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Week in Photos

The Week in Photos: Wild

This is the week that was, in photos…
6.30pm, 18 Jan 2014
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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The Week in Photos: Wild
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    The sky is reflected on the Uyuni Salt Flats as a car drives by in Uyuni, Bolivia. Source: AP/Press Association Images

  • Wild

    Model Lina Sandberg gets her hair prepared prior to the presentation of Lena Hoschek's Autumn Winter 2014 collection during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, Source: Markus Schreiber

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    A Golden Mantella frog at Chester Zoo is injected in its leg with a fluorescent silicon gel which allows keepers to identify individuals in their group of 80 frogs. Amphibian experts will monitor the effectiveness of the implants and if deemed a success the process will be used to track the species in their native home of Madagascar. Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images

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    Jockey Dougie Costello on Sun Wild Life (left) and Richard Johnson on After Eight Sivola during the William Hill - In The App Store Juvenile Hurdle.Source: EMPICS Sport

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    A wildfire burns in the hills just north of the San Gabriel Valley community of Glendora, California.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Cecilia Canetti practices yoga on a stand-up paddle board as her dog Polo accompanies her off Barra de Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Canetti is training her dog to accompany her as she stand-up paddle surfs, along with other paddle surfing dog owners preparing for an upcoming competition of paddle surfers who compete with their dogs. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honour of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, about 100 km west of Madrid, Spain. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Ana Ivanovic of Serbia celebrates as she won the second set against Samantha Stosur of Australia during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Source: Aaron Favila

  • Wild (at heart)

    A dog sits in a bag while waiting in the queue to be anointed outside the Saint Anton church in Madrid Friday. It is the animal's patron saint day in which thousands of people all over Spain bring their pets to churches to be blessed. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Roosters prepare to take each other on during a rooster fight as part of the Jonbeel festival near Jagiroad, about 75 kilometres (47 miles) east of Gauhati, India. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy perform in the pairs short programme at the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Source: Darko Bandic

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