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Week in Pictures: August 13th – August 19th, 2009

by macleans.ca on Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:22pm - 0 Comments

: Barack Obama teases daughter, Malia

: Men’s 3000 stepplechase final

: An WNBA scuffle

: Sunbathing in Hyde Park, London

: Swimmers at lake Leman, Switzerland

: Base jumpers in Lauterbrunnen valley

: A campaign rally in Kabul

: Sargent Shriver, arriving at a wake for his wife

: Suspected Taliban militia members

: Fans await Woodstock commemoration concert

: Men’s shot put contender competes

: A fall during the women’s 800 metre race

: A casualty at the Argentine Rally

: An Afghan policeman responds to suicide attack

: Widow of a British soldier, leaving funeral

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