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Week in Photos

The week in photos

This is the week that was, in photos…
11.00am, 14 Jan 2012
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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos
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  • Frosty Florida

  • Arctic

  • India Hindu Festival

  • Horse Show

  • Nepal

  • Ritual

  • Rescued seals

  • Nigeria protest

  • Coming-of-Age Day

  • Hiding Statues

  • Dune force

    Donated Christmas trees are planted to protect the sand dunes on Formby beach in Lancashire, England. Image: Bob Collier/PA Wire

  • Chinese prepare for spring

    Red lanterns at a shopping mall in Nanjing, China, for the year of Dragon, January 21, 2012. Image: Zuoyou/ChinaFotoPress/PA Images

  • Haiti two years on

    Nadia Almeda who was rehoused by Irish NGO Concern looks down on a temporary camp in Port-au-Prince - 550,000 people in Haiti still live in them two years after the earthquake. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire

  • Out of season flowers

    Snowdrops in early bloom at Rococo Gardens in Painswick, Gloucestershire, UK. Image: Tim Ireland/PA Wire
  • Donated Christmas trees are planted to protect the sand dunes on Formby beach in Lancashire, England. Image: Bob Collier/PA Wire
  • Red lanterns at a shopping mall in Nanjing, China, for the year of Dragon, January 21, 2012. Image: Zuoyou/ChinaFotoPress/PA Images
  • Nadia Almeda who was rehoused by Irish NGO Concern looks down on a temporary camp in Port-au-Prince - 550,000 people in Haiti still live in them two years after the earthquake. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire
  • Snowdrops in early bloom at Rococo Gardens in Painswick, Gloucestershire, UK. Image: Tim Ireland/PA Wire

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