The World in Photos This Week

Sarkozy comes in second in France, tension rises in South Sudan, and Australia remembers its fallen soldiers.

APRIL 26, 2012

A sticker of the Syrian flag is seen from within the damaged windshield of a minibus at the site of a blast in the central Midan district of Damascus on April 27. A deadly suicide bombing rocked the Syrian capital, killing at least 11 people and fuelling growing skepticism about hopes for the success of a U.N.-backed peace plan. 

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