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In this Jan. 18, 2010 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, a plane drops humanitarian aid into Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The U.S. military is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after an earthquake struck the country Jan. 12.
This airdrop of supplies reminds me of something from World War II. I wonder why they weren't able to do this last week.
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10/7/1915-Port Au Prince, Haiti: American occupation of Haiti. Gates of presidential palace where President Vilbrum Guilluame Sam was cut to pieces after seeking refuge in the French legation next door and was dragged through the streets of Port Au Prince with mob brandishing pieces of flesh cut from his body.
An editor showed me a new picture of U.S. military helicopters landing at the Haitian presidential palace today and said, "It sure looks like we're taking over." It's looked that way before, too, and not just once: after this 1915 intervention U.S. forces were present for 19 years. What do you think of the U.S. response to this crisis?
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U.S. President Barack Obama hits "send" on his first-ever Twitter post during a visit with Red Cross employees to view relief operations for earthquake victims in Haiti, from the Red Cross Disaster Operations Center in Washington January 18, 2010.
Does that make him the Tweeter-in chief?
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Carbon dioxide gas bubbles up through geothermal mudpots over the southern San Andreas earthquake fault near the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 16 near Calipatria, California. The 7.0 earthquake in Haiti suggests that an earthquake could strike at any time on this section of the San Andreas Fault.
How do you photograph an earthquake that might happen someday? I think David McNew solved this visual problem pretty well.
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Snow settles on the derelict West Pier in the early hours of January 7, in Hove, United Kingdom.
It was a difficult edit for The Week in Pictures this week. We felt the need to balance the tragedy in Haiti with some brighter moments. I thought this serene image was particularly beautiful - though perhaps too quiet to The Week in Pictures. See the images that made the final cut at the link below.
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A worker walks past humanitarian aid boxes, that will be sent to Haiti, at the Red Cross Center in Toluca, Mexico on Jan. 13. Tens of thousands of people were feared dead in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake.
After seeing so many images of destruction in Haiti, its good to see the world responding. I thought it might do us all some good if we had the opportunity to PhotoBlog about the positive global response. It's time to come together.
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Members of the Dutch Search And Rescue Team prepare to leave for Haiti from Eindhoven airport, Netherlands on Jan. 14. The team consists of sixty personell and sniffer dogs. Haiti awaits the arrival of a global rescue effort in the wake of a devastating earthquake.
Go. Work hard. Be safe.
David Kohl/AP
Matthew 25 Ministries staff worker Randee Hall sorts through donated items to assist with earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, at the organization's facility on Jan. 13, in Blue Ash, Ohio.
People rise to the occasion. I believe we are at our best when things are at their worst.
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Members of the China International Search and Rescue Team depart for Haiti during a ceremony held at the airport in Beijing on Jan. 13. The 50-member Chinese rescue team is going to Haiti.
They should be proud.
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Sea Hawk helicopters depart Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida on Jan. 13 to embark aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson en route to Haiti. The squadron and several Navy vessels are underway to render humanitarian assistance after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean nation.
So many things are needed in Haiti right now. Transportation, logistics, security and communication are key to any successful relief effort.
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The first group of Mexican disaster relief personnel along with sniffer dogs prepare to depart Mexico city for Haiti on Jan. 13. Rescuers, sniffer dogs, equipment and supplies headed to Haiti by air and sea in a global response to the 7.0 earthquake.
They've got some very long days ahead of them.
Gerald Herbert/AP
Gunsly Milsoit, left, comforts his brother-in-law Leo Pierre after Leo's wife and Gunsly's sister, Milsoit Kelly, who was three months pregnant, died in a four story building collapse from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
If there was ever an example of why late evening light often makes great pictures, this is it. The warm colors and long shadows make this emotional moment a real stunner.
Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
The badly damaged presidential palace after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. A major earthquake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and left the Caribbean nation appealing for international help.
Yet again, Haiti is in the news for the most horrible of reasons. Can a country be cursed with bad luck?
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A man takes a photograph of a submerged car in the frozen Union canal near Winchburgh, in central Scotland, on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Two men have been charged with reckless conduct after the car, which was being driven on the frozen canal, plunged through the ice.
As if putting your car in the drink and swimming from frigid waters isn't enough to help you learn better decision-making skills, they got cited on top of it all.
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In this image by photographer Oliver "Ollie" Atkins, released by the National Archives on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, shows a casual portrait of then-second term Rep. Richard Nixon, R-Calif., on the Capitol grounds in Washington. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum opened approximately 280,000 pages of textual materials, 12 hours of sound recordings and 7,000 images from the personal collection of White House photographer Atkins.
This newly released image of a young Richard Nixon shows him in an uncharacteristically flattering light. It was taken by "Ollie" Atkins, who later became Nixon's White House photographer. To see a slideshow of Atkins newly released work, follow the link below.
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Jockeys fall off their horses during a race at Nakayama racecourse near Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Nine jockeys were involved in the horse-riding accident.
At one point in my life I exercised racehorses, and when you're on the backs of these beautiful animals that weigh roughly 1,200 pounds, things can happen very quickly...especially when you're traveling in a herd at nearly 40 mph. There isn't anything much more terrifying than the moment that you realize you're going to end up underneath a horse. I just cringe when I look at this. Hopefully all of the horses and riders came out of this terrible crash alright.
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A view to a flooded church and a graveyard in village of Kurilo, some 15 kms. south of Montenegro's capital Podgorica, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010.
Flooding in eastern Europe is creating this surreal scene, while the cold snap in western Europe is grabbing headlines.
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A man enters the sea for a swim on January 1, 2010 in Vaasa to celebrate the New Year despite the outside temperature of -14C.
We considered this image for The Week in Pictures on Thursday. Another shot of a cold swim won out. But I really like this one for the anticipation it communicates. From this water-eye view, it feels like the man is pausing, considering whether to do it. Brrrr.
Risto Bozovic/AP
A view of the flooded village of Virpazar, some 20 kms. south of Montenegro's capital Podgorica, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010.
While western Europe experiences cold, snowy weather, some areas in eastern Europe are dealing with their own problems -- flooding. Photographer Risto Bozovic shows us a pretty perspective.
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People walk during a heavy snowfall in the centre of Sofia January 5, 2010.
We considered this image for the latest edition of The Week in Pictures, but it didn't make the cut. I like the layers of people and how the person in the center with the shovel carries your eye back to the hazy, snow-shrouded horizon.
Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Afghans wrap their hands before wearing boxing gloves as they exercise at a wushu club in Kabul January 4, 2010.
This picture was considered for The Week in Pictures. I like the repetition of action -- the hands being wrapped -- and how the spots of color move your eye through the frame. See what images made the cut at the link below.
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The cockpit of an Airbus A400M military transport airplane is unloaded from an Airbus A300-600 ST "Beluga" at the airport in the eastern German city of Dresden on January 5, 2010.
We considered this image for The Week in Pictures this week. It didn't make the cut, but it did remind us of a picture published in the 2001 slideshow of a fish hovering within another fish's mouth. Any long-time Week in Pictures fans remember that one? See it at the link below.
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The Washington Wizards huddle before the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on January 5, 2010 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2010 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) - (editor's note: The credit above indicates that Garrabrant works for the NBA, not for Getty. That's why the NBA can control the picture--they own it).
This image was removed from Getty Images' site because the copyright owner, the NBA, told them to take it down given the Wizards' (formerly the Bullets) recent issues with guns in the locker room. Later, at the request of Getty, the league permitted them to put the picture back on their site for editorial clients. When the only pictures of news events are controlled by the subjects of the news, your right to know is threatened. At least that's what I think. You?
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A polar bear sits behind a frozen glass window in its enclosure at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on Jan. 6. The freezing temperatures changed the everyday life in the zoo. The water level in the polar bear enclosure was lowered to prevent the bears from trying to jump from the ice over the barriers.
"Polar bear in a snow storm" It's an old photographer's joke that I've used many times when I've over exposed my film.
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Colombian actress Sofia Vergara poses for photographers following the People's Choice Awards nominations announcements in Los Angeles on Nov 10, 2009.
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