BBC NEWS | In Depth | Week in Pictures | The week in pictures: Nov 12

Grief and despair

Relatives of more than 150 people killled in an Austrian Alpine tunnel fire on Saturday await the recovery of bodies

They were still counting

A hand recount of contested votes in Florida drags the US Presidential Election slowly into its second agonising week

Tuesday: Protests hit London

Up to 350 British lorries arrived in London in a slow moving convoy to protest against the level of fuel tax

Actor hostage drama ends ... dramatically

Indian film idol Rajkumar receives a rapturous homecoming after being held hostage for three months

Euro-BSE crisis deepens

Farmers protest as France's BSE "mad cow" disease crisis deepens - ending in Italy banning beef imports on Friday

Saturday night's alright (for spending)

Singer Elton John reveals that he spent £40m in 20 months in a court battle with his former manager

Farewell Leah

Thousands, including Hilary Clinton, pay respects to Leah Rabin, widow of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

Uncertainty in Peru

Street protests continue in Peru amid speculation that President Alberto Fujimori will seek asylum in Japan

Healing the wounds

President Bill Clinton receives a warm welcome at the start to his historic visit to Vietnam