World News in Pictures

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Bosnia protests



More than 130 people have been injured in three days of anti-government protests across Bosnia-Hercegovina. The demonstrations are the worst unrest since the end of the Bosnian war in 1995.



Correspondents say the protesters have been angered by years of political inertia and high joblessness. About 40% of Bosnians are unemployed.

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Flooding drastically worsened in the early hours of Friday in the Somerset Levels village of Moorland, prompting rescue crews to knock on doors and urge residents to evacuate. About 80 homeowners decided to leave but a handful chose to remain.



Syrians displaced by the civil war in their country wait to cross the Orontes river on the border with Turkey.



Ukrainian opposition activists continue to defend their encampments behind huge barricades near parliament in the capital Kiev.



A villager carrying his younger brother to safety during an eruption of Mount Sinabung in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra.



A rush-hour commuter, at the Central railway station in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, tries to avoid tear gas that had been discharged by riot police in clashes with protesters opposed to fare rises.

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A patient being treated after being shot in the face, chest and throat sits in a wheelchair in the Malakal teaching hospital, South Sudan. Violence broke out in South Sudan on 15 December, initially between rival army factions. It has now killed thousands of people and displaced around 860,000.



The man who works as the mascot Margarito for the 2014 Caribbean baseball series rests backstage during a game in Porlamar City, Venezuela.



Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and former England footballer Gary Lineker spoke to children at St Bridget's Catholic primary school in Birmingham. The government announced that primary schools in England are going to share an extra £150m per year sports funding until 2020.

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A fierce storm has battered the west of France, leaving 55,000 people without power and flooding houses and commercial buildings in Brittany. Flood water swamped streets in the Breton towns of Quimperle (pictured) and Morlaix.



At least 16 people were killed after a volcano erupted on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Mount Sinabung spewed hot gas, ash and rocks 2km (1.5 miles) into the air, after four years of dormancy.



Rising flood waters surround headstones in the graveyard of Moorland church on the Somerset Levels near Bridgwater, England. The Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith faced anger from residents and a local MP as he visited the area.



A construction worker is pictured as he unloads a lorry during a winter snowstorm in Brooklyn, New York.

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A group protest against the price rise of bus tickets in Rio. See more in the gallery



Will it get the thumbs up? Artist David Shrigley with a maquette of his sculpture Really Good which has been chosen to stand on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth. The sculpture is designed to convey positivity to Londoners

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A collapsed mosque dome covered with volcanic ash from the Mount Sinabung eruption at Kuta Gugung village in Karo, Indonesia. More than 31,000 people have now sought refuge in government buildings, mosques and churches



A fireworks display brings the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to a close

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Fireworks explode over the Fisht Olympic Stadium at the start of the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games












Russia's Maria Sharapova carries the torch during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics

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The week in wildlife



Mine, mine! This hapless osprey thought it was in for a tasty trout lunch. But as it went to swoop up and away it didn't count on being pulled back under the water and robbed of its meal. A sneaky cormorant had clamped its beak onto the fish and used it to tug the osprey down. Wildlife photographer Steve Shinn captured the avian mugging at a park in Long Beach, California last month. He said: 'Some wildlife activities can be quite spectacular, especially in the competition for food'



Wild boars dash across the Hula Lake, a nature reserve in northern Israel. The Hula Valley is a major stopover for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley between Africa, Europe, and Asia. An estimated 500 million migrating birds pass through the Hula Lake park every year



A red kangaroo joey crosses its arms and paws while standing up in Sturt Stony Desert, New South Wales, Australia. Like all good boxers, these fighting kangaroos like to limber up before a bout. The males battle for dominance and access to females by jabbing each other with prizefighter precision. And they like to stretch out before the bell rings

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Vultures approach the remains of dolphins washed ashore in Lambayeque, in the northern coast of Peru. About 400 dolphins were found dead in a wide extension of beaches in January for reasons yet unknown. Initial versions indicate that the cause could be toxic algae



Deer on a snow-covered field in Michniowiec, Poland



Some 400 endangered amphibians and reptiles that died from dehydration and improper shipping in South Africa, were displayed in Johannesburg on 29 January. More than 1,600 animals were discovered crammed into two crates at the OR Tambo international airport. The survivors are being treated at a local zoo. The animals, from Madagascar, had been without water and food for at least five days, reports say.They are believed to have been destined for exotic pet markets in the US



Scientists studying the amazing gliding proficiency of the paradise tree snake, above, say it does two things as it goes airborne. It splays its ribs in order to flatten its profile from round into a more triangular form, and it undulates while airborne – sort of swimming through the air. Researchers led by Jake Socha, an expert in biomechanics at Virginia Tech, used a plastic model to replicate the shape the snake assumes while airborne, and tested it to evaluate its aerodynamic qualities

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Brazil transport fare demonstrations

Bus fares will increase in Brazil on Saturday, sparking widespread demonstrations around Rio de Janeiro

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Civilians and rebel fighters are seen on a boat in Sobat river in town of Ulang in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, February 7, 2014.



An ultra-Orthodox Jewish protester pulls the tail of a horse used by policemen to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Jerusalem, February 6, 2014. Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel blocked highways and clashed with police in protest at a government decision to cut funds to seminary students who avoid military service.



A volunteer pushes Switzerland's goaltender Sophie Anthamatten in a trolley as she leaves the Shayba Arena following a practice session ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 6, 2014

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pauses before speaking to members of the media ahead of the Senate vote on renewing unemployment benefits for millions of Americans, on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 6, 2014.



oncrete is poured into a 4.5 meter (15 feet) wide sinkhole on the driveway of a house in Walters Ash, southern England, February 6, 2014. The hole swallowed a car which was not recovered and the nine meter deep crater is now being filled with 300 tonnes of concrete

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Police detain an anti-government protester in Tuzla, February 6, 2014. Dozens of people were injured in a second day of anti-government protests in the Bosnian town of Tuzla, backed by smaller demonstrations in other towns over unemployment and political inertia. The protests reflect resentment over the ethnic politicking that has stifled governance and economic development since a 1992-95 war



Host Jay Leno (R) is pictured with actor Billy Crystal during a commercial break while taping the last episode of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in Burbank, California, February 6, 2014. Leno said an emotional goodbye to the "Tonight Show" with a star-studded farewell led by actor Billy Crystal, after hosting the NBC late night program for more than 20 years and handing the reins over to Jimmy Fallon

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Flooding in southwest England

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Unrest in Bosnia - more pics

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Philip Seymour Hoffman mourned at funeral in New York









Filmmaker Andrew Upton and actress Cate Blanchett arrive at the funeral



Actress Meryl Streep, who was nominated for an Oscar alongside Hoffman for the 2008 movie Doubt, was also in attendance



Spike Lee, who directed Hoffman in the film The 25th Hour, arrived early at St Ignatius Of Loyola

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Sochi Winter Olympics










One of the light shows however caused some controversy when the fifth Olympic ring did not open correctly



The Olympic flame was lit by Russian former triple gold medallists Vladislav Tretiak and Irina Rodnina. The duo made the last leg of the torch relay that travelled through almost 3,000 towns and villages on its way to Sochi









Sage Kotsenburg of Team USA celebrates after winning gold in the men's snowboard slopestyle final

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Somerset flooding in pictures: Moorland is evacuated



A First Great Western train makes its way across the flooded Somerset Levels






Sam Notaro, 40, looks out of his recently constructed £1 million house on the Somerset levels which he is desperately trying to protect from the flood waters. The father-of-two, who has remained in his property despite emergency services urging him to leave, used his building initiative to create a barrier made of mud around the house, so far stopping the water's approach to his property



Mr Notaro's surrounded home from the air

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This television cameraman may not be sending any footage back from the floods today after he fell into the rising water

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