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    Weird & Wonderful Pictures Of The Week - 15 February 2013

    Church-going pets, carnivals around the world and an explosion of colour - check out this week's most stunning photos from around the world

    1. Weird and Wonderful 15 February 2013

      1. Dragon head Chinese New Year Twilight Parade

      Performers move a large dragon head as they prepare to take part in the Chinese New Year Twilight Parade in Sydney.

    2. Weird and Wonderful 15 February 2013

      2. Jeon Wooshil at Chinese New Year

      And the beat goes on: performer Jeon Wooshil beats his drum as he prepares for the Chinese New Year Twilight Parade on in Sydney.

    3. Weird and Wonderful 15 February 2013

      3. Chinese New Year Twilight Parade

      More than 100,000 attended the annual parade to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year and more then 3,500 performers took part.

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      4. Rio Carnival - An Explosion Of Colour

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      5. Rio Carnival - Lights, Jellyfish And Amphibians

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      6. Japanese Avant-Garde Fashion Designer Junko Koshino Performs at Sao Paulo Carnival In Brazil

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      7. Venice Carnival - Refined Fun

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      8. A Beautiful Mask At The Venice Carnival

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      9. Les Gilles De Binche Celebrate Mardi Gras In Binche, Belgium, A UNESCO World Heritage Carnival

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      10. The King Of The 5 Continents Figure Being Assembled During The Preparations For The Nice Carnival

      OK, this king is a little creepy...

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      11. Berliners Love Winter

      The Cathedral of Berlin (Berliner Dome) is illuminated with text reading 'Cheer up, winter arrives'

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      12. Mass For Pets

      People attend a mass dedicated to animals at the Saint-Pierre-d'Arene's church in Nice with their pets

    13. Weird & Wonderful

      13. Primrose blossoms

      Around 88,000 primroses bloom in the greenhouse of Fontana Gartenbau GmbH in Manschnow, Germany

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      14. Fog in Germany

      Patches of fog move across a meadow covered with snow near Hohenschaeftlarn, Germany

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      15. Eiffel Tower tous

      Two models present the "French Collection," a new pot and pan series with grips in the form of Eiffel towers by French manufacturer De Buyer, at the consumer goods fair Ambiente in Frankfurt Main, Germany

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      16. Clay faces in Germany

      A woman looks at fence decorations made of clay at the Mitteldeutsche Handwerksmesse (Central Germany Handicraft Fair) in Leipzig.

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      17. Polka dot shoes

      Models present shoes during a press conference on the 100th anniversary of the shoe fashion chain in Esssen, Germany

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      18. Yoko Ono's air dispensers

      Visitors try the installation 'Air Dispensers (1971/2013)' by Yoko Ono are presented at Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt Main, Germany

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      19. Yoko Ono exhibition

      Yoko Ono poses in front of her installation 'HALF-A-ROOM (1967)' at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt Main, Germany,

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      20. 'Give Us, Dear!'

      Artists Christian Orendt and Matthias Boehler pose next to their room installation 'Give us, Dear!' during a preview tour of the exhibition 'Super Vision Sign and Being' at Museum Castle Moyland in Bedburg-Hau, Germany

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      21. Dawn in Rio

      Dawn with the sun on Copacabana Beach, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil,

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      22. Fog in Germany

      Patches of fog move across a meadow covered with snow near Hohenschaeftlarn, Germany

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      23. World-wide flashmob

      Women dance during a flashmob for the world-wide campaign "One Billion Rising" on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany

    24. Weird & Wonderful

      24. Dollmaker

      Doll maker Marcel Offermann holds a pope doll in Neuss, German

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      25. Tiger shark

      A Sand tiger shark swims in an aquarium at the Ozeaneum in Stralsund, Germany

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      26. Dawn in Rio

      Dawn with the sun on Copacabana Beach, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil

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