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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The Week in Photos: Close
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  • Close range

    Female North Korean traffic police officers gather in front of bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to pay their respects in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. North Koreans turned out to commemorate what would have been the 71th birthday of Kim Jong Il who died on December 17, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

  • Close quarters

    Models on the catwalk during the Vivienne Westwood Red Label Autumn/Winter London Fashion Week 2013 catwalk show at the Saatchi Gallery, London.

  • Close to the bone

    Eirin Turner joins her dad Steven Turner as he pickets outside the BBC offices in Glasgow during a one-day strike against compulsory redundancies by the corporation.

  • Close at hand

    A 15-day-old night monkey is feed by a veterinarian at a temporary shelter west of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Sponsored by Bogota's Ministry of Environment, the shelter receives between 3,000 and 3,500 wild animals a year; some seized from poachers and others found hurt. An estimated 0,000 U.S. dollars are spent in the recovery and care of these animals. Seventy percent of rescued animals are reintroduced to their habitat and the remaining 30% are sent to zoos around the country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

  • Close to the heart

    A mother chimp relaxes with her baby at Chimp Haven in Keithville, La., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. One hundred and eleven chimpanzees will be coming from a south Louisiana laboratory to Chimp Haven, the national sanctuary for chimpanzees retired from federal research. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

  • Come close

    A Hindu holy man pauses as he returns after taking part in a community feast at the Ashram of Swami Ramanand Das at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges and Yamuna during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

  • Close shave

    A model displays an Autumn/Winter design by Agatha Ruiz de la Prada during Madrid's Fashion Week, in Madrid, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)

  • Ready for your close-up

    A young Indian Hindu devotee combs his hair after a dip at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

  • Close to home

    Nepalese Hindu devotees carry water-soaked hay on their heads during Madhav Narayan Festival in Lalitpur, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, February 22, 2013. Devotees representing Hindu God Madhav Narayan travel through town sprinkling holy water as blessings during the month-long Festival for a prosperous life. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

  • Close call

    Maria Murphy from the Mulhern club in Illinois in the USA performs in one of the heats in the All Scotland Championships in Irish Dancing being held at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow.

  • Too close for comfort

    An Egyptian child wears a red hood and a noose during an anti-government protest in front of Egypt's high court building in downtown Cairo, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Egypt's president called multi-stage parliamentary elections beginning in April but a key opposition leader warned Friday that the vote may only inflame tensions unless there are serious political talks first.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
  • Female North Korean traffic police officers gather in front of bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to pay their respects in Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. North Koreans turned out to commemorate what would have been the 71th birthday of Kim Jong Il who died on December 17, 2011. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
  • Models on the catwalk during the Vivienne Westwood Red Label Autumn/Winter London Fashion Week 2013 catwalk show at the Saatchi Gallery, London.
  • Eirin Turner joins her dad Steven Turner as he pickets outside the BBC offices in Glasgow during a one-day strike against compulsory redundancies by the corporation.
  • A 15-day-old night monkey is feed by a veterinarian at a temporary shelter west of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Sponsored by Bogota's Ministry of Environment, the shelter receives between 3,000 and 3,500 wild animals a year; some seized from poachers and others found hurt. An estimated 0,000 U.S. dollars are spent in the recovery and care of these animals. Seventy percent of rescued animals are reintroduced to their habitat and the remaining 30% are sent to zoos around the country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
  • A mother chimp relaxes with her baby at Chimp Haven in Keithville, La., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. One hundred and eleven chimpanzees will be coming from a south Louisiana laboratory to Chimp Haven, the national sanctuary for chimpanzees retired from federal research. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • A Hindu holy man pauses as he returns after taking part in a community feast at the Ashram of Swami Ramanand Das at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges and Yamuna during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • A model displays an Autumn/Winter design by Agatha Ruiz de la Prada during Madrid's Fashion Week, in Madrid, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)
  • A young Indian Hindu devotee combs his hair after a dip at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • Nepalese Hindu devotees carry water-soaked hay on their heads during Madhav Narayan Festival in Lalitpur, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, February 22, 2013. Devotees representing Hindu God Madhav Narayan travel through town sprinkling holy water as blessings during the month-long Festival for a prosperous life. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
  • Maria Murphy from the Mulhern club in Illinois in the USA performs in one of the heats in the All Scotland Championships in Irish Dancing being held at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow.
  • An Egyptian child wears a red hood and a noose during an anti-government protest in front of Egypt's high court building in downtown Cairo, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Egypt's president called multi-stage parliamentary elections beginning in April but a key opposition leader warned Friday that the vote may only inflame tensions unless there are serious political talks first.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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