THE best pictures from around the world and UK this week include a new foodhall for dogs and some stunning weather shots.

From Bassett hounds Pudding and Gumbo at Drool, the world’s first foodhall just for dogs, in Bournemouth, to the faint glow from the northern lights (aurora borealis) over Derwentwater looking towards Skiddaw mountain in the Lake District, Cumbria.

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