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The most striking pictures of the week

  • A Kashmiri villager slips as he clears snow off the roof of his house, which is under construction, in Gagangeri, some 80 Kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Srinagar, India. Photo:AP
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    Snow

    A Kashmiri villager slips as he clears snow off the roof of his house, which is under construction, in Gagangeri, some 80 Kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Srinagar, India. Photo:AP
  • A gorilla who was taken off the Pill on Valentine’s Day last year has given birth to a baby. Mother Asili – one of the six female Western Lowland gorillas at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey – gave birth to the youngster on Thursday.
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    Gorilla

    A gorilla who was taken off the Pill on Valentine’s Day last year has given birth to a baby. Mother Asili – one of the six female Western Lowland gorillas at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey – gave birth to the youngster on Thursday.
  • Big Ben is seen on an unseasonably warm winter's day in London. Temperatures topped 19C in Coleshill, Birmingham.
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    Big Ben

    Big Ben is seen on an unseasonably warm winter's day in London. Temperatures topped 19C in Coleshill, Birmingham.
  • A satellite image shows a pipeline fire in Homs, Syria. The pipeline, which runs through the rebel-held neighborhood of Baba Amr, in Homs, had been shelled by regime troops for the previous 12 days, according to two activist groups, the Local Coordination Committees and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Photo: AP
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    Pipeline

    A satellite image shows a pipeline fire in Homs, Syria. The pipeline, which runs through the rebel-held neighborhood of Baba Amr, in Homs, had been shelled by regime troops for the previous 12 days, according to two activist groups, the Local Coordination Committees and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Photo: AP
  • rocket flies through the aurora borealis after lifting off from the University of Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Aurora

    rocket flies through the aurora borealis after lifting off from the University of Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska.
A Kashmiri villager slips as he clears snow off the roof of his house, which is under construction, in Gagangeri, some 80 Kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Srinagar, India. Photo:AP
A gorilla who was taken off the Pill on Valentine’s Day last year has given birth to a baby. Mother Asili – one of the six female Western Lowland gorillas at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey – gave birth to the youngster on Thursday.
Big Ben is seen on an unseasonably warm winter's day in London. Temperatures topped 19C in Coleshill, Birmingham.
A satellite image shows a pipeline fire in Homs, Syria. The pipeline, which runs through the rebel-held neighborhood of Baba Amr, in Homs, had been shelled by regime troops for the previous 12 days, according to two activist groups, the Local Coordination Committees and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Photo: AP
rocket flies through the aurora borealis after lifting off from the University of Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska.

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