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The week in photos: Commemorate

This is the week that was, in photos…

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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos: Commemorate
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  • One World

    One World Trade Center, now up to 100 floors, rises above the lower Manhattan skyline and the National September 11 Memorial. The tower is scheduled to be completed in 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

  • Times past

    Americans Sylvia Chester and her partner Mike, both of Huston, TX and passengers of the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship, dressed in period costume, enjoy a drink at a pub in Halifax, Canada. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

  • Say it with flowers

    People pose for pictures in front of a display of "Kimilsungia" flowers, named after Kim Il Sung, at a flower display to mark 100 years since the birth of North Korea's late leader in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

  • Shadow of the past

    Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, D-Davis, hugs Holocaust survivor Rivka Spiegel, right, as she wipes her eyes during the 2012 California Holocaust Memorial Ceremony held at the Capitol in Sacramento, California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

  • The dogs of war

    Libyan National Transitional Council's Mustapha Abdeljali, right behind, with Algerian Interior Minister Dahou Oud Kablia, lay a wreath of flowers at a war memorial in Algiers (AP Photo/Ouahab Hebbat)

  • Friends departed

    A rose hangs between the hands of prisoners, a memorial in front of the crematory, during the commemoration ceremonies for the 67th anniversary of the liberation of former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora near Nordhausen, central Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

  • 'We meet terror and violence with more democracy'

    Roses are fixed on a fence to commemorate the victims in front of the Oslo court where Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik is on trial to face terrorism and premeditated murder charges, Oslo, Norway.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

  • Preaching to the choir

    North Korean performers pause before singing at the Pyongyang indoor gymnasium to commemorate late president Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

  • Buddha Birthday

    A South Korean worker hangs lanterns to prepare for the celebration of the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 28 at the Chogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. About one-third of South Korea's 48 million people are Buddhists. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

  • A drop in the ocean

    A passenger of MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship, gazes out to the Atlantic Ocean, following a memorial service, marking the 100-year anniversary of the Titanic disaster, in the early hours of Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

  • Family ties

    A North Korean family pose a picture in front of a picture of late leaders Kim Il Sung at left and Kim Jong Il at right during a flower show. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

  • Overcome

    Helena Beaumont-Jones from Airlie Beach, Australia is overcome with emotion as the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship approaches the wreck site of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

  • New year

    A woman's face is smeared with talcum powder during a celebration of the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

  • Orthodox Easter

    An Orthodox priest blesses traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs prepared for Easter celebrations in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church (Cave Monastery) in the capital city of Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

  • All singing, all dancing

    A North Korean choir sings during a concert to commemorate 100 years since the birth of Kim Il Sung. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
  • One World Trade Center, now up to 100 floors, rises above the lower Manhattan skyline and the National September 11 Memorial. The tower is scheduled to be completed in 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
  • Americans Sylvia Chester and her partner Mike, both of Huston, TX and passengers of the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship, dressed in period costume, enjoy a drink at a pub in Halifax, Canada. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
  • People pose for pictures in front of a display of
  • Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, D-Davis, hugs Holocaust survivor Rivka Spiegel, right, as she wipes her eyes during the 2012 California Holocaust Memorial Ceremony held at the Capitol in Sacramento, California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
  • Libyan National Transitional Council's Mustapha Abdeljali, right behind, with Algerian Interior Minister Dahou Oud Kablia, lay a wreath of flowers at a war memorial in Algiers (AP Photo/Ouahab Hebbat)
  • A rose hangs between the hands of prisoners, a memorial in front of the crematory, during the commemoration ceremonies for the 67th anniversary of the liberation of former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora near Nordhausen, central Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
  • Roses are fixed on a fence to commemorate the victims in front of the Oslo court where Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik is on trial to face terrorism and premeditated murder charges, Oslo, Norway.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
  • North Korean performers pause before singing at the Pyongyang indoor gymnasium to commemorate late president Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
  • A South Korean worker hangs lanterns to prepare for the celebration of the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 28 at the Chogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. About one-third of South Korea's 48 million people are Buddhists. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
  • A passenger of MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship, gazes out to the Atlantic Ocean, following a memorial service, marking the 100-year anniversary of the Titanic disaster, in the early hours of Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
  • A North Korean family pose a picture in front of a picture of late leaders Kim Il Sung at left and Kim Jong Il at right during a flower show. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
  • Helena Beaumont-Jones from Airlie Beach, Australia is overcome with emotion as the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship approaches the wreck site of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
  • A woman's face is smeared with talcum powder during a celebration of the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
  • An Orthodox priest blesses traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs prepared for Easter celebrations in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church (Cave Monastery) in the capital city of Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
  • A North Korean choir sings during a concert to commemorate 100 years since the birth of Kim Il Sung. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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