Week in pictures: May 16 – 23, 2012

The week’s best photos from around the world

<p>Actress Ino Menegaki, dressed as a high priestess, lights the torch at a ceremony in Panathenian stadiums on May 17, 2012, where the torch begins its 70-day, 12,875 km journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)</p>

Actress Ino Menegaki, dressed as a high priestess, lights the torch at a ceremony in Panathenian stadiums on May 17, 2012, where the torch begins its 70-day, 12,875 km journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

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