The Week in Pictures: Andy Irons, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani

Do you need to catch up on the news this week? This is our weekly Friday post that brings you the most talked about pictures from around the globe. Unfortunately some sad news this week with the death of surfing legend Andy Irons and the last ditch efforts to save Iranian woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani from death by stoning for allegedly committing adultery. On the lighter side another baby elephant has been born at Taronga Zoo and the Happy Meal has been banned in San Franciso…

Free feel to add in pictures you’ve found in your interweb travels in the comments below.

Demonstrators hold a picture of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani a 43-year-old mother of two, accused of murder and adultery, she was sentenced to death by stoning this week. Media reports are unclear if she has been executed. Worldwide protests continue in the hope that the Iranian Goverment will overturn the ruling.

Former three-time world champion Andy Irons dies, reportedly from dengue fever while travelling home to Hawaii.

Irons was the only surfer to win at every world tour location. Tragically he was soon to become a father, his wife is due to give birth to a baby boy.

Surfers take part in a paddle out memorial service in Puerto Rico and raise their arms in honour of Andy Irons.

A third baby elephant is born at Taronga Zoo, the 120kg calf is yet to be named...

She is the first ever female to be born as part of the Australian Conservation Management Plan for endangered elephants.

American pop star Pink has declared that 'I think parents need to beat the crap out of their kids.' The 31-year-old told celebrity news site Access Hollywood that political correctness had gone too far and her own father's beatings saved her life.

San Francisco is the first U.S. City to ban Happy Meals, the citys' Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to support banning toy giveaways with food that lack in nutritional value.

Producers of Packed to the Rafters have had to deal with angry fans who are upset that 'Melissa Rafter' was killed off in the show. Due to high demand, the show will be screened again on Monday night at 9:30pm as many Melbourne Cup revellers missed the show in its' usual timeslot. 2.335 million viewers tuned in and more are expected next week for the funeral episode.

The Aussie Dollar finally hits parity with the US Dollar reaching $1.00385 on Thursday

Lady Gaga took her desire to always be fashionable to the extreme yesterday when she arrived at a bikram yoga class with a towering pair of black platform boots and sunglasses.

A sculpture of 'La Catrina,' a symbol representing death or the skull in Mexican folklore, is displayed during celebrations for the Day of the Dead at Mexico City's Zocalo Square.

Women rest by a tomb decorated with food offerings on Day of the Dead in the Valle de Flores cemetery in La Paz, Bolivia.

First-time mother Mjukuu, a western lowland gorilla with her newly born male baby resting on straw in an enclosure at the London Zoo.

TV sportscaster Gili Shem Tov (left) and professional dancer Dorit Milman dance during a dress rehearsal for the Israeli version of Dancing with the Stars. Shem Tov, who is a lesbian, and Milman, assigned by the show to perform with her, teamed up to become the first same-sex couple to compete in the internationally popular Dancing with the Stars television series.

Kelly Osbourne has stripped down to her undies and is covered from head to toe in gold body paint. The reality star has teamed up with Sky TV to recreate the famous scene from Goldfinger where Bond Girl Jill Masterson dies on a red sofa.

Tom Cruise is scaling the side of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai, which stands as the world's tallest building at 2,717 feet...

..the stunt was filmed for his new movie, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol.

Taylor Swift has just sold 1,047,000 copies of her new album Speak Now in the first week, topping the US Billboard album chart.

Paulina Porizkova an eighties swimsuit model stood next to 'plus-size' model Crystal Renn and said 'I'm pretty much the same size now that I was in the eighties. [Pointing at Renn] This is a plus-size model in 2010. This [she pointed to herself] is an average-size model in 1980. Times have changed.'

The Ukrainian feminist collective FEMEN staged a topless protest against Vladimir Putin's visit to their country. Said one woman, 'Ukraine knows why he visits, he wants to tear away pieces from Ukraine.'

A Palestinian veiled woman holding her daughter, who are relatives of a groom, throw dry flowers during a mass wedding ceremony in Gaza City.

This is the latest advertising campaign for Dutch clothing company Suit Supply, the man wearing the checked suit is peeking up the woman's skirt.. Do you think it will sell suits?

MTV in London is preparing for a huge food fight, aiming to recreate the Spanish 'Tomatina' tomato throwing festival.

A series of magazine covers and celebrities have caused this $30,000 Balmain gold dress to be named the IT dress of the holiday season.

Here Cindy Crawford wears it on the cover of Vogue India.

Natalia Vodianova on the Harper's Bazaar cover, she also wore the longer version to the Harper's Bazaar party this week.

Australian model, Abbey Lee Kershaw wears it on Vogue Germany

And Anna Dello Russo on 10 magazine Winter 2011

Kim Kardashian meets the mascot while watching a basketball game in the US, she appears to be wearing some kind of half-armed bear sleeve.

Complied by Nicky Champ.

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