Week in pictures: 16-22 February

Palestinians walk through the Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus. Last week, a group of former Israeli generals called for many checkpoints to be demolished.

A pregnant tigress is released from a boat into the river Sundarikati, India. It had been badly beaten by villagers in the Sunderbans forest before being rescued by forest workers.

President George W Bush poses with dancers while on a visit to the Rwandan capital Kigali, on the third leg of his five-country tour of Africa.

People in Pakistan voted in an election marred by political violence. The result saw the Pakistan People's Party of slain former PM Benazir Bhutto emerge as the largest party.

Two swans brave the frost on the River Wharfe at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England.

Amy Winehouse makes her first public appearance since going into rehab at the Brit Awards 2008.

Spectators at the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles, California during the lunar eclipse.

The US and other embassies in Serbia's capital are attacked by hundreds of protesters angry at the declaration of independence by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders.

British entertainer Bruce Forsyth celebrates his 80th birthday.

Indian lunch-box deliverymen - who deliver tiffin tins to workplaces around Mumbai each day - attend a laughter therapy session to beat stress in the Indian city.

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