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Prayers for rain, street battles in Honduras and Michael Jackson's last dance are among this week's memorable pictures from around the globe. Full story

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The Statue of Liberty then and now
A gift from France, the Statue of Liberty has stood over New York Harbor since 1886. See photos from its original construction through its reopening almost 8 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Coup in Honduras
The military ousts leftist President Manuel Zelaya from office.

U.S. combat troops leave Iraqi cities
Iraqis celebrate as the country's security forces take control of urban areas.

Freight train explosion in Italy
A deadly freight train derailment and explosion devastates the Italian town of Viareggio.

Stonewall: 40 years later
Spontaneous riots spawn the beginning of the gay-rights movement

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Iran’s opposition: Then and now
Compare images from the 1979 Iranian Revolution to scenes from today’s post-election unrest

Protests continue following Iran election
Opponents cry foul after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is declared the victor.

Attackers strike luxury Pakistan hotel
Gunmen storm past guards and set off a massive bomb a week after the Taliban warned of major attacks.

Grim search for crash site
Two nations mourn as searchers look for more debris from the crash of Air France Flight 447.

Day care tragedy in Mexico
A fire that raced through a state-run day care center in Hermosillo, Mexico, took the lives of at least 38 infants and toddlers.

Inside Iran
NBC’s Ann Curry shares photographs from NBC’s reporting inside this secretive and surprising nation.

Life inside the White House
From the president’s “body man” to the official candy of the commander in chief – an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the Obama administration and the people who keep it running like clockwork.

Pakistan refugee crisis
Continued military operations against the Taliban insurgency threaten to overwhelm already strained relief operations.

South Asia cyclone
Strong winds and heavy rain wash people out of their homes in Bangladesh and India.

Camp Restrepo
Members of the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry man an isolated outpost in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley.

A year later, China mourns quake victims
Citizens in China's Sichuan province and others across the country pay respects to the tens of thousands lost or missing in the devastating May 2008 earthquake.

Pope’s pilgrimage
View images of Pope Benedict on his first papal trip to the Middle East.

Picture stories archive

	Rocky road to marriage for Calif. gays 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 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 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.
World Picture News	Eight months with the Marines March 2005: See the daily life of Marine units, from peacekeeping to combat missions in Iraq.
MSNBC.com	Spectrum of solutions Feburary 2005: A look at how therapists and parents are helping children with autism learn to connect with the world.
	The war after the war Jan. 2005: Disabled from wounds sustained in Iraq, one soldier and his family find life changed.

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