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Week in Photos

The Week in Photos: See Red

This is the week that was, in photos …
7.00pm, 9 Mar 2014
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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos …

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    A delegate holds a cup of tea and a working report papers walks toward the hall inside the Great Hall of the People during the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, China.Source: Andy Wong

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    A lay leader makes a sign of the cross on the foreheads of devotees, using ashes from burnt palms from last year in observance of Ash Wednesday to usher the 40-day Season of Lent Wednesday, at the Redemptorist Church at Baclaran, Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines. The Ash Wednesday is observed among Catholics worldwide to urge people to repent and to remind mankind that they are mortals. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Members of the Krewe of Zulu march during Mardi Gras day in New Orleans.Source: Gerald Herbert

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    Indian women sort red chillies to dry at Shertha village in the western Indian state of Gujarat.Source: Ajit Solanki

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    Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Chinese hostesses, who serve the delegates of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and National People's Congress, have souvenir photos taken in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    A trio of revellers pose for a photo during the carnival Clowns' Parade along the waterfront in Sesimbra, south of Lisbon. Every year on Carnival Monday thousands dress as clowns to take part in the fishing village's parade. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Chinese military band members prepare for the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Performers from the Mangueira samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    An election poster of Liberal Party legislative candidate Daniel Quintero, defaced with a red nose and bow tie to resemble a clown, covers a wall in Bogota, Colombia. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Lewis Hamilton at the Formula One Testing, Bahrain. Source: James Moy Photography/Press Association Images

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    People look at the area where a twin car bomb exploded in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Twin car bomb blasts at a bustling marketplace killed at least 51 people in Maiduguri, the northeast Nigerian city that is the birthplace of Nigeria's Islamic extremist terrorist group. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Mud-covered revellers attend the "Bloco da Lama" or "mud street party" underneath a hazy sky and orange smoke caused by smoke bombs, in Paraty, Brazil. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Fireworks from Japan's Tamaya Kitahara Fireworks, illuminate the sky in the 5th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    A police officer starts to untie white and red cloth wrapped around a statue in Sofia. The Mound of Brothers monument in Bulgaria's capital Sofia was decorated as a Martenitsa - a red and white health and good luck charm Bulgarians give to each other on March 1 in celebration of the coming spring. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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