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The Week in Pictures | March 12 – 18, 2012 Posted By: Marc Martin Posted On: 3:39 p.m. | March 16, 2012Each week we bring you the very best in visual journalism
In the Middle East, a marathon runner carries a Palestinian and Israeli flag as well as a white flag with a peace symbol as he enters the Zion Gate during the Jerusalem Marathon. While in the nearby West Bank, an Israeli army dog attacks a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum. We also have opposing images from Syria, where a rally in support of President Bashar Assad on the first anniversary of the anti-regime revolt stands in stark contrast to an image of Syrian refugees going about their daily lives at the Reyhanli refugee camp in Antakya, Turkey. About 1,000 Syrian refugees, including a defecting general, crossed into Turkey in the last 24 hours.
Stateside, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. The 55-year-old Democrat becomes the second consecutive Illinois governor to go to prison for corruption. There was severe damage in Michigan after a tornado with wind speeds of 135 mph touched down near Ann Arbor and residents took cover from the rain as they listen to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speak at the Whistle Stop cafe in Alabama.


