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As it happens: Obama's fourth year in office
The president's fourth year at the White House in pictures — follow along as it happens.

North Korea continues celebrations
Pyongyang refuses to let failed rocket launch dampen tone of festivities.

Gaze at the supermoon of 2012
Click through the biggest and brightest pictures of the Saturday night "supermoon."

Los Angeles riots: 20 years later
Revisiting a turbulent chapter in race relations

The Week in Pictures
A graduation nap in Boston, a fiery mine protest in Spain, a barber shop goat in India, a jumping frog competition in California and more

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Worldwide May Day protests & rallies
Workers and activists rally on May Day.

Tornadoes rake Midwest
Storms spawned dangerous twisters from northern Nebraska through southern Oklahoma.

Easter celebrations
Around the world, Christians celebrate the holiest week of the year.

Tornadoes rip through Dallas area
At least two tornadoes hit suburban communities in the Dallas area

Hiring Our Heroes' spouses
Military spouses talk about the challenges of having a career, or even a job, with the mobility required by the military

International Women’s Day
Observed since the early 1900’s, International Women’s Day is used to celebrate the progress of women, or to point out inequalities that still exist throughout the world.

Afghanistan at a crossroads
More than ten years after the beginning of the war, Afghanistan faces external pressure to reform as well as ongoing internal conflicts.

Then and now: The 2011 Japan tsunami
In this special slideshow, see before-and-after photos from the devastated area.

Early season tornado outbreak
Severe storms and tear through the midwest and southern states.

Deadly school shooting in Ohio
Three students was killed and 2 were injured in a shooting Monday morning at an Ohio high school, officials said.

Protests erupt over Quran burning
Angry afghans attacked U.S. bases after reports of Quran desecration.

World Press Photo 2012 award winners gallery
View the award winning images selected by World Press Photo.

Luxury cruise ship runs aground
The Costa Concordia, carrying more than 4,200 passengers, ran aground Jan. 13 off the coast of Italy. At least 25 people died in the accident, and rescuers continue to search for others missing.

Russian tanker reaches Nome to refuel ice-bound town
From AP: ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Russian tanker and its crew have begun offloading more than a million gallons of fuel to an iced-in city along the western coast of Alaska.

Funeral and reaction to the death of Kim Jong Il
News of the North Korean leader's death sparks tears from his followers and concerns around the world as power is handed over to his successor.

Typhoon strikes the Philippines
Over 1000 people are killed in flash floods, landslides following a tropical storm.

Honda begins scrapping over 1000 cars damaged from Thailand floods
In an effort to prove that no flood damaged vehicles will not be sold to customers, the Honda factory in Thailand's Ayutthaya province began destroying over 1,000 cars.

Elections in Egypt
Egypt holds its first elections since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.

Pakistan releases 1st pics of attacked border posts
PhotoBlog: Pakistani army official describes attack as deliberate, blatant act of aggression.

HIV/AIDS cases soar in China
PhotoBlog: Health officials say infection rate among college students and older men is rising.

Sesame Street arrives in Afghanistan
PhotoBlog: Popular children's show aims to raise education levels.

Thanksgiving travel
See a selection of the 42.5 million people expected to drive, fly or take the train to their Thanksgiving gatherings, the largest number since the beginning of the recession.

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
A colorful cast of characters takes part in the 85th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.

Protests continue in Egypt
Thousands of protesters crowd Tahrir Square, calling for an end to military rule

Conflict in Libya
An uprising in Libya ousts dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

Famine strikes East Africa
Somali refugees are seeking shelter in Mogadishu and Kenya from extreme drought and hunger in what the UN's refugee agency is calling the worst humanitarian disaster in the world.

America remembers 9/11
Ten years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on America, her citizens reflect.

Indian social activist Anna Hazare
Click to view pictures of the anti-corruption movement spreading through India.

Norway mourns after massacre
The nation looks to rally after a bombing and shooting spree leaves 77 people dead.

Moammar Gadhafi through the years
A look at the life and times of Libya’s mercurial and flamboyant leader

Picture stories archive

for msnbc.com	Living without lights While people in developed nations spent Earth Day focused on issues like conserving energy, over a billion people in the developing world live without electricity. View a case in point: northern Ghana.
NOOR	Deportation: The flip side of immigration Experience what it's like to be deported, from the plane and bus rides to thoughts of leaving loved ones behind and heading to a birth country that may not feel like home.
Ami Vitale for msnbc.com	Rhinos: Flight for survival Feb. 2010: The last four breeding Northern White Rhinos are moved from Europe to Africa in hopes of keeping the subspecies alive. Learn about the debate over the move and the logistics of transporting such large animals.
Bongarts/Getty Images	Female ski jumpers frozen out of Olympics Even though a Canadian court said the omission was discrimination, women will not compete in this year’s Olympic ski jumping.
Jon Lowenstein / NOOR	Picturing Climate Change Dec. 2009: See images of the causes and consequences of climate change from around the world.
	Mom’s death is only relief from medical debt Oct. 2009: After battling breast cancer and medical bills for years, a Texas mother dies, finally allowing her family to pay their debts and get insured
Gamma	Taking mementos into battle Aug. 2009: From a lucky rock to photos of loved ones, U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan share the mementos that help remind them of home
Alaska Fire Service - BLM	Behind the scenes – Week in Pictures Aug. 2009: Learn how The Week in Pictures started, see highlights from its first decade, and find out how we pick the pictures.
Reuters	10 years of The Week in Pictures Aug. 2009: Look back at the most important images in the slideshow's history
	HIV's dangerous path March 2009: Sex workers, truckers at an African border town key to HIV’s spread.
	Rocky road to marriage for Calif. gays Oct. 2008: Frank and Joe Capley-Alfano who wed for the second time this year, anxiously await a verdict from voters in a statewide referendum.
	Dad's slide into dementia Oct. 2008: When Herbie Winokur began to slide into dementia, his daughter and her family knew they would care for him in their home. What they didn’t know is that it would change everything.
NASA	The Hubble Story Sept. 2008: What’s it like to hang in space and fix the Hubble Space Telescope? Click to see images of Story Musgrave and other astronauts at work, and hear him describe the experience, from scary liftoffs to figuring out which way is up.
Panos	Black market July 2008: The wildlife trade is the third largest illegal trade in the world after guns and drugs. Learn who is buying and selling and see the species put at risk by the trade.
msnbc.com	Voices from the flood zone June 2008: Meet residents of riverside towns — and the volunteers on hand to aid them — as they battle the rising waters of the Mississippi River.
	Shades of experience May 2008: Six multiracial families from around the country discuss their challenges, triumphs.
Gideon Mendel / Corbis for UNICEF	Stopping HIV at birth Dec. 2007: Three HIV-positive mothers in the African nation of Lesotho share their concerns about passing the deadly HIV virus to their children.
Getty Images	Lost children of Haiti Aug. 2007: Amid widespread poverty, thousands of kids are forced to become indentured servants in Haiti
	The Gulf Coast's struggle back Aug. 2007: Two years after Hurricane Katrina, a lifelong Gulf Coast resident revisits areas that had been devastated by the storm.
Sipa Press via MediaStorm	Frontier: Europe June 2007: Struggling financially in Africa, Kingsley crosses a continent in hopes of finding financial opportunity in Europe
Redux Pictures	Scars from Iraq March 2007: Three U.S. troops share how the visible and invisible wounds of war changed their lives and impacted their loved ones.
Agence VU	A diamond's journey Dec. 2006: From the mines in Africa, to polishers in India, to retailers in the West, follow a diamond's global path to market.
MediaStorm.org	Life in Iraqi Kurdistan Nov. 2006: Click to view photojournalist Ed Kashi's unique presentation of daily life in Iraqi, Kurdistan. Produced by MediaStorm.org
Corbis	Killed in action Oct. 2005: Families of National Guardsmen killed in Iraq tell their stories of loss. Click to play the audio slide show.
	AIDS: Lost generation July 2005: Orphans are left to care for themselves, and grandparents become parents again, due to AIDS.
Getty Images	Subsidizing poverty? June 2005: Flip between images of American and African cotton growers, and learn how trade policies impact them.

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msnbc.com	Tough trek for a new leg A young boy and his parents travel to a remote hospital that's offering hope to Haiti's earthquake amputees.
msnbc.com	First steps for young amputee After days of examinations and waiting, the young boy tries out his new prosthetic leg for the first time.
msnbc.com	Haiti's amputees: Building a life worth living Follows one prosthetic team's efforts to help the victims of January's devastating quake in Haiti.