Pictures of the Week

 

1.This fascinating image was highly commended in the Zoological Society of London's Animal Photography Prize exhibition. 

'Monkey Snapper'. (c) Lucy Ray (c) ZSL

 

2. Called 'Curiosity' this photo shows a diver swimming alongside a whale (c) Matthew Coutts (c) ZSL

 

3. Filmmaker Chris Tangey had been out in Alice Springs, Australia, scouting locations for a new movie when he 

witnessed one of nature's rarest phenomena - a fire tornado. Picture: SWN

 

4. One proud owner. Ryan Williams, the first customer to buy the new Apple iPhone 5, 

shows his delight as he leaves the Apple Store in Covent Garden in London. 

REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

 

5. Waiting patiently: Apple fans queue for the new iPhone 5 at the Apple store in Regent Street, London. 

Picture: Press Association

 

6. An Occupy Wall Street activist stands with a dollar bill over his mouth during demonstrations on the one-year anniversary 

of the movement in New York. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

7. A Muslim protester shouts slogans during a protest in front of the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

There has been ongoing anger worldwide over an anti-Islam video made in the U.S. REUTERS/Beawiharta

 

8.Demonstrators shout slogans as they march with Chinese national flags and banners near the Japanese consulate 

during a protest on the 81st anniversary of Japan's invasion of China, in Shanghai. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

9. Residents are baffled after council contractors painted a stretch of double yellow lines - just 21 inches long. 

Motorists will be fined £50 or £70 if they park on the lines in Canterbury, Kent, which aren't even big enough to

 park a skateboard. Picture: SWNS

 

10. A model displays a creation from the Prada Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

 

11. A model poses for photographers backstage before the Blumarine Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week. 

REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

 

12. Celebrity chef Nick Nairn has cooked a special porridge breakfast for nine-year-old food blogger Martha Payne. 

Martha was banned by her council from blogging about her meals at her school in Argyll and Bute. But the council 

later backtracked after a barrage of negative publicity. The youngster has so far raised helped raise more than £100,000 

through her charity work. Picture: Press Association

 

13. Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wave to Solomon Islanders as they leave the airport aboard a truck 

decorated as canoe in Honiara. William later inspected an honour guard of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force -- 

the Pacific nation has no military -- before the couple left for the capital in a motorcade. Picture: Press Association

 

14. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge drink from a coconut during a visit to Tuvalu village during their tour of the Pacific. 

(Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA Wire)

 

15. Aurelien Hamelle, French lawyer of Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, answers journalists' question 

upon his arrival at the courthouse in Nanterre, near Paris. The royal couple went on the offensive this week with a criminal complaint

in Paris against a magazine that published photos of the duchess sunbathing topless on the balcony of a French chateau.

 

16. Police officers Nicola Hughes (L) and Fiona Bone (R) who were killed when responding to a routine incident are pictured in these photos 

courtesy of the Greater Manchester Police. British police charged a man on Thursday with their murders. Picture: AFP

 

17. Women lay floral tributes close to where police constables were killed in Hattersley near Manchester. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

 

18. Barack Obama eats a French fry as he holds a round table discussion with first time voters at OMG Burger in Miami, Florida. 

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque