Unable to delete photos from  my desktop , I get a drop down box with continued blue/ white bars - now 6 hours

Having dragged 8 photos onto my desktop from iphoto  for the purpose of easy addition to an email , I now find that when I  dragged them to the Trash bin , they fail to delete.
I get a drop down box with continued blue/ white bars , stating "moving to trash " .
It's now  6 hours and I cannot stop either. Tried to shut down my computer and reboot but it won't let me . I tried  turning the power off , but the problem remains .
Any help would be welcome.

Hey ! 
I have found the solution myself  !!!
Go ..... Apple in the toolbar - Force quite - select finder - then relaunch .
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