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Image: Evicting Harvey Lesser in Boulder, Colo.

First jobless, now homeless

A Boulder, Colo., man faces eviction after losing his job. Full story

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Taking aim at global warming
View images of a landmark climate conference and the environmental problems it hopes to address.

Fierce wintry storm
See images from the dangerous snowstorm that is sweeping across the nation.

Christmas at the White House
From a gingerbread "Bo," to giant trees and official White House ornaments, Christmas is in full effect at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Inside Afghanistan
Scenes of everyday life in Afghanistan against a backdrop of war.

Deadly blasts across Baghdad
Coordinated attacks strike ministry buildings and police patrols, leaving scores dead and more than 200 wounded.

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The making of SpaceShipTwo
Click through scenes from the construction of Virgin Galactic's suborbital passenger spaceship.

Russian nightclub fire
Russian city of Perm mourns the loss of 113 people after a fast-moving blaze kills club goers.

Warming threatens lifestyle of Russian herders
For a thousand years, the Nenet have herded their domesticated reindeer to summer pastures above the Arctic Circle. But warming temperatures are threatening their traditional way of life.

The Week in Pictures
A fiery protest in Greece, Baghdad bombing, winter winds, a cold dip in China, a relaxing bath in Hungary, police officers remembered and more news and feature images from around the world.

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.

WTO protests in Geneva
Anti-capitalism protesters took to the streets ahead of the ministerial meetings that are scheduled to take place from Nov. 30 - Dec. 2.

Pakistan’s year of turmoil
With militant bombings moving from the countryside into major cities and Pakistan’s army striking back in new offensives, the country has lived through a violent and tumultuous year.

Thanksgiving around the world
Celebrating an American holiday in the U.S., abroad and in outer space.

Massacre in the Philippines
Country reels from its worst election violence ever

Mass sacrifice in Nepal
Hindus gather to sacrifice 200,000 animals in a religious ritual that has drawn ire from animal-rights protesters.

Sarah Palin: Republican star for 2012?
View images of her rise from governor of Alaska to a potential presidential contender.

Funerals held for some Ft. Hood victims
Several victims of the Fort Hood shooting rampage were being remembered Saturday during funeral services.

Celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall
With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans and cities across europe will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago.

Saving lives on the front line
Photographer Erin Trieb spends six weeks with the U.S. Army's busiest trauma center in Afghanistan.

The Murray, Kentucky experience
On Oct. 27, thirty-one photojournalists picked their story subjects from a hat and hit the streets to document five days in the life of the Murray, Ky. and the surrounding farmland of Calloway County. The pictures they made depict the extraordinary ordinariness of life in small-town USA.

Picture stories archive

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.
	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.
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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