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The Week in Pictures: October 16-22, 2010

The deaths of two of America's favorite parents, Sarah Palin desecrates a dog, and France continues to fall apart

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    Nebraska fans look a little down in the mouth during the No. 5 Cornhuskers’ 20-13 upset loss to Texas Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.

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    Two of TV’s most beloved parents died this week.

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    A model displays a creation during the Alternative Hair Show in London Sunday.

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    Pakistani paramilitary troops patrol on a street to ensure security in Karachi Sunday.

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    A mahout drives a white elephant to bathe it Sunday in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

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    The roof flies off a house as super typhoon Megi, known locally as Juan, hits Ilagan City, Philippines, Monday.

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    Republican candidate Carl Paladino looks over at Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo as he speaks during a New York gubernatorial debate held at Hoftstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday.

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    A soldier guards packages of seized marijuana during a presentation for the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday.

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    Sarah Palin kisses a puppy after signing the dog’s belly for her owner, Debbie Fuller of Incline Village, Nev., during the kickoff of the Tea Party Express bus tour Monday in Reno, Nev.

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    Students of Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Mass., attend a vigil for Danroy Henry Jr., Monday.

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    Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., at a rally in Denver Monday.

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    Youths clash with police in Lyon, France, Tuesday as nationwide protests against a proposed hike in the retirement age took an increasingly radical turn.

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    A life-sized replica of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in hospital bed, an installation by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky, is exhibited at the Kishon gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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    Lightning flashes over Strip casinos as a thunderstorm passes through Las Vegas Tuesday.

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    An Iraqi emergency responder carries the body of 6-month-old Shahad Mohammed from the bombed-out ruins of his home in Tikrit, Iraq, Tuesday.

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    Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass talks to reporters inside the newly discovered tomb that belonged to Rudj-ka, a priest who headed the mortuary cult of the pharaoh Khafre, at the site of the Giza Pyramids in Cairo Tuesday.

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    An Iraqi policeman passes by a destroyed bus in Baghdad Tuesday.

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    Marisol Valles Garcia, center, attends a news conference with Mayor Jose Luis Guerrero, right, and local official Andres Morales in Pr

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    A pushcart food seller stops in front of a decrepit rail car to watch a passenger train pass by on the outskirts of the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh Wednesday.

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    Civil Protection unit members requisitioned by the French government clean the streets and piled-up trash in Marseille on Wednesday, the ninth day of a strike by garbage collectors.

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    Reza Taghavi is greeted by his niece Mersedeh Taghav Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport upon his return after being detained in Iran for more than two years.

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    Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas stands at the door of his home in Santa Clara at dawn Thursday after hearing news of his winning the Sakharov Award.

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    James F. Neal, right, arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington on Nov. 8, 1974, with fellow Watergate prosecutors Richard Ben-Veniste and Jill Volner.

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    Costa Mesa, Calif., police say they discovered the mummified body of a homeless woman in this car Monday night.

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    Women hold children who are receiving serum at the St. Nicholas hospital in Saint Marc, Haiti, Thursday.

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    A buffalo is decorated for a parade during the annual buffalo races festival in Chonburi, Thailand, Friday.

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    Police officers take cover as demonstrators aim fireworks at them in Terzigno, Italy, early Friday.

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    Onlookers gather at the campus of Talisayan Elementary School in Zamboanga City, Philippines, as funeral workers remove the body of Fely Mateo after he was killed by irate villagers when he went on a stabbing spree Friday.

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    Members of the Samaritan sect take part in their traditional pilgrimage ceremony marking the holiday of the Tabernacles, or Sukkot, in Mount Gerizim, West Bank, Friday.

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    Lindsay Lohan arrives for a probation violation hearing at Beverly Hills Courthouse in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday.