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    Week in pictures: 12 - 18 January

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    By The Week Staff
    published 19 January 2014
    (Image credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba)

    RIO DE JANEIRO, THURSDAY:

    (Image credit: 2014 AFP)

    PARIS, WEDNESDAY: Francois Hollande leaves the Elysee Palace. Details of the president’s alleged affair with the actress Julie Gayet continued to emerge in the French media this week.

    (Image credit: 2014 Getty Images)

    MELBOURNE, THURSDAY: Andy Murray signs autographs after winning his second round match against France’s Vincent Millot on day four of the Australian Open. This year’s championship has been hit by record temperatures, with a number of ball boys and players fainting in the heat.

    (Image credit: 2014 Getty Images)

    EDINBURGH, THURSDAY: Members of the coastguard search for missing three-year-old Mikaeel Kular, who was last seen at 9pm on Wednesday night at his home in Ferry Gait Crescent, Edinburgh.

    (Image credit: 2014 Getty Images)

    BERLIN, THURSDAY: Elizabeth Hurley sits on the front row at the Marc Cain show during Berlin Fashion Week. To her right is Marc Cain's founder, Helmut Schlotterer, and to her left is the German actress Barbara Schoeneberger.

    (Image credit: 2014 AFP)

    CAIRO, TUESDAY: An Egyptian man holds up a portrait of army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi outside a polling station. Voters took part in a referendum this week to decide on a new constitution for the country.

    (Image credit: 2014 Getty Images)

    BARTON, MONDAY: Police officers restrain an anti-fracking protestor standing on top of a truck carrying chemicals to the Barton Moss gas fracking facility.

    (Image credit: 2014 AFP)

    CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY: Jennifer Lawrence arrives on the red carpet for the Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills. She won best supporting actress for her role in American Hustle.

    (Image credit: 2014 AFP)

    LATRUN, MONDAY: The coffin carrying former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon stops at a memorial for fallen soldiers in Latrun, near Jerusalem. Sharon died last Saturday after eight years in a coma.

    (Image credit: 2014 AFP)

    BUDAPEST, THURSDAY: Lithuanian ice skaters Isabella Tobias and Deividas Stagniunas perform at the European Figure Skating Championships.

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