Pictures of the week brings you the best images over the past seven days from around the world, chosen by our very own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza and Michael Cripps.
Pictures Of The Week
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Turbo the cute two-legged Chihuahua is given new set of wheels
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 23: Scotland athletes enjoy the atmosphere during the Opening Ceremony for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park on July 23, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images) (credit:Hannah Peters via Getty Images)
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Tulisa Contostavlos leaves Stratford Magistrates' Court after being found guilty in her assault trial. . Picture by Andrew Parsons / i-Images (credit:Andrew Parsons / i-Images)
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A convoy of hearses carrying coffins containing the remains of victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, drives near Boxtel from the Eindhoven Airbase to Hilversum on July 23, 2014 after a ceremony. The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands aboard a Dutch Air Force C-130 Hercules plane and an Australian Royal Australian Air Force C17 transport plane on July 23 almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, as the conflict flared yet again near the Malaysian airliner's crash site. AFP PHOTO / ANP /REMKO DE WAAL -- Netherlands Out -- (Photo credit should read REMKO DE WAAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:REMKO DE WAAL via Getty Images)
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Crew members line the deck of HMS Illustrious as she sails into her home port of Portsmouth for the final time ahead of being retired next month. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)
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Santas from all over the world gather for the traditional July Santa Congress in Copenhagen Tuesday, July 22, 2014 and stick to their traditional schedule reserving half the day for a a dip in the sea â although, their feet only â in the waters of Oresund, the sound between Copenhagen and the Swedish coast. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Mogens Flindt) DENMARK OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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EDITORIAL USE ONLYThis photo dated Wednesday July 2, 2014, was taken to mark Prince George's first birthday and shows the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince during a visit to the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London. (credit:John Stillwell/PA Wire)
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Hindu devotees bathe in the Bagmati River on their way to the Pashupatinath Temple to offer prayers to Lord Shiva, Hindu god of destruction during Shravan festivities in Sundarijal, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on July 21, 2014. According to the Nepali calendar, Shravan is considered the holiest month of the year with each Monday of the month known as Shravan Somvar when worshippers offer prayers for a happy and prosperous life. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images)
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People ride in a boat before a 22-metre tall inflatable 'big golden toad' by Chinese artist Guo Yongyao from Ningbo, displayed at Yu Yuan Tan Park in Beijing on July 21, 2014. Summer has arrived in the city marking peak tourist season with tens of thousands domestic tourists visiting the capital. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WANG ZHAO via Getty Images)
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A cyclists with his dog in a backpack climbs the race route towards the finish line in Risoul prior to the arrival of the riders in the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177 kilometers (110 miles) with start in Grenoble and finish in Risoul, France, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A supporter of the Palestinian Communist group attends a protest against the Israeli offensive in Gaza wearing a mask and the American flag, as Lebanese riots policemen black a road that links to the US embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, July 20, 2014. A Gaza City neighborhood came under heavy tank fire Sunday as Israel widened its ground offensive against Hamas, causing hundreds of panicked residents to flee. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The pack passes a bridge spanning Durance river in Sisteron during the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 222 kilometers (137.9 miles) with start in Tallard and finish in Nimes, France, Sunday, July 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Bill Cunningham, of Moonachie, N.J., is silhouetted as he aims his camera toward the light of the setting sun at Liberty State Park, Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 23: (EDITORS NOTE: Retransmission of #452553000 with alternate crop.) Prince Charles, Prince of Wales shares a joke with a member of the Jamaican Commonwealth Boxing Team as he visits the Emirates Arena and Chris Hoy Velodrome ahead of the start of the Commonwealth games on July 23, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) (credit:Chris Jackson via Getty Images)
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson boxing with Sir Robin Wales at the Coca-Cola Zero Parklives launch in Newham, London (credit:Rex)
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Italy's Alessandro De Marchi speeds down Tourmalet pass during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 145.5 kilometers (90.4 miles) with start in Pau and finish in Hautacam, Pyrenees region, France, Thursday, July 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Grizzly Bear cub making salute, feeding on sedges, sitting on rock in rainforest
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 24: Londoners walking through Potters Field Park were surprised to see a 'money tree' blooming with £9820 in £10 notes, the average amount a working British family has in savings, on July 24, 2014 in London, England. The tree was planted by Sunlife to encourage the nation to start saving at least £10 a month for a brighter future. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for SunLife) (credit:Tristan Fewings via Getty Images)
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Carol Vorderman has become the first woman to win the Rear Of The Year Title twice, seen at Embankment Gardens in London. (credit:Ian West/PA Wire)
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Meriam Ibrahim, from Sudan, with her daughter Maya in her arms, in his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican, Thursday, July 24, 2014. The Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan for refusing to recant her Christian faith has arrived in Italy along with her family, including the infant born in prison. Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but whose mother was an Orthodox Christian from Ethiopia, was sentenced to death over charges of apostasy. She married her husband, a Christian, in a church ceremony in 2011. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Scottish Terrier wearing a vest with the team name of Malta is led around the arena ahead of the team during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday July 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II takes seat to watch hockey at the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday July 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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German pianist Stefan Aaron hovers about the Munich airport Franz-Josef-Strauss, southern Germany, on July 23, 2014. Stefan Aaron is seated in front of his piano on an aluminum structure that is reminiscent of a flying carpet and attached to a helicopter. The appearance is the fourth stop on his 'Orange Piano Tour' that will take him and his orange piano at exceptional locations around the world for the musician. On the 4206 meter high Alphubel in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Stefan Aaron has played on the Great Wall and the Pulpit Rock in Norway, a natural rock platform 604 meters above the Lysefjord near Stavanger. (credit:CHRISTOF STACHE via Getty Images)
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Costumed characters walk in front of the convention center before waiting in line for credentials on preview night at the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention held Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP) (credit:Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)
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A fan takes a selife with a Guardians of the Galaxy Rocket Racoon figurine during preview night at the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention held Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP) (credit:Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks on as Sir Chris Hoy, left, and Prince Imran from Malaysia, the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation struggle to open the Queen's baton during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday July 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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As the school holidays begin, St John Ambulance is today calling for millions of parents across the country not to wrap their children in cotton wool this summer but learn first aid instead. The nation’s leading first aid charity has launched a short spoof film, ‘Safety Suit’, to send up this ‘cotton wool culture’, and encourage parents to pick up potentially life saving skills online, so they can let their children play outside with peace of mind.
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Huge cloud of mist cloaks the Isle of Man: What is it? Sea fog shrouds the island and is known as Manannan's Cloak...read story here
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Twin Snow Leopards cubs have been born at The Welsh Mountain Zoo. The cubs, born in April at the zoo in Conwy North Wales, have been named Tom and Jessie to mark both Welsh musical legend Tom Jones and Brit award winner Jessie J visiting the area later this week for a concert in Colwyn Bay.
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg watches the 2014 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony at Celtic Park, Glasgow. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
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Megan Fox attends the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" press line on Day 1 of Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 24, 2014, in San Diego. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) (credit:Richard Shotwell /Invision/AP)