Pictures of the Week: January 11 – January 18
From Obama’s gun control stance and Lance Armstrong’s doping confession to the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage and a runaway train in Sweden, TIME presents the best images of the week.
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Police officers doused in milk, Kim Jong Un meeting an octopus, people dressed as birds and a 45-foot paper airplane — just some of the most surprising (and indescribable) images of 2012.
