Best boating photos of the week PA-14237744.jpgMondayThe Duchess of Cambridge watches the Olympic Laser race off Weymouth from the safety of a Bénéteau Swift Trawler 52.David Jones/PA WirePA-14260501.jpgTuesdayPeople gather around a boat that washed on to the beach of Singer Island in Rivera Beach, Florida. The boat had apparently drifted several hundred miles from Cuba with 18 people on board.Lennis Waters/APPA-14264546.jpgWednesday3.6 million fry are released into the Leping reservoir in Jiangxi, China. The fish eat bacteria and purify the water for drinking.TGP/APPA-14257788.jpgWednesdayGreat Britains 49er crew Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes during the Olympic medal race.David Jones/PA WirePA-14263859.jpgWednesdayThe Nicaraguas Navy Force intercepts a drug trafficking group, seizing 2.5 tonnes of cocaine. 4045 German Miranda/PA Pics850.jpgTuesdayGBR: Nick Dempsey in action during the Men?s RSX class at the Olympic regatta in WeymouthPA-14175280.jpgTuesdayGBR: Nick Ainslie rounds the first weather mark during the Finn class in Weymouth.PA-14188139.jpgWednesdayGBR: Stevie Morisson and Ben Rhodes sail their 49er during race six at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.PA-14193791.jpgWednesdayGBR: Sophie Hosking and Katherine Copeland during the semi final in the woman?s lightweight doubles.PA-14198469.jpgThursdayGBR: Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie on their way to winning gold in the Men?s Canoe Double final.Olympic boats.jpgWednesdayThe British Olympic team manager, Stephen Park, checks out the newly branded Eliott 6m boats. They will be raced during the Olympics at Weymouth. PA PicsOlympic rings.jpgWednesdayEngineers install the Olympic Rings mounted off the coast of Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy. The Games officially start on Friday 27 July, with sailing taking place at Weymouth.PA PicsBrown Bear.jpgThursday A kayaker watches as a brown bear swims next to her in Anton Larsen Bay, Alaska. The group leader, Wendy Close Eskew, said that the group came across the three year old bear as it swam from Whale Island to the shore, four miles away. PA PicsSuper yacts.jpgThursdayCanary Wharf looks more like Monaco than London as superyachts moore in the city. The yachts have arrived in time for the games to act as luxury accommodation for wealthy owners. PA Picsgloriana.jpgFridayGloriana, the Royal Row Barge used in the Thames Jubilee Pageant last month, carries the Olympic Torch down the Thames from Hampton Court for the start of the Olympic Games. Greg GouldingPA-14000946.jpgTuesday A Japanese Maritime Self-Defence helicopter and ship escort a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia. AP/Press Association ImagesPA-14009920.jpgTuesdayTourism chiefs are trying to promote Sanya, Hainan, as a surfing hot spot by teaching a dog to surf.ChinaFotoPress/Photocome/Press Association ImagesPA-14013562.jpgWednesdayA Nassau County Police vessel tows a sunken yacht off New York?s Long island. Three children were killed in the incident which happened during the fourth of July fireworks.Kathy Willens/AP/Press Association ImagesPA-14017933.jpgWednesdayA jetski pushes through a thick layer of algae. A large area of seaweed called enteromorpha prolifera, approached the Quindao coast. The algae is harmless, but could threaten maritime life. ChinaFotoPress/Photocome/Press Association ImagesPA-14019552.jpgThursdayTourists take pictures of the Costa Concordia wreckage as they arrive on a ferry to the Gigilo Island. Work has started to remove hundreds of rocky reef embedded into the ship. Gregorio Borgia/AP/Press Association ImagesPA-13959787.jpgMonday The ship USS Mohawk is scuttled in the Gulf of Mexico. The ex-coast guard ship was decommissioned and sunk using explosives and will serve as an artificial reef. David Albers/AP/Press Association Imagesapproach.jpgTuesday To mark 175 years of P&O cruises, the entire fleet of seven ships leave Southampton together. The Princess Royal watched from the Trinity House Vessel Patricia as they sailed off. Greg GouldingPA-13968350.jpgWednesday Water gushes from the Xiaolangdi Dam during a silt-washing operation. Heavy rainfall has silted up the Yellow River, which forms part of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir in Jiyuan City, China. Miao Quinao/PA Pics PA-13968900.jpgThursday The Olympic Flame is passed between Torchbearers, before taking a trip down the River Wensum in Norwich. Danny Lawson/LOCOG/Pa PicsPA-13970387.jpgThursday It may appear to be Tower Bridge in London, but it is actually a full-scale clone, built in China. There is also an English style coffee shop on the top floor of the bridge. Keepin sh/Pa PicsPA-13900134.jpgMondayA diver investigates a sunken boat at Pass-a-Grille, Florida. High winds and heavy rains were the start to the Tropical Storm.Dirk Shadd/ PA picsPA-13890428.jpgTuesdayA canal boat passes along the River Ouse in York. High levels of floodwater spilled over the banks, flooded nearby streets.John Giles/PA PicsPA-13913485.jpgWednesdayA statue show the depth of the flooding caused by Tuojiang River,Xiangxi Tujia, China, bursting its banks. The 1300-year-old town has been one of the worst affected areas in China.Jiao Zi/PA PicsPA-13923659.jpgThursdayOlympic Rings are hung from the Tower Bridge in London. The capital city will host the Olympic Games in only a few weeks.Lefteris Pitarakis/PA PicsPA-13920744.jpgThursdayA knocking was heard from inside a container on board a container ship in Port Newark, USA. The ship called in at Pakistan, India and Egypt during the journey, which sparked concern about stowaways although no one was found during the search.Dennis Van Tine/Empics Entertainment PA-13865829.jpgThursday Clay water floods out of the Duluth-Superior Harbour in to Lake Superior, Minnesota. Duluth?s mayor, Don Ness, estimated the flooding has caused $50 to $80 million of damage to the area. Bob King/PA PicsPA-13865079.jpgThursday A flotilla of boats accompany the Olympic Torch on its journey across Lake Windermere, between Grasmere and Bowness-on-Windermere. Joe Giddens/LOCOG/Press Association ImagesPA-13852873.jpgTuesday Jiaolong is lifted out of the water after having reportedly dived to a depth of 6965m (22,851ft). The submarine will dive six times in the western Pacific Ocean to attempt to break China?s deepest manned dive at 7000m (22,965ft). ChinaFotoPress/Photocome/PA PicsPA-13854650.jpgTuesday A taxi is pulled out of the water after being hit by a SUV and pushed into the river in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Two people were rescued from the taxi. TPG/AP/Press Association Images PA-13824853.jpgSaturday The Reuben Lasker splashes in to the Menominee River as it is launched. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship will support the Southwest Fisheries Science Centre. Rick Gebhard/PA Pics PA-13765764.gifSaturdayIt may look like a pretty canal with boats on it but it is, in fact, abandoned vehicles on the A470 in Machynlleth in Powys, Wales, after severe floods hit the area. Around 150 people had to be rescued from homes and caravans after severe floods hit west Wales. Holidaymakers and residents were helped to safety in a large-scale rescue operation mounted by fire crews, coastguard lifeboats and military helicopters when water swept through caravan parks and villages near Aberystwyth.PA Wire PA-13793084.gifTuesdayPaddlers make their way past container vessel CAP Jervis as they approach the mouth of the St Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida USA. The group aimed to raise awareness of their sport and for the health of the St Johns River.Bruce Lipsky/PA Pics PA-13791207.gifTuesdayA boat passes by a boom on Gleniffer reservoir near Innisfail, Alberta, Canada where there is a pipeline leak. Plains Midstream Canada says one of their non-functioning pipelines leaked between 1,000-3,000 barrels of sour crude near Sundre, Alberta, on 7 June and flowed downstream in the Red Deer river to the reservoir.Jeff McIntosh/PA Pics PA-13775593.gifSundayPete Dryovage and his dog, Stanley, paddle board on the Detroit River near Belle Isle, Michigan.David Coates/PA PicsPA-13791529.gifTuesdayPeople gather around a beached humpback whale that died during low tide in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans marine mammal co-ordinator Paul Cottrell said the severely emaciated young whale was first spotted as water receded from the sandy, tidal flats early Tuesday morning. Cottrell said the eight- to 10-metre long juvenile died just hours after beaching itself.Darryl Dyck/PA PicsPA-13743352.jpgThursdayA 66-foot, 155-tonne dock is washed up on a beach in Newport, Oregon. 15 months ago it was washed out to sea during the Japanese tsunami.Rick Bowmer/PA PicsPA-13746398.jpgThursdaySpace shuttle Enterprise was carried by barge up the Hudson River to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. Despite never having flown into space, it will be displayed at the Museum permanently.Dennis Van Tine/abacausa.comPA-13711563.jpgSundayA flotilla of pleasure boats approach Tower Bridge during the Diamond Jubilee Pageant. The MBM boat for the day, T L Sea, is the Sealine S28 three boats back on the left.Peter Macdiarmid/PA WirePA-13721254.jpgSundayThe Royal Barge, Spirit of Chartwell, approaches Chelsea Bridge during the Diamond Jubilee Pageant. The vessel carried the Queen and Prince Phillip along the Thames to celebrate Her Majesty's 60 years on the throne.Steve Parsons/PA WirePA-13711319.jpgSundayAt the front of the fleet during the Diamond Jubilee Pageant were the rowing vessels. The sheer number of participants caused them to squeeze together.John Stillwell/PA WirePA-13604489.jpgThursdayHMS Ocean enters the River Wear to visit its affiliated city of Sunderland. The ship will be in London during the Olympics where it will hold a vital role in supporting security. PA PicsPA-13608068.jpgWednesdayNo. 7 Mingzhu Cruise, the five-star cruise ship, bumped into the Wenzhou Bridge in China. No one was hurt in the collision, but a funnel was broken off. PA Pics PA-13587722.jpgTuesdayTo mark the forthcoming Queen?s Jubilee, landlord Andrew Southerden turned his pub, the Coach and Horses in Kibworth, Leicestershire, into a ship.PA PicsPA-13584450.jpgTuesdayTorchbearer 001 Judith Gaden carries the Olympic flame on a canal boat along the River Tone in Taunton. PA PicsPA-13580527.jpgMondayThe Hanjiang river in Wuhan, Hubei, China, turned green on Monday. Experts put it down the sun causing duckweed to grow excessively. PA PicsPA-13516616.gifSaturday 12 MayEihatsu Maru, a 20m Japanese trawler, ran aground at 5.15am on First Beach in Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa last Saturday. There were 28 crew members, including a dog, on board who were rescued safely. Photo: Antonella Ragazzoni/PA PicsPA-13511540.gifSaturday 12 May Fireworks explode above the newly named cruise ship AIDA mar during the world's biggest harbour celebration in Hamburg, Germany. The event, to mark the 823th anniversary of its harbour ran from 11-13 May. Photo: Angelika Warmuth/PA PicsPA-13533479.gifSaturday 12 MayThe launch ceremony of 10 small fishing boats at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The 6m loa boats with outboard motors were built in the United States based on a design requested by fishermen, and donated by the US charity Operating Blessing International.Photo: Koichi Nakamura/PA PicsPA-13516540.gifSaturday 12 MayMS Turanor PlanetSolar, the biggest solar boat in the world designed by a New Zealand company, is currently in Marseille after completing 60019 km in 584 days.Photo: Amit Mendelsohn/PA PicsPA-13515857.gifSaturday 12 MayChinese soldiers transport local residents on a flooded street in Nanchang city, east China's Jiangxi province. Residents in parts of the mainland, south of the Yangtze River prepared for torrential rain, while other areas of the country are still reeling from flooding and hailstorms in recent days that killed dozens and collapsed a large bridge in the central province of Hunan. Photo: Nie junpeng/PA Pics PA-13454159.gifSaturday 5 MayAn interior view of the euro 510-million ($670-million) Costa Fascinosa cruise ship, that with a capacity of 3,800 passengers is now the largest Italian-flagged cruise ship. This photo was taken on the occasion of its unveiling in Venice, Italy. Photo: Luigi Costantini/PA PicsPA-13453112.gifSaturday 5 MayLocal people gather to watch the rising waters of the River Seti in Yamdi village of Kaski district, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of capital Katmandu, Nepal.Photo: Bharat Koirala/PA PicsPA-13454991.gifSaturday 5 MayBoaters hang on as they head through breaking waves at the entrance to Haulover Inlet, Miami Beach, Florida.Photo: WilfredoLee/PA PicsPA-13476660.gifTuesday 8 MayThe rescue cruiser Hertha Jeep of the German Sea Rescue Service recovers lifeguards during a practice session near Stahlbrode, Germany.Photo: Stefan Sauer/PA PicsPA-13479988.gifTuesday 8 MayA sealion glides through thick foam created by nearby Willamette Falls on the Willamette River in Oregon City.Photo: Don Ryan/PA PicsPA-13347988.jpgSaturday A giant puppet floats down the streets of Liverpool as part of Sea Odyssey, a love story based around the sinking of the Titanic. The puppets attracted thousands of spectators during their three-day tour and performance in the city.PA PicsPA-13374420.jpgMondayPolish Navy divers clear the River Vistula from unexploded World War II bombs and ammunition. PA PicsPA-13379228.jpgTuesdayTurkish customs police board Atlantic Cruiser in Iskenderun, Turkey. The ship was reported by German magazine, Der Spiegel, to be carrying Iranian weapons to Syria. PA PicsIMG_5761.JPGWednesdayThe Royal Row Barge, Gloriana, was officially named by Her Majesty the Queen during her visit to open the Cutty Sark in Greenwich. Greg GouldingPA-13390283.jpgWednesdayA band performs on a boat during the Fiesta Mariachi Festival in San Antonio, Texas.PA PicsPA-13340391.jpgThursdayOn first impressions this appears to be a Sunseeker Manhattan 53, but upon closer inspection, this is actually a Chinese built Kingbay yacht. The company, which was founded in 2005, produces a range of boats from 26ft to 56ft, which interestingly all have similar lines to European or American boats.PA PicsPA-13335054.jpgWednesdayKayakers in Tennessee River in Chattanooga make their final formation at the Hatch Festival, which features art and culture. PA PicsPA-13337505.jpgWednesdayA Chaparral 206 is craned onto the back of a lorry after it and its trailer broke free whilst being delivered. The road, the 1-8 near the California state line, was closed for an hour whilst the boat was cleared away. PA PicsPA-13331882.jpgWednesdayA police officer inspects a pickup truck in the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Police are unsure of the circumstances of the incident.PA PicsPA-13327320.jpgTuesday Coloured water is sprayed as the US Coast Guard tall ship, Eagle, is escorted into New Orleans. The ship is visiting as part of week long festivities commemorating 200 years since the War of 1812.PA PicsPA-13274277.jpgTuesday The $15 millon Adastra is launched at Zhuhai, Guangdong Province of China. At 137ft (42m) long and with a 32,000 litre fuel tank, she is capable of a 4000 mile range at 17 knots. Flat out the C18 1115hp Caterpillar engine will propel her to 22 knots. photo.JPGMonday A Sealine F42 is prepared in the marina at Keppel Bay, ready for the Asia boat show in SingaporePA-13258743.jpgMonday During a regatta in Lagos, Nigeria, boats are decorated for the carnival parade. Later that day dancers and masqueraders walk through the streets of the two main islands of Lagos. PA-13258552.jpgSunday To mark 100 years since the Titanic sank, Balmoral leaves Southampton in a memorial cruise on the same route the Titanic took. Before the Balmoral reaches New York, the 1309 passengers will get the chance to visit Nova Scotia, where some of the victims are buried. PA-13250213.jpgSaturday A Greenline 33 burns in the municipal port in Waren, Germany. The burning boat drifted on to nearby boats, causing them to also catch fire. Police estimate the damage to be at 250,000 Euros.PA-13203323.jpgSaturday The submarine HMS Astute sails up the Clyde and into the Gare loch to arrive at her home port at Farlane Naval Base in Scotland. The UK will be forced to consider moving all submarines from Scotland if it becomes an independent state. PA Pics PA-13192369.jpgMonday More than 2000 people risk their lives as they push their way on board a ship in Bangladesh as they head to Sunamganj to celebrate Nobanno,the harvesting of Boro rice. PA Pics PA-13230270.jpgWednesday Copenhagen is lowered into the water in Stralsund, Germany. She is Scandlines latest ship and has the capacity to carry 1500 people and 480 vehicles. PA Pics PA-13235388.jpgThursday The tide goes out, leaving MV Carrier stranded on Colwyn Baybeach. She became overpowered in five metre waves off the coast of Colwyn Bayin a force 9 shortly after leaving port. PA PicsPA-13237611.jpgThursday To announce the start of the tourist season, the passenger steamer Leipzig sounds an extra long signal in Dresden, Germany. PA PicsbbpTuesdayGas has been leaking from the Elgin platform, off Aberdeen, since Sunday. As the 238 people on board were evacuated, its owners,Total, stated that the leak was not due to human error.PA PicsbbpTuesdayThe USS New York, an amphibious transport dock, leaves the Naval station in Norfolk, Virginia. Steel from the World Trade Centre was used in the construction of the 684ft ship to honour those lost during the September 11 attacks.PA PicsbbpMondayJapanese coastguards airlift all 12 Indonesian crew from a 833tonne ferry that lost power as water flooded its engine room. No passengers were on board as the ship was being taken to Indonesia having recently being sold by its Japanese owner.PA PicsbbpSaturdayNobel Peace Prize winner and National League for Democracy president, Aung San Sunn Kyi, travels by boat to a campaign meeting in Myeik, Myanmar.Authorities denied the party using a larger ferry, so the president travelled using a small boat, which unfortunately later ran aground.PA PicsbbpSaturdayA Japanese fishing boat was found in the Pacific Ocean more than a year after the tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people. The boat was 150 miles off the southern coast of Haida Gwaii, near British Columbia, some 3000 miles from where it started.PA PicsPA-13115571.jpgTuesdayChinese police officers patrol the Yangtze River, Shanghai, in a three-day effort to stop illegal fishing and protect the resources and local environment. PA PicsPA-13096422.jpgMondayBoat transporters struggle to squeeze the 44 tonne trawler under a bridge on its way to a marina in Tennessee. The boat was built by psychology professor, Tim Keith-Lucas, and took 11 years to complete. PA Pics/Chattanooga Times Free PressPA-13100828.jpgSundayA container ship sank in Fujian, China. Search and Rescue teams were able to retrieve all 21 crew before the ship sank. The reason for the sinking is still unknown.PA Picsbet Boating PhotosSundayRo-Ro ship HC Rubina was on her way to Marina di Carrara, Italy, when she ran aground near Ganzirri, Sicily. The Italian Coast Guard said the 413ft (226m)ship was off course and didn?t respond to Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) calls at the time of the incident. PA PicsPA-13080060-2.jpgSaturdayAs a tradition to mark the occasion of St Patrick?s Day, bright green dye was put into the River Chicago. This tradition has been running since 1963 when it was first used to discover leaks in the city?s plumbing. However, a businessman liked the idea so much he decided to pay for the entire river to be dyed green to celebrate St Patrick?s Day. PA PicsPA-13056015.jpgThursdaySlightly tenuous this one, but a frog (it does live in the water) was saved from being made into soup in Zhuzhou, China.Its fifth leg caught the eye of the chef who saved it from a soupy ending. In2007 a frog with an extra leg was found in Peterborough, Cambridgshire. PA PicsPA-13056491.jpgWednesdayA 9-meter paper boat floats down the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, France, to promote the release of a new version of the Metro newspaper.PA PicsPA-13057652.jpgWednesday Rescue workers retrieve the capsized ferry from the river Meghna, Bangladesh. Relatives of the victims lined the river banks. So far 112 of the 200 passengers are known to have perished. PA PicsPA-13052649.jpgTuesdayAn abandoned ship lays beached near Takwa Bay in Nigeria. Increasing numbers of rusting ships are causing an environmental threat with more and more littering the coastline. PA PicsPA-13035982.jpgMondayOriginally built in 1988 as a Soviet aircraft carrier, this ship was later turned into an amusement park. Recently the 1000ft (300m) Varyag was acquired by China, and has just undergone another refit to become an aircraft carrier once again.Currently undergoing seatrials, when in service she will carry 26 fixed-wing aircraft, 24 helicopters and 2500 crew. PA PicsPA-12944331.jpgSaturdayA stream in Göttingen, Germany, turned green following a fire at a storage facility. The extinguishing water, washed the chemicals away and into the stream. According to German police, the chemicals were harmless. PA PicsPA-12980599.jpgMondayThe shipwreck off the port of Eleusina in Western Athens is surrounded by a floating barrier to stop any spilt oil from spreading. The captain of the ship which was carrying 1800 tonnes of heavy oil drowned in the incident.PA PicsPA-12972011.jpgTuesdaySoldiers take an oath on the stern of the Chinese destroyer Qingdao. The ship, along with a frigate is escorting a commercial ship through the Spratly Islands where Somali pirates are known to operate. PA PicsPA-12996556.jpgWednesdayThe badly damaged cargo ship Union Mood is inspected following a collision with a Stena Line Ferry. The incident occurred just outside Belfast Harbour at 19:10 on Wednesday.PA PicsPA-12986414.jpgWednesdayThe Royal Malaysian Navy SMD Ouessant Agosta 70 class submarine is on display in Melaka, Malaysia. The French built submarine was the training ship for the Navy, but is now a feature at the Submarine museum.PA PicsBEST BOATING PHOTOSThursdayPassengers of the Costa Allegra cruise ship look for their baggage upon arrival at Victoria Habour, Seychelles. The ship lost power on Monday when a fire broke out in the engine room, resulting in the ship being towed for three days to the island.Photo: PA PicsBEST BOATING PHOTOSTuesdayGiant Olympic rings were launched on the River Thames to mark 150 days until the start of the London Games. The rings, aboard a barge, were 36ft (11m) tall and 82ft (25m) wide, travelled up and down the river passing famous landmarks including Tower Bridge.Photo: PA PicsBEST BOATING PHOTOSMondayDivers work on lifting the remains of a 40ft sailing yacht from Squalicum Harbour, Washington. A fire caused the yacht to sink and damaged four other boats.Photo: PA PicsBEST BOATING PHOTOSSaturdayInvestigators look for evidence after a boat fire. The incident destroyed five boats and damaged two more in Lacey, New Jersey. The damage is estimated to be between $500,000 and $1 million.Photo: PA PicsBEST BOATING PHOTOSSaturdayAt 1105ft (337m), the largest ever ship to call at the Port of Savannah, MSC Roma. The container ship, which has a 48ft (14.7m) draft, was forced to travel up the Savannah River towards the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal at high tide to avoid running aground.Photo: PA PicsBest Boating PhotosFridayA water-propelled jet pack, the JetLev, is demonstrated at the Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show on Miami Beach.PA PicsBest Boating PhotosSaturdayThe U.S.S Sanctuary, a former hospital ship, undergoing environmental cleaning at Esco Marine in Port of Brownsville, Texas. The ship will be dismantled and recycled once cleaned. PA PicsBest Boating PhotosMondayDamaged boats on a frozen part of the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. Large chunks of ice moving on the river have damaged hundreds of boats, pontoons and several floating restaurants .PA PicsBest Boating PhotosMondayIce breakers on the Oder River in Gross Neuendorf, Germany. The breakers can cut through up to 10 miles of ice a day.PA PicsBest Boating PhotosTuesdayTwo Oracle Racing AC45s sail past the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The AC45 is the official boat of the Americas Cup World Series.PA PicsPA-12787846.jpgWednesdayOne of a kind squeezes past the tip of Norriego Point, which, despite only having a tide of around two feet, is shifting and will soon block Destin Harbour, Florida. The Destin City Council has declared it as an emergency and will begin stabilising the point before erosion closes the path entirely.Photo: PA Pics/Mark KulawPA-12778826.jpgWednesdayOff the coast of Japan, a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to drill down 1000m for methane hydrate. Currently a fairly unfamiliar energy, there is said to be enough methane 'locked in ice' to provide energy for hundreds of years.Photo: PA PicsPA-12764262.jpgMondayPakistani men cross a bridge over a canal filled with rubbish in the town on Peshawar, Pakistan.Photo: PA Pics/Anja NiedringhausPA-12738533.jpgSaturdayPolice officers pray at a site where a police box used to be in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. A large fishing trawler still stands on shore following the tsunami which struck Japan almost a year ago in March 2011.Photo: PA PicsPA-12732786-2.jpgFridayOn a frosty and cold morning in Little Venice, London, snow covers the house boats along the Grand Union Canal.Photo: PA Pics/Nanda NalinPA-12713982.jpgWednesdayResearchers lower an underwater robot into Block Island Sound, roughly 10 miles from Long Island, to explore the wreckage of USS Revenge which sank in 1811.Photo: APPA-12709834.jpgWednesdayIce drifts have caused several ferry connections to the three East Frisian islands to be cut. The ferry Ostfriesland attempts to dock at the harbour of the North Sea island Borkum, Germany.Photo: APPA-12702190.jpgTuesdayIn an attempt to raise awareness to Londoners, a life size gray whale replica is towed up the Thames past the Houses of Parliament by the WWF. The western whale is on the brink of extinction and their breeding ground is under threat from oil and gas projects in Russia.Photo: APPA-12684730.jpgSundayFirefighters attempt to rescue people trapped by floods in Pyrgos, Greece. An 80-year-old woman has drowned and several families remain trapped. More than 140 mm of rain fell late Saturday causing the river Alfeios to flood. Photo: APPA-12676192.jpgFridayVolvo Ocean Yacht, Camper, skippered by Chris Nicholson finishes third alongside an Australian fishing boat.Photo: APPA-12650809.jpgWednesdayIce engulfs a boat as the Black Sea is frozen in Constanta, Romania. The death toll from Eastern Europe's cold spell has risen to 79 as temperatures dropped to minus 32.5CPhoto: Vadim Ghirda/PA PicsPA-12651577.jpgWednesdayFollowing a night of heavy seas, a crack has appeared in the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia and a sheen of oil has been seen coming from the ships stern. The ship contains around 500,000 gallons of heavy fuel and other pollutants. Photo: Pier Paolo Cito/PA PicsPA-12653349.jpgWednesdayThe USS Shoup during an overhaul at Vigor Shipyard on Harbour Island, Seattle. The 510ft vessel has been dry-docked for seven months, but is to return to Everett for two months of work afloat.Photo: Mike Siegel/PA PicsPA-12609850.jpgSaturday The Delta Mariner smashed through the Eggner's Ferry Bridge. the vessel passed through the recreational path which has a lower clearance than the shipping channel. Photo: Stephen Lance Dennee/PA PicsPA-12642260.jpgTuesdayFishing vessel Girl Rona capsized at the entrance to the Teignmouth, carrying 2,000 gallons of diesel and 20 tonnes of fish. The five fishermen onboard were all rescued and taken to safety by the RNLI.Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Pics
