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The week in photos: Raw

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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos: Raw
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  • Bolt from the blue

    Rio de Janeiro mountains are seen during sunset in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

  • Hold fire

    A wax drop falls off the candle during the Orthodox Christmas mass in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan 6, 2013. Christmas falls on Jan 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

  • Raw recruit

    Geese with Christmas decorations are paraded through the streets during the 'Cabalgata de Reyes,' or the Three Wise Men parade in Madrid. The traditional parade marks the eve of the Epiphany, a Christian holiday celebrating the story of the three wise men believed to have followed a bright star to offer gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

  • Pure as the driven snow

    A deer forages for food under a blanket of snow on a cold winter day in Lancaster, New York. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

  • Up in smoke

    Plosky Tolbachnik volcano erupts in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. A Russian volcano which started erupting last week has continued to spew ash and smoke into the air. The Plosky Tolbachik volcano, in the Kamchatka Peninsula, last erupted in 1976. (AP Photo/Alexander Petrov)

  • Au naturale

    A man dressed as a 'Trapajon' representing entities of the nature poses for a picture after taking part in the Vijanera Festival in Silio, northern Spain. The Vijanera masquerade, of pre-Roman origin, is the first carnival of the year in Europe symbolising the triumph of good over evil and involving the participation of crowds of residents wearing different masks, animal skins and brightly coloured clothing with its own complex function and symbolism and becoming the living example of the survival of archaic cults to nature. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

  • Flying colours

    Indian performers in traditional dress fly a kite at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India. Kite-flyers from different countries are participating in the day-long festival.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

  • Red raw

    A donkey is decorated with flowers during the Vijanera Festival in Silio, northern Spain. The Vijanera masquerade, of pre-Roman origin, is the first carnival of the year in Europe symbolising the triumph of good over evil and involving the participation of crowds of residents wearing different masks, animal skins and brightly coloured clothing with its own complex function and symbolism and becoming the living example of the survival of archaic cults to nature. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

  • Blame it on the rain

    A Lebanese boy, rides his bicycle as he makes his way through a flooded highway, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon has been hit with a snow storm that has blocked roads in the mountains and brought heavy rain showers to the capital Beirut and other coastal areas since Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

  • Give up the ghost

    Water hang from a spider web in a field near, in Silio, northern Spain. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

  • Black and blue

    Geese fly over Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach in Chicago. A cool weekend is expected to be followed by warming weather. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

  • Fresh air

    Russian Orthodox believer waits for the Christmas mass to start, in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

  • Raw deal

    Syrian men leave the old city of Aleppo, Syria. The revolution against Syrian President Bashar Assad that began in March 2011, started with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations recent estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)

  • Green fingers

    A member of the Bankside Mummers dresses as the 'Holly Man' as part of a Celebration of Twelfth Night performance near Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark, London.

  • Pure joy

    Swimmers race to retreive a wooden cross during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki. The traditional ceremony marks the Epithany, and similar ceremonies are held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes, when an Orthodox priest throws a simple wooden cross into the water and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

  • High and dry

    A spectator watches stage one of the 2013 Dakar Rally from atop a dune near Pisco, Peru. It's the second year that the long-distance race involving hundreds of cars and motorbikes has included Peru. The race began Saturday and will cross into Chile and Argentina before ending Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

  • Fortune favours the brave

    With temperatures around 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit), a man plays in the surf, with some thousands celebrating the New Year by jumping into the North Sea during the traditional New Year's Dive in Ostend, Belgium. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

  • Dance on air

    People looks at a bubble breaking in the air as artists perform for money in Madrid. The number of people registered as unemployed in Spain has gone down, bringing some cheer as the country looks to emerge from recession in 2013. Figures released Thursday showed the registered jobless figure dropped by 59,094 in December compared to November, making for a rounded total of 4.8 million people listed as unemployed. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
  • Rio de Janeiro mountains are seen during sunset in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
  • A wax drop falls off the candle during the Orthodox Christmas mass in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan 6, 2013. Christmas falls on Jan 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
  • Geese with Christmas decorations are paraded through the streets during the 'Cabalgata de Reyes,' or the Three Wise Men parade in Madrid. The traditional parade marks the eve of the Epiphany, a Christian holiday celebrating the story of the three wise men believed to have followed a bright star to offer gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
  • A deer forages for food under a blanket of snow on a cold winter day in Lancaster, New York. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
  • Plosky Tolbachnik volcano erupts in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. A Russian volcano which started erupting last week has continued to spew ash and smoke into the air. The Plosky Tolbachik volcano, in the Kamchatka Peninsula, last erupted in 1976. (AP Photo/Alexander Petrov)
  • A man dressed as a 'Trapajon' representing entities of the nature poses for a picture after taking part in the Vijanera Festival in Silio, northern Spain. The Vijanera masquerade, of pre-Roman origin, is the first carnival of the year in Europe symbolising the triumph of good over evil and involving the participation of crowds of residents wearing different masks, animal skins and brightly coloured clothing with its own complex function and symbolism and becoming the living example of the survival of archaic cults to nature. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
  • Indian performers in traditional dress fly a kite at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India. Kite-flyers from different countries are participating in the day-long festival.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
  • A donkey is decorated with flowers during the Vijanera Festival in Silio, northern Spain. The Vijanera masquerade, of pre-Roman origin, is the first carnival of the year in Europe symbolising the triumph of good over evil and involving the participation of crowds of residents wearing different masks, animal skins and brightly coloured clothing with its own complex function and symbolism and becoming the living example of the survival of archaic cults to nature. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
  • A Lebanese boy, rides his bicycle as he makes his way through a flooded highway, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon has been hit with a snow storm that has blocked roads in the mountains and brought heavy rain showers to the capital Beirut and other coastal areas since Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
  • Water hang from a spider web in a field near, in Silio, northern Spain. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
  • Geese fly over Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach in Chicago. A cool weekend is expected to be followed by warming weather. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
  • Russian Orthodox believer waits for the Christmas mass to start, in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians in the Holy Land, Russia and other Orthodox churches that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
  • Syrian men leave the old city of Aleppo, Syria. The revolution against Syrian President Bashar Assad that began in March 2011, started with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations recent estimate. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
  • A member of the Bankside Mummers dresses as the 'Holly Man' as part of a Celebration of Twelfth Night performance near Shakespeare's Globe, Southwark, London.
  • Swimmers race to retreive a wooden cross during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki. The traditional ceremony marks the Epithany, and similar ceremonies are held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes, when an Orthodox priest throws a simple wooden cross into the water and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
  • A spectator watches stage one of the 2013 Dakar Rally from atop a dune near Pisco, Peru. It's the second year that the long-distance race involving hundreds of cars and motorbikes has included Peru. The race began Saturday and will cross into Chile and Argentina before ending Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
  • With temperatures around 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit), a man plays in the surf, with some thousands celebrating the New Year by jumping into the North Sea during the traditional New Year's Dive in Ostend, Belgium. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
  • People looks at a bubble breaking in the air as artists perform for money in Madrid. The number of people registered as unemployed in Spain has gone down, bringing some cheer as the country looks to emerge from recession in 2013. Figures released Thursday showed the registered jobless figure dropped by 59,094 in December compared to November, making for a rounded total of 4.8 million people listed as unemployed. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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