Pictures of the week: From Obama's big win to a tiny tortoise

Here's the pick of the pics from around the world this week.

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  1. Lightning illuminates a cumulonimbus cloud over Corio Bay, Victoria. This incredible set of photographs showed nature at its wildest and most beautiful. The Bureau of Meteorology and Australian Meteor
  2. Meet Tank, the tiny tortoise who is no bigger than a fifty pence coin. The adorable Hermanns tortoise is just six months old and is being cared for by staff at the Paradise Wildlife Park in Hertfordsh
  3. These are the glorious red poppy fields in full bloom showing Britain's countryside at its best. They were taken by photographer Alan Ranger, 43, at Blackstone Farm nature reserve in Bewdley, Worc
  4. Swiss photographer Robert Boesch insists that this picture, of 28 climbers posed horizontally on the ‘Ago del Torrone’, is not doctored with (SWNS)
  5. The Extra Terrestrial Vehicle looks more like an alien spaceship than a car (SWNS)
  6. This suspended trampoline playground was created by Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno. Composed of three levels of thin clear film hanging 65ft in the air, the spectacular structure is a mammoth 1,2
  7. Adrenaline junkie and yoga fan Martina Cufar showed incredible balance and bravery by completing her daredevil routine on top of a 3,500m peak in the French Alps (Caters)

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