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View images of Sarah Palin’s quick rise to become Alaska’s governor and now John McCain’s running mate. Full story

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New Orleans: Then and now
See Katrina’s destructive path through the city and what those places look like today and hear the photographer describe the city’s changes over three years

The Week in Pictures
From a bizarre accident, to the beauty of the Olympics and the tragedies in Georgia

Democrats in Denver
On the last day of the Democratic National Convention, thousands turn out to see Sen. Barack Obama accept nomination.

Fay’s floodwaters
Streets turn to waterways, beaches erode, and kittens are rescued from the tropical storm

Musharraf quits
Demonstrators mark departure of embattled Pakistan president

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Georgia crisis
View images of victims, soldiers and world leaders embroiled in the Georgia conflict.

Beijing’s transition
Brought on by the Olympics, the transformation of Beijing reflects change across all of China, albeit at a much faster pace in the capital.

Life marches on in Iraq
See images from daily happenings in Iraq, as violence subsides in some areas, but persists in others.

Fast-moving fire
View images of the fire near Yosemite National Park.

Iraq attacks shatter calm
A series of suicide attacks in Iraq on Monday killed dozens and struck a blow to growing confidence in recent security gains.

Recollections from the Korean war
In 1950 NBC correspondent John Rich covered the Korean War with a rare color camera.

Scare at 29,000 feet
Qantas Airlines’ Flight QF30 made an emergency landing in the Philippines after a large hole in the fuselage caused a sudden descent and cabin decompression. Click the slide show for stunning images of the damage, pictures from inside the cabin, and more.

Picture stories archive

Gideon Mendel / Corbis for UNICEF	Stopping HIV at birth Dec. 2007: Three HIV-positive mothers in the African nation of Lesotho share their concerns about passing the deadly HIV virus to their children.
Getty Images	Lost children of Haiti Aug. 2007: Amid widespread poverty, thousands of kids are forced to become indentured servants in Haiti
	The Gulf Coast's struggle back Aug. 2007: Two years after Hurricane Katrina, a lifelong Gulf Coast resident revisits areas that had been devastated by the storm.
Sipa Press via MediaStorm	Frontier: Europe June 2007: Struggling financially in Africa, Kingsley crosses a continent in hopes of finding financial opportunity in Europe
Redux Pictures	Scars from Iraq March 2007: Three U.S. troops share how the visible and invisible wounds of war changed their lives and impacted their loved ones.
Agence VU	A diamond's journey Dec. 2006: From the mines in Africa, to polishers in India, to retailers in the West, follow a diamond's global path to market.
MediaStorm.org	Life in Iraqi Kurdistan Nov. 2006: Click to view photojournalist Ed Kashi's unique presentation of daily life in Iraqi, Kurdistan. Produced by MediaStorm.org
Corbis	Killed in action Oct. 2005: Families of National Guardsmen killed in Iraq tell their stories of loss. Click to play the audio slide show.
	AIDS: Lost generation July 2005: Orphans are left to care for themselves, and grandparents become parents again, due to AIDS.
Getty Images	Subsidizing poverty? June 2005: Flip between images of American and African cotton growers, and learn how trade policies impact them.
World Picture News	Eight months with the Marines March 2005: See the daily life of Marine units, from peacekeeping to combat missions in Iraq.
MSNBC.com	Spectrum of solutions Feburary 2005: A look at how therapists and parents are helping children with autism learn to connect with the world.
	The war after the war Jan. 2005: Disabled from wounds sustained in Iraq, one soldier and his family find life changed.