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The best science and technology pictures of the week

News imageA one-horned rhinoceros and its calf stand in flood waters in the Pobitora sanctuary in Assam, north-eastern India. Heavy rains have flooded much of the park. (AFP/Getty Images)
A one-horned rhinoceros and its calf stand in flood waters in the Pobitora sanctuary in Assam, north-eastern India. Heavy rains have flooded much of the park. (AFP/Getty Images)

The most impressive pictures from the worlds of science and technology this week, including a pair of Indian rhinos and a spectacular volcanic eruption.

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Hoverbike prototypes and hitching robots

News image(Malloy Aeronautics)
(Malloy Aeronautics)

Speeding warbirds and a luminous Super Moon

News image(The Colorado Springs Gazette/AP)
(The Colorado Springs Gazette/AP)

Streaking space launches and menacing volcanoes

News image(Florida Today/AP)
(Florida Today/AP)

A tiny frog and a hitching robot

News image(Sealife London Aquarium/PA)
(Sealife London Aquarium/PA)

A world’s-first hologram and outer space veg

News image(Getty Images)
(Getty Images)

Stork silhouette and a four-winged dinosaur

News image(Reuters)
(Reuters)

Incredible lightning and a stranded whale

News image(Daniel Brenner, Gillette News Record/AP)
(Daniel Brenner, Gillette News Record/AP)

Futuristic dancers and swirling stars

News image(Sebastian Guillermaz/APOTY)
(Sebastian Guillermaz/APOTY)

Sci-fi balloons and hungry whales

News image(AP)
(AP)

Robot giraffe and double tornado

News image(Getty Images)
(Getty Images)

Supersonic selfie and eerie rivers

News image(David Cenciotti)
(David Cenciotti)

A brooding storm and a Super Earth

News image(Center for Astrophysics/Reuters)
(Center for Astrophysics/Reuters)

Roaring rockets and an Earth selfie

News imageJapan's H-IIA rocket lifts off from a space centre on the island of Tanegashima to deploy a new mapping satellite for surveying natural disaster damage. (AFP/Getty Images)
Japan's H-IIA rocket lifts off from a space centre on the island of Tanegashima to deploy a new mapping satellite for surveying natural disaster damage. (AFP/Getty Images)

Chinese lightning and rocking robots

News imageLightning arcs across the sky during a storm in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in China. (Reuters)
Lightning arcs across the sky during a storm in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in China. (Reuters)

Fire bombing and huggy bears

News imageTwo brown bears embrace inside an enclosure at a bear park in Zarnesti, central Romania. The bears are some of many rescued from roadside stalls or restaurants. (Reuters)
Two brown bears embrace inside an enclosure at a bear park in Zarnesti, central Romania. The bears are some of many rescued from roadside stalls or restaurants. (Reuters)

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