The week in pictures: 2-9 April

Famine returns to Ethiopia

Up to 16m people around the Horn of Africa are thought to be in danger of starvation

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Mission to Mir

A Soyuz rocket is prepared to take cosmonauts to breathe new life into the space station Mir

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British summer time

After one of the mildest winters, arctic weather sweeps across the UK

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What goes up...

Tension amomg Wall Street traders as share prices worldwide show volatile swings

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Football fans killed in Istanbul

Fighting breaks out between Galatasaray and Leeds fans - two English supporters were stabbed to death

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Japanese volcano threatens to erupt

Mount Usu fills the sky with thick smoke, steam and ashes as thousands of people flee their homes

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Microsoft faces break-up

Bill Gates' software giant appeals after a judge said it was guilty of exploiting its monopoly

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A 'glowing eye' in space

The Hubble space telescope focuses on a strikingly unusual planetary nebula, NGC 6751

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