Week in pictures: 9-15 February

DUISBURG, WEDNESDAY:

MOGADISHU, TUESDAY:

LONDON, THURSDAY: Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis leaves Southwark Crown Court with his wife Marianne Griffin after being acquitted of 12 counts of indecent assault. He could still face a second trial after the jury failed to reach a decision on two other charges.

SOCHI, TUESDAY: Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold takes off during Skeleton training at the Sanki Sliding Centre during the Sochi Winter Olympics.

CARACAS, WEDNESDAY: An injured student is helped during a demonstration against the government of Venezuela.

NEW BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY: Unusually strong winds whip up a mini sandstorm around the Perch Rock lighthouse in Merseyside. Winds reached more than 100mph this week as the UK continued to battle floods and storms.

LONDON, FRIDAY: Models walk the runway at the Fyodor Golan show at London Fashion Week, which kicked off on Friday.

LEYTE, THURSDAY: David Beckham visits Tacloban city in the Philippines to offer support to survivors of the deadly Typhoon Haiyan.

URUGUAY, THURSDAY: A dancer performs on a street in Montevideo on the first night of the Llamadas carnival parade, the biggest carnival of the year in Uruguay.