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Human toll
of Afghan addiction

A look at how narcotics have ravaged the country and a detox center helping some of its 2 million users.

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The Week in Sports Pictures

Pain on the skating rink, flying high on the hardwood, and more.

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Afghanistan
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A Georgian man cries near the body of his relative after a bombardment in Gori
Gleb Garanich / Reuters
John Mccolgan / Alaska Fire Service - BLM
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Jim Seida / msnbc.com
Image: Soldiers with the Indiana National Guard 1538th Transportation Company
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BLOODSHED IN JUAREZ
Shaul Schwarz
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U.S., world, and environment
Image: Protesters hold lighted candles
Bullit Marquez / AP
Massacre in the Philippines

Click to see pictures from the scene. Editor's warning: there are scenes of death and violence in this report.

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Gopal Chitrakar / Reuters
Image: A heroin addict in Kabul
Image: South Korea welcomes Obama
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Image: Performers from a group called Nomad Dance do somersaults during a training session at Yoff beach in Senegal's capital Dakar
Finbarr O'reilly / Reuters
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Image: A boy fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, Pakistan
Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
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Image: Chris Christie
Henny Ray Abrams / AP

Entertainment photos

Celebrity, music, movie, TV and fashion
Celebrity sightings

Lady Gaga signs CDs in New York, Alicia Keys performs on the TODAY show, Gwyneth Paltrow steps out in London and more.

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Image: Media Preview Of The Museum Of Modern Art: Tim Burton
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U.S. television presenter Winfrey arrives for birthday dinner party of former president of South Africa Mandela in London
Dylan Martinez / Reuters
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Image: Carrie Underwood
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Image: Taylor Swift
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Image: Edward Asner, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight
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Image: Up
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Anim

Sports photos

Big matchups, sports stars and history
Image: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim v New York Yankees, Game 6
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Baseball playoffs: Day 15

Check out all the best action from the MLB playoffs.

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Lee Jin-man / AP
Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers sm
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Ray Rice, Antoine Bethea
Nick Wass / AP
Buster Skrine, Julio Jones
Dave Martin / AP
Darron Cummings / AP
PGA Championship - Final Round
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US golfer Tom Watson chips onto the 18th
Adrian Dennis / AFP - Getty Images
Reed Saxon / AP
Detroit Red Wings v Calgary Flames
Dale Macmillan / Getty Images
Stanley Cup Finals - Pittsburgh Penguins v Detroit Red Wings - Game Seven
Bruce Bennett / Getty Images
Minnesota Twins v Kansas City Royals
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Stanley Cup Finals - Detroit Red Wings v Pittsburgh Penguins - Game Four
Harry How / Getty Images

Travel photos

U.S. and worldwide destinations
Image: The Empire State Building at night
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The Big Apple

Long referred to as the center of American business, New York is a melting pot of cultures and landscapes. Take a visual tour of some of the Big Apple’s most famous attractions.

Image: Reflection of Autumn Trees in Vltava River
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A reveler of Grande Rio samba school per
Antonio Scorza / AFP/Getty Images
Charles Rex Arbogast / AP file
Image: Vancouver
Albert Normandin / Tourism British Columbia via AP
Image: Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland
Paul Hiffmeyer / Disneyland
Las Vegas Strip Exteriors
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Revellers from Salgueiro samba school dance during the second night of the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome
Sergio Moraes / Reuters
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The Myrtles Plantation
Peter Morrison / AP
Athens, Greece
Julian Finney / Getty Images
Image: Taj Mahal
Prakash Singh / AFP/Getty Images
Obama Family To Spend Summer Vacation On Martha's Vineyard
Win Mcnamee / Getty Images
Image: The Sacred Heart (Sacre Coeur) is seen in Paris
Benoit Tessier / Reuters

Technology and science photos

Space, technology, gadgets and science
David Domozych
Olympus BioScapes 2009

See the winners of an international photo competition that honors the world's most extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects.

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NASA
Image: Female Jumping Spider
Thomas Shahan
Image: US Department of Energy hosts the 2009 Solar Decathlon at the National Mall in Washington DC
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Image: Lucky the turtle
TODAY Show
Image: Cat Ba leopard gecko, Vietnam
Thomas Ziegler / WWF via EPA
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NASA
Image: Hubble
NASA / ESA / Hubble SM4 ERO
"Earthrise" seen by the Apollo 8 astronauts in December 1968. Credit: NASA.
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Image: Hubble view
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center / NASA
NASA
Image: The pair of day-old clouded leopard cubs
Mehgan Murphy / Smithsonian's National Zoo
Steve Richards / Conservation International

More photos

Pets, health and business slide shows
Image: Controversial Body Worlds Exhibition
Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
Art that shocks

Works challenging our notions of what is sacred and decent inspire outrage, censorship and contemplation.

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Sara Naomi Lewkowicz / 2009 Mountain Workshops
Image: Tuffy, sports a mohawk while competing in the fifth annual Times Square Dog Day Masquerade, in New York
Natalie Behring / Reuters
Image: Madoff's Palm Beach home
J Pat Carter / AP
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US Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefne
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Image: Spanish matador Antonio Ferrera reacts after killing a fighting bull during a bullfight at the Plaza de Toros at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona.
Eloy Alonso / Reuters
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Image: A cat during the Pets Fashion Week Russia in Moscow
Alexander Natruskin / Reuters
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