07 June 2012 11:31 | By Antony Bennison
Week in pictures - 8 June 2012

Venus

A NASA image shows the planet Venus at the start of its transit of the Sun. One of the rarest astronomical events occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday when Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117. (© Reuters)
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  • A NASA image shows the planet Venus at the start of its transit of the Sun. One of the rarest astronomical events occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday when Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117. (© Reuters)
  • Julia Gill, sporting a rainbow haircut, waits to march in a gay pride parade in Salt Lake City, Utah. Over 300 active Mormons and more than 5,000 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community with their supporters marched in the parade as part of the Utah Pride Festival. (© Reuters)
  • Rachel Cherson is carried by her father Alan Cherson prior to the Celebrate Israel parade in New York. (© Reuters)
  • A woman with a towel wrapped around her head looks out at anti-riot police walking up to protesters rallying at Incienso bridge in Guatemala City. Students blocked access to Incienso bridge during a protest to demand authorities to bring about reforms to the teaching profession and school curriculum. (© Reuters)
  • The Space Shuttle Enterprise is lifted onto the deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on the retired USS Intrepid Aircraft carrier in New York. (© Reuters)
  • Contestant Zhu Wen competes during the 2nd China Pole Dance semi-final in Tianjin municipality. (© Reuters)
  • The Orvillecopter by Dutch artist Bart Jansen (left) flies in a gallery as part of the KunstRAI art festival in Amsterdam. Jansen said the Orvillecopter is part of a visual art project which pays tribute to his cat Orville, by making it fly after it was killed by a car. He built the Orvillecopter together with radio control helicopter flyer Arjen Beltman (right). (© Reuters)
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A NASA image shows the planet Venus at the start of its transit of the Sun. One of the rarest astronomical events occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday when Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117.

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