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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos
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  • Frosty Florida

    A layer of protective ice covers a new strawberry blossom in a field in Dover, Florida. Farmers spray a coating of water over their plants to save them from freeze damage. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

  • Arctic

    People on ski-doos on the island of Spitsbergen on the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic circle. (PA)

  • India Hindu Festival

    Hindu devotees wash a huge iron cooking pot at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, during the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

  • Horse Show

    Around 150 horses are took part in a show organised to promote, showcase and raise awareness about the Indian breeds of horses in Dholera , India. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

  • Nepal

    Nepalese Hindu women warm themselves before taking a holy bath in Salinadi River during the first day of Madhav Narayan Festival, in Sankhu, northeast of Katmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

  • Ritual

    A Hindu women smokes marijuana as she sits at the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on "Paush Purnima," the first auspicious day of holy dip during Magh Mela at Sangam in Allahabad, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

  • Rescued seals

    A recently rescued juvenile Grey Seal pup at the West Hatch RSPCA wildlife centre, where a number of seals have been brought in due to being beached in the recent storms across the UK. (Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

  • Nigeria protest

    An angry youth protests in front of a burning barrier following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

  • Coming-of-Age Day

    19 members of , Japanese pop group AKB48 and SKE48 wear furisodes to celebrate their Coming-of-Age Day ceremony event at Kanda Myojin, a shinto shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo. (The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

  • Hiding Statues

    Indian workers cover elephant statues at Ambedkar Park in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

  • Dune force

    Donated Christmas trees are planted to protect the sand dunes on Formby beach in Lancashire, England. Image: Bob Collier/PA Wire

  • Chinese prepare for spring

    Red lanterns at a shopping mall in Nanjing, China, for the year of Dragon, January 21, 2012. Image: Zuoyou/ChinaFotoPress/PA Images

  • Haiti two years on

    Nadia Almeda who was rehoused by Irish NGO Concern looks down on a temporary camp in Port-au-Prince - 550,000 people in Haiti still live in them two years after the earthquake. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire

  • Out of season flowers

    Snowdrops in early bloom at Rococo Gardens in Painswick, Gloucestershire, UK. Image: Tim Ireland/PA Wire
  • A layer of protective ice covers a new strawberry blossom in a field in Dover, Florida. Farmers spray a coating of water over their plants to save them from freeze damage. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
  • People on ski-doos on the island of Spitsbergen on the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic circle. (PA)
  • Hindu devotees wash a huge iron cooking pot at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, during the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • Around 150 horses are took part in a show organised to promote, showcase and raise awareness about the Indian breeds of horses in Dholera , India. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
  • Nepalese Hindu women warm themselves before taking a holy bath in Salinadi River during the first day of Madhav Narayan Festival, in Sankhu, northeast of Katmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
  • A Hindu women smokes marijuana as she sits at the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on
  • A recently rescued juvenile Grey Seal pup at the West Hatch RSPCA wildlife centre, where a number of seals have been brought in due to being beached in the recent storms across the UK. (Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
  • An angry youth protests in front of a burning barrier following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
  • 19 members of , Japanese pop group AKB48 and SKE48 wear furisodes to celebrate their Coming-of-Age Day ceremony event at Kanda Myojin, a shinto shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo. (The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )
  • Indian workers cover elephant statues at Ambedkar Park in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
  • Donated Christmas trees are planted to protect the sand dunes on Formby beach in Lancashire, England. Image: Bob Collier/PA Wire
  • Red lanterns at a shopping mall in Nanjing, China, for the year of Dragon, January 21, 2012. Image: Zuoyou/ChinaFotoPress/PA Images
  • Nadia Almeda who was rehoused by Irish NGO Concern looks down on a temporary camp in Port-au-Prince - 550,000 people in Haiti still live in them two years after the earthquake. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire
  • Snowdrops in early bloom at Rococo Gardens in Painswick, Gloucestershire, UK. Image: Tim Ireland/PA Wire

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