The World in Photos This Week

North Korea launches a dud, a fragile cease-fire holds in Syria, and Rick Santorum bows out.

APRIL 13, 2012

South Koreans watch a TV screen showing a graphic of North Korea's rocket launch at a train station in Seoul on April 13. Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket early on Friday morning (KST) after much fanfare at home and international consternation, only to see it disintegrate soon after blastoff and fall into the ocean. As a result of the launch, the United States canceled an estimated $200 million worth of food aid to the impoverished nation.

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