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Pictures of the Week: March 7 - March 14

From the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 and a deadly explosion in New York, to a feline beauty show in Romania and high heeled, pole dancing robots in Germany, TIME presents the best...

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Pictures of the Week: February 28 - March 7

From Putin's power play in Crimea and the exuberance of Rio Carnival to a frozen Niagara Falls and the city at the end of the rainbow, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: February 21 – February 28

From tens of thousands gathering in Kiev's Independence square, to a rare meeting of North and South Koreans, and hundreds of tiny pandas packed into a Chinese theater to a Japanese island inhabited by bunnies, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: February 14 – February 21

From deadly protests in Ukraine and a series of shocks at the Sochi Olympics to new waxworks of Ronald and Nancy Reagan and the start of Carnival in Rio, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: February 7 - February 14

From the most reputable gay club in Sochi and a sinkhole at the Corvette Museum in Kentucky to the Westminster Dog Show in New York and the killing of the healthy giraffe, Marius, at the Copenhagen Zoo, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: January 31 - February 7

From the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi and mourning the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman to fighting horses in China and the world's largest baby Jesus, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: January 24 - January 31

From snowstorms crippling the American South and ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on trial in Cairo to celebrations marking the Chinese New Year and Pope-inspired superhero street art in Rome, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: January 17 - January 24

From protests turning deadly in Ukraine and a controversial dolphin hunt in Japan to the icy Orthodox Christian rituals of Epiphany and glow-in-the-dark couture at Paris Fashion Week, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: January 10 - January 17

From Muslims celebrating the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad and Egyptians voting in a contentious referendum to Fashion Week in Berlin and a fluorescent frog in the U.K., TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: January 3 – January 10

From the polar vortex freezing over much of North America and the crisis escalating in South Sudan to a massive volcano erupting in Indonesia and the welcoming of newborn pandas in Washington and Taipei, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: December 27 – January 3

From celebrations ringing in 2014 around the world and the swearing in of New York City's new mayor to crackdowns on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the first legal sales of recreational marijuana in the United States, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: December 13 - December 20

From the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and the burial of Nelson Mandela to China's moon landing and Kim Jung Un smiling with the fishes, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: December 6 - December 13

From Obama's selfie at Mandela's memorial service and the execution of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle to the continuing protests in Kiev and Santa snuggling with a shark, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: November 29 - December 6

From tributes to the life of Nelson Mandela and violent protests in Ukraine and Thailand to chaos in the Central African Republic and a rare cloud inversion filling in the Grand Canyon, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: November 22 - November 29

From the Pope meeting Putin and the Central African Republic nearing the brink of civil war to Cyber Monday preparations and passing the Olympic Flame under water, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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Pictures of the Week: November 15 - November 22

From the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination and recovery efforts in the Philippines and Illinois to Batkid saving San Francisco and an 11-week-old lion cub playing in the fall foliage, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

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