Photos of the week (May 23-27)
View a gallery of photos from the week of May 23, 2011.
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Members of the Australian based performing arts company Strange Fruit, dance atop poles as they perform in a show in downtown Jerusalem, Monday, May 23, 2011.
Tara Todras-Whitehill Associated Press
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Meghan Miller stands in the middle of a destroyed neighborhood as she checks on her sister-in-law's home Monday, May 23, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
Jeff Roberson Associated Press
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Lincoln County volunteer firefighter Kevin Hutcherson sprays water on a fire in the rear area of Phillips Bark Processing plant near Brookhaven, Miss., Monday, May 23, 2011. Firefighters from all eight county departments, the Brookhaven Fire Department and representatives from fire departments in surrounding counties battled the blaze until after midnight.
Matthew Coleman The Brookhaven Daily Leader
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Local historian Janine Bell offers a libation on a former Virginia Commonwealth University parking lot believed to be a slave burial ground Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Richmond, Va. The lot has been at the center of a contentious debate near the former capital of the confederacy, until the city took over ownership of the lot.
Dean Hoffmeyer Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Justin Upton blows a bubble while waiting for a pitch from Colorado Rockies Jorge De La Rosa during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Denver.
Barry Gutierrez Fr170088 Ap
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A Russian Soyuz TMA-20 space capsule lands about 150 km (93 miles) southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. A Russian Soyuz capsule delivered an international trio of astronauts back to Earth on Tuesday after six months on the International Space Station, parachuting through clear skies toward a safe landing on the Kazakh steppe.
Sergei Remezov Reuters Pool
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Houston Astros right fielder Hunter Pence makes a sliding catch in foul territory on a ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers' Jamey Carroll during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Houston.
David Phillip Associated Press
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French bullfighter Sebastian Castella leads bullfighters and their assistants on the traditional 'paseillo', or ritual entrance to the arena, before a bullfight in Madrid, Wednesday, May 25, 2011.
Daniel Olza Associated Press
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A firefighters battles a blaze at a recycling plant Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in the Bridesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia. No injuries were reported.
Matt Rourke Associated Press
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Army Spc. Justin Immerso reaches for a flag to place in front of a head stone at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day, in Arlington, Va., Thursday, May 26, 2011.
Jacquelyn Martin Associated Press
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Sarah Decker of Evansville arrives at the Hepler Airport to find her Cessna 172 in a different spot than she had left it Thursday, May 26, 2011 in Evansville, Ind. The National Weather Service says at least five tornadoes struck southern Indiana and at least one hit the northwestern corner of the state during a wave of severe storms that injured at least 34 people.
Denny Simmons The Evansville Courier & Press
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Fans reach for a foul ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies' Chase Utley in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Thursday, May 26, 2011, in Philadelphia. The Phillies won 10-4.
Matt Slocum Associated Press
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Children walk along a garbage lined street in the Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday May 27, 2011. As the rainy season begins in Haiti, local and international health experts are concerned about the spread of water-borne diseases including cholera.
Dieu Chery Associated Press
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Rihanna performs on the NBC "Today" television program, in New York's Rockefeller Center, Friday, May 27, 2011.
Richard Drew Associated Press
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Serbian high school graduates cool off in a city fountain during a traditional celebration of graduation downtown Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, May 27, 2011. Youngsters crowded a city fountain throwing flares and cheering seemingly uninterested in Serbia's news of the day, the arrest of genocide suspect Ratko Mladic after 16 years on the run.
Vadim Ghirda Associated Press