Week in pictures: 2-8 December

LAST UPDATED AT 15:45 ON Fri 7 Dec 2012
Japanese macaque, commonly referred to as 'snow monkeys', take an open-air hot spring bath
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Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images

JAPAN, FRIDAY: Japanese macaque, also known as 'snow monkeys', take an open-air hot spring bath at the Hell's Valley Monkey Park in Yamanouchi. 

Japanese macaque, commonly referred to as 'snow monkeys', take an open-air hot spring bath
A woman wears glasses with flags bearing the colors of Ghana's New Patriotic Party
Max Clifford leaves a police station after he was released on bail following his arrest on suspicion of alleged sex offences
Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson greets US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Stormont Castle
Rescue workers carry the bodies of victims of flash floods caused by Typhoon Bopha
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivers the Autumn budget statement
An image of the United States at night, one of several composite photos released by NASA this week
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leave the King Edward VII hospital
Sydney-siders attempt to break the Guinness record for the world's largest swimwear parade
LL Cool J and Taylor Swift host the Grammy nominations ceremony in Nashville.