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The Week in Photos: Extreme

This is the week that was, in photos…

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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The Week in Photos: Extreme
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  • Walking With The Wounded

    A member of the Walking With The Wounded team falls during training on the Langiokull Glacier in Iceland. Three teams are getting ready to take on the South Pole Allied Challenge Expedition.

  • Dawn to dusk

    The sun sets behind the downtown Kansas City, Mo. skyline as above average temperatures returned to the region. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

  • Candlelight

    Jordanian and Syrian children participate in a candlelit vigil to mark the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution at the Citadel in Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

  • Not-so-mellow yellow

    Visitors behind an advertisement mask read books at the International Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig, central Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

  • Thin ice

    Bob Ripley 62 from Richmond looks at the icicles as The Bow Lee Beck at Gibsons Cave in Teesdale unusally freezes in March after the big freeze continues....PA Photo Owen Humphreys

  • Show good faith

    Rosary beads hang for sale outside Nazarenas church in downtown Lima, Peru. Latin Americans reacted with joy on Wednesday at news that the Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was elected pope. Bergoglio, who chose the name Pope Francis, is the first pope ever from the Americas. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

  • Under fire

    A seagull, top center, is seen flying in front of a fire that still burns after a tugboat and barge hit a gas pipeline yesterday evening in Perot Bay in Lafourche Parish, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

  • Bird's eye view

    One World Trade Center emerges from the clouds in the night sky in a photo made from a passing aeroplane in New York. Construction continues on the office complex going up on the site of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Matthew Ziegler)

  • In good faith

    A woman prays in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

  • Draw fire

    Indian army soldiers spit fire as they perform the mallakhamb, a traditional Indian gymnastic sport, during a display of skills at Officers Training Academy in Chennai, India. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.)

  • Steal the spotlight

    A performer from the production Le Noir performs at the Marina Bay Sands. Le Noir has a crew of twenty cirque performers from around the world like Russia, Australia, Lithuania, Canada, Bulgaria who specialize in different acrobatic acts, some of which were formerly from the production Cirque du Soleil. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

  • Gold dust

    Devotees throw turmeric powder as an offering to the shepherd god Khandoba on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra state, India. 'Somavati Amavasya' is the day when a New Moon falls on a Monday. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

  • Extreme green

    Government Buildings is turned green as St Patrick's festival celebrations commence.

  • Quantum leap

    A snow boarder makes a jump at the Yad Moss ski slope in cumbria near Alston.

  • Paint the town red

    A devotee waits for a procession at the temple of the shepherd god Khandoba on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra state, India. 'Somavati Amavasya' is the day when a New Moon falls on a Monday. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

  • Fire and ice

    Bela the eleven year old Amur tiger explores her enclosure in the snow at Blair Drummond Safari Park.

  • Prayer of the faithful

    A barefoot faithful kneels in prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on the first day of the conclave that gathered 115 cardinals in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to elect the 266th Roman Catholic pontiff. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

  • The light fantastic

    The Northern Lights are visible at Porsanger Garrison, as troops take part in Exercise Hairspring 2013, which focuses on cold weather survival and warfare training for Royal Marines Commando Reservists in the mountains range near to Porsanger Garrison near Lakselv, Norway.

  • Going to extremes

    Marine Alistair McGoldrick from Chorley boils water from snow in his snow hole they built and camped in, as troops take part in Exercise Hairspring 2013, which focuses on cold weather survival and warfare training for Royal Marines Commando Reservists in the mountains range near to Porsanger Garrison near Lakselv, Norway. (PA)
  • A member of the Walking With The Wounded team falls during training on the Langiokull Glacier in Iceland. Three teams are getting ready to take on the South Pole Allied Challenge Expedition.
  • The sun sets behind the downtown Kansas City, Mo. skyline as above average temperatures returned to the region. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
  • Jordanian and Syrian children participate in a candlelit vigil to mark the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution at the Citadel in Amman, Jordan. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
  • Visitors behind an advertisement mask read books at the International Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig, central Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
  • Bob Ripley 62 from Richmond looks at the icicles as The Bow Lee Beck at Gibsons Cave in Teesdale unusally freezes in March after the big freeze continues....PA Photo Owen Humphreys
  • Rosary beads hang for sale outside Nazarenas church in downtown Lima, Peru. Latin Americans reacted with joy on Wednesday at news that the Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was elected pope. Bergoglio, who chose the name Pope Francis, is the first pope ever from the Americas. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
  • A seagull, top center, is seen flying in front of a fire that still burns after a tugboat and barge hit a gas pipeline yesterday evening in Perot Bay in Lafourche Parish, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • One World Trade Center emerges from the clouds in the night sky in a photo made from a passing aeroplane in New York. Construction continues on the office complex going up on the site of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Matthew Ziegler)
  • A woman prays in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
  • Indian army soldiers spit fire as they perform the mallakhamb, a traditional Indian gymnastic sport, during a display of skills at Officers Training Academy in Chennai, India. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.)
  • A performer from the production Le Noir performs at the Marina Bay Sands. Le Noir has a crew of twenty cirque performers from around the world like Russia, Australia, Lithuania, Canada, Bulgaria who specialize in different acrobatic acts, some of which were formerly from the production Cirque du Soleil. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
  • Devotees throw turmeric powder as an offering to the shepherd god Khandoba on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra state, India. 'Somavati Amavasya' is the day when a New Moon falls on a Monday. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
  • Government Buildings is turned green as St Patrick's festival celebrations commence.
  • A snow boarder makes a jump at the Yad Moss ski slope in cumbria near Alston.
  • A devotee waits for a procession at the temple of the shepherd god Khandoba on 'Somavati Amavasya' at the Jejuri temple in Pune district, Maharashtra state, India. 'Somavati Amavasya' is the day when a New Moon falls on a Monday. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
  • Bela the eleven year old Amur tiger explores her enclosure in the snow at Blair Drummond Safari Park.
  • A barefoot faithful kneels in prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on the first day of the conclave that gathered 115 cardinals in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to elect the 266th Roman Catholic pontiff. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
  • The Northern Lights are visible at Porsanger Garrison, as troops take part in Exercise Hairspring 2013, which focuses on cold weather survival and warfare training for Royal Marines Commando Reservists in the mountains range near to Porsanger Garrison near Lakselv, Norway.
  • Marine Alistair McGoldrick from Chorley boils water from snow in his snow hole they built and camped in, as troops take part in Exercise Hairspring 2013, which focuses on cold weather survival and warfare training for Royal Marines Commando Reservists in the mountains range near to Porsanger Garrison near Lakselv, Norway. (PA)

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