Facebook wins face of the year + other pics of the week

Compiled by Nicky Champ

This week Facebook co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg is named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, for changing the way we now communicate and interact with each other. Which might be not at all… Tragedy occurs off the coast of Christmas Island with an asylum seeker boat crashing into the coast.

Hugh Jackman hurts his beautiful face in a flying fox incident on the Oprah show and we find out that not even Prince William and Kate Middleton are safe from Photoshop. Cher tries to turn back time by taping her face and Natalie Portman tries to convince everyone that she eats. Phew, what a week…

Compiled by Nicky Champ.

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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is named Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Managing editor Richard Stengel said Mr Zuckerberg's social networking service was 'transforming the way we live our lives every day'.

A boat carrying asylum seekers believed to be from Iraq and Iran crashes off the coast of Christmas Island. 28 women, men and children are confirmed dead with 45 surviving the crash.

The asylum seeker boat which crashed into cliffs at Christmas Island.

The rescue boat and operation at Christmas Island.

Hugh Jackman injures his eye in a flying fox stunt during the filming of the Oprah Winfrey Show in Sydney.

Hugh was apparently distracted by the view and forgot to pull on the brake. Here Oprah ices Hugh's eye onstage.

The incident has sparked a new internet meme called 'Hugh Jackman can ride anything!' [image via cityrag.com]

South Korean hazmat team members wearing anti-chemical suits prepare a civil defense drill from a possible North Korea's chemical attack near the border city between the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea.

South Korea's Ahyeon Middle School students take part in the civil defense drill.

Sudan's judiciary opened an investigation into a video of a woman being flogged that has been widely circulated on the Internet. The video shows a woman in a voluminous cloak on her knees screaming and pleading with blue-uniformed policemen, identified as Sudanese, who take turns whipping her across the head and feet.

100 km/hr winds and storm hit Israel, the harsh weather uncovered an ancient Roman statue in amazing condition. Dating back to the Roman occupation of the region 1,800 to 2,000 years ago, is a white-marble figure of a woman in toga and sandals.

The pole dancing championships take place in Tokyo, more a display of acrobatics than flesh, there is a push to now make pole dancing an Olympic sport.

Alina Kabayeba, Russian President Vladimir Putin's reported mistress, controversially appears on the cover of Russian Vogue. Ms Kabayeba, 27, has her hands on her hips in the photo, with the headline 'Her main victory' placed between her legs.

Photos of an 18 year-old Miley Cyrus smoking a bong have emerged.

Fits like a glove: Angelina Jolie wears a dress with built in gloves for the premiere of The Tourist in Europe.

Gwyneth Paltrow appears at the premiere of Country Strong wearing a risque Emilio Pucci dress that shows off her toned rear and defies gravity.

January Jones (Mad Men actress) poses nude as the new face of Versace’s accessories, photographed by Mario Testino.

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johanssen announce their seperation after two years of marriage.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden marry at her father - Lionel Richie's estate. Richie wore three dresses and the ceremony featured an elephant for good luck.

Actress Amy Adams on the cover of Marie Claire, reveals she got her body back into pre-baby shape by taking pole dancing classes, after giving birth to daughter Aviana, in May.

US President Barack Obama gestures to a wayward child to join the group of other children also dressed in Christmas elves costumes for a photo at a Christmas function in Washington.

Chelsea Handler tweets a photo of herself in bed with rapper, 50 Cent. Whether or not they are an item is yet to be confirmed.

Designer Jonathan Adler has turned Kate Moss's motto into a needlepoint-style pillow that says 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.' The pillow retails for US$116 and several websites have sold out of the cushion.

Natalie Portman defends her eating habits in the latest issue of Vogue 'I swear, I eat. I ate a bagel an hour ago. I consume my own weight in hummus every day. I cook a lot, and I even do vegan baking'.

Lady Gaga gets a wax model of herself in eight major cities simultaneously, in the form of eight doubles from celebrity wax house Madame Tussauds

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher try the Toyota 'oh what a feeling pose' at the pyramids in Egypt.

Cher was spotted at the premiere of her new movie, Burlseque, sporting sticky tape at the edge of her jawline, in an attempt to disguise her jaw wrinkles.

Hulk Hogan marries girlfriend Jennifer McDaniels in Florida, the ceremony turned into a brawl when a paparazzi photographer and the wrestler's bodyguards got into a fight.

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