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Subscribe to RSSWe considered these images for The Week in Pictures: Oct. 28 - Nov. 4, but they didn't make the cut.
Be sure to view the slideshow and VOTE for you favorite.
What do you think of this week's slideshow? Did we make the right choies?
Carlos Barria / Reuters
A woman wears red shoes as she walks into a subway station in downtown Shanghai on Nov. 3.
Adam Hunger / Reuters
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Connecticut Richard Blumenthal (L) celebrates his victory at an election night rally in Hartford, Connecticut, on Nov. 2.
Mick Tsikas / Reuters
Race-goers strike a pose before the running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Nov. 2.
Jon Nazca / Reuters
Women visit tombs at the cemetery of Casabermeja near the southern Spanish city of Malaga, on All Saints Day, Nov. 1. Catholics mark All Saints Day by visiting the graves of deceased relatives and friends.
Eduardo Munoz / Reuters
An earthquake survivor washes his hands in a bucket, donated by Haiti's Red Cross to control infections, near a damaged helicopter in a provisional camp in downtown Port-au-Prince on Oct.30. The unusually high death rate in Haiti's cholera epidemic is slowing as people become aware of the disease and health experts provide treatment, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday. The United Nations agency's key aim now is to prevent the disease from spreading south to the capital Port-au-Prince and the camps for homeless survivors of the January 12 earthquake, from the northern department of Artibonite where it is concentrated.
Michael Nagle / Getty Images
United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Francisco R. Jackson's son Giovanni Jackson salutes during his father's burial at the Rosehill Cemetery on Oct. 30, in Linden, New Jersey. LCpl. Jackson, who was from Elizabeth, New Jersey, was killed while participating in combat operations in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.
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Tough call this week in TWIP.
I voted for The Raging Valcano, because it's a very captivating photograph of a potentially cataclysmic eruption developing that could alter Planet Earths weather for years to come. That said, I think the graveyard in Spain had great qualities, much like a painting by Salvador Dali.
I like the perspective and angle of Hands on Healing a lot too.
I voted for the kids in the bunny costumes. I just love the wee little one that passed out in the back of the wagon. Must have been a busy and exciting day for them!
In all cases but one, I believe you made the right choice, but you should have dumped that dumb "Phone Bank" photo for the one of that little boy, Giovanni Jackson, saluting. It's so intimate, personal and raw I'm already haunted by it, and I believe many others would have appreciated it, too.
(What's more, it's so totally opposite the 'three kids in a carrot' photo that I was reminded of Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience," & I haven't given *that* a thought since squeaking by English Lit 212!)
I agree with shobizliz; the child saluting the funeral procession of his father should have been included. Heartbreaking, but we should be heartbroken. We need to see these pictures over and over again so that we do not forget the sacrifices made by our soldiers, and the ones they leave behind.
Although you think of tiny JFK, Jr. when you see the shot of Giovanni Jackson saluting at his father's funera, this photo should have been voted in the final tally. You can see the hurt and confusion in his face about what is going on at that moment. The photo centers on the boy and the flag which symbolizes the irony we face if we have servicemen and servicewomen as parents. Do we choose our duty or family? The choice is utterly heartbreakinng....having vets in my family and teaching future vets, this photo reminds all Americans the cost is more than meets the eye....lest we never forget.