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This is the week that was, in pictures…

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THIS IS THE week that was, in pictures…

The week in photos
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  • India

    A Hindu holy man performs morning prayers after taking a dip in the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. Allahabad, at the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna is an important Hindu pilgrimage centre. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

  • Madrid Fashion Week

    Models display Spring/Summer designs by Ailanto during the Pasarela Cibeles fashion show, in Madrid, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

  • Middle East

    A Palestinian woman speaks with an Israeli soldier during a demonstration demanding the recognition of a Palestinian state at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

  • Tyneside

    The sun rises over St Mary's Lighthouse at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. (AP)

  • Typhoon Roke hits Japan

    People walk over a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on the afternoon of Sept. 21, 2011, in the strong wind and rain caused by Typhoon Roke. The typhoon landed earlier in the afternoon near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in central Japan. (AP/Kyodo)

  • Restoration

    Muirne Lydon, an easel painting conservator with the National Gallery of Ireland, works on the restoration of the historic painting 'The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife' by Cork artist Daniel Maclise in the restoration centre in the National Gallery in Dublin. (AP)

  • Tiananmen Square

    A worker puts finishing touches on a ribbon display on a giant lantern shaped structure set up on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

  • National Ploughing Championships 2011

    Godfrey Worrell from Kildare takes part in the horse category of the National Ploughing Championships in Athy, Co Kildare. (Photocall Ireland)

  • Dale Farm

    Traveller and resident Mary-Anne Sheriden with daughter Katlin stand at the front gate at the Dale Farm Travellers site at Cray's Hill, near Basildon, Essex, waiting for bailiffs to arrive and eject them. (Chris Radburn/PA Wire/Press Association Images)

  • Kansas

    A wild sunflower stands against a stormy sky at sunset in a field in an Olathe, Kansas. Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

  • Indian Earthquake

    Indian residents walk past a crack in a road caused by an earthquake in Gangtok, India, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Rescue workers raced Monday to reach Indian villages cut off by mudslides after a powerful earthquake damaged more than 100,000 homes in the remote Himalayan region, officials said. (AP Photo)

  • Rugby Union

    The teams are welcomed onto the pitch by a traditional New Zealand Maori warrior. (AP)

  • Sculpture

    Model Brooke Colman cleans the lens on a super-sized replica of the Nikon 1 J1 which is held by giant hands in Covent Garden, London. (AP)

  • Poverty in India

    A girl begs to a person sitting in a car on a busy street in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. India's Planning Commission, tasked with updating its poverty line figures to reflect rising prices, told the nation's Supreme Court Wednesday, that fifty cents a day was "adequate" for the average Indian villager to spend on basic needs. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

  • Rescued

    Four five-week-old squirrel kittens, cosy up in a blanket at the Sanctuary Wildlife Care centre in Morpeth, Northumberland, after they were found tossed from the nest when the aftermath of Hurricane Katia struck Britain. (AP)
  • A Hindu holy man performs morning prayers after taking a dip in the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. Allahabad, at the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna is an important Hindu pilgrimage centre. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • Models display Spring/Summer designs by Ailanto during the Pasarela Cibeles fashion show, in Madrid, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
  • A Palestinian woman speaks with an Israeli soldier during a demonstration demanding the recognition of a Palestinian state at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
  • The sun rises over St Mary's Lighthouse at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. (AP)
  • People walk over a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on the afternoon of Sept. 21, 2011, in the strong wind and rain caused by Typhoon Roke. The typhoon landed earlier in the afternoon near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in central Japan. (AP/Kyodo)
  • Muirne Lydon, an easel painting conservator with the National Gallery of Ireland, works on the restoration of the historic painting 'The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife' by Cork artist Daniel Maclise in the restoration centre in the National Gallery in Dublin. (AP)
  • A worker puts finishing touches on a ribbon display on a giant lantern shaped structure set up on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
  • Godfrey Worrell from Kildare takes part in the horse category of the National Ploughing Championships in Athy, Co Kildare. (Photocall Ireland)
  • Traveller and resident Mary-Anne Sheriden with daughter Katlin stand at the front gate at the Dale Farm Travellers site at Cray's Hill, near Basildon, Essex, waiting for bailiffs to arrive and eject them. (Chris Radburn/PA Wire/Press Association Images)
  • A wild sunflower stands against a stormy sky at sunset in a field in an Olathe, Kansas. Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
  • Indian residents walk past a crack in a road caused by an earthquake in Gangtok, India, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Rescue workers raced Monday to reach Indian villages cut off by mudslides after a powerful earthquake damaged more than 100,000 homes in the remote Himalayan region, officials said. (AP Photo)
  • The teams are welcomed onto the pitch by a traditional New Zealand Maori warrior. (AP)
  • Model Brooke Colman cleans the lens on a super-sized replica of the Nikon 1 J1 which is held by giant hands in Covent Garden, London. (AP)
  • A girl begs to a person sitting in a car on a busy street in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. India's Planning Commission, tasked with updating its poverty line figures to reflect rising prices, told the nation's Supreme Court Wednesday, that fifty cents a day was
  • Four five-week-old squirrel kittens, cosy up in a blanket at the Sanctuary Wildlife Care centre in Morpeth, Northumberland, after they were found tossed from the nest when the aftermath of Hurricane Katia struck Britain. (AP)

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