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  • Matt Jelonek/Getty Images

    Family and friends swim in the ocean outside of the Indiana Tea House at Heath Ledger's wake on February 9, 2008 in Perth, Australia.

    This was not the kind of photo I expected to see come from Heath Ledger's wake. Usually they are solemn and dark. The photos that I saw today (those from outside) were of his family and friends jumping in the ocean fully clothed and laughing. I think its important to remember the good things and happy times during these sad times and that is primarily what it seems like they did.

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  • Muhammed Muheisen/AP

    Palestinian youths and children play during sunset in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008.

    It is nice to see a photo not showing death, destruction or clashes come out of the West Bank. I love the depth of this photo and the sun setting.

  • Nathan Paul/Reuters

    A man films storm waves pounding the seafront in Lowestoft, Suffolk, eastern England.

    F8 and be there?

  • Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon/NASA via AP

    This composite image made in 2000 shows the earth's city lights. This image was created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program and Operational Linescan System (OLS). The OLS was originally designed to view clouds by moonlight.

    For those of us who missed this composite image made in 2000, I thought I'd share a really cool space photo. Does it make the world seem smaller to you? Or larger?

  • Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

    Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama works the crowd after celebrating his Super Tuesday Primary wins with supporters during a rally in Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008.

    When I see pictures like this I'm surprised it's a politician they're so interested in and not a rock star. Who knew the 2008 presidential race would be so enticing?

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    John McCain shares a moment with his wife, Cindy, during his Super Tuesday party in Phoenix, Ariz. (Roy Dabner / EPA) Barack Obama gets a kiss from his wife Michelle as they celebrate his Super Tuesday victories in Chicago, Ill. (Tannen Maury / EPA)

    We saw thousands of Super Tuesday pictures today, and most of them were somewhat meaningless other than documenting the moment. However, there were two pictures that I connected with. Both of them depect very similar, fleeting moments between husband and wife.

  • Rene Werse/AFP - Getty Images

    House residents throw a baby to awaiting members of the fire brigade (not seen in picture) during a fire in an apartment building February 3, 2008 in the western German town of Ludwigshafen which resulted in the death of nine people including five children. Another 28 people were injured in the blaze. The baby seen in the picture was rescued by the firemen and survived.

    This is one of those images where all you can say is "Oh my..." It's as if you can feel the parents peering over that window ledge holding their breath in terror, hope and anticipation. And the viewer of this image is compelled to do the same. Thankfully, this is an intense and perfectly captured moment in time that resulted in a happy ending. Check out the whole story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23016437/

  • Seth Perlman/AP

    Margaret Neuf pauses in thought as she fills out her ballot while voting in the garage of the Dale Matthew's home in Mechanicsburg, Ill., during the primary election on Tuesday, Feb. 5.

    Now that's an informal location for a polling station.

  • Nicholas Roberts/AFP - Getty Images

    A model presents a creation by Badgley Mischka during Fashion Week in New York on Feb. 5.

    We are producing daily slide shows for fashion week. I struggle with it sometimes. I hear and agree with the idea that the media needs to broaden its definition of news, but my gut feeling is that this is too light and frothy for a news website. So, my question goes out to the ladies of PhotoBlog. Do you value this content? Does it help you predict which clothes to buy? I think I understand why most men look at a fashion slide show. It has nothing to do with the clothes. Do women look at it? Why?

  • Suhaib Salem/Reuters

    Palestinians stand on top of a destroyed section of the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Feb. 1. Egypt called in police reinforcements and sealed gaps at the breached border with the Gaza Strip.

    A lot of pictures of the Gaza / Egypt fence have come in, but weve published only a few. The problem with many of them is that they have a boy-band album cover quality. Do you see that in this picture?

  • Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

    GLENDALE, AZ - FEBRUARY 03: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots drops back to pass in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLII against the New York Giants on February 3, 2008 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

    I've seen stories about boxers and football players taking dance lessons to improve their footwork in the ring and on the field. So, I was intrigued by Tom Brady's fancy footwork in this frame from his loss to the New York Giants in Sunday's Super Bowl.

  • Dai Kurokawa/EPA

    Rows of stone statuettes, or 'Ksitigarbha' at Zojoji temple in Tokyo, Japan, 24 January 2008. The stone statuettes knowns as 'Mizukojizo' are owned by individuals who wish to soothe the souls of unborn babies and dead children. There are approximately 1,300 mizukojizo's at Zojoji temple.

    The knitted caps and pinwheels on these stone statues looked whimsical to me at first glance. But when I read the caption, I was surprised to see that the statues represented a much more serious homage.

  • Kim Kyung-hoon/Reuters

    The silhouettes of visitors are seen on an illuminated display at a shopping center in Tokyo January 19, 2008.

    The vibrant blue lights caught my eye during a recent Week in Pictures edit, so I thought I'd pass it onto you bloggers for a little eye candy.

  • Erik Van 'T Woud/AFP - Getty Images

    Artist Dirkje Kuik rides his coffin tricycle in the centre of Utrecht, Netherlands, Jan. 19. The tricycle also used for shopping.

    The bike-centric culture of the Netherlands amazed me on a recent visit there. I saw a woman transport a large, potted tree on a bike. And another woman carted her infant, two young children and groceries home, all on one bike. But the coffin bike basket may take the prize for wildest use of a bike.

  • Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    Sen. Hillary Clinton speaks during a fundraiser event on Feb. 1 at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco. With less than one week to go until Super Tuesday, Clinton is campaigning through California.

    Fellow PhotoBlogger Rich Shulman has blogged about a shared cultural visual experience. I agree with his idea that our society has a shared visual memory that we all recognize (sometimes at a sub-conscious level). So, Im often surprised when I see pictures like this. Who doesnt instantly think of the opening scene from Patton when you see this picture? Is Hillary comparing herself to Patton or suggesting that she would be as tough as Patton. Is it just a happy accident?

  • Ajit Solanki/AP

    Indian Army personnel perform stunts as they display traditional Indian martial art of "Malkhamb" during a Know Your Army exhibition in Rajkot, 225 kilometers (141 miles) west of Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008.

    I don't know what to say...

  • David S. Steele/AP

    The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory near the town of Safford, Ariz., is part of the international building boom of super-sized telescopes. It is driven by new technologies using lasers and computers to eliminate distortion in the Earth's atmosphere.

    Talk about the soul of the machine. There is something amazingly human about the appearance of this telescope. It reminds me of the eyes of Dr. Eckelberg on the billboard in "The Great Gatsby."

  • Jim Rogash/Getty Images

    Tom Brady #12 and fans of the New England Patriots celebrate after a touchdown in the second quarter against the San Diego Chargers during the AFC Championship Game on January 20, 2008 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

    Since Brady and the crowd are at two distances from the camera, and there's nothing between them, the focus separation looks like two images sandwiched together. What do you think about the use of a prominent out-of-focus element in a picture?

  • Joseph Chaney/Reuters

    Cats are caged along with chickens at Qingping market in Guangzhou November 16, 2007. Scorpions scamper in bowls, water snakes coil in tanks and cats whine in cramped cages, waiting to be slaughtered, skinned and served for dinner. Welcome to the Qingping market, where everything from turtles to insects are sold alongside fowl and freshly caught fish.

    It's fascinating to me the value we place on different animals in different cultures. In India, for example, the thought of eating cows is probably as uncomfortable as the thought of eating cats might be to many in the U.S.

  • Shaun Best/Reuters

    Workers prepare the field for the NFL's Super Bowl XLII outside the University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale, Ariz., January 30, 2008. The field was then rolled back into the stadium for the last time before the Super Bowl on February 3.

    There has been some discussion on this blog about using the zoom function in Internet Explorer to see more detail in blog photos. Zooming into a 1000 pixel wide photo doesn't really give you any more detail. We've been experimenting with Microsoft's HD View technology, which allows the viewer to zoom and pan around a very high resolution photo. You need to allow installation of an ActiveX browser component (PC only) to view the images. Go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22929550 to see this image and two others in high definition.

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