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The Week in Pictures

The week in pictures

From Bonnaroo to Bradbury, here's what dominated the headlines this week

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    A demonstrator holds a banner during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday. Spain will stick to harsh austerity measures until it emerges from financial crisis, the prime minister said, promising that the country would survive the present economic turmoil.

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    Rescue workers collect bodies at the site of a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday. A passenger plane carrying more than 150 people crashed in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, government officials said.

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    On Monday, Facebook said it is testing out ways to allow children younger than 13 on its site.

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    On Tuesday, musician Sheryl Crow revealed to an audience that she has a benign brain tumor. She's currently on a nationwide tour and battled breast cancer several years back.

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    G.T. Weeks is among the crowd gathered at Mt. Trashmore in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to watch the transit of Venus across the face of the sun on Tuesday. The next such trip won't be for another 105 years.

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    Russian police detain protesters outside the parliament building in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday. The Kremlin-controlled Russian parliament is expected to pass a legislation on Tuesday that would raise fines for taking part in unsanctioned rallies. Opposition leaders say that the law would also exacerbate tensions in the Russian society and leave the public with no free leeway of expressing their discontent.

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    Author Ray Bradbury, who wrote everything from science-fiction and mystery to humor, died Tuesday in Southern California. He was 91.

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    Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin competes during the 2012 Miss USA Presentation Show on Wednesday. Monnin resigned her crown, claiming the contest is rigged, but according to organizers the beauty queen was upset over the decision to allow transgender contestants to enter.

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    On Wednesday, an Egyptian man wears tape over his mouth during a silent protest marking the second anniversary of Khaled Said's death at the hands of Egyptian police in Cairo, Egypt. Khaled Said's death in June, 2010 in Alexandria captured the attention of millions in Egypt and helped spark the 18-day uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February. The Arabic on his mask reads, in part, "down with military rule."

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    WWII Navy veteran Josephine Bussard, 89, left, and her husband, WWII Marine Corps veteran Murray Bussard, 88, of Springfield, Mo., kiss during a visit to the World War II Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, the 68th anniversary of D-Day.

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    On Wednesday, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, left, takes notes while listening to Telkla Plucinski as she campaigns at a market ahead of Sunday's first round legislative elections in Evin Malmaison, France.

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    President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser sponsored by the LGBTQ community, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on Wednesday.

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    On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington to testify before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department.

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    On Thursday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly, listens on.

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    A currency trader watches his monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday. South Korea's Kospi rose 2.56 percent, or 46.10 points, to close at 1,847.95.

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    Best remembered for the 1978 hit "Because the Night," Patti Smith's latest album, "Banga," released this week, is her first album of original music in eight years. (AP Photo/John Carucci)

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    Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano, from Japan arrives at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, on Friday. The U.N. nuclear agency has started new talks with Iran aimed at getting access to what it suspects was the site of secret tests to make nuclear arms.

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    Free Syrian Army members raise their weapons during a training session on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, as they carve out new, safe spaces in the embattled country, Thursday.

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    Shirley MacLaine, left, and Meryl Streep attend the AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Shirley MacLaineat Sony Studios on Thursday in Culver City, California.

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    Music fans gather to hear rapper Kendrick Lamar at the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tenn., on Thursday.

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    Former President Bill Clinton speaks at the second annual Clinton Global Initiative America, Thursday, in Chicago. Clinton urged those attending the two-day event to invest in projects that will create jobs.

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    A police woman displays the wreath of gold oak leaves and acorns, date from roughly the 4th Century B.C. in Thessaloniki on Friday. A 60-year-old retired policeman and a 41-year-old painter were arrested late Thursday night after the artifacts were found during a routine traffic check.

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    Polish soccer fans, wearing the colors of their home team, wait for the start of the opening match of the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group A match between Poland and Greece in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday.

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