The World This Week

Images from around the world, showing the current and interesting events of the week that went by. (Pics- AFP)


UNITED STATES: Hanzo, a 4-year-old German boxer, jumps a wave during the annual Surf City Surf Dog competition at Huntington Beach in California. An extremely talented surfer, Hanzo learned how to skateboard when he was only 10 weeks old.


SPACE, MARS: The image shows NASA's Mars rover Curiosity as it cut a wheel scuff mark into a wind-formed ripple at the "Rocknest" site to give researchers a better opportunity to examine the particle-size distribution of the material forming the ripple.


GERMANY: Cyclists drive past trees with coloured leaves in Berlin's autumn weather.


FRANCE: A work by French artist Daniel Firman, entitled 'Wursa', on display in the yearly contemporary art exhibition in Reims, northeastern France.


AUSTRALIA: A 700 kilogram crocodile called Rex - who is one of the world's largest crocodiles - cruises around his enclosure after receiving his first feed after emerging from three months of hibernation at WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo.


ISRAEL: Participants of a hot air balloon festival prepare their balloon for a flight over the Neguev desert in Timna Valley national park, southern Israel.

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