Europe's week in pictures

The news and the pictures from Europe over the last seven days.

Dutch and Irish farmers faced the heartbreak of losing their herds, as foot-and-mouth broke out there

In Macedonia, the world's cameras caught an attempted grenade attack by ethnic Albanians in Tetovo...

...moments later, the two men lay dead in the street, killed by Macedonian security forces

Parts of France were turned into giant boating lakes, as rivers burst their banks after weeks of rain...

...while spring flowers in Germany have had to fight against snowfalls

In Portugal, a bus which plunged into the Douro when a bridge collapsed, killing dozens, was finally recovered

The Falun Gong spiritual movement - banned in China - made a silent point at the UN's annual human rights forum in Geneva

Two Danish men held hostage in Bangladesh returned home after a dramatic rescue by troops

Russians got into the St Patrick's Day spirit, marked in their own way...

...while St Joseph's Day in Valencia, Spain, meant a traditional burning of hundreds of paper and wood sculptures

A glimpse of the high-tech future at a German exhibition included crystal discs which will hold 10m CDs