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Pictures of the Week 17 to 23 May 2014: Best Photos of Past Seven Days

A selection of photographs, covering a range of topics from the Vivid Sydney light and music festival to flooding in Obrenovac

By David Sim David Sim
Published 23 May 2014, 4:19 PM BST
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sydney opera house
A floral image is projected on the sails of the Sydney Opera House on the opening night of the Vivid Sydney light and music festival Reuters
fairground rides
Carnival rides whirl in Monterrey Park, California, east of Los Angeles AFP
plane moon
A jetliner leaves a vapour trail as it passes in front of the moon, as seen from the Algerian capital Algiers AFP
air show
Northrop F-5E Tiger II aircraft of the Swiss Air Force perform during the opening of the ILA Berlin Air Show Reuters
smoke
The Red Arrows take part in a training session at RAF Akrotiri in Limassol, Cyprus, before the start of their 50th display season Getty
wingsuits
Jon DeVore, Jeff Provenzano, Amy Chmelecki and Sean MacCormac of the Red Bull Air Force fly above the Freedom Tower during a wingsuit flight over Manhattan skyline in the build-up to next week's Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach Getty
paris mermaid
A model dressed as a mermaid poses in front of the Eiffel Tower at dawn AFP
dinosaur bone
A girl lies on the fossilised femur of a dinosaur at the Egidio Feruglio Museum in Trelew, Argentina. Scientists said the dinosaur could be 130 feet long and 65 feet tall, and weigh at 85 tons, and it is a previously undiscovered species of titanosaur, a herbivore, which lived during the Late Cretaceous period Reuters
mammoth
Lyuba, the world's most complete mammoth, is seen before going on public display at the Natural History Museum Getty
hippo
Baby pygmy hippopotamus Lani alongside her mother Ashaki at the Basel Zoo AFP
polar bear
A visitor looks at a polar bear in the newly opened Franz Josefs Land attraction at the Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna Reuters
orangutan
Rizki, a ten-month-old orphaned Bornean orangutan, prepares to leave Surabaya Zoo and be released back into the wild. Two baby orangutans were found in Kutai National Park in a critical condition having been abandoned by their mother Getty
lion check up
Lucifer, a 30-stone male Asian lion, is examined by London Zoo's team of vets and keepers as they carry out a health check ahead of him moving home. Lucifer, named after his studbook number of 666, has been given a clean bill of health and is due to move later this week. London Zoo
bird lizard
A Montagu's harrier carries a lizard plucked from a meadow near Mallnow, eastern Germany AFP
gull duckling
A sooty gull swoops down to grab a chick on the Emirati island of Sir Bu Nair, near the Iranian coast AFP
eagle football
An eagle flies in with new boots for the German national football team at St Martin training ground in Passeier, Italy Getty
superga
A Benfica fan wears face paint depicting the Superga air disaster during the UEFA Europa League Final match against Sevilla at Juventus Stadium in Turin. On 4 May 1949 a plane carrying almost the entire Torino AC football team crashed into Superga Hill near Turin, killing all 31 people aboard AFP
bayern
Bayern Munich's captain Philipp Lahm lifts up the trophy as the team celebrates after their German Cup final match against Borussia Dortmund in Berlin Reuters
football beer
Bayern Munich's head coach Pep Guardiola has beer poured over him after the German Cup final football match against Borussia Dortmund in Berlin AFP
geronimo
French dancer Brahim Zaibat performs as he arrives for the screening of the film "Foxcatcher" Getty
cannes america
A man is arrested by security as he tries to slip under the dress of America Ferrera on the red carpet for the screening of the film "How to Train Your Dragon 2" at the Cannes Film Festival Reuters
sharon stone
Sharon Stone seems to have forgotten her trousers as she poses on the red carpet for the screening of the film "The Search" in competition at the 67th Cannes Film Festival Reuters
kanye selfie
A member of security stops a fan taking pictures as Kanye West arrives at a shop in Paris Reuters
darth vader arrival
Darth Vader of Ukraine's Internet Party arrives to speak to the media on Volodymyrska Hill in Kiev, where he is standing in the Mayoral elections Getty
ukraine
New recruits to the pro-Russian activist movement undergo basic training in the district administration building in Donetsk Reuters
syria rocket
Free Syrian Army fighters fire a self-made rocket towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Bustan al-Basha district in Aleppo Reuters
knife
Cambodian students take part in a performance to mark the annual 'Day of Anger' at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh. More than 1,000 Cambodians joined an emotional re-enactment of a Khmer Rouge massacre at a "Day of Anger" memorial AFP
CAR
A boy gestures in front of a barricade after French troops opened fire at protesters blocking a road in Bambari, Central African Republic Reuters
tear gas girl
A University of Nairobi student suffering from the effects of tear gas surrenders to police Reuters
migrants
Around 250 African migrants are hoisted onto a landing craft of the Italian Navy ship San Giorgio after being rescued in open international waters in the Mediterranean Sea between the Italian and the Libyan coasts Reuters
suicide catch
A police officer grabs a man who tried to jump off the seventh floor of a hotel in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China Reuters
floods cars
People wait to be evacuated from their flooded home in the town of Obrenovac, Serbia AFP
floods house
A man walks past a house that was uprooted by floods in the village of Krupanj, Serbia Reuters
serbia aerial 3
An aerial view of the Serbian town of Obrenovac AFP
Ukraine crisis Syrian civil war Cannes Film Festival

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