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The week in 10 pics

From ticker-tape celebrations to flags flying at half mast, a look at the week's enduring images SLIDE SHOW

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  • The Union flag flies at half mast at the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday to honor the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who leaves behind a polarizing legacy.
    AP/Sang Tan

  • Guard Trey Burke walks off the court after Louisville defeated Michigan 82-76 in the NCAA championship game Monday. Chin up, Trey. NBA stardom awaits.
    AP/Curtis Compton

  • Copies of President Barack Obama's 2014 federal budget plan are prepared for delivery at the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington, Monday. The plan, which makes significant cuts to Medicaid and Social Security, has been met with skepticism from critics on the left.
    AP/J. Scott Applewhite

  • Smoke engulfs Sabaa Bahrat Square in Damascus, Syria, after a car bomb rocked one of the capital's busiest commercial and residential districts Monday. The explosion killed at least 12 and injured many more.
    AP/SANA

  • Life Flight personnel rush a victim wounded in a series of stabbing attacks at Lone Star College in Cyprus, Tx., to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Tuesday. The assault, which left 11 wounded, came just three months after a shooting on a separate Lone Star College campus in North Harris County.
    AP/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson

  • Jay-Z and wife Beyonce tour Havanna, Cuba, a trip that drew the ire of two House Republicans and prompted the rapper cum sports agent to answer his critics in verse. Jigga's single (diss track?) "Open Letter" dropped Thursday.
    AP/Ramon Espinosa

  • With the Korean peninsula possibly teetering on the brink of nuclear war, a South Korean soldier checks ID cards Tuesday at the now-barricaded Unification Bridge near the border village of Panmunjom.
    AP/Lee Jin-man

  • Edward Gonzales, whose family hails from El Salvador, participates in a rally for immigration reform on Capitol Hill, Wednesday. A comprehensive new immigration bill is set to be unveiled next week.
    AP/Charles Dharapak

  • During a luncheon at the Chicago Hilton Wednesday, First Lady Michelle Obama speaks about 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed on the south side of Chicago earlier this year. The speech was widely heralded for giving the gun control debate some much-needed socioeconomic context.
    AP/Paul Beaty

  • Mike Caldwell, a 35-year-old software engineer, examines bitcoin tokens at his shop in Sandy, Utah. The virtual currency had a turbulent week, soaring to $266 per coin before plummeting to $55 in the span of 24 hours.
    AP/Rick Bowmer

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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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