Pictures of the Week: December 28 – January 4

Ahmed Jadallah—Reuters
Ahmed Jadallah—Reuters
Dec. 30, 2012. A boy watches men dig graves for future casualties of Syria's civil conflict at Sheikh Saeed cemetery in Azaz city, north of Aleppo, Syria.

From the Sandy Hook Elementary students’ return to school and the death of a gang-rape victim in India to New Year’s celebrations and a giant rubber duck in Darling Harbor, Australia, TIME presents the best images of the week.

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