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Hostages freed
Fifteen captives were freed from Colombian rebels after a daring operation.

‘Nightmare’ in Jersualem
View images of deadly rampage by a Palestinian driving a huge construction vehicle.

Race for the presidency
The trips, the speeches, and the moments of Decision ’08. A look at the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain.

Wild fires
View images from a few of the hundreds of fires scarring Northern California.

Zimbabwe’s one-man election
Robert Mugabe retains power after winning a widely discredited presidential runoff election.

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The Week in Pictures
Everyday people living everyday lives despite heat and storms

Storm lashes Philippines
See images of the effects of Typhoon Fengshen after its wind and rains unleashed landsides and flashfloods.

Before and after the floodwaters
See images of the Mississippi River's impact upon one of the towns along its banks as the waters have risen.

Voices from the flood zone
Meet residents of riverside towns — and the volunteers on hand to aid them — as they battle the rising waters of the Mississippi River.

Facing the floodwaters
Scenes of inundated Midwest towns along the Mississippi River.

A Run at History
Images from Big Brown’s drive toward a possible horse racing Triple Crown.

Protests over pump prices
A trucking strike in Portugal and Spain empties supermarket shelves as protests against the cost of fuel go global.

Picture stories archive

VII	Crisis in Congo Jan. 2008: Explore the political, cultural and historical issues surrounding one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Editor's note: Some images are graphic.
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.