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Week in pictures: London

Gold statue of Kate Moss

A £1.5m solid gold sculpture has been made of supermodel Kate Moss as part of a British Museum exhibition.

Sandra Simpson with her husband

Sandra Simpson, 61, from Bromley, south-east London, died from head and chest injuries when she was hit by a marked police car close to her home on Saturday night

London Mayor Boris Johnson with coin

The Royal Mint unveiled a £2 coin to mark the handover of the Olympic Games from Beijing to London.

Carnival dancer

Nearly one million people gathered in west London for this year's Notting Hill Carnival

Police at Notting Hill Carnival

Police were pelted with bottles during stand off during the last hours of this year's Notting Hill Carnival

Charles Hendricks

Charles Hendricks, 18, was stabbed to death in Walthamstow, east London, on Sunday



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