David Beckham Retires, Cannes Film Festival And P Diddy Does Downton - Vote On Your Favourite Pictures Of The Week

The Week In Photos - Vote On Your Favourite Pictures

The best pictures of the week are chosen by YOU voting on our interactive slideshow.

The King of the football pitch, his royal sportiness David Beckham, announced he was stepping down from professional football. The 'big news' was at risk of being overshadowed by Sir Alex Ferguson's recent retirement, but Beck-mania ensued in the national press, with tearful looks back on the footballer's career.

Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce emerged from prison with beaming smiles, with Huhne revealed he had had a 'humbling and sobering experience' during his time behind bars.

Cannes film festival had a sodden kick-off with mixed weather, Ladies' Man Prince Harry made waves in the US and our very own Doctor Who showed off a shaven head whilst filming with Ryan Gosling in Detroit.

Don't miss a chicken with four legs and the grand Puffin count in the Farne Islands - all in our Pictures of the Week below.

Happy voting and we will announce the winner on Monday morning.

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National Trust Ranger Will Scott holds a puffin found in its burrow on Inner Farne in the Farne Islands as the 2013 National Trust Puffin census begins.
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Britain's Prince Harry participates in baseball drills with Harlem RBI's youth on the Field of Dreams during a visit to Harlem RBI in New York on May 14, 2013.
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French actress and mistress of ceremonies at the Cannes Film Festival, Audrey Tautou poses on May 14, 2013 during a photocall in Cannes on the eve of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. (credit:Getty)
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Kanye West seen trying to hide the big bump on his head after hitting it on a road sign in LA.
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Ryan Gosling directs shirtless 'Dr Who' star Matt Smith in scenes for Goslings directorial debut 'How To Catch A Monster' in Detroit, MI.
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Actress Emma Watson attends 'The Bling Ring' Premiere during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Grand Theatre Lumiere on May 16, 2013 in Cannes, France.
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Sir Alex Ferguson bid farewell to Old Trafford for the final time on Manchester United's coronation day, as they received the Barclays Premier League trophy 20 days after they regained their title. On his 1,499th match in charge of the Red Devils, Ferguson lifted his 13th league championship in 20 years and the 27th major trophy of his 26-and-a-half-year reign as United manager.
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Olivia Colman with the best Female in a comedy Award for Twenty Twelve, at the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards 2013 at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
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Chris Hadfield recording the first music video from space Sunday May 12, 2013. The song was his cover version of David Bowie's Space Oddity. Hadfield and astronaut Thomas Marshburn are scheduled to return to earth Monday May 13, 2013.
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Downton Abbey announced the addition of a black character for the newest season of the show, they somehow forgot the first black character who has been on the show since the beginning.In an hilarious video, P Diddy plays Lord Wolcott who announces himself as the new owner of Downton Abbey, causing confusion among its residents.
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David Beckham and Zlatan Ibrahimovic of PSG celebrate the french Ligue 1 title of PSG after the Ligue 1 match between Olympique Lyonnais, OL, and Paris Saint-Germain FC, PSG, at the Stade Gerland on May 12, 2013 in Lyon, France. Beckham announced his retirement from professional football on 16th May.
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Tourists can casually grab a tan on this idyllic Caribbean beach, along with a spot of plane watching all at the same time. That's because the beach Maho beach on St Maarten sits directly at the end of the tiny runway of the islands Princess Juliana International Airport.
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Supermodel Miranda Kerr poses in a bathing suit while doing a photo shoot to promote her new makeup line in Miami Beach, Florida. (credit:INF)
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Bangladeshi army doctors and other officers sit beside as Reshma Begum, center, the 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building talks to the media at a hospital in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 13, 2013.
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Paris Saint-Germain's supporters cheer as their team parades on a bus, on May 13, 2013 in Paris, one day after Paris secured French L1 football championship title. (credit:FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Disgraced former Cabinet minister Chris Huhne repeated apologies for his wrongdoing on Monday, saying that prison had been a "humbling and sobering experience". The 58-year-old was released from jail this morning after serving 62 days of an eight-month sentence for perverting the course of justice. (credit:Getty Images)
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OJ Simpson arrives for his evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court May 13, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine to 33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus, to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed.
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The largest portrait of Nelson Mandela ever to have been painted is going on sale exclusively through luxury launches website VeryFirstTo.com. At a colossal 4.2 metres x 4.2 metres the stunning image dwarfs 1.98 metres (6ft 5”) tall artist Paul Blomkamp. The portait is priced at £193,000.
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Steven Carter, father of murdered school girl Tia Sharp leaves the Old Bailey in London after Stuart Hazell was sentenced to 38 years for her murder.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick visit the makeshift memorial to the Boston Marathon bombing victims in Copley Square in Boston, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Montenegro's Who See feat. Nina Zizic perform during the first semifinal of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Opera Hall in Sweden, Tuesday May 14, 2013. The final will be held on May 18, 2013.
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Fatima Khatun (TOP) and Abdul Rahman (L) the parents of Indian child Roona Begum, a 15-month old girl suffering from hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid inside the skull that leads to swelling greet her after surgery at a hospital in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi on May 15, 2013. Doctors have successfully carried out life-saving surgery on the Indian baby. (credit:AFP/Getty)
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Behind-the-scenes pictures by Johnny Milano of the The National Socialist Movement, National Convention 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (credit:Johnny Milano)
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Following a series of cryptic teasers from Rita Ora and Cara Delevingne as far back in January and after much speculation, Hunger TV can finally reveal its biggest exclusive yet - Rita & Cara: Facemelt - The Remix. Directed by Hunger's Editor-In-Chief, Rankin, the video sees the supermodel dress up as, and appear alongside, her BFF Rita Ora for their take on the Facemelt Dirty Video. (credit:Rankin/Hunger TV)
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Harry Hill and Julie Walters film scenes for 'The Harry Hill Movie' in London. (credit:WENN)
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Actress Nicole Kidman attends the Opening Ceremony and Premiere of 'The Great Gatsby' at The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals.
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Sally Bercow arrives at the High Court today for a hearing over her allegedly libellous tweet about Tory peer Lord McAlpine. (credit:PA)
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Designer Tanya Dean models the one-inch long baby booties she has co-created with Nick Gant, using donated breast milk at the University of Brighton in East Sussex, to promote World Breast Milk Donation Day this Sunday. (credit:PA)
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A bare-breasted FEMEN protester with an inscription on her body that reads: 'Life In Plastic Is Not Fantastic' yells protest slogans while holding up a burning cross with a Barbie doll attached to it outside the Barbie Dreamhouse Experience on May 16, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.
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A smuggler carries food from Kentucky Fried Chicken to be delivered through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt, on May 13, 2013 in Rafah. (credit:Getty)
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A chicken with an extra length of body and two extra legs is seen in Shangluo, northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province. The unusual chicken was born 20 days ago and, against expectations, has survived. Farm owner Sun Junchao says she has been keeping an eye on the strange bird. The chicken has now become something of an attraction in the local area. One villager said: Ive never seen a four-legged chick in my whole life, so I come to visit this unusual creature from time to time.