I wonder if it was the visual effect of so many flags, or the emotional significance of a Sept. 11 memorial that caused people to vote for this picture. This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Sept. 4 11, 2008.

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A woman walks through some of the nearly 3000 United States flags that make up the "Healing Field" during the dedication of the Pentagon Memorial September 11, 2008 in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. President George W. Bush will dedicate the memorial forthe 184 people killed at the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the building.