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The week in 10 pics

From Oscar Pistorius to Oscar preparations, a look at the stories that defined the week SLIDE SHOW

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  • Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius stands inside the court as a police officer looks on during his bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 20, 2013. Pistorius was granted bail on Friday.
    Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe

  • Stalled vehicles are seen during a blizzard as traffic comes to a standstill on the I-635 in Kansas City, Kansas, Feb. 21, 2013.
    Credit: Reuters/Dave Kaup

  • Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., defends his proposed immigration overhaul to an angry crowd during a town hall, Feb. 19, 2013, in Sun Lakes, Ariz.
    Credit: AP/Matt York

  • Lead scenic artist Dena D'Angelo paints a poster during preparations for the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., Feb. 20, 2013.
    Credit: Reuters/Danny Moloshok

  • A "no horsemeat" sign at Bates Butchers in Market Harborough, central England, Feb. 20, 2013.
    Credit: Reuters/Darren Staples

  • Demonstrators march past the White House during a rally against the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington, Feb. 17, 2013.
    Credit: Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com

  • A crime scene analyst photographs a car in front of Caesars Palace hotel-casino after a shooting and multi-car accident that left three people dead and at least three injured on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas Feb. 21, 2013.
    Reuters/Steve Marcus

  • Firemen and utility workers respond to a gas explosion and massive fire Feb. 19, 2013, in the Plaza shopping district in Kansas City, Mo.
    Credit: AP/Ed Zurga

  • A job seeker looks at a closed job center of Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Feb. 21, 2013. Apple Inc's manufacturing partner Foxconn Technology Group has frozen hiring at a Shenzhen plant that makes gadgets including the iPhone 5 and put the brakes on recruiting for other factories across China, but said the move was not linked to any single client.
    Reuters/Tyrone Siu

  • Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson speaks at a memorial service for the late Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss in Los Angeles, Feb. 21, 2013.
    Reuters/Lucy Nicholson

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  • This photo. President Barack Obama has a laugh during the unveiling of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Tx., Thursday. Former first lady Barbara Bush, who candidly admitted this week we've had enough Bushes in the White House, is unamused.
    Reuters/Jason Reed

  • Rescue workers converge Wednesday in Savar, Bangladesh, where the collapse of a garment building killed more than 300. Factory owners had ignored police orders to vacate the work site the day before.
    AP/A.M. Ahad

  • Police gather Wednesday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to honor campus officer Sean Collier, who was allegedly killed in a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects last week.
    AP/Elise Amendola

  • Police tape closes the site of a car bomb that targeted the French embassy in Libya Tuesday. The explosion wounded two French guards and caused extensive damage to Tripoli's upscale al-Andalus neighborhood.
    AP/Abdul Majeed Forjani

  • Protestors rage outside the residence of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday following the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi. The girl was allegedly kidnapped and tortured before being abandoned in a locked room for two days.
    AP/Manish Swarup

  • Clarksville, Mo., residents sit in a life boat Monday after a Mississippi River flooding, the 13th worst on record.
    AP/Jeff Roberson

  • Workers pause Wednesday for a memorial service at the site of the West, Tx., fertilizer plant explosion, which killed 14 people and left a crater more than 90 feet wide.
    AP/The San Antonio Express-News, Tom Reel

  • Aerial footage of the devastation following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province last Saturday. At least 180 people were killed and as many as 11,000 injured in the quake.
    AP/Liu Yinghua

  • On Wednesday, Hazmat-suited federal authorities search a martial arts studio in Tupelo, Miss., once operated by Everett Dutschke, the newest lead in the increasingly twisty ricin case. Last week, President Barack Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker, R.-Miss., and a Mississippi judge were each sent letters laced with the deadly poison.
    AP/Rogelio V. Solis

  • The lighting of Freedom Hall at the George W. Bush Presidential Center Thursday is celebrated with (what else but) red, white and blue fireworks.
    AP/David J. Phillip

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