The Week in Pictures: Jan 12 - 19

A musher and his dogs compete on a track near the Mont-Cenis Path during the ninth stage of La Grande Odyssee sled dogs race on Jan. 17. The race crosses the French Alps, covering more than 621 miles over 11 days.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Picture taken with a long exposure and a fisheye lens.

Firefighters rescue a family from a car dangling over a bridge after a fiery crash, Jan. 12, on Highway 101 near Buellton, Calif. The accident claimed the life of a truck driver.

A team of Navy Seabees happened to be passing by the scene, and the fire crew used a Seabees heavy forklift to stabilize the dangling car. A mother and her two daughters were taken to the hospital.

A chicken crosses the road in rural Douglas County near Oakland, Ore. on Jan. 16.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman gets a hug from his wife Mary Kaye after announcing the suspension of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Jan. 16, at the Myrtle Beach, S.C., Convention Center. Huntsman endorsed opponent Mitt Romney.

A customer stands in his boxer shorts as he waits patiently for his pants to be altered by a street tailor in New Delhi, India on Jan. 19.


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The cruise ship Costa Concordia lies on its side off the small Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, on Jan. 18. The enormous luxury ocean liner hit a submerged rock as dinner was being served on Jan 13 and began to founder. Most of the passengers and crew survived despite hours of chaos. The captain of the vessel is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck by sailing too close to shore, and abandoning ship.

Passengers line up and move down the side of the Costa Concordia, Jan. 14, during the evacuation operation in this image taken from video. The $450 million cruise ship was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into well-marked rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio on Jan. 13. Eleven people have been confirmed dead in the disaster and 21 others were still missing.

Members of the Indian Border Security Force wait with their musical instruments and camels amid winter morning fog before the start of Republic Day parade rehearsals in New Delhi, Jan. 18.

An explosive ordnance disposal technician is hoisted to a Sea Hawk helicopter that is attached to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis on Jan. 17. The Stennis is deployed in the Arabian Sea.

Seven-year-old George Ball puts up a sign in preparation for a campaign stop by Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum at the Beacon Drive-In, Jan. 18, in Spartanburg, S.C. Voters go to the polls on Jan. 21 in the South Carolina GOP primary.

Fish farmer Aurelien Bergeron swims around nets containing sea bass at the Frioul fish farm near the southern French city of Marseille. About 60 tons of fish are raised each year in this aquaculture facility, with half of the production being sold to local supermarkets.

A musher and his dogs run through the French village of Bonneval-sur-Arc during the eighth stage of the La Grande Odyssee sled dogs race on Jan. 16.