Pictures of the week: From a snow tiger to an 'ice city'

Here's our pick of the pictures from around the world which made the headlines this week.

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  1. Carl Prewitt's snow sculpture, a tiger complete with stripes (SWNS)
  2. Mali the 'loneliest elephant in the world' is the focus of campaigners who are demanding she be moved from Manila Zoo to a Thai conservation forest. The lonesome creature has lived in a small,
  3. Artistic duo Julie Wilkinson and Joyanne Horscroft have been making bird sculptures out of paper since 2009. They order high quality patterned paper from Japan or use interesting material such as maps
  4. Prince Harry gave a series of intimate interviews to mark the end of his 20-week tour in Afghanistan. Here he shows off his helmet with his name on it - Captain Wales - in an Apache helicopter which h
  5. Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra painted a larger-than-life tribute of the famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who died in December 2012. The 56m mural is painted on the side of a building
  6. For the launch of the 'Year of the Natural Scotland', the nation's tourist board Visit Scotland dressed two ponies, Vitamin and Fiyla, in Shetland wool cardigans (Visit Scotland)
  7. President Barack Obama marked the beginning of his second term in office with a dance with his wife, Michelle. Up to 800,000 supporters witnessed his inauguration on the steps of Congress (Reuters)
  8. Three-year-old Charlie Parker, from Australia is said to be the youngest wildlife ranger in his country. Here he wrestles with a baby alligator. Charlie comes from three generations of naturalists and
  9. Volunteer crew member Paul Collins shows a Royal National Lifeboat Instituion member on an upturned boat in Abersoch, Wales. Three people had to jump overboard after their powerboat took on water. Whe
  10. A warehouse was encased in ice after water used to put out a blazing inferno froze in Chicago. The region has been suffering from bitterly cold weather, making it difficult for firefighters. The sub-z

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