1 Actor and hard man Russell Crowe was arrested in New York this week after throwing a mobile phone at a hotel concierge.
Gladiator star Crowe, 41, was charged with second-degree assault. He lost his temper when he failed to get through on the phone to his wife in Australia. Crowe has apologised to the concierge and told American TV talk show host David Letterman it was "possibly the most shameful situation I have ever gotten myself into". Crowe plays a boxer in his latest film.
2 Edwin Morgan, Scotland's greatest living poet, enjoys a glass of champagne with Magnus Magnusson. The celebration marked the award to Morgan of an honorary degree from Glasgow Caledonian University. University Chancellor Magnusson presented the Scots makar, who was Glasgow's first poet laureate, with an honorary Doctor of Letters in recognition of his contribution to poetry. The ceremony was held at the nursing home where Morgan, 85, now lives. The poet was further honoured this week when he won the Lord Provost's Literature Award, given to writers who raise the city's profile.
3 Champion St Bernard dog Murphy keeps cool for his meeting with MSPs at the Scottish Parliament. Murphy is helping the Montrose Heritage Trust raise pounds-50,000 to erect a statue in the town in memory of Bamse, a Second World War Norwegian sea dog.
Bamse, a St Bernard, was regarded as a war hero by Norwegian forces. He was a member of the crew of mine sweeper Thorodd which was berthed at Montrose and Dundee, and was awarded the Dickin medal, the military equivalent of the VC for gallantry and devotion to duty. In Montrose, he had his own bus pass which he wore round his neck.
4 Bob Geldof was in Southampton, where he called upon the sailing community to employ Dunkirk tactics to bring Europeans to Britain to take part in the Long Walk to Justice and Live 8 initiatives. Geldof has called for a million people to head for Edinburgh for an antipoverty "party", ahead of the G8 summit. He says it is "too great an opportunity to miss".
5 The Cape Town-based African Children's Choir performs at Edinburgh Castle before the G8 summit. The choir, all Aids orphans under 12, is on a Scottish tour to raise awareness of the plight of African children.
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