her closing campaign rally in Lima, Peru, on 2 June, 2011. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
  • People play in a fountain in Sheffield city centre, as temperatures continue to rise as the weekend approaches. (Rui Vieira/PA Wire)
  • Jennifer Maher and Emma Sprice from Waterford, pictured at Slane for the Kings of Leon concert last weekend. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
  • The space shuttle Endeavour touches down after completing its final flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 June, 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  • Collette Herra holds a picture of her father George Goddard who was an Auxiliary Fireman on the night of the North Strand bombing by the German Luftwaffe in May 1941 on the 70th anniversary today. (Photocall Ireland)
  • Protesting farmers dump some 300 kilos of fruit and vegetables outside the German consulate in Valencia, Spain on 2 June 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Robert Solsona)
  • A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, 2 June, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
  • Jiao Xu pictured in the
  • The Lord Mayor of Dublin Gerry Breen hosted the 2011 Lord Mayor's Awards in the Mansion House which honours indivduals and groups who made a special contribution to Dublin, including singer Imelda May. (Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
  • Pictured at the first day of the OMC European Championships in Hair and Beauty is model Rosanne Morris at the RDS. (Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
  • Indian street children wear human skull masks during a

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