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Week in Photos

The week in photos

This is the week that was, in pictures.
6.34pm, 22 Apr 2011
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THIS WEEK WE saw spring melt into summer, the faithful gather for celebrations and the pictorial power of three little words.

Enjoy – and happy snapping this Easter weekend…

The week in photos
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  • Spring/summer collection

    Cherry blossoms and daffodils vie for attention in the sunny weather. Image: John Giles/PA Wire.

  • Duty-free fever

    A crowd gathers at the first duty-free shop on Sanya in south China as part of the island province's efforts to make it a tourist and shopping attraction. Image: Luo yunfei/PA

  • Easter chickens - the dayglo batch

    Artificially-coloured chicks seen here on sale at a Karachi hatchery. Image: PA Images/Demotix/Farhat Parveen.

  • Dancing queens

    Three girls tiara-ed up to compete at the World Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin this week. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall.

  • Towering inferno

    A wildfire threatens a house near Possum Kingdom, Texas. Image: AP Photo/LM Otero

  • Quick. Hide that.

    New head of the Anglo Irish Bank group Mike Aynsley takes away the Anglo icon as the sign is removed from the bank's Dublin HQ. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland.

  • Action man

    A gaucho, or cowboy, rides a horse during a rodeo in Montevideo, Uruguay. Image: AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico

  • The faithful in uniform

    Catholics carry an image of Jesus Christ during a Holy Week procession in Guatemala City. Image: AP Photo/Moises Castillo.

  • Now you hear her...

    Mary Byrne gives a private concert to a competition winner in her front room. Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland.

  • ...now you don't

    One onlooker seems less than impressed as Mary Byrne gives a concert in a competition winner's front room. Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

  • Midnight sun

    People on skidoos admire a nimbus, an optical phenomenon produced by ice crystals in cirrus clouds on the island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic circle during 'midnight sun' season. Image: PA Images/Ben Birchall

  • Your personal Jesus

    A man has been sightseeing in the old city of Jerusalem all week, pretending to be Jesus. The man, named Salimgor, apparently arrived a month ago from Russia. Image: PA Images/Demotix/NSI Agency

  • Enda, David and Maggie

    Prime Minister David Cameron welcomes Taoiseach Enda Kenny inside 10 Downing Street, London, under the beady eye of former PM Margaret Thatcher. Image: PA Images/Peter Macdiarmid

  • Melting into spring

    Icicles yield to the march of spring in Norway. Image: PA Images/Ben Birchall

  • What can I say?

    Peter Nyberg presents his report on what caused the collapse of the Irish banks to the assembled media this week. Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland.

  • Silent protest

    Prostitutes in South Korea disguise themselves as they stage a rally to protest against the country's new anti-prostitution law. Image:AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

  • Wigs on the Green

    The store window of a costume shop across from the Stephen's Green shopping centre, Dublin. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
  • Cherry blossoms and daffodils vie for attention in the sunny weather. Image: John Giles/PA Wire.
  • A crowd gathers at the first duty-free shop on Sanya in south China as part of the island province's efforts to make it a tourist and shopping attraction. Image: Luo yunfei/PA
  • Artificially-coloured chicks seen here on sale at a Karachi hatchery. Image: PA Images/Demotix/Farhat Parveen.
  • Three girls tiara-ed up to compete at the World Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin this week. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall.
  • A wildfire threatens a house near Possum Kingdom, Texas. Image: AP Photo/LM Otero
  • New head of the Anglo Irish Bank group Mike Aynsley takes away the Anglo icon as the sign is removed from the bank's Dublin HQ. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland.
  • A gaucho, or cowboy, rides a horse during a rodeo in Montevideo, Uruguay. Image: AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico
  • Catholics carry an image of Jesus Christ during a Holy Week procession in Guatemala City. Image: AP Photo/Moises Castillo.
  • Mary Byrne gives a private concert to a competition winner in her front room. Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland.
  • One onlooker seems less than impressed as Mary Byrne gives a concert in a competition winner's front room. Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland
  • People on skidoos admire a nimbus, an optical phenomenon produced by ice crystals in cirrus clouds on the island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic circle during 'midnight sun' season. Image: PA Images/Ben Birchall
  • A man has been sightseeing in the old city of Jerusalem all week, pretending to be Jesus. The man, named Salimgor, apparently arrived a month ago from Russia. Image: PA Images/Demotix/NSI Agency
  • Prime Minister David Cameron welcomes Taoiseach Enda Kenny inside 10 Downing Street, London, under the beady eye of former PM Margaret Thatcher. Image: PA Images/Peter Macdiarmid
  • Icicles yield to the march of spring in Norway. Image: PA Images/Ben Birchall
  • Peter Nyberg presents his report on what caused the collapse of the Irish banks to the assembled media this week. Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland.
  • Prostitutes in South Korea disguise themselves as they stage a rally to protest against the country's new anti-prostitution law. Image:AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
  • The store window of a costume shop across from the Stephen's Green shopping centre, Dublin. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland

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