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Photos of the Week (04/10/11)

Posted by Kevin Fischer on April 10, 2011

Photos of the Week

1) Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus announces at a news conference Thursday that she failed to save on her computer and then report 14,315 votes in the city of Brookfield, omitting them entirely in an unofficial total she released after Tuesday’s election. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears


2) Fukuko Hatakeyama, whose house was washed away in the tsunami, talks about her loss as she stands in debris in Miyagi prefecture on March 29. “I had 4,500,000 yen (US$53,000) wrapped in special cloth but it’s gone," says 80-year-old Fukuko Hatakeyama, clearly upset. She'd been saving the money, wrapped in fire-proof material, for years to leave it to her son. Her house, flattened by the massive tsunami and the remains ravaged by fire, is gone. Debris is piled and scattered for more than half-a-mile. Her son and daughter-in-law, who live in a nearby evacuation center, tell her not to go back to the area because it is dangerous with debris.  But she sneaks out anyway.

“I come here every day to look for it but I can’t find anything. Now there is nothing I can leave to my son when I die," she says. She adds quietly: “There are too many people on the earth messing with nature…the gods may have punished us.” Photo: Kuni Takahashi


3) A man cries for relief after being beaten by a group of people when he was caught allegedly stealing a pig from a local family on April 4 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The man was tied to the pig and beaten until the police arrived and he was arrested. Hector Retamal / AFP - Getty Images


4) Emergency services workers attend the site of an accident after a car plunged six stories from a multi-level parking lot in Melbourne, Australia on April 4. The driver, aged 41, was freed 40 minutes after the vehicle fell an estimated 30 metres before becoming stuck at ground level in a lane between the walls of the car park and another building. Julian Smith / AFP - Getty Images


5) James Jordan, right, and other men model their high heel shoes before marching against sexual violence against women Friday, April 8, 2011, in Anchorage, Alaska. AP photo


6) A featherless Humboldt penguin (2nd right) in a wetsuit walks past king penguins in the enclosure at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore on April 4. The 10-year-old penguin has been experiencing continued feather loss since 2010 and is being treated with customized wetsuits. The suit acts like a natural feather covering, providing warmth and insulation which also helps new feathers grow and prevents moulting. Roslan Rahman / AFP - Getty Images


7) A worker takes a nap surrounded by ducklings at a duck farm on the outskirts of Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China on April 5. Reuters photo


8) Kayak instructor Vaughn Corum bobs along with some of the 17,000 plastic ducks that were released during the seventh annual KinderMourn Hope Floats Duck Race at the U.S. National Whitewater Center, on Sunday, April 3, in Charlotte, N.C. The event is an annual fundraiser to raise money for KinderMourn, a non-profit organization that serves the needs of grieving parents and bereaved children and their families. The organization sold out all of the ducks they had days before the race. David T. Foster III / AP


9) A deer seems to protect a mother goose who lost her mate in a cemetery in Buffalo, NY. Craig Cygan courtesy of WGRZ.com


10) Regina Mayer jumps with her cow Luna over a hurdle in Laufen, southern Germany, on March 29. "She thinks she's a horse," the golden-haired Mayer joked on a recent sunny afternoon as she sat atop the impassive brown-and-white, grass-munching cow. Photo: Kerstin Joenson/AP


11) Eva Longoria's appearance on David Letterman's talk show   almost turned R-rated when her tuxedo jacket popped open, threatening to reveal her chest. "Oh my button!," Longoria exclaimed on Wednesday night's edition of "The Late Show" before quickly covering her chest and saying to Letterman, "I'm sorry… but you didn't see anything." The newly single "Desperate Housewives" actress was on the show to promote her book, "Eva's Kitchen: Cooking With Love For Family & Friends." (CBS)   


12) Center fielder Andruw Jones is hit by onion rings and food cartons after he collided with the wall while chasing down Jason Kubel's foul ball during the seventh inning of the Yankees game against the Minnesota Twins in Yankee Stadium on April 5, 2011. Kathy Willens / AP


13) University of Wisconsin basketball player Mike Bruesewitz waits to have his head shaved for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on WKOW-TV in Madison Wednesday morning. Bruesewitz's goal is to raise $3,100, in honor of his jersey number, 31. Wisconsin basketball player Jon Leuer does the honors, shaving Bruesewitz's head. Bruesewitz feels the top of his head after the clippers did their work. Photos: Joe Koshollek for the Journal Sentinel