Week in pictures: 15-21 December

A crowded passenger train derailed in southern Pakistan, killing up to 40 people and injuring many more.

Muslim pilgrims take part in the day-long station at Arafat during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It symbolises Muslims' wait for the day of judgement.

The 1.4kg Mallomys giant rat was one of two mammal species thought to be new to science documented on an expedition to an Indonesian rainforest described as a "lost world".

Photographers in Seoul take pictures of South Korea's President-elect Lee Myung-bak (centre), who triumphed in polls this week.

Jacob Zuma defeated South African President Thabo Mbeki as African National Congress (ANC) leader at an acrimonious conference which split the party.

At least 38 people were killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in north-western Pakistan, police said. The attack took place near the northern city of Peshawar.

Hungarians and Slovaks cross the Danube River as the countries celebrated the removal of the last border between them. Nine new nations joined a European border-free zone.

England's cricketers slumped to their worst Test batting performance against Sri Lanka in Galle. The visitors collapsed to be all out for 81 in their first innings.

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