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The Surprising Political Photographs of the Week

TIME recaps political photography in the week of March 18-24

With only Arizona, Idaho and Utah voting this week, the campaign is slowing down – just in time for President Barack Obama to tango in Argentina. Back in the U.S., it’s a different tango that’s being danced: Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are fighting it out for the Republican nomination, while on the democratic side Bernie Sanders continues to challenge a Hillary Clinton flanked by super heroes as photographer Nate Gowdy shows this week.

—TIME’s selection of the Surprising Political Photographs of the Week is published every Thursday.

U.S. President Barack Obama dances tango during a state dinner hosted by Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at the Centro Cultural Kirchner as part of President Obama's two-day visit to Argentina, in Buenos Aires on March 23, 2016. Supporters for democratic presidential candidate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wait in line at a concession stand before a campaign rally in San Diego on March 22. A hobby horse stands on the side of a road near the United States and Mexico border, after Republican presidential candidate, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz held a news conference about border security near Douglas, Ariz. on March 18. Maricopa County, Arizona police SWAT team stand guard with an armored vehicle outside a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Fountain Hills, Ariz. on March 19. A mask in the likeness of Donald Trump is seen at a protest in New York on March 19. John Goodie escorts 101-year-old Jerry Emmett, of Prescott, Ariz., to her seat at a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Phoenix on March 21. Phillip Ramsdell, a supporter of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, campaigns near a polling place in the Laveen Village neighborhood of Phoenix on March 22. Members of the audience recite the Pledge of Allegiance before Hillary Clinton speaks in Phoenix, Ariz., on March 21. Clinton Jesse, known as Captain Hillster, poses for photos at an event for Hillary Clinton in Seattle on March 22.

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