The week in photos

Some of the week’s biggest stories in photos.

IT’S BEEN A WEEK DOMINATED by Chilean miners, Liverpool FC, and Irish budget cuts.

Check out TheJournal.ie’s slideshow of the main stories from the past week:

The week in photos

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Chilean miners rescued
All of the 33 miners trapped underground in a Chilean mine for over two months were sucessfully rescued this week. Photo: Hugo Infante/Government of Chile
Church defection website suspends service
CountMeOut.ie, a website that helped members of the Catholic Church in Ireland to formally defect from it, has suspended its services amid confusion as to whether Irish church authorities now acknowledge its services. Photo: Leon Neal/PA Wire
Irish passports used by spies?
The gardaí have launched an investigation into the possible use of six Irish passports by the Russian spy ring which was broken up in the US earlier over the summer. Photo: Julian Behal/PA
Liverpool FC
Liverpool FC has finally confirmed the club's sale to NESV after Hicks and Gillett had a Texan court withdraw its injunction blocking the sale. Photo: Jeff Moore/Jeff Moore/Empics Entertainment
Irish budget cuts
New IMF research suggests that €4bn in Irish budget cuts will mean a corresponding €2bn drop in economic growth for the country next year. Photo: Chen liang wh/AP/PA Images
Siptu to return public money
Siptu said it would return all public funds remaining in the bank account at the centre of the Skill training scheme controversy. Photo: Rex Roof via Creative Commons
NASA solve space mystery
NASA astronomers examined images captured by the Hubble Telescope to identify this odd X-shaped object as an asteroid collision. Photo: NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)
Italy v Serbia
As Ireland drew with Slovakia in the Euro 2012 qualifiers on Tuesday evening, the Italy-Serbia game was being called off after fans threw flares and fireworks onto the pitch. Photo: Fabio Ferrari/AP/PA Images
Developers' depression
Almost 30 Irish developers are believed to have died by suicide since the start of the recession. Photo: Lel4nd via Creative Commons
Pre-Budget consensus talks
Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore have accepted the Taoiseach's invitation to meet for consensus talks ahead of Budget 2011. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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being called off after fans threw flares and fireworks onto the pitch. Photo: Fabio Ferrari/AP/PA Images" title="">
Irish developers are believed to have died by suicide since the start of the recession. Photo: Lel4nd via Creative Commons" title="">
have accepted the Taoiseach's invitation to meet for consensus talks ahead of Budget 2011. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire" title="">