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Home Destroyed In Lincoln Fire
Andrew Lamberson / Zuma Press

The Week in Pictures

  Devastating fires, smuggled cows and brutal injuries, see photos from around the globe

Image: A motorcyclist looks at idols in Mumbai
Arko Datta / Reuters

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View and discuss the pictures and issues that caught our eyes.

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News photos

U.S., world, and environment
Image: A Palestinian smuggler moves a goat through a tunnel
Khalil Hamra / AP
Life in Gaza

Since the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers broke down in early November, Israel has effectively sealed the border with the Gaza Strip – halting needed supplies of food, fuel and medicine from reaching more than 1.5 million Palestinians.

News - November 18, 2008
Imago / Zuma Press
A child soldier stands at the front line in eastern Congo
Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters
Ramon Espinosa / AP
Markets Open Day After Barack Obama Elected President
Jeff Zelevansky / Getty Images
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Boris Roessler / EPA
Matt Dunham / AP
U.S Senator Barack Obama
Craig Lassig / EPA
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator McCain points into the crowd at an airport campaign rally in Roswell
Brian Snyder / Reuters
Ted S. Warren / AP
Image: Llightning near Beirut
Jamal Saidi / Reuters
Two Fingers
John Minihan / Getty Images
Image: Frank and Joe get ready for their second marriage ceremony
Deanne Fitzmaurice
Bikas Das / AP

Entertainment photos

Celebrity, music, movie, TV and fashion
Jackman of all trades

  Aussie actor Hugh Jackman, People magazine's 2008 Sexiest Man Alive, has made his mark in theater and film with a wide array of roles.

Image: Dracula
Courtesy Everett Collection
Kevin Jonas
Chris Pizzello / AP
The 42nd Annual CMA Awards - Show
Scott Gries / Getty Images
Getty Images / Wire Image
The 74th Annual Academy Awards - Show
John Mccoy / WireImage
Lionsgate
Scarlett Johansson
Markus Schreiber / AP
Torn Curtain
Archive Photos / Getty Images
Image: SUSAN LUCCI, TONY DOVOLANI
Heidi Gutman / ABC
Image: Cast members from "Laugh-In" , John Stewart
Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
Actress Fey from comedy series "30 Rock" arrives at 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles
Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
'Sex and the City' New York Movie premiere.
Peter Foley / EPA
Nanette Lepore - Front Row - Spring 09 MBFW
Brian Ach / Getty Images

Sports photos

Big matchups, sports stars and history
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Eugene Hoshiko / AP
Week in Sports Pictures

  A Flyin’ Lion, an onrushing Tide, hard hoops fouls and more.

Minnesota Vikings v Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Al Messerschmidt / Getty Images
"Taxi" Film Premiere
Evan Agostini / Getty Images
Paterno
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Florida State v Georgia Tech
Mike Zarrilli / Getty Images
Bobby Murcer
Julie Jacobson / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Julie Jacobson / AP
Tom Brady, Bernard Pollard
Winslow Townson / AP
Swimming
Kay Nietfeld / EPA
Sergio Garcia tests the wind before his tee shot on the eighth hole during completion of rain-delayed third round of the 90th PGA Championship golf tournament at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township
Matt Sullivan / Reuters
Image: Michael Phelps
Martin Bureau / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Padraig Harrington
Paul Thomas / AP
Yankee Stadium is host to final All-Star game as MLB All-Star game opening ceremonies take place in New York
Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters

Travel photos

U.S. and worldwide destinations
Matt Dunham / AP
Presidential journey

  Want to follow the roots of President-elect Barack Obama? Get ready to visit three countries, five time zones and six states.

Jim Morton / AP
Festival of lights to take place in Berlin
Rainer Jensen / EPA
Image: The Myrtles Plantation
Charles Rex Arbogast / AP
To match feature USA-TRAINS/
Joshua Lott / Reuters
Image: Chinese security officer stand guards
Teh Eng Koon / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Taj Mahal
Prakash Singh / AFP/Getty Images
Edwin Llobrera / AP
Image: Socotra, Yemen
Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
Tim Thompson
Geisha in the Gion District
Corbis
David Lefranc / Paris Tourist Office
Vancouver Skyline and Harbor in Morning Light
Richard T. Nowitz / Corbis

Technology and science photos

Space, technology, gadgets and science
Klaus Bolte / courtesy of Nikon Small World
Small world!

  Winning images from the Nikon International Small World Competition reveal microscopic wonders.

NASA/CXC/Columbia/F.Bauer
NASA
Image: Squid suckers
J.D. Schiffman, C.L. Schauer / D
John Huisman / Murdoch University
Image: Solar eclipse
AP
Image: Members of an unknown Amazon Basin tribe
Reuters
Image: Stonehenge
Ken Geiger / National Geographic
Image: Nebula
Cfh
USGS / NASA
Image: Limestone sequence
John "Doug" Powell
Image: A humanoid robot, designed to make human-like facial expressions in response to English and Japanese words.
David Guttenfelder / AP
Nasa Photo / AFP - Getty Images

More photos

Pets, health and business slide shows
A young crab-eating macaque is carried by his mother in their enclosure at Basel zoo
Christian Hartmann / Reuters
Animal Tracks

  Find a supportive mother monkey, a pooch running for first pet and more eye candy for animal lovers.

Gay marriage becomes legal in Connecticut.
Shana Sureck / Redux Pictures
Anna Hoffman
Mel Evans / AP
Lisa Poole / AP
Markets Open Day After Barack Obama Elected President
Jeff Zelevansky / Getty Images
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Boris Roessler / EPA
Image: A helicopter makes a water drop in a Granada Hills
Gene Blevins / Reuters
Mathieu Ourioux / Mathieu Ourioux
Image: Sheryl Crow
Charles Dharapak / AP
To match feature BRITAIN-DOLLS/REBORN
David Moir / Reuters
Steve Hinch / Nature's Best
Image: Priscilla Presley 1968; 2008
AP; Michael Desmond / ABC
Steven A. Gold
Image: Bill Gates
Andrew Gombert / EPA
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