The week in photos

FIRES IN LOS Alamos, dressing-up time in China, and a group of meerkats getting behind their favourite tennis player… it must be the week in pictures.

The week in photos

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In the spotlight
An employee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange after all lights and air conditioning were turned off due to power shortages following Japan's nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
We are sailing
The Christian Radich Tall Ship heads up the River Suir under heavy storm clouds to Waterford City (Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
It's just a passing Vlad
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits the home of Dasha Varfolomeyeva, left. Two years ago Dasha asked Putin for a fairy tale dress on television. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin)
Diana at 50
Kathy Martin and John Loughrey put up their Princess Diana 50th birthday tributes on fencing outside Kensington Palace in London (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Spot on
An Indian mother feeds her child in the eastern city of Bhubaneswar (AP Photo/ Biswaranjan Rout)
Put your back into it
Hundreds of Kosovo Muslims pray in the capital Pristina during a protest calling for extra space in mosques. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Under control
The control room of the Cooper nuclear power plant in Brownville, Nebraska (AP Photo/Josh Funk)
Take a seat
Italian police officers in riot gear clash with demonstrators during a protest against proposals for a high-speed train line (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari, LaPresse)
Wildfire
A fire burns near the nuclear laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico (AP Photo/Jae C Hong)
Had your chips
James Gibbs smiles after breaking the current record of 368.5kg for the biggest portion of chips ever served, at Southend-on-Sea, Essex (Chris Radburn/PA Wire)
Power grab
Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore compare shadow puppets (possibly) at the launch of a visa waiver programme (Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Poster girl
Supporters of Ukraine's former leader Yulia Tymoshenko at a rally in Kiev as she went on trial for abuse of office (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Bags of room
Children on the way home from school in a three wheeled motor rickshaw in Ahmadabad, India (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Aftermath
A Jewish settler carries a wooden panel after Israeli troops demolished an illegal settlement in the West Bank (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Splashing out
Nepalese farmers splash muddy waters at each other as they celebrate a rice-planting festival (AP Photo/Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi)
Cooling off
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man takes an alternative shower at a gender-segregated beach in Tel Aviv, Israel (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
The big man
A woman walks by a gate with a painting depicting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who today admitted he is suffering from cancer (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Having a ball
The meerkats at Blair Drummond Safari Park in Scotland show their support for local boy, tennis player Andy Murray (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
What a grind
Filipinos throw pirated DVD's into a mechanised grinder during a ceremonial destruction of counterfeit goods seized in raids (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Sharp shooter
A Chinese tourist dressed as a Red Army soldier poses for photos as China marks the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
Gimme shelter
An Indian girl covers herself with her mother's sari during heavy rains in Dharmsala, India (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Going solo
A priest stands during a general audience of Pope Benedict XVI (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Getting ahead
A Libyan student completes her final exam in a health course at university in Tripoli (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Hands up
An elderly anti-government protestor in Sanaa, Yemen (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Missed a spot
A worker throws a bucket of orange paint as the Boudhanath Stupa in Katmandu, Nepal, is cleaned. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
Off the rails
A wet mouse seeks safety from waters on a railway track near the flooded town of Percival, Iowa (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
It's a great yarn
Khadija Ighilnassaf of Morocco weaves a carpet during the opening of the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival 2011 in Washington DC (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Up to our ears
Floodwaters from the Souris River surround homes in Minot, North Dakota (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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In the spotlight

We are sailing

It's just a passing Vlad

Diana at 50

Spot on

Put your back into it

Under control

Take a seat

Wildfire

Had your chips

Power grab

Poster girl

Bags of room

Aftermath

Splashing out

Cooling off

The big man

Having a ball

What a grind

Sharp shooter

Gimme shelter

Going solo

Getting ahead

Hands up

Missed a spot

Off the rails

It's a great yarn

Up to our ears

Making a difference

A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation.