Funny celebration, the Queen's birthday.
It's marked in different ways on different dates in different parts of the Commonwealth and has no bearing on the current soveriegn's actual birthday, nor even that of the first monarch to celebrate it (George II, in 1748 for the trivia buffs).
In fact, George II was born in late August, but Edward VII (grandad of George VI - of The King's Speech fame) shifted the celebrations to June in the hope of nicer weather.
Anyway - as obscure as it is (in the typically British monarchic tradition), it certainly seems to have captured the attention of our audiences.
The Queen's honours list - of awards given to 376 Aussies for their services to the community - itself was bestowed the honour of being our hottest clicker this week.
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Next on that list (ours, not the Queen's) came a much less charming story albeit from within the Commonwealth, as poor old Christchurch was again rocked by quakes. One can only imagine the horror of residents who suffered the February 22 catastrophe that killed 181.
In Number Three, the perennial favourite 'At-a-glance: carbon taxes around the world' came in, as the government and the opposition to-ed and fro-ed over whether putting a price on CO2 will create mining jobs or destroy them. The question of what mining itself creates and destroys may also have came up.
The Southern Hemisphere finally got its turn at volcanic ash madness, with a plume from another exotic location - this time Chile - disrupting air travel all over the shop.
Interestingly, airlines were divided over whether to fly through it, with Qantas erring on the side of caution. Their social media PR handlers even implemented the hashtag #safetyfirst for all their Twitter updates.
Virgin never stopped flying, while Tiger and Jetstar walked the tightrope between safe and dangerous destinations that shifted with the cloud, which finally sauntered off after a brief Perth visit.
The pink dolphins of Hong Kong surfed in next, all pink and dolphiny. Apparently scientists haven't a clue why they're such an odd colour - but they do only exist behind the ginormous HKG airport. Just sayin'.
No doubt they'll make it into this week's gallery of news pictures from the week that was.
Last week's began with a cucumber being waved angrily by a European politician. That was probably enough to get it into the top ten. It's been filed in our 'Photo captions you never thought you'd write' folder.
Dateline's feature on Boeing - A Wing and a Prayer came in next. If you missed it when it went to air, you can watch it right here, on the Inter-web.
A fake version of cannabis had doctors worried (no, not paranoid) because its ingredients are totally unknown. Several states banned the stuff - known as 'Kronic' among other names - and Perth cops shut down a party where fans of the drug had gone to smoke the rest of their supplies before WA's ban came into effect.
Radical Islamist cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, took ninth spot, calling Australia the enemy of Islam as he faced trial on terror charges. Bashir, 72, was sentenced to 15 years in jail for funding a jihadist camp in Aceh, but has vowed to appeal the conviction.
A look at which countries around the world take the most refugees came in last but not least. Or is it? Furious debate raged over the government's Malaysian 'people swapping' solution - which has now been condemned by both houses of parliament.
That's it for now -but SBS would like to wish all of those who *actually*celebrated a birthday this past week all the best for a great year. And if you're reading this, Queen Liz, many happy - but very belated - returns for April 21.
