Week in pictures: London

London Zoo's new £2.3m Animal Adventure opened to rave reviews from some of the pupils who helped design it. Here a young man gets up close and personal with croati.

An actor dressed as Henry VIII looks on as two others test out replicas of Tonlet, or foot armour at the Tower of London. A new exhibit of the Tudor monarch's armour is on display at the Tower.

Described as one of the most complex construction projects of the 2012 Olympic Games, the 'wave' roof on the aquatics centre is now underway at the east London site.

The Tate Modern's proposed £215m extension on Southbank got the green light by planners. The 11-storey, brick and glass structure will hopefully be completed by 2012.

US First Lady Michelle Obama charmed the patients and staff at Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre in west London. Mrs Obama visited the centre with Sarah Brown, the prime minister's wife.

The much-anticipated demonstrations timed with the G20 summit in London produced skirmishes with riot police. But on the first day of planned protests there were only a handful of arrests.

Commuters are being encouraged to snap photos of birds in and around London's Tube network as part of a spring campaign by the RSPB. Photo: James Offer

The British Museum has unveiled plans for new buildings as part of a £135m development project. There will be more space for exhibitions in five linked pavilions with seven floors at the central London site.

A school for 1,800 pupils is set to be built in the Olympic Village in Stratford. Chobham Academy will specialise in English and performing arts when it opens after the Games in 2013.

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