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The Best Pictures of the Week: Dec. 12 – Dec. 19

TIME selects the best pictures of the week

From the restoration of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba to the Pakistan school massacre and the Sydney cafe siege to Russia’s economic crisis, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

 

Women mourn their relative Mohammed Ali Khan, a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, at his house in Peshawar TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT-DAILY LIFE RUSSIA-POLITICS-PUTIN Large Winter Storm Continues To Bring Heavy Rains And High Winds To Southern California APTOPIX Australia Police Operation Ava Exelbirt BELGIUM-ARDENNES-RECOGNE-BASTOGNE-WWII AP10ThingsToSee - Pakistan 27th foundation anniversary of Palestinian Hamas movement APTOPIX Vatican Pope Birthday Italy - Religion - Pope Francis celebrates 78th birthday Australia seeking answers over security lapse on cafe gunman Pakistan TOPSHOTS-US-POLICE-GUN-BUYBACK Maasai Olympics 2014 Syrian Civil War APTOPIX Sony Hack Theaters Russian Rouble Sinks To Record Low Against US Dollar University of the Philippines APO fraternity run naked People pass a poster calling for the release of the Cuban Five spies, the last of who were released on Wednesday, in Havana. Foreign tourist walk on a small beach with fallen big trees and damage still visible from 2004 tsunami in Khao Lak Buddhist monks look at the Thai navy police boat which was swept almost 2 km inland during the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami as they visit a memorial in Khao Lak Malaysia Christmas

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