Week in pictures - 20 July 2012
![A three-days-old gorilla baby lies in the arm of its mother Rebecca at the zoo in Frankfurt.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/e3/a710c91fd151498632d966234e5f/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A three-days-old gorilla baby lies in the arm of its mother Rebecca at the zoo in Frankfurt. (Reuters)")
![A boy cools himself at a fountain of a park in Athens.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/e3/dfaf477bf06a3bec487b4bf3c049cf/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A boy cools himself at a fountain of a park in Athens. (Reuters)")
![Oscar Pistorius of South Africa trains before the men's 400 metres event at the 23rd International Athletics Meeting in Lignano Sabbiadoro. After striving to qualify for the 400 metres at the London Olympics for six years, Oscar Pistorius believes he will now be better placed to run at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. The South African, who wears carbon fibre blades, will become the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/ae/e7e36d8e8e24b7c4fd33bdc85abaee/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Oscar Pistorius of South Africa trains before the men's 400 metres event at the 23rd International Athletics Meeting in Lignano Sabbiadoro. After striving to qualify for the 400 metres at the London Olympics for six years, Oscar Pistorius believes he will now be better placed to run at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. The South African, who wears carbon fibre blades, will become the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics. (Reuters)")
![The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A trio of Russian, Japanese and US astronauts blasted off aboard a Soyuz spaceship on Sunday for a four-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS) that Moscow hopes will help restore confidence in its space programme.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/a0/365b41ecce77979aab0d8bdf478c8/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A trio of Russian, Japanese and US astronauts blasted off aboard a Soyuz spaceship on Sunday for a four-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS) that Moscow hopes will help restore confidence in its space programme. (Reuters)")
![Team Sky Procycling leads the peloton on the climb of the Col d'Aubisque as they defend the race leader's yellow jersey for Bradley Wiggins (second right) of Great Britain, during stage sixteen of the 2012 Tour de France, from Pau to Bagneres-de-Luchon, in Gourette, France.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/57/55501cd1f464a60956d86369789bb/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Team Sky Procycling leads the peloton on the climb of the Col d'Aubisque as they defend the race leader's yellow jersey for Bradley Wiggins (second right) of Great Britain, during stage sixteen of the 2012 Tour de France, from Pau to Bagneres-de-Luchon, in Gourette, France. (Getty Images)")
![An archeologist brushes off dust at a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in this photo released by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). A funerary complex, consisting of three burial chambers, was discovered at the pre-Hispanic site of Atzompa in Oaxaca. The discovery of the complex, which is more than 1,100 years old, is important because it was located inside a building designed exclusively to house a series of tombs, which are placed vertically, one above another, and unlike the ones found so far, they are not underground.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/1e/74a5a925973ee69b2484ebda4abf4/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "An archeologist brushes off dust at a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in this photo released by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). A funerary complex, consisting of three burial chambers, was discovered at the pre-Hispanic site of Atzompa in Oaxaca. The discovery of the complex, which is more than 1,100 years old, is important because it was located inside a building designed exclusively to house a series of tombs, which are placed vertically, one above another, and unlike the ones found so far, they are not underground. (Reuters)")
![A girl with stickers bearing the colours of the National League for Democracy (NLD) on her face looks on as she attends an event marking the anniversary of Martyrs' Day at the NLD head office in Yangon. The day marks the assassination of Myanmar's independence hero General Aung San (father of Aung San Suu Kyi) along with eight others in 1947.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/63/16283c704ec21efbb85e41e2dd8a16/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A girl with stickers bearing the colours of the National League for Democracy (NLD) on her face looks on as she attends an event marking the anniversary of Martyrs' Day at the NLD head office in Yangon. The day marks the assassination of Myanmar's independence hero General Aung San (father of Aung San Suu Kyi) along with eight others in 1947. (Reuters)")
![An alien world just two-thirds the size of Earth - one of the smallest on record - detected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is seen in this NASA artist's illustration. The exoplanet candidate, known as UCF-1.01, orbits a star called GJ 436, which is located a mere 33 light-years away. UCF-1.01 might be the nearest world to our solar system that is smaller than our home planet. Evidence for UCF-1.01 turned up when astronomers were studying a known, Neptune-sized exoplanet, called GJ 436b, seen in the background in this image. The identification of nearby small planets may lead to their characterization using future instruments. In this way, worlds like UCF-1.01 might serve as stepping stones to one day finding a habitable, Earth-like exoplanet.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/f9/9321524f2d92ab7846fa9954061d8/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "An alien world just two-thirds the size of Earth - one of the smallest on record - detected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is seen in this NASA artist's illustration. The exoplanet candidate, known as UCF-1.01, orbits a star called GJ 436, which is located a mere 33 light-years away. UCF-1.01 might be the nearest world to our solar system that is smaller than our home planet. Evidence for UCF-1.01 turned up when astronomers were studying a known, Neptune-sized exoplanet, called GJ 436b, seen in the background in this image. The identification of nearby small planets may lead to their characterization using future instruments. In this way, worlds like UCF-1.01 might serve as stepping stones to one day finding a habitable, Earth-like exoplanet. (Reuters)")
![Muslim students read the Koran inside the IBN Khaldon Asian Integrated Institute in Maharlika village, Taguig city, south of Manila. Ramadan 2012 starts on 20 July and will continue for 30 days until the 18 August.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/54/b8e4473b6ae509f81b09f6c2dc244/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Muslim students read the Koran inside the IBN Khaldon Asian Integrated Institute in Maharlika village, Taguig city, south of Manila. Ramadan 2012 starts on 20 July and will continue for 30 days until the 18 August. (Reuters)")
![People carry an effigy of demon Ghantakarna as another effigy of the demon is burnt to symbolize the destruction of evil, during the Ghantakarna festival in the ancient city of Bhaktapur. According to legend, the demon is believed to steal children and women from their homes and localities.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/a4/8d425f4357bef85a79ea3d82352638/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "People carry an effigy of demon Ghantakarna as another effigy of the demon is burnt to symbolize the destruction of evil, during the Ghantakarna festival in the ancient city of Bhaktapur. According to legend, the demon is believed to steal children and women from their homes and localities. (Reuters)")
![A double rainbow appears after a heavy monsoon storms over Nipton Road in Searchlight, Nevada.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/7a/3b137e4a6739f688c4c6a9b5ff5aca/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A double rainbow appears after a heavy monsoon storms over Nipton Road in Searchlight, Nevada. (Reuters)")
![A Siberian tiger cub plays with its mother Amurskaya at the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Canada. The mother, Amurskaya, gave birth to her two cubs on 24 May 2012. The Siberian tiger is also called Amur tiger.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/5e/c3385c032217b5fca48e1253279/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A Siberian tiger cub plays with its mother Amurskaya at the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Canada. The mother, Amurskaya, gave birth to her two cubs on 24 May 2012. The Siberian tiger is also called Amur tiger. (Reuters)")
![All 20,000 fireworks lit the sky in 15 seconds when they were accidentally set off prematurely by a computer glitch at the San Diego Independence Day show. The explosives were launched from four barges in San Diego Bay and from a pier. The fireworks, all 20,000 of them, went off five minutes before the show was supposed to begin and thousands of disappointed spectators were told the display was over.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/f6/e4d9f8dae445522f97deda32dbde64/_h86_w115_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "All 20,000 fireworks lit the sky in 15 seconds when they were accidentally set off prematurely by a computer glitch at the San Diego Independence Day show. The explosives were launched from four barges in San Diego Bay and from a pier. The fireworks, all 20,000 of them, went off five minutes before the show was supposed to begin and thousands of disappointed spectators were told the display was over. (Reuters)")
![A tourist plays with mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in South Korea.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/65/505853a564aa991d41dc362c34a9eb/_h86_w115_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "A tourist plays with mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in South Korea. (Reuters)")
![A runner tries to escape from a bull during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/85/84cc82fd5e6fe24137fed10fd4b8/_h86_w115_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "A runner tries to escape from a bull during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)")
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Commuters dodge high wind and heavy rain during a thunderstorm in midtown Manhattan, in New York.
Frankfurt
A three-days-old gorilla baby lies in the arm of its mother Rebecca at the zoo in Frankfurt.
Athens
A boy cools himself at a fountain of a park in Athens.
Lignano Sabbiadoro
Oscar Pistorius of South Africa trains before the men's 400 metres event at the 23rd International Athletics Meeting in Lignano Sabbiadoro. After striving to qualify for the 400 metres at the London Olympics for six years, Oscar Pistorius believes he will now be better placed to run at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. The South African, who wears carbon fibre blades, will become the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A trio of Russian, Japanese and US astronauts blasted off aboard a Soyuz spaceship on Sunday for a four-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS) that Moscow hopes will help restore confidence in its space programme.
Gourette
Team Sky Procycling leads the peloton on the climb of the Col d'Aubisque as they defend the race leader's yellow jersey for Bradley Wiggins (second right) of Great Britain, during stage sixteen of the 2012 Tour de France, from Pau to Bagneres-de-Luchon, in Gourette, France.
Atzompa
An archeologist brushes off dust at a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in this photo released by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). A funerary complex, consisting of three burial chambers, was discovered at the pre-Hispanic site of Atzompa in Oaxaca. The discovery of the complex, which is more than 1,100 years old, is important because it was located inside a building designed exclusively to house a series of tombs, which are placed vertically, one above another, and unlike the ones found so far, they are not underground.
Yangon
A girl with stickers bearing the colours of the National League for Democracy (NLD) on her face looks on as she attends an event marking the anniversary of Martyrs' Day at the NLD head office in Yangon. The day marks the assassination of Myanmar's independence hero General Aung San (father of Aung San Suu Kyi) along with eight others in 1947.
UCF-1.01
An alien world just two-thirds the size of Earth - one of the smallest on record - detected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is seen in this NASA artist's illustration. The exoplanet candidate, known as UCF-1.01, orbits a star called GJ 436, which is located a mere 33 light-years away. UCF-1.01 might be the nearest world to our solar system that is smaller than our home planet. Evidence for UCF-1.01 turned up when astronomers were studying a known, Neptune-sized exoplanet, called GJ 436b, seen in the background in this image. The identification of nearby small planets may lead to their characterization using future instruments. In this way, worlds like UCF-1.01 might serve as stepping stones to one day finding a habitable, Earth-like exoplanet.
Taguig
Muslim students read the Koran inside the IBN Khaldon Asian Integrated Institute in Maharlika village, Taguig city, south of Manila. Ramadan 2012 starts on 20 July and will continue for 30 days until the 18 August.
Bhaktapur
People carry an effigy of demon Ghantakarna as another effigy of the demon is burnt to symbolize the destruction of evil, during the Ghantakarna festival in the ancient city of Bhaktapur. According to legend, the demon is believed to steal children and women from their homes and localities.
Nevada
A double rainbow appears after a heavy monsoon storms over Nipton Road in Searchlight, Nevada.
St-Felicien
A Siberian tiger cub plays with its mother Amurskaya at the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Canada. The mother, Amurskaya, gave birth to her two cubs on 24 May 2012. The Siberian tiger is also called Amur tiger.
