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10 years of The Week in Pictures
Look back at the most important images in the slideshow's history
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1998: Hurricane Georges barrels in
Key West residents Brian Goss, left, George Wallace and Michael Mooney, right, hold on to each other as they battle 90 mph winds along Houseboat Row in Key West, Fla., on Friday, Sept. 25, 1998. The three had sought shelter behind a Key West hotel as Hurricane Georges descended on the Florida Keys but were forced to seek other shelter when the storm conditions became to rough. Hundreds of people were killed by the storm when it swept through the Carribean. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
— Dave Martin / AP
1999: On the march
An ethnic Albanian woman feeds her baby as she and another 2,000 refugees walk up a muddy dirt track after they were allowed to enter Macedonia March 30, 1999 in the mountainous region near the border crossing of Blace. More than 2,000 Kosovo refugees entered Macedonia after crossing the mountains in south Kosovo overnight. As bombing intensified on Yugoslavia, the tide of refugees fleeing Serb forces in Kosovo grew.
KM
— X00869
1999: As bad as it can get
** FILE ** FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, NOV. 11, AND THEREAFTER ** Tammy Holmgren huddles beneath a highway underpass with her two daughters, Megan, 6, right, and Katlyn, 2, partially obscured, as a tornado approaches along the H.E. Bailey Turnpike outside Newcastle, Okla., in this file photo shot Monday, May 3, 1999. The family was uninjured, but the tornado left a trail of death and destruction through central Oklahoma. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)
— J. Pat Carter / AP
1999: Toppled in Taiwan
A 12-story building lays on its side after it collapsed on top of a lower neighboring commercial building in the Taipei suburb of Hsinchung Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1999, after an earthquake jolted the island. Fifty people were reported injured and an estimated 100 others were still trapped within the building. (AP Photo/Cheng Chieh-wen)
— Cheng Chieh-wen / AP
2000: The face of Chechnya
SLEPTSOVSKAYA, RUSSIA: A Chechen woman from Grozny looks through the bus window, crossing Chechen-Ingush border to leave Chechnya 10 January 2000, not far from the village of Sleptsovskaya. Fierce battles raged across Chechnya on Monday as Russia resumed its full-scale offensive against guerrillas who took advantage of a three-day truce in the capital Grozny to counter-attack. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)
— Alexander Nemenov / AFP
2000: The battle for Elian
** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, DEC. 21 ** FILE ** In this April 22, 2000 file photo, Elian Gonzalez is held in a closet by Donato Dalrymple, one of the two men who rescued the Cuban boy from the ocean, right, as government officials search the home of Lazaro Gonzalez for the young boy in Miami. Armed federal agents seized Elian Gonzalez from the home of his Miami relatives before dawn Saturday, firing tear gas into an angry crowd as they left the scene with the weeping 6-year-old boy. Cuba will celebrate on Jan. 1, 2009 the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File) ** NO ONLN ** NO IONLN **
— Alan Diaz / AP
2000: Concorde in flames
** ARCHIV ** Mit brennendem Triebwerk hebt am 25. Juli 2000 der Air France Concorde Flug 4590 vom Charles de Gaulle Flughafen in Paris ab. Der japanische Geaschaeftsmann Toshihiko Sato machte die Aufnahme aus einem anderen Flugzeug heraus. Vor 40 Jahren begann eins der faszinierendsten Kapitel der Luftfahrtgeschichte. Am Nachmittag des 2. Maerz 1969 hob in Toulouse das Ueberschallflugzeug Concorde zu seinem Erstflug ab. Doch der \"wunderbare Vogel\" flog stets gegen den Zeitgeist und wurde ein wirtschaftliches Fiasko. Seine Geschichte wird zudem vom Unfall des 25. Juli 2000 ueberschattet, bei dem nahe Paris 113 Menschen ums Leben kamen. Mit der Ausmusterung der Concorde 2003 endete vorerst der zivile Ueberschallflug. (AP Photo/Toshihiko Sato, Archiv) **VEROEFFENTLICHUNG NUR MIT URHEBERANGABE: TOSHIHIKO SATO ** --- ** FILE ** Air France Concorde flight 4590 takes off with fire trailing from its engine on the left wing from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on July 25, 2000. The plane crashed short
— Toshihiko Sato / AP
2000: The shot seen round the world
(FILES) File combo of TV grabs from France 2 footage of Israeli-Palestinian clashes in Netzarim in the Gaza Strip 30 September 2000 shows Jamal Al-Durra and his son Mohammad, 12, hiding behind a barrel from Israeli-Palestinian cross fire. A senior Israeli official claimed 02 October 2007 that famed television footage of the Palestinian child allegedly killed by Israeli fire in Gaza at the start of the second intifada in 2000 was staged. AFP PHOTO/FILES/DSK (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
— - / AFP

2001: The inside story
After being swallowed, a rainbow trout fingerling peers out from the gullet of a northern pike Jan. 22, 2001, in a lobby aquarium exhibit at the Alaska Department of Fish & Game in Anchorage, Alaska. The agency has declared an \"open season\" on the illegally transplanted trout-killing, salmon-slaying northern pike in local waterways. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Jim Lavrakas)
— Jim Lavrakas / ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
2001: Up the down staircase
A family of mallard ducklings wait their turn Monday May 14, 2001 as a sibling struggles to make it up a curb in South Bend, Ind. The mother, who had already cleared the obstacle, flirted with traffic for twenty minutes before leading her offspring safely across the busy road. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Jim Rider)
— Jim Rider / SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
2001: Ukraine mine blast
Members of rescue personnel view a badly burned miner at the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk, 19 August 2001. At least 36 miners were killed and 22 were injured in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in the east Ukrainian, region of Donetsk. Total of 259 miners had been working in the area of the explosion. At least 14 miners were reported missing, while 22 people were hospitalised, all in a serious condition, emergencies ministry official Sergei Suslov said. AFP PHOTO/SERGEI VAGANOV
— Sergei Vaganov / EPA
2001: 9/11 impact
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center and explodes at 9:03 a.m. on September 11, 2001 in New York City. The crash of two airliners hijacked by terrorists loyal to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and subsequent collapse of the twin towers killed some 2,800 people. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
— Spencer Platt / Getty Images North America
2002: Afghanistan's scars
401730 08: Mohboba, 7, stands against a bullet-ridden wall waiting to be seen at a health clinic March 1, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohboba has ointment applied her a skin ailment called Lashmania, a bacterial infection that plagues many poverty stricken children in Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
— Paula Bronstein / Getty Images
2002: Air show disaster
LVIV, UKRAINE - JULY 27: A SU-27 fighter jet crashes into a crowd of spectators at an air show July 27, 2002 in Lviv, Ukraine. The two crewmen ejected and survived, but at least 83 people are dead and 116 injured. (Photo by Getty Images)
— Oleg Nikishin / Getty Images Europe

2003: This could become a habit
Sister Amanda de Jesus, left, is hit with a snowball thrown by Sister Rosa Elena after school Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2003, at Mount Saint Michael in Spokane, Wash. The two nuns, visiting from Mexico, said this was the first time they saw snow.(AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Brian Plonka)
— Brian Plonka / THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW
2003: Before the fall
CHP officers attempt to rescue a man who was threatening to take his own life on the 55 Freeway interchange to the southbound 405 Freeway Saturday afternoon, causing both directions of the San Diego Freeway to be shut down. The man fell approximately 60 feet and was taken to Western Medical Center where he is listed in critical condition. Photo by Sean Hiller, Times Community News
— Sean Hiller
2003: Taking the bridge
U.S. Marines from the 3rd Batallion yell to urge infantrymen to rush across the damaged Baghdad Highway Bridge, Monday, April 7, 2003, as they move forward into the city while under fire in the southeastern outskirts of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Boston Herald, Kuni Takahashi) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **
— Kuni Takahashi / BOSTON HERALD
2003: Saddam's fall
A statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six meter) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armored recovery vehicle. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
— Goran Tomasevic / X90012
2003: Horrible homecoming
Family members mourn the death of three male relatives, in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, April 10, 2003. The three - a father, his teenage son, and another male relative - were shot and killed by U.S. Marines Wednesday night, April 9, after the car they were driving allegedly did not stop while passing a building occupied by U.S. Marines. The victims' relatives were waiting for their return, and did not know about the incident until relatives towed the car, containing the three bodies, to the family's home on Thursday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **
— Carolyn Cole / LOS ANGELES TIMES
2003: Feeling hot, hot, hot
A meerkat warms itself under the glow of a heat lamp in its enclosure at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, July 3, 2003. Weather officials say Sydney experienced its coldest maximum temperature in seven years, reaching 12 degrees Celcius (54 degrees Fahrenheit), prompting zoo keepers to activate the lamps to help warm the meerkats native to Angola, Namibia, South Africa and Southern Botswana. REUTERS/Will Burgess
— Will Burgess / X00331
2003: Battle cry
MONROVIA, LIBERIA - JULY 20: A Liberian militia commander loyal to the government exults after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at rebel forces at a key strategic bridge July 20, 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Government forces succeeded in forcing back rebel forces in fierce fighting on the edge of Monrovia's city center. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
— Chris Hondros / Getty Images Europe
2003: On the front line
A firefighter battles a wildfire in the backyard of a home in the Stevenson Ranch area near Santa Clarita, Calif., attempting to save nearby homes, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 20903. (AP Photo/The Los Angeles Times, Anne Cusack) **MANDATORY CREDIT: Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times***
— Anne Cusack / LOS ANGELES TIMES

2004: Terrorist attack in Madrid
Victims sit on the tracks just outside Madrid's Atocha station as they are tended by rescue workers following one of a series of deadly explosion March 11, 2004. Ten simultaneous explosions killed 182 people on packed Madrid commuter trains on Thursday in Europe's bloodiest attack for more than 15 years. . SPAIN OUT *** MANDATORY CREDIT REUTERS/Pablo Torres Guerrero-El Pais***
— Pablo Torres Guerrero/el Pais / X80002
2004: U.S. civilians slain in Fallujah
** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** Iraqis chant anti-American slogans as charred bodies hang from a bridge over the Euphrates River in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Wednesday, March 31 2004. Enraged Iraqis in this hotbed of anti-Americanism killed four foreigners Wednesday, including at least one U.S. national, took the charred bodies from a burning SUV, dragged them through the streets, and hung them from the bridge. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
— Khalid Mohammed / AP
2004: Abu Ghraib scandal
NA/PHOTOS Photo source: undisclosed Location: Outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq Caption: A naked detainee at the Abu Ghraib prison is tethered by a leash to prison guard Army Pvt Lynndie England in these undated photos. Relatives positively identified England from this photo. These photos were cropped from the waist down for publication purposes. **MANDATORY PHOTO CREDIT TO THE WASHINGTON POST**INTERNET OUT*** .
— undisclosed
2004: Terrorist attack at Russian school
epa000268155 A boy cries among the freed hostages after special forces entered the school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Friday 03 September 2004. Streams of hostages fled the besieged school in Beslan in southern Russia Friday amid intensive shooting and a series of powerful explosions that signalled a bloody end to the three-day stand-off with terrorists. EPA/SERGEI DOLZHENKO/00268155/0409031605
— Sergei Dolzhenko / EPA
2004: Tsunami's devastation
An Indian woman mourns the death of her relative (R) who was killed in tsunami on Sunday in Cuddalore, some 180 km (112 miles) south of the southern Indian city of Madras December 28, 2004. REUTERS/Arko Datta Pictures of the Month December 2004 Pictures of the Year 2004 AD/SH Year End Pictures 2004
— Arko Datta / X01337
2005: High tea
Part of the ten-girl tea party enjoy jumping on the trampoline before tea time Saturday July 9, 2005 in Donnellson, Iowa. This annual tea party is put on by Judy Felt in her princess friendly back yard.
(AP Photo, The Hawk Eye, Courtney Hergesheimer)
— Courtney Hergesheimer / THE HAWK EYE
2005: Daughter reacts after dad killed in Iraq
One of the two daughters of Jalil Shaalan, a security guard at a local school, reacts after her father was gunned down in front of them outside of the school compound by unknown shooters in the Amarayah district of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 21, 2005. According to the Associated Press's count, more than 1,600 people have been killed in an increasing level of violence since April 28, when al-Jaafari announced his Shiite-led government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
— Hadi Mizban / AP
2004: Close call
A bystander, at left, yells \"stop,\" as a driver, identified by police as being Mary Schopp, 31, of Kalispell, nearly runs over Oscar Hadley, 88, also of Kalispell, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004, in the parking lot of a grocery store in Kalispell, Mont. Hadley suffered minor injuries from the accident and Schopp received a ticket, according to police. (AP Photo/The Daily Inter Lake, Chris Jordan)
— Chris Jordan / DAILY INTER LAKE
2005: Makeshift memorial to New Orleans resident
A makeshift tomb at a New Orleans street corner conceals a body that had been lying on the sidewalk for days in the wake of Hurricane Katrina on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005. The message reads, \"Here lies Vera. God Help Us.\" (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
— Dave Martin / AP
2005: Chilled primates
A group of Crested Macaques, more used to tropical rainforests in Indonesia, huddle for warmth in Dublin Zoo, Dublin, Ireland, Friday, Dec. 30, 2005. The primates are endangered in their own land, due to hunting and the clearing of their native habitat, sometimes even taken when very young as pets by the local population (AP Photo/Niall Carson/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE **
— Niall Carson / PA
2006: Resisting West Bank evacuation
A Jewish settler struggles with an Israeli security officer during clashes that erupted as authorities evacuated the West Bank settlement outpost of Amona, east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah, Wednesday Feb. 1, 2006. Thousands of troops in riot gear and on horseback clashed with hundreds of stone-throwing Jewish settlers holed up behind barbed wire and on rooftops in this illegal West Bank settlement outpost Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the demolition of nine homes at the site. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
— Oded Balilty / AP



2006: Indonesian volcano spews smoke
epa00712742 Mount Merapi spewing hot thick smoke 'Wedus Gembel' and filing hot lava seen from Tunggularum village in Yogyakarta on Sunday 14 May 2006. Indonesia raised the alert status of the Mount Merapi volcano to the highest level on Saturday, prompting a compulsory evacuation of thousands of residents living on the slopes, officials said. EPA/WEDA
— Weda / EPA
2006: Brazil prison crisis
Prisoners hold a guard hostage with a knife as two others stay on the ground, at the Campo Mourao, in Parana, Brazil, on Monday, May 15, 2006. The unprecedented crime wave that killed at least 97 people and terrified the 18 million residents of South America's largest city seemed to be waning on Tuesday as stores reopened and bus service was fully restored. Authorities found the bodies of at least 13 dead inmates after quelling rebellions at dozens of prisons in and around Sao Paolo and retaking control of the lockups, according to Brazilian media. Local reports also said that three suspected criminals were shot dead in a Sao Paulo suburb by police after they opened fire on authorities and hurled a grenade. (AP Photo/Dirceu Portugal-AGENCIA ESTADO)
— Dirceu Portugal / AP
2007: Truck explodes in China
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire caused by the blast of aluminium powders in Wuxi, in east China's Jiangsu province January 2, 2007. A truck loaded aluminium powder exploded on Tuesday. No one was injured and the reason of the accident was still under investigation, China Daily reported. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA)
— China Daily / X01745
2007: Floodwaters drain in Latvia
epa00903345 A city municipal worker stands on a man-hole cover he removed to allow flood water in Riga's Krasta Street to drain away like bath water running down a plughole Monday 15th January 2007. Flooding in the city was caused by overnight stormy weather that brought torrential rail. EPA/ANDREJS STROKINS
— Andrejs Strokins / AFI
2007: Pushing barges on the icy Mississippi
A towboat pushes a load of barges southeast along the Mississippi River, heading for Lock and Dam 25 in Winfield, Mo., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007. Barge traffic is slowing down on the river as operators deal with ice and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to limit barge loads so that they can fit inside the ice-coated locks along the river. (AP Photo/Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) ** NO MAGS, NO TV, NO SALES, SLOUT **
— Robert Cohen / ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
2007: Shopping under ominous skies
People walk in Marrakesh's Djamaa El Fnaa square February 21, 2007. With its snake charmers, storytellers and palm trees against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains, Marrakesh was once an offbeat destination for rich or adventurous Europeans. Picture taken February 21, 2007. To match feature MOROCCO-MARRAKESH REUTERS/Rafael Marchante(MOROCCO)
— Rafael Marchante / X01620
2007: Croc bites off veterinarian's arm
** CORRECTS CROCODILE WAS UNHARMED ** EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT ** The severed lower left arm of a Taiwanese veterinarian is seen in the jaws of a crocodile, Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at the Shoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung, 350 kilometers (217 miles) south west of Taipei, Taiwan. Chang Po-yu's lower left arm was bitten off by the crocodile when he tried to pull a tranquilizer dart from the reptile's body. Two bullets were shot at the crocodile but it was unharmed. Chang went through emergency surgery to have his limb reattached. (AP Photo/Steve Chen) **Taiwan Out**
— Steve Chen / AP
2007: Virginia Tech massacre
Injured occupants are carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, April 16, 2007. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom on the campus, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. The gunman is killed but it's unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Alan Kim)
— Alan Kim / THE ROANOKE TIMES RVSHR
2007: Mourning slain soldier-fiancé
ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 27: Mary McHugh mourns her dead fiance Sgt. James Regan at \"Section 60\" of the Arlington National Cemetery May 27, 2007. Regan, an American Special Forces soldier, was killed by an IED explosion in Iraq in February of this year, and this was the first time McHugh had visited the grave since the funeral. Section 60, the newest portion of the vast national cemetery on the outskirts of Washington D.C, contains hundreds of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Family members of slain American soldiers have flown in from across the country for Memorial Day. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Mary McHugh
— John Moore / Getty Images North America
2007: Salsify plant shows its stuff
The intricate patterns in the seed head from a salsify plant are seen in a field near Great Falls, Mont., on Monday, July 2, 2007. The salsify plant, also known as showy goats beard, has a yellow flower which opens early in the morning and often closes by late afternoon. The wildflower forms a seed head that resembles a dandelion's but is much larger. (AP Photo/Great Falls Tribune, Robin Loznak)
— Robin Loznak / GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE
2007: Air show collision in Poland
Two acrobatic planes from the Zelazny group collide during a performance at an air show in Radom, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. Both pilots died in the crash, but there were no reports of injuries in the crowd. (AP Photo/ Darek Redos) ** POLAND OUT **
— Darek Redos / AP
2007: Pakistan's Bhutto assassinated
RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN - DECEMBER 27: A survivor is overcome with emotion at the site of a bomb blast attack on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The opposition leader has died from a bullet wound to the neck after speaking at a rally in the northern city where an estimated 15 people were left dead by the explosion, a party official and Bhutto's husband have been quoted as saying. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
— John Moore / Getty Images AsiaPac
2008: Tossed to safety in Germany
House residents throw a baby to awaiting members of the fire brigade during a fire in an apartment building February 3, 2008 in the western German town of Ludwigshafen which resulted in the death of nine people including five children. Another 28 people were injured in the blaze which broke out in the afternoon 03 February 2008 on the first floor but rapidly spread, sending flames bursting through the roof. AFP PHOTO DDP/RENE WERSE GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read RENE WERSE/AFP/Getty Images)
— Rene Werse / DDP
2008: Family mourns after China quake
Relatives cry next to the recovered body of a student near a school at the earthquake-hit Hanwang Town of Mianzhu County, Sichuan province, May 14, 2008. China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to speed up the search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people buried under rubble and mud. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA)
— Jason Lee / X01757

2008: Debris jams bridge in Iowa flooding
Buildings and debris are seen floating in the Cedar River against a railroad bridge Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 24,000 people from their homes, emergency officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
— Jeff Roberson / AP
2008: Russian bombing kills 5 in Georgia
A Georgian man cries near the body of his relative after a bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (GEORGIA)
— Gleb Garanich / X00550
2008: Lehman Brothers executive heckled
Protestors hold signs behind Richard Fuld, Chairman and Chief Executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings, as he takes his seat to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the causes and effects of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 6, 2008. Fuld told Congress on Monday that U.S. banking regulators knew exactly how Lehman was pricing its distressed assets and about its liquidity in the months before its collapse. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)
— Jonathan Ernst / X01676
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