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 and Tahira Mirza.
Pictures of the Week
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Julia Anderson walks through the 'Feast of Light' installation during a press preview for Kew Gardens' winter illuminations at Kew Gardens in London. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Daisy Ridley attends the Star Wars: Fashion Finds The Force presentation at the Old Selfridges Hotel, London. 10 London-based designers showcased catwalks looks inspired by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with all looks now available by online auction at www.starwarsfashion.london in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity on behalf of Star Wars: Force for Change on November 26, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett / Getty Images for Disney) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 24: A Giant Panda plays in the snow at Beijing Zoo on November 24, 2015 in Beijing, China.(Photo by Xiao Lu Chu/Getty Images) (credit:Xiao Lu Chu via Getty Images)
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The sun sets over the Adelaide Oval during the first day-night cricket Test match between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide on November 27, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO COMMERCIAL USE / AFP / SAEED KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAEED KHAN via Getty Images)
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MASERU, LESOTHO - NOVEMBER 26: (L-R) Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, Prince Harry and King Letsie III of Lesotho wear shawls given to them as a gift as they attend the opening of Sentebale's Mamohato Children's Centre during an official visit to Africa on November 26, 2015 in Maseru, Lesotho. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage) (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) talks to Royal Navy personnel as they stand alongside a Royal Navy Wildcat multi-role helicopter, during his visit to Royal Air Force station RAF Northolt, in west London ahead of his government's Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). (credit:Justin Tallis/PA Wire)
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AT SEA - NOVEMBER 25: (EDITORIAL AND ONLINE USE ONLINE) In this handout provided by P&O Cruises Australia, P&O Cruise ships Pacific Aria, Pacific Eden, Pacific Dawn, Pacific Jewel and Pacific Pearl meet for the first time at sunrise off the Sydney coastline, creating a V formation before sailing abreast in one line towards the city, on November 25, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. More than 12,000 guests and crew are onboard the five ships for the day's celebrations, with the spectacle marking the greatest number of ships from a single cruise line to be in Sydney Harbour at the same time. (Photo by James Morgan/P&O Cruises Australia via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 25: Lady Gaga seen leaving the Langham Hotel on November 25, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Neil Mockford/Alex Huckle/GC Images) (credit:Neil Mockford/Alex Huckle via Getty Images)
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A reveler carries balloons as police steer their motorcycles across Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: Kylie Minogue arrives for the 29th Annual ARIA Awards 2015 at The Star on November 26, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images) (credit:Graham Denholm via Getty Images)
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Pope Francis arrives to hold a Mass at the campus of the University of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. Francis met with a small group of Kenya's faith leaders before celebrating his first public Mass on the continent, a joyful, rain-soaked celebration attended by tens of thousands of faithful, including Kenya's president. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, a lion cub is bundled up in a blanket to get warm during a power outage at the Taigan Safari Park, in Belogorsk, about 50 km (31 miles) east of Simferopol, Crimea. The weekend bombing of electricity pylons by unknown attackers wiped out power supplies to Crimea from Ukraine and the peninsula was able to fill only about 30 percent of its electricity needs. (AP Photo/Alexander Polegenko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 photo, contestants launch hot-air balloon during Tazaungdine Festival in Taunggyi, southern Shan State, Myanmar. Local and foreign tourists are taking part in Tazaungdine hot air balloon festival, one of the tourist attractions of Myanmar. Balloons made of bamboo and traditional papers are released day and night during the annual six-day festival. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A demonstrator wearing a derelict motorcycle helmet yells anti-government slogans during a protest against the official election results, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday Nov. 26, 2015. Demonstrators are claiming fraud and are demanding that the Oct. 25 first-round presidential election where the top two finishers are government-backed candidate Jovenel Moise and former state construction chief Jude Celestin, be annulled. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Yazidi refugee family from Iraq cries while resting on the seashore shortly after arriving on a vessel from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015. About 5,000 migrants are reaching Europe each day along the so-called Balkan migrant route, stoking tensions among the countries along the migrant corridor including Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, top, celebrate his side's 4th goal with teammate, Gareth Bale, during the Champions League Group A soccer match between FC Shakhtar and Real Madrid at Arena Lviv stadium in Lviv, Western Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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VALLETTA, MALTA - NOVEMBER 26: Queen Elizabeth II is greeted by Maltese President Marie Louise Coleiro as she arrives at San Anton Palace in Attard for the Commonwealth Heads of State Summit on November 26, 2015 in Valletta, Malta. (Photo by Toby Melville-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
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SOUTH OCKENDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 26: Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne lays a brick during a visit to a housing development on November 26, 2015 in South Ockendon in Essex, England. Mr Osborne used the visit to highlight points made in yesterdays Spending Review while also denying that his U-turn on tax credits was a sign of weakness. (Photo by Carl Court - WPA Pool /Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: U.S. President Barack Obama 'pardons' Abe, a 42-pound male turkey during a ceremony with Jihad Douglas (R), chairman of the National Turkey Federation, in the Rose Garden at the White House November 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. In a tradition dating back to 1947, the president pardons a turkey, sparing the tom -- and his alternate -- from becoming a Thanksgiving Day feast. This year, Americans were asked to choose which of two turkeys would be pardoned and to cast their votes on Twitter. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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NIZHNY TAGIL, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 25: Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a selfie while visiting the Presidentsky Sport Complex on November 25, 2015 in Nizhny Tagil, 130 km. North of Yekaterinburg, Russia. Russian President Putin and Prime Minister Medevedev are going to take part in the gala ceremony of opening the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center and Museum in Yekatrinburg. (Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images) (credit:Sasha Mordovets via Getty Images)
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SAUSALITO, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Sick and malnourished Northern Fur Seal pups sit in an enclosure at the Marine Mammal Center on November 24, 2015 in Sausalito, California. A record number of emaciated Northern Fur Seal pups have been found stranded on California beaches and are being cared for at the Marine Mammal Center. Scientists believe that warmer waters are affecting the distribution of fish that Fur Seals and other marine life depend on. The Marine Mammal Center has rescued 1,747 seals and sea lions so far this year, more than any time in their 40 year history. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (credit:Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
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VEJBEOUR- KASHMIR-INDIA -NOVEMBER 24: (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death.) Kashmiri Mourners carry the body of Adil Sheikh, a local pro Kashmir rebel killed in a gun battle with the Indian government forces, during his funeral on November 24, 2015 Vejbeour 45 km (28 miles) south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims attended the funeral procession of three pro Kashmiri rebels of Hizbul Mujahideen, the largest militant outfit operating in Indian administered Kashmir, killed yesterday evening in a brief gun battle with Indian government forces . (Photo by Yawar Nazir/ Getty Images) (credit:Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 24: Tyson Fury jokes next to Wladimir Klitschko as they have their stare off during a press conference at Rheinterassen on November 24, 2015 in Duesseldorf, Germany. (Photo by Dennis Grombkowski/Bongarts/Getty Images) (credit:Dennis Grombkowski via Getty Images)
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HATAY, TURKEY - NOVEMBER 24: Unidentified aircraft goes down in Kizildag region of Turkey's Hatay province, close to the Syrian border, on November 24, 2015. It remains unclear to which country the aircraft, which went down in Syria's northwestern Turkmen town of Bayirbucak, belongs to. (Photo by Fatih Akta/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Indian Sikh youth show their skills in the Sikh martial art known as 'Gatka' during a procession from The Sri Akal Takhat at The Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 24, 2015, on the eve of the 546th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. Guru Nanak was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of ten Sikh Gurus. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU / AFP / NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NARINDER NANU via Getty Images)
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 23: An armed soldier stands guard over the Grote Markt on November 23, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. Security has been tightened in the nation's capital after police arrested sixteen suspected terrorists during more than 22 anti-terror raids around the city yesterday. (Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images) (credit:Ben Pruchnie via Getty Images)
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Runners dance covered in coloured powder after taking part in the Color Run of Caracas, on November 22, 2015. AFP PHOTO/FEDERICO PARRA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FEDERICO PARRA via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 22: An artwork entitled 'Earth Crisis' by US artist Shepard Fairey is displayed on the Eiffel tower, as part of the organisation of the Conference on Climate Change COP21 on November 22 in Paris, France. The climate change conference COP21 will gather 193 countries in Paris from November 30 to December 11, 2015. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) (credit:Chesnot via Getty Images)
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The Palm House is illuminated during a press preview for Kew Gardens' winter illuminations at Kew Gardens in London. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 25: A woman paddle boards with her dog prior to P&O's fleet entering Sydney Harbour on November 25, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. The maritime event is the first time P&O Cruises have brought their entire fleet of five cruise ships together. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) (credit:Brendon Thorne via Getty Images)