Week in pictures: 12-18 May

The annual two-day Ten Tors walk across Dartmoor, England, was abandoned half-way through because of heavy rain. The Army escorted hundreds of teenagers off the moor.

A strike in the Pakistani city of Karachi has closed shops and cleared transport from the roads after two days of violence left 41 people dead.

Sculptor Antony Gormley, one of the UK's leading artists, unveiled his new installation Blind Light at the Hayward Gallery in London.

The editor of the BBC's Panorama programme has defended a documentary on the Church of Scientology in which reporter John Sweeney lost his temper during the filming.

A fire starts during the pit stop of Brazilian Formula One driver Felipe Massa during the Spanish Grand Prix at the Montmelo racetrack near Barcelona.

Competitors in the "Viaduc" marathon race crossed the world's tallest bridge designed by British architect Norman Foster.

Icons from the fashion world were among those who attended the Gloucester Cathedral funeral of stylist Isabella Blow, who died last week at the age of 48.

An employee cleans a red carpet in the Matignon hostel courtyard, France's Prime minister's official residence in Paris, before the handover power ceremony.

Israel has struck a number of targets in Gaza, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more, after vowing a severe response to rocket attacks on its soil.

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