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Pictures of the Week
A visitor plays in rising mists at the Wuhan Botanical Garden on April 16, 2008 in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. To see all this week's best images from around the world, please go to: Pictures of the Week.

China Photos / Getty Images

Pope Visits U.S.
Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges the crowd at the conclusion of a Papal Mass, April 17, at Washington Nationals Park in Washington. To see our live, streaming feed of up-to-the-minute photos from the Pope's visit, please go to our Pope Visits U.S. photo gallery.

Gerald Herbert, AP

CMT Awards
Taylor Swift sings "Picture To Burn" during the CMT Music Awards, April 14, in Nashville, Tenn. Swift won two big awards: Female Video of the Year and the night's biggest award, Video of the Year, for 'Our Song.' To see hundreds of images from the awards show, please go to: CMT Awards.

Jeff Christensen, AP

2008 Presidential Election
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama speaks with members of the press on the campaign plane as he headed from Chicago to Washington, March 13. To see our live, streaming feed of up-to-the-minute photos from the campaign trail, please go to our 2008 Presidential Election photo gallery.

Alex Brandon, AP

Best of Photojournalism
The following photo gallery highlights some of last year's winners in the annual photography competition held by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA): Best of Photojournalism. The NPPA currently is readying the submissions for this year's competition, and we hope to present highlights from that gallery after the judging has taken place.

Matt Roth, The Patuxent Publishing Co.

Nature's Best 2007 Award Winners
This photo gallery presents images from Nature's Best Photography's current magazine, which is dedicated to showcasing their annual awards. It's a true collectors edition that should not be missed. Take a look through this gallery, which represents just a fraction of the photography in the magazine. Huge gallery prints also are being exhibited in Washington, DC through April 27 at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum. See: Nature's Best 2007 Award Winners

Steve Hinch / Natures Best

At War
Documentary filmmaker Scott Kesterson arrived in Afghanistan in May 2006 to begin a year-long journey as an embedded journalist. He shot high-definition video and edited some still photos from his year-long shoot; we present some of the highlights that give a window into that somewhat forgotten conflict in the following photo gallery: At War.

Scott Kesterson

AOL Sessions Shoot
AOL Music has exclusive performances by top artists who record "sessions." They contain live in-studio performances that get you up-close and personal with your favorite musicians. The same is true of the portraits shot of these recording artists. We've collected a handful of these exclusive portraits in a photo gallery for you to browse, with links into their amazing performances.
See the gallery

Smallz & Raskind for AOL Music

2008 Oscars
Katherine Heigl arrives at the 80th Academy Awards Feb. 24 in Los Angeles. For complete coverage and tons of photos, go to: 2008 Oscars.

Kevork Djansezian, AP,AP

Prince Harry in Afghanistan
In this image made available in London on Feb. 28, Britain's Prince Harry sits atop a military vehicle in the Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan on Feb. 18. Prince Harry has been serving on the front line in Afghanistan with the British Army, according to an announcement by Britain's Ministry of Defence. To see a photo gallery of more images of the prince third in line to the British throne, go to: Prince Harry in Afghanistan.

John Stillwell, Pool / AP