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Week in Photos

The Week in Photos: Cluster

This is the week that was, in photos …
7.00pm, 6 Apr 2014
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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos …

The Week in Photos: Cluster
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    Revellers with coloured corn starched hands celebrate during the 2014 Festival of Colours, Holi Celebration at the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    South Korean marine LVT-7 landing craft sail to shores through smoke screens during the US-South Korea joint military exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Chilean Flamingos in Edinburgh zoo are beginning to build their nests ahead of breeding season. Source: David Cheskin

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    Flowers are laid at the Clutha bar in Glasgow, Scotland, four months after 10 people died following a helicopter accident.Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images

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    Drummers and Bollywood dancers join members of the 'Red Hot Chilli Pipers' at the launch of Glasgow Mela, Scotland's biggest multi-cultural festival.Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images

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    Isla Roberts looks at photographers as a large blue Morpho butterfly lands on her face, as she and other children take part in a media call for a new exhibition on tropical butterflies in a temporary venue outside London's Natural History Museum.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Minister of State at the Department of Finance Brian Hayes TD, a former BIPA member, (centre) and Irish Co-Chair Joe McHugh TD (seventh left) along with with members of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly during a visit to the Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, Dublin. Source: Brian Lawless

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    An Afghan family spends their time outdoors observing the ancient festival of Sizdeh Bedar, an annual public picnic day on the 13th day of the Iranian new year, in Tehran, Iran. Sizdeh Bedar, which comes from the Farsi words for '“thirteen' and 'day out'” is a legacy from Iran's pre-Islamic past that hard-liners in the Islamic Republic have never managed to erase from calendars. People in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and some central Asian countries also celebrate the festival.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    People on the Mexican side of the US border worship while Cardinal Sean O'Malley leads mass in Nogales, Arizona. A delegation of Roman Catholic leaders celebrated Mass along the border to raise awareness about immigration and to pray for policy changes.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Shadows of flag-waving supporters are cast on flower petals thrown by them as India'’s ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi arrives to file her nomination papers for the upcoming general elections.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Residents of Islamabad's slums protest against the demolition of their localities. Pakistani authorities plan to demolish these slums, mostly occupied by Christians and people displaced in tribal areas and neighbouring Afghanistan, saying they poses a security threat to the already vulnerable capital. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    The 'Trash People' – an art exhibit of life-size figures made from 20 tons of recycled iron, glass, computer parts, cans and industrial waste – stands on Israel'’s Hiriya landfill near Tel Aviv.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Morning fog lifts at the Chorrillo dock in the Pacific Ocean, revealing small scale fishing boats in Lima, Peru. Chilean authorities discovered surprisingly light damage Wednesday from a magnitude-8.2 quake that struck in the Pacific Ocean, Tuesday evening, near the mining port of Iquique, about 87 miles from the Peruvian border. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Union and non-union apartment building workers gather along Park Avenue in New York's East Side neighbourhood to protest and march for fair contracts. Union doormen, porters, supers and handy persons who work in thousands of buildings are represented by the union.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Emily Herren takes a picture with her phone as she visits the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, California. A longtime Southern California attraction, the April blooms of colourful Ranunculus flowers at this roadside farm are a springtime tradition.Source: AP/Press Association Images

 

 

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