Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:25:09 GMT | By Antony Bennison
Week in pictures - April 29, 2012

Urumqi

Peng Peng, a cloned sheep, is seen at a farm in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing a "good" type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens that helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease. (© Reuters)
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  • French police gather at the entrance to the Chaussee d'Antin La Fayette Metro station in Paris after a car accidentally drove into it. (© Reuters)
  • Olympic hopeful Abdul Rashid Bangura, 27, shadow boxes while training at the national stadium in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. Sierra Leone's national boxing team scrambled on Wednesday to raise money to send athletes to an Olympic qualifying event starting in Morocco on Friday, but lack of financing and government support means the competition is likely out of reach for most of the national team. (© Reuters)
  • Peng Peng, a cloned sheep, is seen at a farm in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing a "good" type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens that helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease. (© Reuters)
  • Matt Mernagh smokes marijuana during a rally to protest for the legalization of marijuana in Toronto. Marijuana enthusiasts across Canada gather by the thousands every year on April 20 for an international celebration and protest for marijuana legalization. (© Reuters)
  • An inmate falls off a horse during the Angola Rodeo, a prison rodeo at Louisiana State Prison in Angola, Louisiana. The Angola Rodeo was first held in 1965 and features prisoners and staff competing in events ranging from bareback horse riding to Guts and Glory, in which inmates attempt to grab a poker chip that has been tied to the back of a Brahma Bull. (© Reuters)
  • A defected army soldier sits in the rain as he guards the entrance to Taghyeer (Change) Square in Sanaa, where protesters have been camping for more than a year to demand regime change. (© Reuters)
  • A participant poses during a competition for the 2012 best moustache of Brussels. (© Reuters)
  • A visitor looks at a monumental sculpture by artist Robert Therrien in the newly opened Metropolitan Arts Centre in Belfast. (© Reuters)
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Peng Peng, a cloned sheep, is seen at a farm in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing a "good" type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens that helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease.

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