Week in photos (March 26-30)
View a gallery of photos from the week of March 26, 2012.
Section:Gallery
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Broken glass litters the floor at the looted presidential palace, days after mutinous soldiers claimed power in a coup, in Bamako, Mali Monday, March 26, 2012. Mali's coup leaders said Monday they are partially reopening the West African nation's main airport even as demonstrators marched in the capital to protest last week's putsch and demand a return to constitutional order.
Aliou Sissoko Associated Press
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St. Louis Cardinals third baseman David Freese dives but can't catch a pop fly hit by New York Mets' Matt Den Dekker in foul territory in the seventh inning of a spring training baseball game in Jupiter, Fla., Monday, March 26, 2012. New York won 6-3.
Patrick Semansky Associated Press
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Glynn McGehee, an aide with Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., holds a poster that mocks the organizational complexity of the health care law being argued in the Supreme Court this week, prior to the start of a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2012.
J. Applewhite Associated Press
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Hairpieces are displayed on mannequin heads by a street vendor in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday March 27, 2012.
Dieu Chery Associated Press
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A trail of slurry is deposited by a bomber during a run over a smoldering ridge in the Lower North Fork Wildfire burning in the foothills community of Conifer, Colo., southwest of Denver on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Firefighters are now able to actively battle the blaze on the ground that started on Monday and has already destroyed at least 16 homes in the rugged terrain.
David Zalubowski Associated Press
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Young Japanese baseball players play with Stomper, the Oakland Athletics mascot, during a baseball clinic by major leaguers of the Athletics and the Seattle Mariners at Ishinomaki Municipal Baseball Stadium in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki, northeatern Japan, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. The major leaguers, currently in Japan to open the MLB's 2012 season in Japan on Wednesday and Thursday, made a friendly visit.
Koji Sasahara Associated Press
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A factory employee demanding the government provide economic help programs, kneels next to burning tires during a demonstration in front of the Labor Ministry building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday March 28, 2012.
Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
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An actor performs at Theater City as part of the 13th annual IberoAmerican Festival of Theater, FITB, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday March 28, 2012.
Fernando Vergara Associated Press
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Philadelphia Phillies starter Vance Worley reaches but cannot get his glove on the ball on a ball hit by Minnesota Twins' Justin Morneau during the third inning of a spring training baseball game in Fort Myers, Fla., Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
Charles Krupa Associated Press
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Lindsay Lohan, in the blue suit, center, is surrounded by journalists as she leaves following a report on her probation for theft charges at Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday, March 29, 2012. A judge ended Lindsay Lohan's supervised probation on Thursday, giving the actress her freedom after nearly two years of constant court hearings and threats of jail. Lohan thanked Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner for her patience and let out a sigh of relief as she exited the courtroom after the brief hearing.
Joe Klamar Pool Agence France Presse
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Kathy Babcock kisses her Mega Millions lottery tickets at the Farragut Market Thursday, March 29, 2012 in Knoxville, Tenn. With a half-billion-dollar multi-state lottery jackpot up for grabs, plenty of folks are fantasizing about how to spend the money.
Michael Patrick Knoxville News Sentinel
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Relatives react by the coffin of Mohamed Merah during his funeral ceremony near Toulouse, southern France, Thursday, March 27, 2012. Mohamed Merah is blamed for a series of deadly shootings which have shocked France and upended the country's presidential race. Merah, who claimed allegiance to al-Qaida, died in a hail of gunfire one week ago after a dramatic 32-hour-long standoff with law enforcement. Algerian authorities said they didn't want to take Mohamed Merah's remains, as his Algerian-born father had wanted.
Marthial Roland Associated Press
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Dark clouds reflecting in the windows of the Neue Nationalgalerie museum as a boy takes pictures of paintings by artist Gerhard Richter in Berlin, Friday, March 30, 2012.
Markus Schreiber Associated Press
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Israeli police officers detain a Palestinian man outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, March 30, 2012. Israeli security forces in riot gear Friday confronted Palestinian demonstrators, anticipating possible clashes along Israel's frontiers on "Land Day". The "Land Day" rallies are an annual event marked by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza who protest what they say are discriminatory Israeli land policies.
Sebastian Scheiner Associated Press
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Masked Palestinians clash with Israeli troops as they mark the "Land Day" in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiyeh, Friday, March 30, 2012. Israeli security forces in riot gear Friday confronted Palestinian demonstrators, anticipating possible clashes along Israel's frontiers on "Land Day". The "Land Day" rallies are an annual event marked by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza who protest what they say are discriminatory Israeli land policie.
Oded Balilty Associated Press