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.
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Girlfriend of Andy Murray, Kim Sears wears top saying 'Parental advisory explicit content' as she looks on ahead of the men's final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during day 14 of the 2015 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 1, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
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Dexter Newcomb begins cleanup at his house in Scituate, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, the day after a winter storm left his neighborhood coated in frozen sea spray and sand. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) (credit:Michael Dwyer/AP)
(03 of26)
The tip of an iceberg has been well documented, both in photography and overused idioms. We've been told time and time again that the visible part of those giant chunks of frozen water -- the ones that adorn the pages of National Geographic -- represents only one tenth of the mass that is an iceberg. The rest lurks below the water, not often seen by the likes of tourists, photojournalists and roving scientists. (credit:Alex Cornell)
(04 of26)
The Havengore, the boat which carried Sir Winston Churchill along the Thames during his state funeral in 1965, is pictured as it repeats its journey from the Tower of London to Westminster on January 30, 2015 in London, England. A series of events are to be held throughout the UK to mark the 50th anniversary of the death Britain's war time leader. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
(05 of26)
Family members and mourners follow the coffin of late Greek singer Demis Roussos during his funeral at the First Cemetery in Athens on January 30, 2015. Greek singer Demis Roussos, best known for his hit operatic pop ballads in the 1970s and 1980s, died in Athens on January 25, 2015 aged 68. (credit:LOUISA GOULIAMAKI via Getty Images)
(06 of26)
Leland Devon Melvin is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut and this is his NASA bio picture (credit:NASA)
(07 of26)
Russian model Irina Shayk attends a press conference to announce Avon's new Campaign 'Locas por los Besos' at St. Regis Hotel on January 29, 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Luis Ortiz/Clasos/LatinContent/Getty Images) (credit:Clasos/CON via Getty Images)
(08 of26)
People watch after 'Guizers' threw flaming torches in to an 'Viking longship' during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival, in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Wire)
(09 of26)
Director/writer Vince Gilligan, from left, Bob Odenkirk and Aaron Paul attend the AMC's Los Angeles premiere of "Better Call Saul" after party at WP24 by Wolfgang Puck at The Ritz-Carlton on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision for AMC/AP Images) (credit:John Shearer/Invision/AP)
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Jennifer Aniston, left, and Justin Theroux pose in the audience at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP) (credit:Vince Bucci/AP)
(11 of26)
EDITORIAL USE ONLY An animatronic polar bear visits the London Underground to mark the launch of Fortitude, Sky Atlantic's new drama starring Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon and Christopher Eccleston, which premieres on Thursday 29th January at 9pm. (credit:David Parry/PA Wire)
(12 of26)
Junko Ishido, left, mother of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto who was taken hostage by the Islamic State group, speaks during a press conference at her home in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. A young Jordanian fighter pilot, a female al-Qaida recruit who tried to blow up a hotel ballroom in Amman and a veteran Japanese war correspondent are at the center of a life-and-death standoff with the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:Shizuo Kambayashi/AP)
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Fishing boats ride out the storm at dock in Scituate, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The winter storm packing blizzard conditions spun up the East Coast early Tuesday, pounding parts of coastal New Jersey northward through Maine with high winds and heavy snow. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) (credit:Michael Dwyer/AP)
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Katy Perry shows off her dress at a news conference regarding the half time show for NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (credit:Morry Gash/AP)
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Edward Mercer, a nonnative wildlife technician with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, holds a Burmese python, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Miami. The invasive Burmese python has proliferated in the Everglades, and officials are now working to keep another species, the Northern African python, from slithering into the same territory. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:Lynne Sladky/AP)
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Dita Von Teese, left, and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini attend Ralph & Russo's Spring-Summer 2015 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (credit:Thibault Camus/AP)
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The Prince of Wales is shown a pop-up inflatable operating theatre during a visit to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London. (credit:Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA Wire)
(18 of26)
A trio of 3-month-old baby lions born at a zoo in Varna, Bulgaria have been named Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama and Angela Merkel. After the zoo called for somebody to 'adopt' the lions local businessman Rosen Markov stepped forward and it is he who decided the youngsters should be named after the world leaders. According to Markov, he hopes the unusual names will encourage more tourists to visit the zoo to take a selfie with trio. (credit:Rex)
(19 of26)
The Paseo Chapultepec in Guadalajara city, Mexico on January 26, 2015. (credit:HECTOR GUERRERO via Getty Images)
(20 of26)
Chancellor George Osborne helps out with an engineering project in a mechanical workshop class during their visit to Somerset College, Taunton. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 29: Girlfriend of Andy Murray, Kim Sears celebrates as Andy Murray of Great Britain wins his semifinal match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during day 11 of the 2015 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 29, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Patrick Scala/Getty Images) (credit:Patrick Scala via Getty Images)
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BOSTON, MA - JANUARY 27: A person dressed as 'bigfoot' makes their way through the strong wind and snow in the Back Bay neighborhood during a blizzard on January 27, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. Twenty-six inches of snow fell on Boston by the late afternoon, and up to 33 inches in other parts of Massachusetts. (Photo by Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images) (credit:Kayana Szymczak via Getty Images)
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BELFAST, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 29: Hector, a Spanish Water Dog chases a ball on January 29, 2015 in Belfast, United Kingdom. Continued snow fall and freezing conditions are affecting the road and rail networks across Northern Ireland and the northern part of the UK. The Met Office said a yellow warning of snow and ice is in place until 11:00 GMT on Friday. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) (credit:Charles McQuillan via Getty Images)
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In this photo made with a long exposure, a Noctiluca scintillans algal bloom glows along the seashore in Hong Kong on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. The luminescence, also called Sea Sparkle, is triggered by farm pollution that can be devastating to marine life and local fisheries, according to University of Georgia oceanographer Samantha Joye. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Mary Jose Cristerna, a Mexican known as The Vampire Woman, poses for the public to take portraits of her during the annual Venezuela Tattoo International Expo in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Tattoo artists from around the world are gathering for the four-day event that also includes under the skin implants and body piercing. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Model Kendall Jenner wears a creation for Chanel 's Spring-Summer 2015 Haute Couture fashion collection, presented in Paris, France, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)