10 October 2010 Last updated at 19:15

This week: Your pictures

Celebrations on a street in Kampala, Uganda. Photo: Parisa Azadi

Here are the highlights of the last week's news in pictures taken by you. Saturday marked the 48th anniversary of Uganda's independence from Britain.

National Resistance Movement supporters. Photo: Parisa Azadi

Parisa Azadi took this picture of National Resistance Movement supporters entertaining pedestrians on the streets of Kampala.

Police block a Belgrade street. Photo: Janja Bobic

There were violent clashes in Belgrade, Serbia, during a Gay Pride march. Janja Bobic, who shot this from her balcony on Sunday, said: "A small group of hooligans clashed with the police. They tried to stop ambulances that were going to a nearby hospital."

Police in Belgrade. Photo: Helena Popovich

Helena Popovich sent this photo from central Belgrade, which shows the police in action on the right. "The protesters were scattered all around town in small groups and there were many scuffles. They demolished the town," she said.

The world has been watching the developments in Chile, where 33 miners remain trapped underground. The BBC's Piers Scholfield tweeted this picture showing media preparations at the mine - you can see BBC correspondent Tim Willcox on the right.

In Hungary, a toxic sludge spillage has killed at least seven people. Photo: Adam Maracz

A street covered in red sludge. Photo: Adam Maracz

Adam Maracz is from Devecser, one of the affected towns. He said: "My brother is a policeman, and went to rescue some people. His legs were burnt, but he got treated in the hospital...

Red sludge in Hungary. Photo: Adam Maracz

...most of the people are scared and have no idea what to do in the future - how to clean up or rebuild their houses...

...I stopped at Ajka to see how the people of Kolontar are doing. I took a photo of their new "home"."

In the UK, a major fire destroyed historic Hastings Pier, East Sussex - it took fire crews four days to extinguish it. Photo: Lee Lyons

Hasting pier on fire. Photo: Lois Carpenter

Lois Carpenter, who lives three minutes from the pier, said: "The flames were burning a bright red, like I've never seen before, and sparks were flying off the metal support underneath. There were huge chunks of embers flying through the air."

Michael and Carol Dixon on their wedding day

Sunday became one of the busiest days of this year's wedding calendar as all the 10s lined up. Michael and Carol Dixon celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary on 10/10/10. Send to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. For terms and conditions see: www.bbc.co.uk/yourpics

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