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The Week in Photos: Mother Nature

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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The Week in Photos: Mother Nature
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  • Bright lights

    Northern lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky over Potter Marsh, foreground, and in the distance, Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

  • Harvest moon

    A Palestinian security officer helps farmers pick olives during the harvest season, in the northern West Bank village of Maythaloon. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

  • Early bird

    Photo: PA A Robin red breast picks at moss as it sits in the red orange shade of an Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium', which is turning red and dropping it's Autumn leaves, in 'Andrews Corner' garden in Belstone, Dartmoor, Devon. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday October, 14, 2012. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

  • Supersonic skydive

    The capsule and attached helium balloon carrying Felix Baumgartner lifts off as he attempts to break the speed of sound with his own body by jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

  • Electric light orchestra

    Lightening illuminates the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill in Athens. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

  • Sky-high

    Sri Lankan youths play at dusk in Mirissa, about 140 kilometres south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

  • Mystic morning

    A lone stag walks through the early morning sunshine at Dunham Massey in Altrincham, Cheshire. (PA)

  • Second nature

    A Sri Lankan traditional fisherman, also known locally as a stick fisherman, sits perched on a stilt fixed into the ocean floor as he fishes in Habaraduwa, about 125 kilometres south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

  • Under stormy skies

    A plane prepares for landing sandwiched between the Mediterranean sea and rain bearing heavy clouds during a storm at Nice, Cote d'Azur Airport, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

  • Free and easy

    A river gull flies and collects food reflecting its own image over the Sava river, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

  • Serbia Daily Life

    Two men fish during the sunset on the Sava river, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

  • Pakistan Daily Life

    Pakistani Faqir Zada, 31, stands next to his camels displayed for sale in preparation for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice", on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

  • Sunscape

    In Washington, the US Capitol dome is silhouetted as the sun rises. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • A river runs through it

    Autumn leaves are seen in the Glenarm River in Co Antrim, as the autumnal weather continues. (PA)

  • Call of the wild

    Sarah and 2-year-old Isaac Cromarty enjoy the Autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire. (PA)
  • Northern lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky over Potter Marsh, foreground, and in the distance, Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
  • A Palestinian security officer helps farmers pick olives during the harvest season, in the northern West Bank village of Maythaloon. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
  • Photo: PA A Robin red breast picks at moss as it sits in the red orange shade of an Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium', which is turning red and dropping it's Autumn leaves, in 'Andrews Corner' garden in Belstone, Dartmoor, Devon. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday October, 14, 2012. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
  • The capsule and attached helium balloon carrying Felix Baumgartner lifts off as he attempts to break the speed of sound with his own body by jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
  • Lightening illuminates the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill in Athens. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
  • Sri Lankan youths play at dusk in Mirissa, about 140 kilometres south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
  • A lone stag walks through the early morning sunshine at Dunham Massey in Altrincham, Cheshire. (PA)
  • A Sri Lankan traditional fisherman, also known locally as a stick fisherman, sits perched on a stilt fixed into the ocean floor as he fishes in Habaraduwa, about 125 kilometres south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
  • A plane prepares for landing sandwiched between the Mediterranean sea and rain bearing heavy clouds during a storm at Nice, Cote d'Azur Airport, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
  • A river gull flies and collects food reflecting its own image over the Sava river, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
  • Two men fish during the sunset on the Sava river, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
  • Pakistani Faqir Zada, 31, stands next to his camels displayed for sale in preparation for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or
  • In Washington, the US Capitol dome is silhouetted as the sun rises. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  • Autumn leaves are seen in the Glenarm River in Co Antrim, as the autumnal weather continues. (PA)
  • Sarah and 2-year-old Isaac Cromarty enjoy the Autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire. (PA)

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