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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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