Week in pictures: 1-7 September

A young boy dressed as a Hindu god waits inside a classroom before participating in a religious procession in Amritsar, India.

Moira Cameron, a soldier from Argyll, becomes the first woman ever to work as a Beefeater at the Tower of London.

Two of 13 new life-size elephants made from willow at London's Hyde Park. The works were commissioned by a charity to help support elephant habitat projects.

French climber Alain Robert, known as Spiderman, climbs Europe's tallest building, the 242m (792ft) West Tower in Moscow. The ascent took him 20 minutes.

After the summer recess, members of the European Parliament return to Strasbourg.

Janus, a 10-year-old two-headed tortoise, meets crowds at the Natural History Museum in Geneva, on his birthday.

Nuns from Mother Teresa's Calcutta order gather in front of her portrait during a service marking 10 years since her death.

Iraqi children walk past the coffin of a victim of a US air strike in western Baghdad.

NBA basketball star Yao Ming towers over everyone as he arrives at Taipei airport. The Chinese star is in town to promote sports exchanges between China and Taiwan.

Kate McCann, the mother of missing British child Madeleine, is surrounded by police and onlookers as she arrives at a Portuguese police station to be questioned.

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