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Friday, 19 January, 2001, 17:46 GMT

Europe's week in pictures

Images from the past seven days across Europe - in a week when Concorde flew again, when German government ministers felt the glare of publicity - and when pets in Madrid got their annual blessing.

Cow with sign Nobody loves me - Schroeder please help me

A woman takes her dog for walk on the frozen lake Staffel in Uffing, Bavaria

Chechen refugee camp

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in court and under pressure over his militant past

Tank linings shown off by British Airways Chief Concorde pilot Mike Bannister

Haflinger horses trot during the annual horse-drawn sleigh race in Parsberg, near Miesbach in Bavaria

Dresden's Frauenkirche

Festival of San Anton in San Bartolome de Pinares,100 km from Madrid, Spain

Bears in Munich Zoo, Germany

Madrid's annual pet-blessing festival - Rusty the rabbit is sprinkled with holy water

Fireworks viewed across River Duoro as Porto as 2001 European Capital of Culture

Turner paintings arrest in Antwerp, Belgium - paintings had been stolen from Germany