Week in pictures: 22-28 October

The clean-up begins after southern Florida is pummelled by Hurricane Wilma.

The hurricane - at one point the most intense on record in the Atlantic - also brought storm surges, flooding low-lying areas such as Key West.

A train balances precariously on tracks in southern Italy after being derailed by heavy rains.

Children in Moscow commemorate those who died in the hostage crisis at the Dubrovka Theatre in 2002.

In Iraq three powerful explosions killed at least 17 people outside a Baghdad hotel used by foreign media and contractors.

The Chinese authorities reported a new outbreak of bird flu in Hunan province.

At least five people were killed and up to 30 wounded in a suicide bomb in the northern Israeli town of Hadera.

Supporters of Tanzania's ruling party gather in Stone Town, Zanzibar, for a farewell rally for President Benjamin Mkapa.

Residents of earthquake-struck Balakot, in Pakistan, read newspapers on top of the rubble.

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