Europe's week in pictures

The news in pictures - and some of the more striking images - from the past seven days across Europe.

Hunters in Norway have taken to the forests in search of wolves, in a bitterly-contested culling programme

The UK's Ellen MacArthur hugs Roland Jourdain, the Frenchman she beat in the Vendee Globe race

Anti-government protesters in Ukraine are joined by heavenly hosts from the Mykhailovsky Cathedral in Kiev

A female orangutan poses for a tourist at the Moscow Zoo

Up to 25,000 homeless children - many addicted to glue - are living in Moscow, say new figures

German consumers are being urged to try coypu meat, as consumers continue to shun beef over mad cow disease.

Larger-than-life: Polish skier Adam Malysz is aiming for medals at the World Nordic Ski Championships in Finland

A bust-shaped fountain stands at the entrance to the a contemporary art fair, Arco, in Madrid

More than 100 firefighters battled to save historic buildings in Joenkoeping, Sweden