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The best science and technology pictures of the week

The recent Super Moon, taken from the International Space Station (ISS) by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. (Oleg Artemyev)
The recent Super Moon, taken from the International Space Station (ISS) by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. (Oleg Artemyev)

The most impressive pictures from the worlds of science and technology this week, including a luminous Super Moon and biowarfare drills.

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Streaking space launches and menacing volcanoes

(Florida Today/AP)
(Florida Today/AP)

A tiny frog and a hitching robot

(Sealife London Aquarium/PA)
(Sealife London Aquarium/PA)

A world’s-first hologram and outer space veg

(Getty Images)
(Getty Images)

Stork silhouette and a four-winged dinosaur

(Reuters)
(Reuters)

Incredible lightning and a stranded whale

(Daniel Brenner, Gillette News Record/AP)
(Daniel Brenner, Gillette News Record/AP)

Futuristic dancers and swirling stars

(Sebastian Guillermaz/APOTY)
(Sebastian Guillermaz/APOTY)

Sci-fi balloons and hungry whales

(AP)
(AP)

Robot giraffe and double tornado

(Getty Images)
(Getty Images)

Supersonic selfie and eerie rivers

(David Cenciotti)
(David Cenciotti)

A brooding storm and a Super Earth

(Center for Astrophysics/Reuters)
(Center for Astrophysics/Reuters)

Roaring rockets and an Earth selfie

Japan's H-IIA rocket lifts off from a space centre on the island of Tanegashima to deploy a new mapping satellite for surveying natural disaster damage. (AFP/Getty Images)
Japan's H-IIA rocket lifts off from a space centre on the island of Tanegashima to deploy a new mapping satellite for surveying natural disaster damage. (AFP/Getty Images)

Chinese lightning and rocking robots

Lightning arcs across the sky during a storm in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in China. (Reuters)
Lightning arcs across the sky during a storm in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in China. (Reuters)

Fire bombing and huggy bears

Two brown bears embrace inside an enclosure at a bear park in Zarnesti, central Romania. The bears are some of many rescued from roadside stalls or restaurants. (Reuters)
Two brown bears embrace inside an enclosure at a bear park in Zarnesti, central Romania. The bears are some of many rescued from roadside stalls or restaurants. (Reuters)

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