The week in pictures: 8-14 May

Nuclear fire threat

Firefighters struggle to keep the forest blaze away from the Loas Alamos nuclear plant

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Sierra Leone airlift

Chinooks prepare to airlift Britons from Freetown as Sierra Leone slips towards civil war

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Love bug suspect arrested

Reonel Ramones, 27, is taken for questioning in the Philippines about the ILOVEYOU computer virus - he was later freed

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Olympic beach demo

Police move in on protesters trying to block an Olympic stadium being built on Sydney's Bondi Beach

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Rover bought for £10

Longbridge workers celebrate a deal which could save their jobs

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Dazzling Her Majesty

The Queen examines a work by Bridget Riley at the opening of the Tate Modern gallery

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Strike in South AFrica

Strikers in South Africa protest against the government's free-market policies

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Drought in the Middle East

Rainfall in parts of Iran, Iraq and Jordan is down by as much as 25%

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'Mr Livingstone, I presume'

The Queen meets London's mayor during a ceremony to dedicate a new bridge over the Thames

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