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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos: Deep winter
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  • Chill out

    A Chinese woman holds a cup of hot drink as she take a rest along a Hutong alley, in the winter in Beijing. The meteorological observatory issued an alert on cold wave, as Beijing suffered from a sharp decline of temperatures. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

  • In a fog

    An Indian man does morning exercise amidst thick morning fog on the outskirts of Amritsar, India. Cold wave conditions gripped northern India after mercury dipped in most parts of the region Saturday. (AP Photo/Sanjeev Syal)

  • Surf anf turf

    A surfer makes the use of the gales force winds at Ynemouth today. (PA Photo Owen Humphreys)

  • Bye Bye Birdie

    Pigeons fly outside Shah-e-Doshamshera's mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)

  • Catch the wave

    Wet and cold weather hasn't discourage British travelers, left to right, Isolde Lewis, Spencer Sullivan, Damon Hull, Lewis Conlon and Daniel Strange, as they celebrate Christmas Day at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

  • Christmas dinner

    Alan Leach does his morning round dressed as Santa on Christmas Day feeding the llamas at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling.

  • High jump

    Participants in the annual Christmas Day swim at the Forty Foot in Sandycove,Dublin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday December 25, 2012. Stand Alone picture. Photo credit should read: Julien Behal/PA Wire.

  • Sleeping snow

    Snow-covered stuffed animals with photos attached sit at a memorial in Newtown, Conn. People continue to visit memorials after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Friday, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

  • White Christmas

    A Georgian woman sells chichilaki - an ancient Georgian traditional Christmas tree made of hazelnut wood, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgians believe a chichilaki resembles the beard of St. Basil, who is widely revered in the Orthodox Christian ex-Soviet nation. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

  • Picture perfect

    An Acehnese woman is seen through an opening on a wall as she attends a prayer commemorating the 8th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia. The disaster killed more than 100,000 people in the province. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda)

  • Sunset boulevard

    A stray dog takes advantage of the low traffic to cross an almost deserted boulevard during a spell of sunshine in Bucharest, Romania. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

  • Lead balloon

    A general view of Christmas decorations at a shopping mall in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress)***_***434855747

  • We've got you covered

    FUZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 25: (CHINA OUT) Thousands of umbrellas hang across a shopping street in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress)

  • A storm is coming

    Storm clouds come in over the North sea at Seham near Sunderland today (PA Photo Owen Humphreys)

  • Eastern passion

    An Iraqi professional falcon trainer Abu Badr al-Anazi swings a pigeon body to attract a falcon during a training session on the outskirts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While the methods to develop top-quality hunting falcons date back to antiquity, its transition into a modern Middle Eastern passion has brought in microchip tagging and price tags that can run well over ,000 for a prime bird.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

  • Prime time

    A falcon catches a pigeon body during a training session on the outskirts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

  • Winter storm

    Snow is illuminated by a street light as an American flag blows in the wind during a winter storm in Paducah, Ky. An enormous storm system that brought snow and sleet to the nation's midsection -- and tornadoes to the Deep South -- is now moving its way toward the Northeast. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

  • Dog days

    Atherstone Hunt hounds gather in Market Bosworth square, Leicestershire. Rui Vieira/PA Wire
  • A Chinese woman holds a cup of hot drink as she take a rest along a Hutong alley, in the winter in Beijing. The meteorological observatory issued an alert on cold wave, as Beijing suffered from a sharp decline of temperatures. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
  • An Indian man does morning exercise amidst thick morning fog on the outskirts of Amritsar, India. Cold wave conditions gripped northern India after mercury dipped in most parts of the region Saturday. (AP Photo/Sanjeev Syal)
  • A surfer makes the use of the gales force winds at Ynemouth today. (PA Photo Owen Humphreys)
  • Pigeons fly outside Shah-e-Doshamshera's mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)
  • Wet and cold weather hasn't discourage British travelers, left to right, Isolde Lewis, Spencer Sullivan, Damon Hull, Lewis Conlon and Daniel Strange, as they celebrate Christmas Day at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
  • Alan Leach does his morning round dressed as Santa on Christmas Day feeding the llamas at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling.
  • Participants in the annual Christmas Day swim at the Forty Foot in Sandycove,Dublin. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday December 25, 2012. Stand Alone picture. Photo credit should read: Julien Behal/PA Wire.
  • Snow-covered stuffed animals with photos attached sit at a memorial in Newtown, Conn. People continue to visit memorials after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Friday, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
  • A Georgian woman sells chichilaki - an ancient Georgian traditional Christmas tree made of hazelnut wood, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgians believe a chichilaki resembles the beard of St. Basil, who is widely revered in the Orthodox Christian ex-Soviet nation. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
  • An Acehnese woman is seen through an opening on a wall as she attends a prayer commemorating the 8th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia. The disaster killed more than 100,000 people in the province. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda)
  • A stray dog takes advantage of the low traffic to cross an almost deserted boulevard during a spell of sunshine in Bucharest, Romania. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
  • A general view of Christmas decorations at a shopping mall in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress)***_***434855747
  • FUZHOU, CHINA - DECEMBER 25: (CHINA OUT) Thousands of umbrellas hang across a shopping street in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress)
  • Storm clouds come in over the North sea at Seham near Sunderland today (PA Photo Owen Humphreys)
  • An Iraqi professional falcon trainer Abu Badr al-Anazi swings a pigeon body to attract a falcon during a training session on the outskirts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While the methods to develop top-quality hunting falcons date back to antiquity, its transition into a modern Middle Eastern passion has brought in microchip tagging and price tags that can run well over ,000 for a prime bird.(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
  • A falcon catches a pigeon body during a training session on the outskirts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
  • Snow is illuminated by a street light as an American flag blows in the wind during a winter storm in Paducah, Ky. An enormous storm system that brought snow and sleet to the nation's midsection -- and tornadoes to the Deep South -- is now moving its way toward the Northeast. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)
  • Atherstone Hunt hounds gather in Market Bosworth square, Leicestershire. Rui Vieira/PA Wire

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