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Friday, August 12, 2011 | By TIME Photo Department | 0

The Best Pictures of the Week, August 6 – August 12

Pawel Kopczynski—Reuters
Pawel Kopczynski—Reuters
August 6, 2011. Revellers dance in front of the main stage during the 17th Woodstock Festival in Kostrzyn-upon-Odra River, close to the Polish and German border.
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This week: President Obama meets with the families of the 30 Americans that died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, Riots in England, Woodstock, Israeli “tent city” protests continue, the world stock market crash, and giant radiation bursts in space.

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