Week in pictures, 10-16 January 2011

The past week was marked by natural disasters, several large-scale sporting events, festivals and mass protests.





In Tunisia protests continue against the current president.



Meanwhile, Tunisian Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan met at a meeting dedicated to the unstable situation in the country. Only it seems to me that they want to kiss each other?



Pakistani Muslims protest against softening of the blasphemy law. The appeal is addressed to the Pope, who supported the initiative to repeal the law.



African immigrants during the pro-immigranstkoy demonstration in Athens against the racist government decisions about illegals.



Istanbul arrested "Turkish Frankenstein" Dr. Yusuf Sonmez. He was charged of illegal organ transplants in Kosovo and Azerbaijan.



The world continues to grow food prices. The first shot hit the Far East and Southeast Asia.





Hindus continue to freeze. Throughout the week, the air temperature was disastrously low. There are victims of hypothermia.



In Brazil, there was a massive landslide that claimed hundreds of lives and left thousands homeless Brazilians.



In Belgium, the abundance of water in the form of floods even bothered to geese waterfowl.



The Australian Brisbene continue to rebuild neighborhoods after the unprecedented floods.



For the second year in a row the "Golden Ball" gets the Argentine footballer Lionel Messi (Lionel Messi).



The motorcyclist overcomes the water jump during the 11th stage of the rally "Dakar».



There, on the "Dakar" Stephane Peterhansel overcomes the snake road near San Juan.



The Swiss and French Alps, started the annual dog sled race. The race lasts 11 days, during which participants will overcome about 1000 kilometers.



Kobe Bryant (Kobe Bryant) makes the next two points in Oakland, where his «Los Angeles Lakers» met «Golden State Warriors».



Qatar started the next AFC Asian Cup.



In the Spanish La Molina started the World Cup snowboarding.



In Southern Sudan, began a six-day referendum on the question of independence.



Nigeria held a presidential election.



In India, celebrated 345 years of one of the great gurus of the Sikhs - Prakash Utsava. Holiday in Amritsar temple.





In general, India is now gone a whole series of events. A pilgrim carries a holy dip in the waters of the Ganges.



In Taipei (Taiwan) kids started preparing for the celebration of the New Year according to the lunar calendar. Recall Year of the Rabbit will come on February 3.



A festival in Gilet (Spain). The bull with flaming horns warmed up, then to heat the revelers on the streets of the city.



"Miss Delaware" Kayla Martell enjoys getting into the list of the 12 finalists of the "Miss America" ​​in Las Vegas.



Traditional Ball was held in Dresden opera house.



On the island of Haiti marked the anniversary of the earthquake that killed powerful a huge number of lives.



In San Salvador, former members of the guerrilla movement celebrated the 19th anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty between the guerrillas and the government. This pact was ended 12 years of civil war.



Ben Affleck (Ben Affleck) and his wife Jennifer Garner (Jennifer Garner) at the awards ceremony «Critics' Choice Movie Awards-2011" in Los Angeles.



Photo: AP, Getty Images, Reuters

This we saw last week. Events were plenty, and fully admit that is something we still lost.