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May 9, 2013. A man falls from a high floor of a burning building in central Lahore, Pakistan.

From the safe return of three kidnap victims in Ohio and the rescue of a woman trapped for 17 days in the rubble of a garment factory in Bangladesh to Israeli air strikes in Syria and a teddy bear hospital in Germany, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

Oct. 15, 2012. Faqir Zada, 31, stands next to his camels displayed for sale in preparation for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or “Feast of Sacrifice,” on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad. (photo: Muhammed Muheisen—AP)

From Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Los Angeles street journey and the second presidential debate to the world’s highest freefall and a pair of painted camels in Pakistan, TIME presents the best photographs of the week.

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Oct. 1, 2012. An Afghan refugee girl stands next to her family’s sheep in a field next to a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad. (photo:Muhammed Muheisen–AP)

From the U.S. presidential debate in Denver and a ferry disaster in Hong Kong to Europe’s unbelievable Ryder Cup comeback in Illinois and a tiger cub at the Shanghai Zoo, TIME presents the best pictures of the week. 

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Aug. 28, 2012. A dog sits on a buffalo who is cooling off in the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan.

From Hurricane Isaac in the Caribbean and colorful Holi celebrations in Germany to the Paralympics in London and a tree full of goats in Morocco, TIME presents the best images of the week.

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Aug. 12, 2012. Iranian women mourn after a deadly earthquake in northwest Iran. 

From the earthquake in Iran and the killing of miners on strike by police in South Africa to the end of Ramadan and a meteor shower over Macedonia, TIME presents the best images of the week.

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July 20, 2012. Orlando Duque of Colombia dives from a rock monolith during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Islet Vila Franca do Campo, Azores, Portugal.  

From drought-cracked earth in Yemen and massive floods in China to violent protests in California and Olympic preparation in London, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.

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Muhammed Muheisen—AP June 21, 2012

A donkey stands in a field in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad.

From Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel lecture in Norway and the death of Rodney King in California to violent miners strike in Spain and a New Democracy in Greece, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.

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From the death of Kim Jong II and a devastating typhoon in the Philippines to a violent assault by Egyptian soldiers on a woman protester TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week. See more here. 

With a generous grant, Massimo Berruti was holed up in the Swat Valley in Pakistan for three months early this year, right around the time when dozens of other photographers were off shooting the Arab Spring. The results are in his new book Lashkars and exhibition in Paris. See more here.