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Airbus CEO Tom Enders, right, hands a model of an Airbus aircraft to Chinese vice prime minister Zhang Dejiang at EADS's Hamburg headquarters on September 10. Zhang and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier later attended an economic summit.
I guess a gift exchange is in order, but is this the best they could do? Is the Prime Minister going to be able to carry his plane on to the plane during his flight home?
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Greg Taggart of Citrus Heights, Calif., inspects his balloon, "Pack Jack 2," before lifting off during The Great Reno Balloon Races at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 in Reno, Nev.
This is pretty, and there is nothing depressing about it. It's good to have that in a picture sometimes.
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In this Aug. 13, 2007 file photo, Vladimir Putin, fishes in the Yenisey River, Siberia, Russia. In its September "Sexy Rating" list, Russia's Sex & the City magazine ranked Putin as the second sexiest politician. Ahead of the pack is Boris Nemtsov, a former leader of opposition party Union of the Right Forces now viewed by many as a spent force.
I ran across this picture today and stopped, mainly because it was slugged "Sexy Putin." Honestly, those are two words I hadn't ever thought to put together before, and it cracked me up. Is he actually trying to flex while he reels in his line?
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Villagers carry straw for their cattle in the flood-hit Morigaon district of Assam, India, 05 September 2008. Food for domesticated animals and drinking water has become a major problem for the flood affected people in all twelve districts of Assam as the relief has not reached the remote areas.
Yet another beautiful picture out of a bummer of a situation.
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Russian tanks move along a street as children play with a toy truck in Tskhinvali on August 30, 2008.
This photo made it to the final round of The Week in Pictures edit, but lost making the final cut to another tank photo from the Georgia conflict. This juxtaposition is so story-book perfect in its showing humanity and war that as a photographer, I have to think Mr. Drachev came upon this scene and thought "jackpot." Check out the other tank photo and the rest of this week's The Week in Pictures: http://www.msnbc.com/modules/interactive.aspx?type=ss&launch=26547770,3842331&pg=1
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A Kenyan park ranger (L) stands near residents who live on disputed land at the Mau forest, August, 26, 2008. A familiar Kenyan saga of corruption, illegal landgrabbing and the use of state resources to buy electoral votes has destroyed a quarter of the 400,000 hectare forest in the last decade with an impact that could be felt as far away as Egypt.
I came across this image while working on the edit for The Week in Pictures. While it didn't make the final slide show, I think it's a beautifully handled portrait, reminiscent of old National Geographics I used to thumb through as a kid. I love it when a photographer can bring out that feeling.
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Thai anti-government demonstrators perform a song and dance routine at a barricade area around the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, 03 September 2008.
Thailand, on the other hand, knows how to get their protest on. While the strife outside the governement house has caused a 'State of Emergency' to be called, the spirit of the people really comes through in this image.
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Police tear gas protestors in the streets outside the RNC at the Xcel Energy Center September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Like a lot of you, I'm relieved that the conventions are over and we're on to the debates! I had pulled this photo earlier in the week of some of the first RNC protesting because it struck me as so surreal and movie-like, it looks like a set from Sin City.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain hugs Vice-presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as her husband Todd holds their son Trig after her speech during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul on September 3.
Am I the only one who's a little creeped out by all the hugging that happens in public life these days? What's wrong with a nice, professional handshake?
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Former US Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson speaks about presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, seen on a giant screen in the background as a wounded soldier, during the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 2, 2008.
I thought Fred Thompson effectively used the power of photography during his speech.
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Delegates are reflected in and distorted by a decorative mirror on the floor of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 1, 2008.
I love it when photographers look for interesting things to photograph.
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People walk along the Industrial Canal flood wall in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana September 1, 2008. The center of Hurricane Gustav came ashore as a Category 2 hurricane near Cocodrie, Louisiana, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
We were looking at hurricane pictures today when this came in from Reuters. I was immediately attracted to it. I thought, "Wow, look at those two guys right up against a flood wall. We've got to use this picture." In fact, we did use it for a little while until I realized that the people in the picture are our very own Jim Seida and Mike Brunker. Jim and Mike seem to be at their best when conditions are at their worst.
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Butch Trivette smokes while sharing the porch with Nate Mitchell as the last bits of Hurricane Gustav blow down Burgundy St. in the Upper Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Trivette and Mitchell chose to stay home and ride out the storm rather than evacuating.
It felt good to touch base with some real peope after spending the day chasing wind and water. These two were enjoying the calm after the storm.
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Stage workers attach a sign for U.S. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota on Monday Sept. 1.
If the goal of the VP choice is to generate media buzz then I guess you could say, "Mission Accomplished".
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A police car turns off Bourbon Street as the sky turns black over New Orleans.
I couldn't believe how suddenly the sky turned black in New Orleans, around 7 p.m. local time. It was like a scene in a movie. I was out reporting on how the streets are empty of residents and tourists, leaving only National Guard, police and media. For more on what it's like to cover Hurricane Gustav, go to fieldnotes.msnbc.com.
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