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Best science and technology pictures of the week

News imageGetty Images A stealth bomber airplane flies over the parade route during the 124th Rose Parade on 1 January in Pasadena, California. (Copyright: Getty Images)Getty Images
A stealth bomber airplane flies over the parade route during the 124th Rose Parade on 1 January in Pasadena, California. (Copyright: Getty Images)

The most amazing pictures from the past seven days – including gruesome tools, environmental disasters and intimate views from space.

Image of Soyuz capsule courtesy of Nasa astronaut @Cmdr_Hadfield.

More stunning image galleries:

Christmas treats and the end of the world

Bathing snow monkeys, a tweeting pope and elephant dung coffee.

Architectural giants and a new way of seeing the Moon

Red pandas, Saturn and Nature’s unstoppable forces

The world's largest bloom, the world's largest aquarium and the world's fastest sailing boat

Venice under water, a total eclipse and a pedestrian-avoiding car

Space shuttle, Baumgartner and Hurricane Sandy

The best of 2012 galleries:

A year in space

The year in technology

A year of discovery

People of the year

The year in weather

The year in wildlife

Weird and wonderful

Places

New frontiers

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