Week 34 was mostly about the impending victory for the rebels in Libya, but also about an earthquake in Washingon D.C., victims returning to the island of Utoeya and several sporting events.
School children perform Poorna Bhujangasana, a form of yoga meant to make the spine flexible, at a yoga camp inside a college in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh August 19, 2011. More than 100 students participated. REUTERS/Ajay Verma
Members of an international religious movement called the White Brotherhood perform a ritual dance near Babreka lake, in Rila Mountain, some 100 km (62 miles) south of Sofia, August 19, 2011, as part of celebration of their New Year. The teaching of the movement, whose founder is Bulgarian Peter Danov, is a synthesis of Christianity and Hinduism with a heavy emphasis on brotherly love, a healthy diet and living in harmony with nature. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
A geiger counter is placed in front of sunflowers in full bloom in Fukushima, northern Japan August 6, 2011. At a temple in Fukushima thousands of sunflowers have been planted to help fight the radiation. It is as if an invisible snow had fallen on Fukushima and continued to fall, covering the area, said Koyu Abe, chief monk at the Buddhist Joenji temple. Sunflowers were used near Chernobyl after the 1986 nuclear accident to extract radioactive caesium from contaminated ponds nearby. Japanese scientists are carrying out tests to prove their usefulness in fighting radiation. Picture taken August 6, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company's 2nd battalion 35th infantry regiment, Task Forces Bronco take a break during an early morning mountain patrol at the Chaw Kay district in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Nikola Solic
An internally displaced woman gestures inside a war-ravaged Cathedral church building in the old central of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, August 19, 2011. Turkey will establish an embassy in Somalia, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday during a visit to Mogadishu to draw international attention to the famine sweeping across the Horn of Africa nation. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Men run away from burning oil tankers, used to carry fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, as they explode after they were attacked on the outskirts of Quetta August 19, 2011. Five NATO trucks have been set on fire in Mastung in the province of Baluchistan. Gunmen attacked and then set fire to the trucks, carrying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan, security officials said. There are no reported casualties. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed
The Hungarian women's team paddle to win the K4 500m final during the ICF Canoe and Kayak Sprint World Championships in Szeged, 170km (106 miles) south of Budapest, August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
A soldier of the presidential guard stands with his weapon during the changing of the guard ceremony in front of the presidential palace. in Brasilia August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Some of thousands of motorcyclists participating in the annual America's motorcycle ride, to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, arrive from a ride from Shanksville, Pennsylvania to Washington, August 19, 2011. The ride will continue to the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang
Spanish bullfighters (from L to R) Morante de la Puebla, Javier Conde and Julian Lopez 'El Juli' make the paseillo before starting a bullfight at the Malagueta bullring in Malaga, southern Spain, August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush loses his helmet as he stretches for the goal line but comes up short in the first quarter of play against the Carolina Panthers in their pre-season NFL football game in Miami August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Egyptian protesters, calling on the Israeli ambassador to leave and the Egyptian authorities to stop exporting gas to Israel, clash with military police standing guard in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo August 19, 2011. The protesters were demonstrating against Israel after an Egyptian army officer and two security personnel were killed during an Israeli raid on Palestinian militants along the Egypt-Israel border on Thursday. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany
A boy climbs on a window railing along a street, during a heavy downpour in Havana August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
A member of the Boi do Seu Teodoro musical group performs at an annual cultural festival in the city of Sobradinho in Brasilia August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Survivors of the Utoeya shooting massacre travel by boat to Utoeya island, 40 km (20 miles) northwest of Oslo August 20, 2011. Some 1,000 people are expected to visit the island on Saturday when survivors and their relatives go back ahead of a national day of remembrance on Sunday. Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik has admitted killing 77 people last month, including eight in a bombing in central Oslo. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
A Belarussian soldier from the Interior Ministry's special unit displays his skills at his base near the village of Volovshchina, about 25 km (16 miles) west of Minsk, August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Survivors of the Utoeya shooting massacre walk on the shore of Utoeya island, 40 km (20 miles) northwest of Oslo, August 20, 2011. Some 1,000 people are expected to visit the island on Saturday when survivors and their relatives go back ahead of a national day of remembrance on Sunday. Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik has admitted killing 77 people last month, including eight in a bombing in central Oslo. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
A labourer naps inside a coil of steel wire at a residential construction site in Hefei, Anhui province August 20, 2011. China's annual housing inflation quickened in July for the second straight month this year, official data showed on Thursday, keeping up pressure on Beijing to rein in the red-hot property sector. REUTERS/Stringer
Newcastle United's Joey Barton (L) scuffles with Sunderland's Phil Bardsley during their English Premier League soccer match in Sunderland, northern England August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis
Ethnic Akha children watch male stag beetles fight at Mae Fahluang District, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, 825 km (513 miles) from Bangkok, August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
Catholic nuns get sprayed with water as they wait for the start of a Vigil with the Pope at Madrid's Cuatro Vientos aerodrome as part of World Youth Day festivities August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Freddy Nock from Switzerland balances on the ropeway of a cable car leading on Germany's highest mountain, the 2,962 metre (9,718 feet) Zugspitze, near the southern Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen August 20, 2011. Nock balanced on the 995 meters long rope to break his own world record, as part of a charity event. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
Garmin-Cervelo's riders cycle during the first stage of the Tour of Spain La Vuelta cycling race, a 13,5 km team time trial, in Benidorm August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal
A demonstrator tries to gain entry into a bank during clashes at the so-called streetparty Schanzenfest in the Schanze district in Hamburg August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Pilgrims pray in the Grand Mosque during the Muslim month of Ramadan in the holy city of Mecca August 20, 2011. REUTERS/Hassan Ali
Fans of Santos and Morelia react during the Mexican league championship soccer match after gunshots were heard in the vicinity of the Santos Laguna stadium in Torreon August 20, 2011. The soccer match in Mexico's first division was abandoned on Saturday after a shoot-out just outside the stadium shocked players and fans alike in the northern city of Torreon. Players ran to the dressing room and fans dived for cover when the shots rang out near the end of the first half of the match. REUTERS/ Alejandro Jimenez Aguilar
Brazil's Under-20 soccer team celebrates with their trophy at the podium after beating Portugal during their FIFA U-20 World Cup final soccer match in Bogota, August 20, 2011. REUTERS/John Vizcaino
Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims from his popemobile as he arrives to lead a mass at the Cuatro Vientos aerodrome as part of World Youth Day festivities in Madrid August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Triathletes dive in the water at the ITU Team Triathlon World Championship in Lausanne, August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
Swiss Acro League pilots fly for a demonstration at the Sonchaux Acro Show paragliding competition in Villeneuve August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Libyan rebel fighters ride through the town of Maia celebrating after advancing to the outskirts of Tripoli, August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Bob Strong
Boston Red Sox's Ryan Lavarnway splits his bat on a first inning single against Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Danny Duffy during their MLB American League baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri, August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Dave Kaup
A couple kisses as people walk by during an international kite festival in the Caribbean port of Cartagena August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Joaquin Sarmiento
Villagers jump as they perform a folk dance for visiting tourists in Zhenxing village in Jinggu county, Yunnan province August 21, 2011. The performance, a traditional folk dance of the Yi ethnic minority, involves a man acting like a shepherd and dozens of people acting as goats by holding wooden sticks attached to a handcrafted goat head. The villagers believe that the dance can ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune, local media reported. Picture taken August 21, 2011. REUTERS/Wong Campion
Afghan policemen train at a live firing range in the central province of Bamiyan August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
A Libyan protester uses a shoe to hit a crossed-out picture of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstration outside the Libyan Embassy in Cairo in this February 21, 2011 file photo. Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on August 22, 2011 after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Gaddafi's 42 years in power. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Men walk past tankers, used to carry fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, which were attacked by unidentified gunmen on the outskirts of Quetta August 22, 2011. About a dozen gunmen in Pakistan's southwestern district of Mastung attacked and set fire to some 18 trucks carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, government and security officials said. There were no reported casualties. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed
Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare wipes his eye in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi on the seventh day of his fasting at Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 22, 2011. Anti-graft activist Anna Hazare's hunger strike entered its seventh day on Monday with opposition parties calling for nationwide rallies this week, prompting the government of Premier Manmohan Singh to take tentative steps to open talks. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Wingwalker Todd Green falls from John Mohr's Steerman aircraft to his death, after losing his grip while trying to perform a transfer to the helicopter during Selfridge Air Show, less than 30 miles from Detroit, August 21, 2011. Picture taken August 21, 2011. REUTERS/David Angell
Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures as he talks to reporters in Tripoli August 23, 2011. Saif told journalists that Libya, which has been largely overrun in the past 24 hours by rebel forces seeking to topple his father, was in fact in government hands and that Muammar Gaddafi was safe. REUTERS/Paul Hackett
A passenger jet flies towards Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai August 23, 2011.
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People sunbath on a field at a public swimming pool in Prague as temperatures hovered over 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 degrees Fahrenheit) August 23, 2011. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife Anne Sinclair depart the Manhattan State Supreme Courthouse after a hearing dismissing the case against him in New York August 23, 2011. A New York judge dropped all criminal sexual assault charges against Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday after prosecutors lost faith in the credibility of his accuser. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Office workers evacuated from buildings on Wall Street in New York stand outside after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck the U.S. East Coast August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Libyan rebels celebrate at Bab Al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli August 23, 2011. Joyful Libyan rebels overran Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli bastion on Tuesday, seizing weapons and loot and destroying symbols of a 42-year dictatorship they declared was now over as they set about hunting down the fallen ruler and his sons. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi
AIDS patient Anna Bosigo (L) is fed by volunteer worker Lydia Mbhalo of the Sakhi-Sizwe AIDS care initiative, in Orange Farm township, south of Johannesburg, August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Members of the military and emergency personnel are silhouetted through a Canadian flag while waiting for the start of an event with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (not pictured) in Resolute Bay, Nunavut August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
NASA handout image of Hurricane Irene moving over the Caribbean taken by astronaut Ron Garan from the International Space Station, August 22, 2011. The United States put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene on Tuesday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend. REUTERS/NASA/Ron Garan/Handout
Actor Al Pacino arrives at the Blu-ray disc launch party for the 1983 classic film Scarface in Los Angeles, California August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
A zookeeper sprays an elephant to cool her down in Budapest's Zoo August 24, 2011. Temperatures reached 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) in Hungary. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
A boy plays in the mud near the Ravi river after a downpour on the outskirts of Lahore August 24, 2011. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
Demonstrators block a main street with barricades during a 48-hour national strike in Santiago August 24, 2011. The rally is in support of the August 24 to 25 nationwide strike by students, workers and citizens to demand reforms in the public state education system, and better salaries and health care. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Riot police block Ukrainian opposition supporters during a rally on the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence in Kiev August 24, 2011. Ukrainian police prevented thousands of opposition supporters marching to the presidential administration building on Wednesday during a protest against the trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A demonstrator runs away from riot policemen as they fall during a 48-hour national strike at Santiago August 24, 2011. The rally is in support of a two-day national strike comprising students, workers and citizens who demand for reforms in the public state education system and improvements in salaries and health care. REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra
A tourist sits in front of the Fonisa waterfall on the Greek island of Kythera August 24, 2011. The island has an area of 284 square kilometers (109.65 square miles) and is located off the southern tip of Peloponnese. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
British performance artist Alice Newstead smiles while suspending from shark hooks pierced through her back at a cosmetic shop in San Francisco, California August 24, 2011. The act was performed to bring attention to the declining global population of sharks due to demand for shark fin soup and other shark products. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
A woman is seen at the Modern Moma commercial and residential complex in Beijing, August 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee
The under-construction One World Trade Center (C) is seen as the sun sets over New Jersey in New York's Lower Manhattan on August 24, 2011. New York will mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center with ceremonies on September 11. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
The body of a gunman lies in the woods after a shootout with soldiers in Zirahuen near Morelia August 24, 2011. One gunman, a suspected member of the Caballeros Templarios, a new spin-off cartel in Michoacan state linked to the Gulf Cartel, and a soldier were killed after gunmen opened fire on a convoy of patrolling soldiers, according to local media. REUTERS/Leovigildo Gonzalez
A member of a special unit of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) police force takes part in an anti-terrorist and hostage rescue drill in eastern Sarajevo August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Libyan rebel fighters react as they search for snipers while fighting for the final push to flush out Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Abu Slim area in Tripoli August 25, 2011.REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
People boats are seen as they wait to carry passengers ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday during dusk on the Buriganga river in Dhaka August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
A Sadhu or a Hindu holyman who is also a supporter of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare sits at the Ramlila grounds where Hazare is fasting in New Delhi August 25, 2011. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed to the anti-corruption campaigner to end his public hunger strike as a deal to end some of the biggest protests in decades led by the self-styled Gandhian activist appeared to be close. The campaign by 74-year-old Hazare has united millions of Indians, including its growing middle class, against a Congress party-led government that has been beset by corruption scandals in its second term, paralysing policy making. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma
A riot police walk past a burning billboard during a 48-hour national strike at Santiago August 25, 2011. Protesters scuffled with police in the Chilean capital on Thursday, the second of a two-day strike against unpopular President Sebastian Pinera marked by sporadic looting, though the linchpin mining sector was not affected. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Caballero
AS Roma's goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg tries to stop a ball as he warms up before their Europa League qualifying soccer match against Slovan Bratislava in Rome, August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Firefighters and rescue personnel work outside a burning casino after an attack in Monterrey August 25, 2011. Armed men killed at least 20 people in an attack on a casino in northern Mexico that left the building ablaze with gamblers trapped inside, officials said on Thursday. People remained stuck inside the Casino Royale building in Monterrey, a prosperous city 140 miles (230 km) from the Texas border that has suffered from increasing criminal violence in recent months. REUTERS/Victor Hugo Valdivia
A labourer paints the framework as he stands on the roof of a building at a construction site in Wuhan, Hubei province August 26, 2011. China's annual housing inflation quickened in July for the second straight month this year, official data showed on Thursday, keeping up pressure on Beijing to rein in the red-hot property sector. REUTERS/Stringer
Women walk in the ocean in Santa Monica, California August 25, 2011. Temperatures were over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of Los Angeles County. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
A Palestinian boy looks through bars while waiting to cross into Jerusalem at Israel's checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Hugo Pessanha of Brazil (L) competes with Alexandr Kassachev of Kazakstan during their under 90kg men's elimination bout at the World Judo Championships in Paris August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Ciuchcia (Steam train engine), a four-month-old dog, chases a cat in a courtyard after being helped onto a specially made wheelchair at Schronisko (Shelter), a shelter for homeless animals, near Piotrkow Trybunalski August 26, 2011. Ciuchcia's rear legs were paralyzed after it was physically abused and abandoned with its two siblings on a train track. The dog survived despite being run over by a number of trains, according to the staff at the animal shelter, who found Ciuchcia on July 7, 2011. REUTERS/Peter Andrews
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