 The sun rises over Tynemouth beach after snowfall. The cold snap continued across Britain this week and with it came travel chaos. Temperatures plummeted in eastern areas to -7C and the chilly weather will continue next week  Rescue workers continued to look for survivors of typhoon Bopha, which has killed over 400 people so far and left as many missing. 50,000 had to flee from affected villages. Bopha triggered landslides and floods along the coast. Towns and villages have been destroyed and mass burial of the dead has already begun. Here residents line up for relief supplies at an evacuation center at New Bataan township, Compostela Valley, in the south of the country  This stunning picture shows the top of a whale's head emerging from the water as the large animal appears to blow fire. The picture, taken in Peteresbury Alaska, is just a trick of light, caused by the sunlight refracting through the water  NASA released images that provide a unique view of Earth at night. The stunning image shows densely populated Western Europe lit up (NASA)  The deadline for the Sony World Photography Awards will close in less than a month and the competition so far is looking good. This photo shows monks crowding around an iPod in Malaysia by Wong Yu Liang  apan experienced an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale. The quake triggered a one metre tsunami in an area devastated by last year's Fukushima disaster but there were no reports of death or serious damage. This picture shows commuters at Sendai railway station waiting for rail travel to resume  Giant pandas Yuan Guang and Tian Tian have marked a year at Edinburgh Zoo. The pandas, on loan from China for a decade, are the first giant pandas in the UK for almost twenty years. The pandas are in the country for research but attempts to mate the pair have so far failed  Rescue dog "Monty" learns to drive. Animal trainer Mark Vette has spent two months training three rescue dogs to drive a modified Mini in New Zealand, as a way of proving that unwanted canines can be taught to perform complicated tasks  This is a d'oh moment - a group of whale watchers miss a spectacular breaching display as they were facing the wrong way. The photo was taken by lifeboat crew member Youen Jacob, who was lucky enough to catch the incredible moment off the coast of Ireland  Bulldozers destroyed the home of Luo Baogen after his house in Wenling city, China, became a worldwide sensation on the Web. He had been given his marching orders to make way for a new road but he refused - so the government just built the road around the house anyway. Luo Baogen has now accepted compensation and moved out his family over the weekend |
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Pictures of the week: From Earth at night to snow at sunrise
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