• A boy travels on the first line of the train in Lima. A consortium led by European firms Finmeccanica and ACS won a contract for a US$5.66 billion subway line in Lima after competitors unexpectedly dropped out of the contest. Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters
    A boy travels on the first line of the train in Lima. A consortium led by European firms Finmeccanica and ACS won a contract for a US$5.66 billion subway line in Lima after competitors unexpectedly dropped out of the contest. Enrique Castro-Mendivil / Reuters
  • The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is reflected on the facade of another building at Pudong financial district in Shanghai. Carlos Barria/ Reuters
    The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is reflected on the facade of another building at Pudong financial district in Shanghai. Carlos Barria/ Reuters
  • A Buddhist monk uses a tablet to take pictures as he visits the Angkor Wat temple, part of the Angkor architectural complex in north-western Cambodia. Cambodia’s Angkor Wat has been digitally mapped for the first time, allowing people to visit the famed temples from the comfort of their armchair using Google Street View. Christophe Archambault / AFP
    A Buddhist monk uses a tablet to take pictures as he visits the Angkor Wat temple, part of the Angkor architectural complex in north-western Cambodia. Cambodia’s Angkor Wat has been digitally mapped for the first time, allowing people to visit the famed temples from the comfort of their armchair using Google Street View. Christophe Archambault / AFP
  • Representatives from Unifor stand outside the Toyota plant in Cambridge. Workers at Toyota’s Canadian plants are set to vote on whether to become the first at wholly owned Toyota facilities in North America to unionise. Mark Blinch / Reuters
    Representatives from Unifor stand outside the Toyota plant in Cambridge. Workers at Toyota’s Canadian plants are set to vote on whether to become the first at wholly owned Toyota facilities in North America to unionise. Mark Blinch / Reuters
  • An airliner passes in front of the sun at dawn in Bogota. Felipe Caicedo / AFP
    An airliner passes in front of the sun at dawn in Bogota. Felipe Caicedo / AFP
  • Rain drops on a car window reflect a woman walking past a stock index board in Tokyo this week. Asian shares hovered near four-month highs last week as upbeat US data underpinned risk appetite. Toru Hanai / Reuters
    Rain drops on a car window reflect a woman walking past a stock index board in Tokyo this week. Asian shares hovered near four-month highs last week as upbeat US data underpinned risk appetite. Toru Hanai / Reuters
  • A girl reads a book on her balcony as smoke rises from chimneys of a steel plant in Quzhou, Zhejiang province. China’s plan for a market in air pollution permits promises to help clean up its air cheaply. Reuters
    A girl reads a book on her balcony as smoke rises from chimneys of a steel plant in Quzhou, Zhejiang province. China’s plan for a market in air pollution permits promises to help clean up its air cheaply. Reuters
  • Iraqi workers shovel dirt during a cleanup of the furnace pipes at a cement plant in Najaf, south of Baghdad. Ahmad Mousa / Reuters
    Iraqi workers shovel dirt during a cleanup of the furnace pipes at a cement plant in Najaf, south of Baghdad. Ahmad Mousa / Reuters
  • A man works on the renovations of Rio de Janeiro’s international airport. The Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht and Singapore’s Changi Airport Group won rights to expand and operate Rio’s Galeao airport for US$8.22 billion, nearly four times a minimum bid $2.1bn. Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
    A man works on the renovations of Rio de Janeiro’s international airport. The Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht and Singapore’s Changi Airport Group won rights to expand and operate Rio’s Galeao airport for US$8.22 billion, nearly four times a minimum bid $2.1bn. Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
  • A girl works in a cabbage plantation in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine. Tens of thousands of census-takers fanned out across Myanmar on March 30 to gather data for a rare snapshot of the former junta-ruled nation. Soe Than Win / AFP
    A girl works in a cabbage plantation in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine. Tens of thousands of census-takers fanned out across Myanmar on March 30 to gather data for a rare snapshot of the former junta-ruled nation. Soe Than Win / AFP
  • Queen Elizabeth II, centre, and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh centre right, are greeted by members of the public after visiting Lloyd’s of London recently. Facundo Arrizabalaga / EPA
    Queen Elizabeth II, centre, and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh centre right, are greeted by members of the public after visiting Lloyd’s of London recently. Facundo Arrizabalaga / EPA

Business

In pictures: Best business images of the week

Liz Claus

April 04, 2014

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Here are some of the best business images for the week to April 4, 2014.

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