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An army medic examines a child after he fell gravely ill from ...

(The Week In Photos) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:51:35 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - An army medic examines a child after he fell gravely ill from eating explosive powder at a home in Kandahar. Roadside bombs made from homemade explosives are the leading killers of foreign troops in Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama's high-stakes health-care speech drew ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:57:18 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - President Barack Obama's high-stakes health-care speech drew frequent eyerolls from Republican critics, but the sharpest statement was a shout of, 'You lie!' from Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of S.C. The president later accepted an apology from the congressman, saying, 'We all make mistakes.'

Family members gather around the coffin of Sen. Edward Kennedy ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:33:48 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Family members gather around the coffin of Sen. Edward Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Virigina. After a brief prayer service at the Kennedy presidential library, the casket was brought by motorcade to Boston's historical Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica for the funeral Mass. There, President Obama remarked, 'He was given a gift of time that his brothers were not. And he used that time to touch as many lives and right as many wrongs as the years would allow.' The final tribute continued to Washington, D.C., where Kennedy was laid to rest alongside his slain brothers.

A makeshift shrine is dedicated in memory of Sen. Ted Kennedy ...

(The Week In Photos) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:28:31 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A makeshift shrine is dedicated in memory of Sen. Ted Kennedy during a candlelight vigil in Washington, D.C. America mourned the passing of a political giant whose family helped shape the nation's history for half a century.

Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi boards a jet at Glasgow ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:13:47 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi boards a jet at Glasgow airport after the Scottish government freed him from prison on compassionate grounds due to terminal prostate cancer. Megrahi was sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2001 for his part in blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988, killing 259 people onboard and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland.

A woman is hit by waves at the height of Typhoon Morakot as ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:34:57 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A woman is hit by waves at the height of Typhoon Morakot as she collects recyclable materials from the garbage washed up along Manila Bay in the Philippines. About 14,000 villagers in Taiwan have been rescued since the typhoon struck, but hundreds more are still missing.

Hindu devotees observe a solar eclipse through specially-designed ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:32:22 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Hindu devotees observe a solar eclipse through specially-designed viewing glasses as they take holy dips in the Sangam -- the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Sarawati River -- in Allahabad, India. The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia into near-darkness after dawn, as millions watched the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon.

Bahia Bakari lies in a stretcher next to her father while flying ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:14:34 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Bahia Bakari lies in a stretcher next to her father while flying to Bourget airport, near Paris, France. The 12-year-old girl is believed to be the only survivor of Yemenia Flight 626, which crashed off Comoros carrying 153 people. Bakari clung to wreckage in the Indian Ocean for over 13 hours before being rescued.

Eleanor Lewis, right, dances to a Michael Jackson song on her ...

(The Week In Photos) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:25:14 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Eleanor Lewis, right, dances to a Michael Jackson song on her radio with Ralph Evans in front of Harlem's Apollo Theater. Fans around the world gathered to mourn and celebrate the life of the gifted child star who rose to become the 'King of Pop.' Jackson died unexpectedly on Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 50. Earlier that day, actress Farrah Fawcett lost her three-year battle with cancer, while earlier in the week, favorite sidekick Ed McMahon also passed away.

Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad react as ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:45:40 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad react as he speaks at a rally in Vali Asr square in Tehran, Iran. Later in the week, hundreds of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles joined opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran's disputed election.

A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:00:56 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi helps form a human chain from north to south Tehran. Turnout for the election, which pitted hardline President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad against two moderate challengers and one fellow conservative, was massive.

Brazilian military search for debris from an Air France jet ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:51:48 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Brazilian military search for debris from an Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. A 12-mile-long oil slick and debris were found early Wednesday, but Brazil and France disagree over whether the debris is from Flight 447. Investigators are probing the last messages from the plane to determine the cause of the crash.

Laura Youngblood, widow of U.S. Navy Petty Officer Travis L. ...

(The Week In Photos) — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:30:25 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Laura Youngblood, widow of U.S. Navy Petty Officer Travis L. Youngblood, touches his grave stone while visiting Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery over Memorial Day weekend. Youngblood died of wounds received in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in July 2005.

Mortar boards belonging to University of Notre Dame graduates ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:46:17 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Mortar boards belonging to University of Notre Dame graduates display a Barack Obama campaign emblem and a membership in the N.D. Response Pro-Life group. The president gave this year's commencement speech, where he asked people on both sides of the abortion issue to use 'fair-minded words.'

The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis downlinked this image ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:36:14 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis downlinked this image en-route to the Hubble Space Telescope. Saudi Arabia can be seen in the foreground while Egypt's Nile River and its delta can be seen toward the horizon.

Fred Moiola Elementary School students Sammy Arne, Alix Gast ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:59:13 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Fred Moiola Elementary School students Sammy Arne, Alix Gast and Kyle Edwards, ride their bikes outside the closed school in Fountain Valley, Calif. The school was closed for swine flu sanitizing.

A thermal scanner shows the heat signature of passengers from ...

(The Week In Photos) — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:29:41 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A thermal scanner shows the heat signature of passengers from an international flight arriving at Incheon airport, west of Seoul. As the swine flu spread across the globe, countries issued non-essential travel alerts, especially to hard-hit Mexico.

Rescuers with a sniffer dog search for survivors among the rubble ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:24:02 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Rescuers with a sniffer dog search for survivors among the rubble of collapsed buildings in the village of Castelnuovo. A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings, killing more than 280 people.

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle met Britain's Queen ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:36:16 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle met Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as they traveled to London for the G-20 Summit. The first couple charmed the 82-year-old monarch so much that that she strayed slightly from protocol and briefly wrapped her arm around Mrs. Obama in a rare public show of affection.

A pair of children's shoes are seen on the front porch of the ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:02:06 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A pair of children's shoes are seen on the front porch of the home of the Jacobson family in St. Helena , Calif. Dr. Erin Jacobson, his wife, Amy, and their three children, Taylor, 4, Ava, 3 and Jude, 1, were killed, along with nine others, when their plane crashed in Butte, Mont.

People watch an underwater volcano spew smoke, steam and ash ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:01:41 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - People watch an underwater volcano spew smoke, steam and ash near Hunga Ha'apai, Tonga. Authorities said the eruption does not yet pose any danger to people.

Demonstrators rally at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., ...

(The Week In Photos) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:49:36 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Demonstrators rally at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., marking the 50th anniversary of the failed revolt against Chinese rule in Tibet. China sought to head off trouble by sending troops into Tibet to smother any protests.

10-year-old Jamilya Rich makes a snow angel by the sidewalk ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:43:07 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - 10-year-old Jamilya Rich makes a snow angel by the sidewalk in Washington. A late-winter snowstorm pummeled the Northeast, grounding hundreds of flights, causing spin-outs, delaying trains and buses and closing school for over a million children from South Carolina to New Hampshire.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italy's Prime Minister ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:05:52 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi chat during a news conference after a meeting in Berlin. European leaders met to agree on a common strategy for overhauling global financial rules.

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez addresses the media after admitting ...

(The Week In Photos) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:27:08 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez addresses the media after admitting his cousin repeatedly injected him with a substance from the Dominican Republic. He blamed his 2003 positive test on being young and naive: 'I knew we weren't taking Tic Tacs.'

The worst wildfire disaster in Australian history killed at ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:10:24 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - The worst wildfire disaster in Australian history killed at least 181 people and razed entire towns. At left, a giant fire rages in Bunyip State Park near Melbourne. Victoria state police have launched the nation's biggest arson investigation, dubbed 'Operation Phoenix.'

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes keeps both ...

(The Week In Photos) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:09:18 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes keeps both feet in the end zone as he makes the game-winning touchdown of Super Bowl XLIII. Holmes made the jaw-dropping catch with 35 seconds left in the game, putting the Steelers on top, 27-23.

A red Robin lands on a frozen tree branch in Clifton, Ohio. ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:19:50 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A red Robin lands on a frozen tree branch in Clifton, Ohio. A winter storm spread a glaze of ice and snow from the southern Plains to the East Coast, leaving blackouts, hundreds of school closings and treacherous travel conditions in its wake.

Barack and Michelle Obama pick up Joe and Jill Biden on their ...

(The Week In Photos) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:38:39 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Barack and Michelle Obama pick up Joe and Jill Biden on their inaugural whistle-stop tour in Wilmington, Del. The 137-mile route, starting in Philadelphia and ending in Washington, D.C., was the same one that Abraham Lincoln took nearly a century and a half ago.

Passengers on an inflatable raft prepare to move away from an ...

(The Week In Photos) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:17:03 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Passengers on an inflatable raft prepare to move away from an aircraft that was forced to land in New York's Hudson River. The US Airways jet came down after a flock of geese apparently disabled both its engines. All 155 passengers and crew on board were pulled to safety as the plane slowly sank.

President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:43:33 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all living U.S. presidents including President George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. It has been an entire generation since the nation last saw the tableau of every U.S. president together at the White House.

South Korean lawmakers try to enter into a parliamentary meeting ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:24:30 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - South Korean lawmakers try to enter into a parliamentary meeting room as ruling party members, not seen, spray fire extinguishers from the room to block them. The National Assembly descended into chaos over a free trade agreement with the United States.

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:16:33 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, the black cube seen at the center of the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather during the final burial of ...

(The Week In Photos) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:33:21 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather during the final burial of Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, 29, and his wife Rivkah, 28, on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Israelis buried six Jews, likely targeted because of their religion, who were killed in the terror attacks in Mumbai, India. Nearly 200 people were killed in the rampage.

A policeman gives water to an injured child at a hospital in ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:48:12 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A policeman gives water to an injured child at a hospital in Mumbai, India. Dozens of people were killed in a series of shootings around the country's financial capital, with two five-star hotels among the targets in what police called a terror attack.

President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain meet in Obama's ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:00:22 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain meet in Obama's transition office in Chicago, Ill. to discuss collaborating on issues such as immigration and the environment. This week also marked a victory for McCain as it was announced he won Missouri, the last state to be decided in the 2008 presidential election.

President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama meet in the ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:20:16 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama meet in the Oval Office of the White House. President Bush said of the meeting, 'One of the things that President-elect Obama was really interested in after we had our policy discussions was his little girls - how would they like the White House?'

Barack Obama shed tears as he discussed the death of his grandmother, ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:45:14 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Barack Obama shed tears as he discussed the death of his grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham, on the eve of Election Day. Obama became the president-elect the following evening after winning many swing states, including Virginia, Florida, North Carolina and Ohio.

A Pakistani woman cries on the debris of her house destroyed ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:27:07 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A Pakistani woman cries on the debris of her house destroyed during an earthquake in Ziarat. Rescue workers searched through the rubble of villages destroyed by the powerful quake that killed at least 170 people.

Clay molds of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama are displayed ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:25:21 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Clay molds of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama are displayed at Madame Tussauds' Studios in London. The artists have been studying hundreds of photos and watching hours of video footage to create the figures.

A group of unemployed Wall Street employees perform for a crowd ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:14:21 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A group of unemployed Wall Street employees perform for a crowd outside the New York Stock Exchange. The market saw huge highs and lows this week, and analysts expected the extraordinary volatility to continue.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and Republican ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:11:48 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain shake hands after the second presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville. The format proved a little frustrating for both viewers and candidates, and moderator Tom Brokaw finally relented, allowing the candidates some time for follow-up questions and discussion.

A board shows the final numbers of the New York Stock Exchange ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:01:31 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A board shows the final numbers of the New York Stock Exchange on September 29, 2008. That day, the Dow lost about 778 points and posted its biggest daily percentage decline since the October 1987 stock market crash after the House sent the bailout plan to defeat by a vote of 228 to 205.

Mourners lay candles at Kauhajoki vocational high school in ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:59:01 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Mourners lay candles at Kauhajoki vocational high school in southwestern Finland after a gunman killed at least 10 people before shooting himself. Days later, panic spread among students as text messages and online posts threatened to copycat the attack.

Traders work in the product options pit at the New York Mercantile ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:25:10 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Traders work in the product options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday. The nation woke up to the worst financial crisis in decades as banking giant Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, Merrill Lynch folded into Bank of America and global brand AIG got a government bailout, sending shockwaves through the world economy.

Presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama place flowers ...

(The Week In Photos) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:51:17 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama place flowers together at the site of the former twin towers in New York on Sept. 11, 2008. It marked the seventh anniversary of the hijacking of four planes that crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pa.

Millions of Americans tuned in to the Republican National Convention ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:33:07 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Millions of Americans tuned in to the Republican National Convention to hear Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to voters. A novice on the national stage, Palin's speech wowed the GOP crowd as she attacked Barack Obama's experience and hailed John McCain's leadership.

Democratic nominee Barack Obama, left, and running mate Joseph ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:24:06 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - Democratic nominee Barack Obama, left, and running mate Joseph Biden wave to the crowd at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The convention opened with Michelle Obama, and other speakers included Sen. Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Ted Kennedy, and Sen. Evan Bayh, who many thought might be Obama's pick for vice president.

A Russian tank is camouflaged in the Georgian village of Kekhvi. ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:53:13 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A Russian tank is camouflaged in the Georgian village of Kekhvi. Russian forces lingered deep in Georgia, digging trenches and setting up mortars even as Kremlin officials promised to complete a troop withdrawal from the former Soviet republic.

A Georgian man cries as he holds the body of his relative after ...

(The Week In Photos) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:52:33 GMT

(The Week In Photos) - A Georgian man cries as he holds the body of his relative after a Russian bombardment. International pressure mounted on Moscow over its continuing occupation of parts of Georgia, and Condoleezza Rice was reportedly heading to Georgia to ask the U.S. ally to sign a cease-fire agreement.