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.
Pics of the week
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This photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows geologists from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory surveying the lava flow from the June 27th flow from the Kilauea volcano in Pahoa, Hawaii, Sept. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Samuel L. Jackson and Nicole Scherzinger attend One For The Boys #SingOne4TheBoys Karaoke Night at Abbey Road Studios on September 25, 2014 in London, England. (credit:Mike Marsland via Getty Images)
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Revelers throw colored powder in the air during the Holi Festival of Colors, in Lisbon, Sunday, Sept. 14 2014. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi, of Italy, crashes during a first free practice session for Sunday's San Marino Moto GP grand prix at the Misano circuit in Misano Adriatico, Italy, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Annual deer rut in Richmond Park, London. (credit:Rex Features)
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Kim Kardashian had a close encounter with a serial celeb prankster at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday when the reality star was almost knocked to the ground during the attack. (credit:XPOSUREPHOTOS.COM)
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A storm approaches the Sydney central business district on September 25, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. The Bureau of Meterology issued a severe thunderstorm warning predicting rain and possible hail. (credit:Cassie Trotter via Getty Images)
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Fashion designer Victoria Beckham, left, speaks alongside Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS, during a news conference after she was named a United Nation's Goodwill Ambassador during the 69th U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A firefighter sets a controlled burn with a drip torch while fighting the King Fire on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Mosquito, Calif. Strike teams from Fresno and El Dorado Cal Fire worked in conjunction with department of corrections crews in an offensive firing tactic, intended to take away fuel from the main fire. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Pittsburgh Pirates first base coach Rick Sofield celebrates in the locker room after the Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in a baseball game to clinch a playoff berth, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Justine Thornton (R) wife of the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party Ed Miliband kisses her husband following his speech at Manchester Central, in Manchester on September 23, 2014 on the third day of the Labour Party conference. Conservative bashing, stirring words about social equality and warnings over populism: Britain's main opposition party this week prepped its ranks for next year's general election. 'Win 2015' flags were on display all around at the party conference in Manchester, northwest England, as hundreds of supporters milled around, along with T-shirts reading 'Never Kissed A Tory'. (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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Young white tigers India (L) and Ambra (R) approach photographers at the football stadium of Dresden, eastern Germany, on September 22, 2014 during a presentation to the press by Circus Sarrasani where the 14 week old animal arrived from Zoo Stukenbrock in Western Germany. (credit:ARNO BURGI via Getty Images)
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In this Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 photo provided by the United Nations, Leonardo DiCaprio, left, is designated as a U.N. Messenger of Peace for Climate Change by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at U.N. headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/United Nations/Mark Garten) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this Sept. 19, 2014 photo, explosives are detonated by Peruvian counternarcotics forces on a part of a clandestine grassy airstrip in the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro River Valleys, or VRAEM, the world's No. 1 coca-growing region, in Ayacucho, Peru. The dynamiting of craters by Peruvian security forces into clandestine airstrips cuts into profits but hardly discourages cocaine traffickers who net tens of thousands of dollars with each flight flown from these airstrips. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Light from the setting sun gives a backdrop to the Statue of Liberty, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in New York. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond at the Ryder Cup during a practice session at Gleneagles Golf Course, Perthshire. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Florenzi (24) of AS Roma hugs his grandmother following a goal during the Serie A match between AS Roma and Cagliari Calcio at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. (credit:Evren Atalay/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Edinburgh Zoo's giant panda Tian Tian who is no longer pregnant, the zoo has announced. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
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Robbie Williams performs live in concert as he makes his long overdue return to Australian following the release of his latest album Swing Both Ways at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on September 22, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. (credit:Bradley Kanaris via Getty Images)
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Britain's shadow chancellor of the Exchequer Ed Balls (2-R) vies with Rob Merrick of the Lobby Journalists team during a football match between Labour Party MP's and Lobby Journalists in Manchester on September 21, 2014 ahead of the start of the Labour Party conference. The match is an annual event which takes place ahead of the opening of the party conference. (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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People enjoy a fairground ride at the opening day of the 181th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The world's largest beer festival will be held from Sept. 20 to Oct. 5, 2014. (credit:AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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1000 years old amphora stack in the bottom of the Aegean Sea near the Maden Island of Balikesir, Turkey (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A Turkish aid worker protects a Syrian refugee child during a sand storm at Yumurtalik crossing gate near Suruc, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. More than 200,000 people fleeing the Islamic State militantsâ advance on Kobani, Syria, arrived in Turkey over the last five days to find safety. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Sir Alex Ferguson, former manager of Manchester United, is pictured with The European Ryder Cup team (L-R) Front row: Rory McIlroy, Ian Poulter, Sir Alex Ferguson, Paul McGinley, Justin Rose, Stephen Gallacher and Back Row: Thomas Bjorn, Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson, Graeme McDowell, Jamie Donaldson and Victor Dubuisson) after delivering a motivational speech ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup on the PGA Centenary course at the Gleneagles Hotel on September 23, 2014 in Auchterarder, Scotland. (credit:Andrew Redington via Getty Images)
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One of two new 2-year-old twin polar bears, Suka or Sakari, swims inside the Polar Bear Odyssey display at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. The bears were born in November 2012 at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio and arrived at the Como Zoo two weeks ago. (credit:PA)
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Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is released from Al Muwaqar prison east of Amman after being found not guilty of terrorism charges, on September 24, 2014 in Amman, Jordan. The radical Muslim Cleric, who's real name is Omar Othman, was deported to Jordan from the UK in 2013. Judges said there was insufficient evidence to convict him of charges related to a terrorist plot in 2000. The British Home Office have said that he remains a threat to national security and will not be returning to the UK. (credit:Jordan Pix via Getty Images)
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Two rare one-year-old Albino Hedgehogs called Tughall and Albie who have been rescued by Carole Catchpole, the founder of the hedgehog rescue centre in Longframlington in Northumberland. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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Britney Spears (C) presents her dessous collection 'The Intimate Collection' at CentrO shopping mall on September 25, 2014 in Oberhausen, Germany. (credit:Sascha Steinbach via Getty Images)
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Syrian refugees at a crossing gate near Suruc, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. More than 200,000 people fleeing the Islamic State militantsâ advance on Kobani, Syria, arrived in Turkey during the last six days to find safety. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Actress Jessica Chastain is seen wearing a watch of Jaeger Le-Coultre at the photocall of her new movie 'The Dissapearance of Eleanor Rigby' at the Aquarium during the 62nd San Sebastian International Film Festival on September 23, 2014 in San Sebastian, Spain. (credit:Juan Naharro Gimenez via Getty Images)
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In this Oct. 28, 2013 photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shows former music producer Phil Spector at the Health Care Facility in Stockton, Calif. Two newly released photos of Spector show the toll of age and prison on the once flamboyant music legend. California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, the October 2013 photo was taken when Spector was moved to the prison system’s huge California Heath Care Facility in Stockton. He is serving 19 years to life for the 2003 killing of actress Lana Clarkson.