Pictures of the week: From Earth at night to snow at sunrise

Here's the pick of the pictures around the world this week.

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  1. This stunning picture shows the top of a whale's head emerging from the water as the large animal appears to blow fire. The picture, taken in Peteresbury Alaska, is just a trick of light, caused b
  2. he deadline for the Sony World Photography Awards will close in less than a month and the competition so far is looking good. This photo shows monks crowding around an iPod in Malaysia by Wong Yu Li
  3. Giant pandas Yuan Guang and Tian Tian have marked a year at Edinburgh Zoo. The pandas, on loan from China for a decade, are the first giant pandas in the UK for almost twenty years. The pandas are in
  4. This is a d'oh moment - a group of whale watcher miss a spectacular breaching display as they were facing the wrong way. The photo was taken by lifeboat crew member Youen Jacob, who was lucky enou
  5. Bulldozers have destroyed the home of Luo Baogen and his family, after his house in Wenling city, China, became a worldwide sensation on the Web. The family had been given their marching orders in ord