The World in Photos This Week

North Korea launches a missile, tragedy strikes Sandy Hook, and a Chinese farmer prepares for the apocalypse.

DECEMBER 14, 2012

An honor guard passes by snow-covered trees after Kyrgyz President Almaz Atambayev arrived at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace in Berlin, Germany on Dec. 11. Heavy snowfalls hit much of Northern Europe over the past week.

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