The photographic week that was in the U.S. media: the week when Muammar el-Qaddafi met his inglorious end, his body becoming nothing more than a trophy for amateur photographers to snap. It was the week when a magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck southeastern Turkey, leaving hundreds dead—and one 14-month-old infant miraculously alive, a symbol of hope. It was a week of fiery clashes between demonstrators and police, all around the world. And it was a week of faces: young faces that have already seen their share of pain, faces of athletes looking for fame and vindication, film-star faces transformed into divine apparitions, and faces of unapologetic glamour.
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