This was a dangerous and dramatic situation, but we were most intrigued by the somewhat comical elements in the frame: The stoic soldier in the foreground, and the individuals seemingly casually snapping pictures to the left. View and vote on all of The Week in Pictures selections: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/

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Investigators inspect the site of a slanted section of a high level bridge in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region October 24, 2007. A section of the bridge tilted on Tuesday as a car and two heavy trucks were driving on it. No casualties were reported so far, Xinhua News Agency reported.