Yahoo News Pictures of the Week: From letters to Santa to Mayan prophecies
1/6People walk down the Southbank in the rain in London. Britain is once again bracing for more floods and heavy rain (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
People walk down the Southbank in the rain in London. Large areas of Britain are once again bracing for more floods and heavy rain (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)Getty Images![Three adorable dormice were nursed back to health by Secret World Wildlife Rescue in Somerset. They were found cold and starving in a garden hedge in Cornwall next to their dead mother (SWNS)]()
2/6Three adorable dormice were nursed back to health by Secret World Wildlife Rescue in Somerset. They were found cold and starving in a garden hedge in Cornwall next to their dead mother (SWNS)
Three adorable dormice were nursed back to health by Secret World Wildlife Rescue in Somerset. They were found cold and starving in a garden hedge in Cornwall next to their dead mother (SWNS)![NASA has said 'Merry Christmas' with this festive picture of a a nearby planetary nebula NGC 5189. Scientists used the Hubble space telescope to take the image that looks like a Christmas-tree ornament with a glowing ribbon inside. Planetary nebulae are huge clouds of gas in space - the final stage of life in a medium-sized star like our Sun.]()
3/6NASA has said 'Merry Christmas' with this festive picture of a a nearby planetary nebula NGC 5189. Scientists used the Hubble space telescope to take the image that looks like a Christmas-tree ornament with a glowing ribbon inside. Planetary nebulae are huge clouds of gas in space - the final stage of life in a medium-sized star like our Sun.
NASA has said 'Merry Christmas' with this festive picture of a a nearby planetary nebula NGC 5189. Scientists used the Hubble space telescope to take the image that looks like a Christmas-tree ornament with a glowing ribbon inside. Planetary nebulae are huge clouds of gas in space - the final stage of life in a medium-sized star like our Sun.![An archaeological dig in the village of Onavas in Mexico unearthed alien-like skulls. The excavated burial site contained 25 individuals, 13 with elongated skulls reminiscent of the monster from Ridley Scott's Alien. South American cultures such as the Maya and Inca practiced cranial deformation by binding the heads of babies. The remains are 1,000 years old (Image: INAH)]()
4/6An archaeological dig in the village of Onavas in Mexico unearthed alien-like skulls. The excavated burial site contained 25 individuals, 13 with elongated skulls reminiscent of the monster from Ridley Scott's Alien. South American cultures such as the Maya and Inca practiced cranial deformation by binding the heads of babies. The remains are 1,000 years old (Image: INAH)
An archaeological dig in the village of Onavas in Mexico unearthed alien-like skulls. The excavated burial site contained 25 individuals, 13 with elongated skulls reminiscent of the monster from Ridley Scott's Alien. South American cultures such as the Maya and Inca practiced cranial deformation by binding the heads of babies. The remains are 1,000 years old (Image: INAH)![Barack Obama, recently named Time's magazine Person of the Year, was pictured goofing around with a young visitor dressed as Spiderman. The picture went viral and within an hour of the picture being uploaded onto Obama's Facebook the photo received more than 300,000 'likes' (Pete Souza/White House)]()
5/6The US President Barack Obama, recently named Time's magazine Person of the Year, was pictured goofing around with a young visitor dressed as Spiderman. The picture went viral, within an hour of the picture being uploaded onto Obama's Facebook the photo received more than 300,000 'likes' (Pete Souza/White House)
Barack Obama, recently named Time's magazine Person of the Year, was pictured goofing around with a young visitor dressed as Spiderman. The picture went viral and within an hour of the picture being uploaded onto Obama's Facebook the photo received more than 300,000 'likes' (Pete Souza/White House)![A bank robber walked into a NatWest branch in Salford, Manchester, and handed the cashier a scrawled note. Terrified, the cashier handed over more than £2,000 although there was no sign of a weapon. Police are appealing for information regarding the suspect (SWNS)]()
6/6A bank robber walked into a NatWest branch in Salford, Manchester, and handed the cashier a scrawled note. Terrified, the cashier handed over more than £2,000 although there was no sign of a weapon. Police are appealing for information regarding the suspect (SWNS)
A bank robber walked into a NatWest branch in Salford, Manchester, and handed the cashier a scrawled note. Terrified, the cashier handed over more than £2,000 although there was no sign of a weapon. Police are appealing for information regarding the suspect (SWNS)
