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The Best Pictures of the Week, August 12 – August 19

This week: Rebel fighters in Libya, temporary confessionals in Madrid, the children of Somalia's famine, Independence Day celebrations in Pakistan, The Palio of Siena bareback horse race, the Dalai Lama visits southern France, the wall of peace in the aftermath of England's riots, Mubarak on trail, drought in Texas, rainbows, waterfalls and astronaut photographer Ron Garan's tweeted photo shows "What a 'Shooting Star' looks like from space."

This week: Rebel fighters in Libya, temporary confessionals in Madrid, the children of Somalia’s famine, Independence Day celebrations in Pakistan, The Palio of Siena bareback horse race, the Dalai Lama visits southern France, the wall of peace in the aftermath of England’s riots, Mubarak on trial, drought in Texas, rainbows, waterfalls, and astronaut photographer Ron Garan’s tweeted photo shows “What a ‘Shooting Star’ looks like from space.”

See last week’s Best Pictures of the Week

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