Week in Pictures: May 23rd – 29th 2011

The week’s best photography

<p>A member of a rescue team checks on a farmer near to Kirkjubaearklaustur, approximately 260 km from Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 23, 2011. A dense cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano was being blown toward Scotland on Monday, forcing two airlines to cancel their flights, U.S. President Barack Obama to cut short his visit to Ireland and carriers across Europe to fear a repeat of the huge disruptions that stranded millions of passengers a year ago. (AP Photo / Brynjar Gauti)</p>

A member of a rescue team checks on a farmer near to Kirkjubaearklaustur, approximately 260 km from Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 23, 2011. A dense cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano was being blown toward Scotland on Monday, forcing two airlines to cancel their flights, U.S. President Barack Obama to cut short his visit to Ireland and carriers across Europe to fear a repeat of the huge disruptions that stranded millions of passengers a year ago. (AP Photo / Brynjar Gauti)

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