Week in pictures: 9-15 December

LAST UPDATED AT 15:30 ON Fri 14 Dec 2012
People embrace following a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut
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Don Emmert/Getty Images

CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY: People embrace following a shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown. According to reports 20 children and six adults were killed in the worst ever school shooting in US history. The lone gunman, who had also shot his mother,  killed himself. 

People embrace following a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut
South Korean activists denounce North Korea's rocket launch.
A paraglider soars over Tignes
The family of Jacintha Saldanha arrive at Westminster ahead of a meeting with MP Keith Vaz
Members of the newly elected Ukrainian parliament scuffle over voting rules for a second time in two days
Pope Benedict XVI uses a digital tablet to send his first tweet
LONDON, TUESDAY: Victoria and David Beckham and their three sons attend the press night of the Spice Girls musical
Chancellor George Osborne paints a money box with children during his yearly Christmas party for the Starlight charity
Paul McCartney performs with former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl at Madison Square Garden as part of the ‘12.12.12’ concert
Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand is left bleeding at the end of the Manchester Derby.

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