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Pictures of the Week 26 to 20 September 2014: Best Photos of Past Seven Days

A selection of photographs, covering a range of topics from a men's weightlifting competition to a shelling alert in Ukraine.

By David Sim David Sim
Published 26 September 2014, 4:42 PM BST
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weightlifters faces
The faces of competitors straining to lift the bar are pictured during the men's weightlifting competition at the 17th Asian Games Reuters
sumo babies
Babies held by amateur sumo wrestlers cry during the "baby-cry sumo" event at the Irugi shrine in Tokyo. Some Japanese parents believe that sumo wrestlers can make babies cry out a wish to grow up in good health AFP
lee westwood photobombs poulter
Lee Westwood photobombs Ian Poulter and his wife Katie before the opening ceremony of the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland Getty
maria sharapova
Chinese fans cheer Russia's Maria Sharapova after she defeated compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament AFP
swimming
Japan's Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui perform in the women's duet technical routine synchronised swimming competition during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon Reuters
swimming
Bronze medallist Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan competes in the Men's 200m breaststroke final during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea Reuters
bacon nose
Gary Dryfoos, majordomo of the Ig Nobel Prize, demonstrates the Medicine Prize winners' study for "treating uncontrollable nosebleeds, using the method of nasal-packing-with-strips-of-cured-pork" at the awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts Reuters
worlds longest moustache
Ram Singh Chauhan (61) displays his 18-ft moustache in Ahmedabad, India. It has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's longest moustache AFP
srur
A topless mannequin prepares to take the plunge into the highly polluted Pinheiros River in Sao Paulo. Brazilian artist Eduardo Srur says his sculpture is intended to warn people about the pollution in the city's rivers Reuters
barbie doll jesus
Artist Marianela Perelli displays Barbie and Ken dolls that she and her partner Emiliano Paolini have re-designed to portray religious figures such as the Virgin of Guadalupe, at their workshop in Rosario, north of Buenos Aires... Reuters
barbie doll jesus
...Marianela Perelli and Emiliano Paolini show a Ken doll that they have re-designed to look like Jesus Chris. They are working on more religious figures, although they say they will not be using the Prophet Muhammad to avoid controversy Reuters
art of the brick lego
A Lego sculpture entitled Yellow is displayed at Nathan Sawaya's The Art of the Brick Exhibition at The Old Truman Brewery in London Getty
yuk sydney
A woman inspects a giant sign saying "yuk" made from cigarette butts in an effort to get smokers to bin their butts, in the Sydney central business district AFP
castellers
Castellers de Barcelona form a human tower during a festival at Sant Jaume square in Barcelona Reuters
millions of tyres dumped near Sesena, a ghost town in Spain
Millions of used tyres are seen on a dump in front of largely empty apartment buildings in Seseña Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images
goats dam
Two Alpine Ibex, a species of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the Alps, climb the near-vertical Cingino Dam wall in northern Italy AFP
Autumn equinox
A deer stag bellows in London's Richmond Park on the first day of autumn Rob Stothard/Getty Images
Autumn equinox
A Virginia creeper covering a 15th-century cottage turns copper red as autumn arrives in Llanrwst, North Wales Reuters
menorca waterspout
A huge waterspout is pictured off S'Algar on the southeast coast of the Spanish Balearic island of Menorca Carlos Sintes
lightning haiti
Lightning strikes over the sea along the coast of the Haitian capital, Port au Prince AFP
kurds border
Kurdish Syrian refugees and Turkish protesters pull down a part of the Turkish-Syrian border fence. Nearly 140,000 Syrian Kurds have fled into Turkey since last week Reuters
shiite volunteers
Shi'ite fighters, who joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, celebrate after the end of their training in the desert region between Kerbala and Najaf, south of Baghdad Reuters
US air force airstrikes
Two US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles fly over northern Iraq after conducting air strikes in Syria Reuters
USAF
US Air Force pilots with the Thunderbirds team perform a stunt in F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft prior to the Gunfighter Skies air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho Reuters
palestinian boy
A Palestinian protester carries tyres to set them ablaze during clashes with Israeli troops following a protest against a Jewish settlement near Nablus Reuters
ukraine shelter
Journalists use their mobile phones as they take cover during a shelling alert at a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve Reuters
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