--- description: From Chicago gun violence and the exhumed body of Richard III to the world's first "bionic man" and a bear walking a tightrope, TIME presents the best images of the week. title: The Best Pictures of the Week: February 1 - February 8 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6d7d9833339e594/6987a37ccd68486a7809c252/xap242432709444.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: February 1 - February 8 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2013 3:11 PM CUT  Feb. 8, 2013\. Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families by 2010 floods from a village in Pakistan's Sindh province, enjoy jumping on a trampoline, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Feb. 8, 2013\. Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families by 2010 floods from a village in Pakistan's Sindh province, enjoy jumping on a trampoline, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen—AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2013 3:11 PM CUT From Chicago gun violence and the exhumed body of Richard III to the world’s first “bionic man” and a bear walking a tightrope, TIME presents the best images of the week. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3796606/pictures-of-the-week-february-1-february-8/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3796606/pictures-of-the-week-february-1-february-8/"},"headline":"Pictures of the Week: February 1 - February 8","datePublished":"2013-02-08T15:11:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:02:15.477Z","description":"From Chicago gun violence and the exhumed body of Richard III to the world's first \"bionic man\" and a bear walking a tightrope, TIME presents the best images of the week.","url":"https://time.com/3796606/pictures-of-the-week-february-1-february-8/","keywords":["russia","Iran","Afghanistan","India","Syria","China","snow","cold","TIME","Refugees","fashion","Hollande","chicago","Mali","Dog","Bahrain","sheep","New Year","Snake"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6d7d9833339e594/6987a37ccd68486a7809c252/xap242432709444.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/bltd6d7d9833339e594/6987a37ccd68486a7809c252/xap242432709444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pakistan Daily Life","caption":"Pakistan Daily Life","creditText":"Muhammed Muheisen—AP","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/3796606/pictures-of-the-week-february-1-february-8/","name":"Pictures of the Week: February 1 - February 8"}}]}] ```