--- description: From Obama's gun control stance and Lance Armstrong's doping confession to the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage and a runaway train in Sweden, TIME presents the best images of the week. title: The Best Pictures of the Week: January 11 - January 18 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc50336c9ba18ab70/6987a319cd1bba17df6f79a3/2013-01-17t110726z_15105935.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pictures of the Week: January 11 - January 18 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 18, 2013 3:36 PM CUT  Jan. 16, 2013\. Internally displaced children watch cartoons in a classroom of a school in Kafranbel in Idlib province, Syria. Jan. 16, 2013\. Internally displaced children watch cartoons in a classroom of a school in Kafranbel in Idlib province, Syria.Giath Taha—Reuters by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 18, 2013 3:36 PM CUT From Obama’s gun control stance and Lance Armstrong’s doping confession to the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage and a runaway train in Sweden, TIME presents the best images of the week. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3796126/pictures-of-the-week-january-11-january-18/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3796126/pictures-of-the-week-january-11-january-18/"},"headline":"Pictures of the Week: January 11 - January 18","datePublished":"2013-01-18T15:36:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:01:50.316Z","description":"From Obama's gun control stance and Lance Armstrong's doping confession to the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage and a runaway train in Sweden, TIME presents the best images of the week.","url":"https://time.com/3796126/pictures-of-the-week-january-11-january-18/","keywords":["Iran","Rape","Syria","Obama","Gun Control","Accident","fashion","war","Oprah","sweden","Bill Clinton","Haiti","Pictures of the Week","doping"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc50336c9ba18ab70/6987a319cd1bba17df6f79a3/2013-01-17t110726z_15105935.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc50336c9ba18ab70/6987a319cd1bba17df6f79a3/2013-01-17t110726z_15105935.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Internally displaced children watch cartoons in a classroom of a school in Kafranbel in Idlib","caption":"Jan. 16, 2013. Internally displaced children watch cartoons in a classroom of a school in Kafranbel in Idlib province, Syria.","creditText":"Giath Taha—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3796126/pictures-of-the-week-january-11-january-18/","name":"Pictures of the Week: January 11 - January 18"}}]}] ```