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Slideshow: Best images of the week
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- Walk the plank
- Venice normally sees flooding at this time of year, but this week the city witnessed some of worst flooding since 1872. (Copyright: Getty Images)
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- Grand display
- China's People Liberation Army parachutists perform during the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai (Copyright: Getty Images)
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- Rare event
- A rare total solar eclipse, as seen in Northern Australia on Wednesday. Enjoy it, the next one we’ll see will be in March 2015. (Copyright: Getty Images)
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- Eye see
- Tens of thousands of people gathered in Northern Australia to enjoy the solar eclipse, with plenty of protective shades for them to wear. (Copyright: Getty Images)
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- Crash test dummy
- Toyota Motors demonstrates its pedestrian collision avoidance support system, PCS, which can stop automatically from 40km/h, and will be launched in 2013. (Copyright: Getty Images)
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- Praise be
- Worshipping account books is an essential part of Diwali, the Festival of Lights, but some traders are now including electronic gadgets in the ceremony. (Copyright: Getty Images)
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- Say cheese
- Nasa's Messenger Mercury orbiter snapped a shot of a crater that looks spookily like the smiley face emoticon. (Copyright: Nasa)
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- Ivory haul
- Hong Kong customs officials said they have seized more than a tonne of unprocessed elephant tusks worth around $1.37million on the Chinese ivory market. (Copyright: Getty Images)
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- Lost memories
- Bill Unger collecting photos he’s salvaged on Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy. His daughter has put them on Facebook for residents to see and collect. (Copyright: Getty Images)
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- Ready to rumble
- An aerial view of the college basketball game played between the Syracuse Orange and the San Diego State Aztecs on board the USS Midway in San Diego. (Copyright: Getty Images)
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The most amazing pictures over the past seven days – including Venice under water, a total eclipse, unusual Diwali celebrations and a pedestrian-avoiding car.
