Pictures of the week: From a dramatic eruption at Mount Etna to giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo
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Red hot lava flows down Italian volcano Mount Etna as it erupts. The volcano erupted three times over 36 hours (Photo by Olycom SPA / Rex Features)
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An adorable snail takes cover from the rain under a makeshift flower umbrella. The photo was snapped by Vyacheslav Mischenko, who specialises in macro-photography (Caters)
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A violet and blood red sky is the backdrop for trees encased in ice - a result of violent storms which caused the lake to thrash the shore. This dramatic photo shows the effect of sub-zero temperatures on a stretch of Lake Ontario between Whitby and Oshawa, Canada (Tim Corbin)
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A woman is rescued from deadly floodwater by a man standing on top of her car during heavy rains in Athens, Greece. The storm is the worst to hit the Mediterranean country in fifty years (Reuters)