Gene Blevins/Reuters
A supercell that became a Tornadic vortex signature lights up the night sky with lightning over Amarillo, Texas, May 6, 2008.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of May 1 - 8, 2008. Images of mother nature in action often become reader favorites, and the editors liked the way the tiny lights in the bottom right give the huge vortex scale.
Robin Loznak/The News-Review
Her goslings seek shelter from the rain under the wing of their Canada goose mom at a park in Roseburg, Wed., April 23, 2008, in southwestern Oregon.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of April 24 - May 1, 2008. This image is a unique perspective none of the editors had ever seen before in nature photography by Robin Loznak, a talented photographer who I think it's safe to say has had more nature photographs (many that became "Reader's Choice" winners) in The Week in Pictures over the years than any other shooter. This image was so irresistible, it was also featured in the Year in Pictures.
Frank Augstein/AP
Hungarian Puli sheep dog, Fee, jumps over a hurdle during a preview for a pedigree dog show in Dortmund on Thursday, April 24, 2008.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of April 20 - 27, 2008. Despite the distracting colored bar and background elements, the editors couldn't resist including this picture because of the wild flying fur.
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A visitor plays in rising mists at the Wuhan Botanical Garden on April 16, 2008 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. Covering an area of 70 hectares, the garden was constructed in 1956 for the study of plant resources in central China and water plants in inland China, holding more than 7500 species of plants.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of April 13 - 20, 2008. This was a lighter, happier picture in what was a week of weighty topics being covered in the slideshow.
Eric Kayne/Houston Chronicle
The casket of Cpl. Joshua Alexander Molina, 20, is transferred from St. Matthews Episcopal Church to Houston National Cemetery Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in Houston. Molina died Thursday in Baghdad of wounds sustained from an explosive. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of April 3 - 10, 2008. Images of soldiers serving their country are frequently reader favorites. This image of ultimate sacrifice for country is no exception and was also featured in the Year in Pictures.
Bruce Omori/EPA
Lava from Kilauea continues to pour into the ocean at Kalapana, Hawaii, on the morning of March 26, 2008. The molten rock instantly shatters as it touches the cool seawater, creating a new black sand beach.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of March 27 - April 3, 2008. We dug the photographer's use of a long shutter speed to make the lava and steam take on a liquid, ethereal quality.
Owen Humphreys/AP
Heavy seas hit Tynemouth piers at Tynemouth beach, Tyne and Wear in the north east of England, Friday March 21, 2008. Holiday-makers are struggling with unseasonably icy temperatures and forecasters are predicting snow in some areas of Europe over the Easter holiday period.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of March 20 - 27, 2008. The wave form in this picture was so unusual that the editors double checked it for photo manipulation before choosing it for The Week in Pictures. Nothing against the photographer's ethics -- the waves were just that unusual to us!
Chris Stanfield/Atlanta Journal Constitution
Seen through broken glass at the Omni Hotel CNN Center in downtown Atlanta on Saturday, March 15, 2008, Dan Patterson of Woodstock, Ga. tries to make a phone call after his convention was canceled. A possible tornado hit the city on Friday night.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of March 13 - 20, 2008. We start out each slide show with one of the strongest pictures of the week. So picture number 1 often ends up being the reader winner, like this one.
Mathieu Belanger/Reuters
A polar bear shakes his body to remove water at St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Quebec March 6, 2008.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of March 6 - 13, 2008. The fuzzy critter, great light, and split-second timing made this image an editor and reader favorite. It was also included in the Year in Pictures.
Felix Kaestle/AP
A blue tit is reflected in a wing mirror of a car that is covered with raindrops in Friedrichshafen, southern Germany on Friday, Feb. 29, 2008.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Feb. 28 - March 6, 2008. This picture amazed both editors and readers alike. It was selected as one of msnbc.com's Year in Pictures, too.
Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
A Nenets boy sits on a swing at his settlement in the Tundra region near village of Yar-Sale, located in the Yamal peninsula above the polar circle, some 1336 miles northeast of Moscow, February 25, 2008. The Nenets are indigenous people in Russia's artic region north of the Urals.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Feb. 21 - 28, 2008. This picture was included in the slideshow because it was such an interesting window into a less covered environment and community.
Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters
A couple kisses on Kiev's Bridge of Lovers on Valentine's Day February 14, 2008.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Feb. 14 - 21, 2008. This picture caused some debate before being included in the slideshow. Some editors thought the image was too much like a cheesy postcard. Others thought it captured a nice moment beautifully.
Alessandro Della Bella/AP
Stars shine above a house on the golf course in Arosa, Switzerland, late Friday, Feb. 8, 2008. Arosa lies on 1,800 meters above sea level and is surrounded by mountains. This makes it an ideal place to watch stars.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Feb. 7 - 14, 2008. It was a competitive week for this vote winter -- an impressive fire picture and a fun shot of a dog at the moment the Shuttle launched. But this pretty winter scene topped the list for readers. Comment on the picture, below.
Brennan Linsley/AP
A monkey grasps a wire used to close a cage at a ranger station used for animal control in the Cambalache Forest in Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008.
I get a sense of both defiance and mischief when I look at this photo.
Rene Werse/AFP - Getty Images
Residents of an apartment building throw 9-month-old Onur Celar from a fourth-floor window to rescuers below Sunday, Feb.3, 2008 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. A fire started on the first floor, and a wooden staircase in the middle of the building quickly collapsed, trapping residents above. Onur was caught by a policeman and was unscathed. Nine people, including five children, died, and 28 people were injured.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Jan. 30 Feb. 7, 2008. Capturing this unusual moment made including this picture an obvious choice. But I'm surprised it won the vote; often vote winners are happier pictures than the one captured at this tragic scene. Comment on the picture, below.
Sandy Huffaker/AP
A rainbow is visible looking West from Palm Springs, Calif. on Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 next to an array of wind turbines. Southern California has been hit with heavy rainstorms totaling more than 4 inches in some areas over a 24 hour period which has some experts on edge about the possibility of mudslides.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Jan. 23 - 30, 2008. The form of this rainbow surprised us, so we included it in the week's edition. Comment on the picture, below.
Dani Cardona/Reuters
Drops of morning dew hang onto a spider's web in a field in the village of Banyalbufar in the Spanish island of Mallorca January 21, 2008.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of 17 - 23, 2008. Images of raindrops aren't unusual, so we have a high bar for whether we include them. The sheer volume and clarity of raindrops set this image apart. Comment on the picture, below.
Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Time exposure of the Swiss mountain resort of Grindelwald next to the north face of the Eiger mountain January 10, 2008.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Jan. 10 - 17, 2008. Some pictures make it into The Week in Pictures for simple reasons. In this case, it was simply a beautiful shot of a mountain scene. Comment on the picture, below.
Risto Bozovic/AP
A Montenegrin fisherman steers his boat on Skadar lake, some 20 kms. south of Montenegro's capital Podgorica, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Jan. 3 - 10, 2008. We included it in that week's edition because of the interesting graphic element of the unusually straight lines of the boat's wake. Comment on the picture, below.
Merissa Ferguson/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ice covers the South Haven lighthouse and gantry along the Lake Michigan shore Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007, in South Haven, Mich.
This image won Readers Choice in The Week in Pictures the week of Dec. 27, 2007 - Jan. 3, 2008. We included it that week because if was a pretty way to communicate the bitter cold. Comment on the picture, below.
Carissa Ray/msnbc.com
Henry Thomsen, 4, and Ashley Egger, 5, sled in Moorlands park during a snow day in Kenmore, Wash on Thursday, December 18 as Sarah Thomsen pushes them and Kim Egger looks on.
This is how I spent Thursday when Seattle roads were so bad (and really, our road crews so few) my boss advised me not to come into the newsroom, but to make some pictures of people getting out in such a rare, substantial snowfall for the area. It's great to get that giggled-filled reminder that I love what I do!
Jim Cole/AP file
A horse breaks up the icy ground cover for food in Hillsborough, N.H., Saturday, Dec. 13. More than 1 million homes and business lost power following an ice storm Friday.
This is a very serene take on the winter weather.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
DETROIT - DECEMBER 19: A man waits for the bus in the snow December 19, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. A major snow storm is moving east across the U.S. and and estimates say it will dump about a foot of snow on some areas before it is done. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The photographer made good use of bus exhaust to add some depth to what can be a photographically flat situation.
LUKE MACGREGOR/Reuters
A rescued dog looks out from her kennel at the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London. Pets are having a bad time with the economic downturn. Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, the best-known animal refuge centre located in south London, said it is at a bursting point as people dump animals.
It really is going to the dogs.
Kim Ju-seong/Yonhap via AP
South Korean opposition Democratic Party members try to enter into a parliamentary committee room as ruling Grand National Party members, not in photo, spray fire extinguishers from the room to block them at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008.
Just imagine the ratings boost C-SPAN would garner with this kind of action.
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