Week in pictures: 3-9 December

Tens of thousands of people converged on the Parliament at Stormont for one of the biggest funerals ever seen in Northern Ireland - for footballer George Best.

A 20-foot tall replica of King Kong sits in New York's Times Square to mark the premiere of the movie's remake.

The shadow of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as she meets German leaders in Berlin for talks.

Indian protesters mark the 13th anniversary of an attack on a mosque in Ayodhya that sparked one of the country's worst outbreaks of inter-communal violence.

Supporters of the Venezuelan government say they have won a landslide victory in Sunday's congressional election. But only about 25% of registered voters cast a ballot.

The Songhua river in China, scene of a recent pollution crisis, has frozen over in cold weather.

David Cameron was elected as the Britain's new Conservative leader by a margin of more than two to one over David Davis.

A runner makes his way through a flock of geese and falling snow in Indianapolis, US.

A Japanese couple mark the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, at a museum dedicated to the ex-Beatle.

A traditional London Routemaster bus runs past Big Ben, one day before the final vehicles on route number 159 are withdrawn from service.

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