The week in photos 7/10/2011

 

A look at some of the week's most iconic images from across the globe.

2) People gathered across the globe to mourn the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

1) Amanda Knox arrives in court prior to her acquittal over the death of British student Meredith Kercher.

 

3) In this exposure of five seconds a carousel rotates in front of the Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary), left,

 and the St. Severi's Church, right, during the Oktoberfest in Erfurt, central Germany.

4) Pablo Picasso's L'Aubade 1967 on display at Sotheby's, London as part of their upcoming sales 

of Impressionist, Modern, Contemporary and 20th Century Italian Art.

5) The latest Apple product, the iPhone 4S, is launched at the Apple store in Covent Garden, London on 4 October.

6) Malaysian ethnic Chinese walk barefoot over burning coals on the final day of the Nine Emperor Gods festival at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

7) Bras hung across the Hot Metal Bridge over the Monongahela River are seen above the skyline in Pittsburgh. Aerie, 

a bra company, has a current breast cancer campaign where this steel bridge in the city has been draped in thousands of bras, 

to heighten breast cancer awareness awareness.

8) National Transitional Council fighters fire missiles at pro-Gaddafi militia during heavy battles on the frontline in Sirte, Libya.

9) China has launched an unmanned module that, its hopes, will pave the way for a planned space station. 

Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace 1", blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province.

10) Two woman residents smile as they cross the flood-hit area of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila, on Wednesday Oct. 5, 2011.

 Flooding from back to back typhoons have affected more than half a million people in northern Philippines 

and killed at least 76 people while leaving 29 others missing.

11) A Mercedes SLS automobile is seen at a car show in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011.

 According to statistics by local financial media premium care sales rose by 26 percent in the first 7 months of 2011 

against the backdrop of a fall in total car sales of more than 14 percent over the same period.

12) Dozens of special shaped hot air balloons inflate during the 40th annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

13) Actor Hugh Grant speaks about phone hacking on behalf of the 'Hacked Off' campaign at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester today.

14) Police uses a water canon against a demonstrator during a student demonstration in Santiago, Chile.

15) A protester against Wall Street makes a national flag with bank logos instead of stars at the city's financial district in New York.

16) Brighton Wallace takes part in an "Occupy Austin" protest at Austin City Hall, Austin, Texas.

17) Asda staff in Hyde celebrate after their syndicate scooped a £6.8m jackpot this week.

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