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 Friday, 3 January, 2003, 12:23 GMT
The week in pictures: Dec 29 - Jan 4
Opposition romp home
Millions of Kenyans have voted in elections which will bring them their first new president for 24 years
Mwai Kibaki's supporters celebrate following the landslide victory of his National Rainbow Coalition in Kenya.

At the bottom of the world

Tom Avery at the South Pole.
Tom Avery, a 27-year-old Londoner has become the youngest ever Briton to reach the South Pole on foot.

Battered but not broken

Sightseers gather on the shore near to the Grade I listed pier.
High winds swept sections of Brighton's historic West Pier into the sea.

New Year celebrations

Christians in Nigeria welcome in the New Year
Nigerians pray for happiness and prosperity in the New Year.

Wet start to the year

Children ride their bikes through the flood water near Reading.
Children ride their bikes through the flood water as heavy rain sweeps across southern England.

'Unprecedented brutality'

Police at the scene.
UK Police are hunting for gunmen who shot dead two teenage girls and injured another two as they left a New Year party.

Festive snack

The Zoological Gardens in Berlin.
Unwanted Christmas trees are fed to the elephants at the Zoological Gardens in Berlin.
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