Pictures of the Week

An Iraqi Army soldier uses a flashlight to signal cars to turn off their headlights as a sandstorm envelops central Baghdad April 27. Militants fired a salvo of rockets or mortars at the heavily guarded Green Zone -- apparently they were taking advantage of a sandstorm that blanketed the Iraqi capital and grounded U.S. helicopters and drones that normally track their activities.
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Khalid Mohammed, AP

Police grab a Tibetan protester by the throat to prevent the protesters from reaching the Chinese Embassy Visa Section in Katmandu April 29. Nepal has seen almost daily anti-China protests, which police initially broke up with beatings. But, of late, they have been using little force in the face of criticism from rights groups such as Amnesty International.
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Deepa Shrestha, Reuters

Two cheetah cubs chase an Impala fawn caught by their mother to teach them how to hunt at the Masai Mara game reserve, April 26. The cubs eventually killed the fawn.
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Radu Sigheti, Reuters

South Korean monks wipe away hair from the shaven head of one of eight children during a May 1 service at the Chogye temple in Seoul in preparation for celebrating Buddha's upcoming May 12 birthday. The eight children entered the temple to experience a monk's life for one month.
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Lee Jin-man, AP

Camilo Villegas of Colombia lines up a putt on the 15th hole during the second round of the Wachovia Championship golf tournament in Charlotte, N.C., May 2.
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Nell Redmond, AP

A bee flies to a flower in a park in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, April 28.
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Sergei Grits, AP

In what was a classic scene of spring in the river community of Grafton, Ill., April 28, Kenny Leitner mowed what little grass there was that wasn't covered by Illinois River floodwaters in the 1300 block of W. Main Street. Floodwaters were expected to crest at 26 feet in Grafton on April 29, about 8 feet above flood stage.
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John Badman, The Telegraph / AP

A demonstrator protecting himself against water cannons grabs a stone during a demonstration against a rally of right-wing extremists May 1 in Hamburg, northern Germany. Both left- and right-wing groups are holding rallies in Germany to mark Mayday.
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Roland Magunia, AFP / Getty Images

Visitors view a field of moss phlox at Hitsujiyama park in Chichibu, west of Tokyo, May 2. More than 200,000 moss phlox are now in full-bloom at the park.
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Katsumi Kasahara, AP

Los Angeles City firefighters battle a stubborn fire in a nightclub in the Hollywood section in Los Angeles April 30. The building housed the well known nightclub Basque, located at the world famous intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street.
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Dan Steinberg, AP