Week in pictures: 30 December - January 5

LAST UPDATED AT 14:45 ON Fri 4 Jan 2013
A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers
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Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images

FRIDAY, WEST BANK: A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in the village of Kfar Qaddum. 

A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers
US President Barack Obama swims in Kaneohe Bay on New Year’s Day
Germany’s Andreas Wank competes in the first round of the ski-jumping world cup in Innsbruck
People wait for bread at a bakery in Aleppo, Syria
Revelers celebrate the new year in New York's Times Square
An elephant munches on a Christmas tree at the Berlin zoo
Serena Williams serves in her match against fellow American Varvara Lepchenko on day one of the Brisbane International
Some 600 guitarists play John Lennon's 'Imagine' in a mass tribute to a 23-year-old rape victim
A patriotic spectator watches the final of the 2013 PDC world darts championship at Alexandra Palace
A woman cools off on the rocks by Bondi beach
Demonstrators shout anti-US slogans during a protest in Multan against drone attacks

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