The Week in Pictures

The Week in Pictures

From Comic-Con in California to an avalanche in France, here's what dominated the headlines this week

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    Bosnian Muslim women cry near the coffin of a relative, among 520 newly identified Srebrenica victims, at the Potocari memorial cemetery near Srebrenica, some 160 kilometers east of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monday. The 520 victims will be buried at a memorial center near Srebrenica on the 17th anniversary of the massacre of 8,000 men and boys, defined by the International Court of Justice as genocide.

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    Spanish Finance Minister Luis de Guindos Jurado, right, talks with President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi during the Eurogroup ministerial meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday.

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    On Monday, Helen Reddy poses for a portrait after an interview in Los Angeles. Reddy recently had eye surgery and wished to keep her glasses on. The '70s pop singer is making her return to the musical stage this week.

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    President Barack Obama waves in the East Room of the White House Monday, after calling on Congress to pass a temporary, one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for people who make less than $250,000 a year.

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    Wendy Cross looks out from her food truck as she waits for the lunchtime crowd Tuesday, in Atlanta. Local and federal investigators are trying to determine whether Aubrey Lee Price killed himself or whether he slipped away with $17 million of investors'’ money, including $300,000 of Cross'.

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    South Sudanese men and women participate in the country's anniversary celebrations, at the John Garang mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Monday.

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    A protester holds a sign during a "Million Gulp" demonstration against Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to prohibit licensed food establishments from using containers larger than 16 ounces to serve high-calorie drinks like colas at City Hall in New York, Monday.

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    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses for a photo with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at the Government Guest House in Hanoi, Tuesday.

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    Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, center, walks with President of Airbus Fabrice Bregier, second right, as he arrives to visit the Airbus display during the Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough, England, Monday.

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    Firefighters from Coeur D'alene, Idaho march to dinner at sunset in the base camp for the High Park wildfire in Fort Collins, Colo. Thousands of wildland firefighters aren’t eligible for federal health insurance so they have launched an online petition to change that, drawing more than 90,000 signatures in a matter of days.

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    Goat herder Dana McGregor, of Pismo Beach, Calif., surfs with his goats Pismo, left, and Pismo's mother, Goatee, at San Onofre State Beach, Calif., on Wednesday.

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    In a statement released Tuesday, Peter O'Toole, right, said he would retire from films and stage. “ O'Toole won acclaim as a Shakespearean actor before rocketing to fame in “"Lawrence of Arabia.”" His last of eight Oscar nominations was in 2007 for the film “"Venus."

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    Central American migrants line up for bread and coffee during their wait for a northern-bound train, in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, Wednesday. Local officials estimate 1,000 immigrants are stranded in this town after a rail bridge collapsed blocking the passage of cargo trains used by the travelers heading to the United States.

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    The nearly empty E Street Mall in San Bernardino, Calif., is shown on Wednesday. The San Bernardino city council voted Tuesday night in favor of the city filing for bankruptcy.

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    A patron reads a leaflet in front of a run-down ticket box at Seoul's last old-style one-screen cinema at Seodaemun Art Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday. Seoul's last old-style one-screen cinema, soon to be knocked down and replaced by a new tourist hotel, played its final movie Wednesday: the Italian classic "The Bicycle Thief."

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    Myanmar's lawmakers attend a regular session of the parliament at the Lower House in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday.

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    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. talks to reporters about the fight over extending tax cuts following a political strategy session, Tuesday, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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    A rescue worker helicopter returning from an avalanche site lands in Chamonix, French Alps, Thursday. An avalanche in the French Alps swept six European climbers to their deaths on a slope leading to Mont Blanc, and left at least nine others injured, authorities said.

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    United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek speaks during a news conference accompanied by Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner, left, Thursday, in Chicago. United Airlines and Boeing announced that United is buying 150 Boeing 737s, and is planning to use them to replace older planes that are not as fuel efficient.

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    Jennifer Carpenter and Yvonne Strahovski attend the "Dexter" Panel at Comic-Con on Thursday in San Diego, Calif.

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    Civil servants shout slogans condemning the recent austerity measures announced by the Spanish government, during a demonstrations in Madrid, Spain, on Friday.

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    An unidentified man is arrested by Los Angeles police in downtown Los Angeles late Thursday. An officer was injured as police in riot gear broke up a crowd of about 200 protesters who filled Los Angeles streets during downtown's monthly Art Walk.

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    A Jewish woman stands next to pictures of rabbis for sale near the tomb of the Baba Sali, Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, during the annual pilgrimage to his grave on the 28th anniversary of his death, in the southern Israeli town of Netivot. Over the past few decades, dozens of rabbis have carefully positioned themselves at the fulcrum of Israeli power and influence.

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    Wednesday, Brenda Charlston holds a photo of her long-deceased dog, Rosie, and a voter registration form for "Rosie Charlston" that arrived in the mail for the canine last month, in Seattle. A left-leaning group called the Voter Participation Center has touted the distribution of some 5 million registration forms in recent weeks, targeting Democratic voting blocs such as unmarried women, blacks, Latinos and young adults. But residents and election administrators around the country have also reported a series of bizarre and questionable mailings addressed to animals, dead people and people already registered to vote.

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    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, rear center, gives a speech during second Friends of Lower Mekong Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday.

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