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Week in Photos

The Week in Photos: Heavens

This the week that was, in photos…
6.30pm, 7 Dec 2013
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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The Week in Photos: Heavens
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    HMS Defender travels past the Titan Crane as it makes its way up the River Clyde back to Glasgow.Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images

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    Half Time sunset at oakwell during the Skybet Championship match. Source: Richard Sellers

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    A Sri Lankan couple spend a moment at the Indian Ocean promenade at Galle Face in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The promenade stretches for half a kilometre (0.3 miles) along the coast in the heart of the financial and business district of Colombo. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Though temperatures peaked in the high 70s in Southern California, high clouds accompany a prediction of much cooler and wetter weather in the next few days, but not before making for a spectacular sunset over downtown Los Angeles.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    A plane takes off from the Los Angeles International Airport as clouds reflect the colour of the sunset in Los Angeles. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    A flock of birds fly near Mount Sinabung as seen from Berastepu, North Sumatra, Indonesia. About 15,000 people have been evacuated from 17 villages on the slope of Mount Sinabung after authorities raised the alert status of the volcano to the highest level last week. Source: Binsar Bakkara

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    Indians, living in shanties in a farmland, walk as the sun rises in New Delhi, India. Some 800 million people in the country live in poverty, many of them migrating to big cities in search of a livelihood and often ending up on the streets. Source: Altaf Qadri

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    A woman passes a large menorah on Independence Mall on the seventh night of Hanukkah in Philadelphia. Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights, an eight-day commemoration of rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees after their victory over the Syrians. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The rocket is carrying its first commercial payload, a communications satellite. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Seebruck, southern Germany.Source: Matthias Schrader

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    Window washers descend the 36-story Centennial Tower downtown skyscraper in Atlanta. Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Pernilla Lindberg of Sweden plays a ball on the 8th hole during the 2nd round of Dubai Ladies Masters golf tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Brent Geese take to the sky over Dublin Bay. (Niall Carson/PA Wire)Source: Niall Carson

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    The sunset glow illuminates the sky of the Place de la Concorde, with from left, the ferris big wheel of Paris, the Eiffel Tower and the Egyptian Obelisque, in Paris.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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