The World in Photos This Week

The United States retreats from the cliff; Chadian soldiers cross the border; a town in Spain has a flour fight.

JANUARY 4, 2013

  In this Dec. 30 photo, a pro-government fighter poses next to the body of a rebel killed during clashes at the Air Defense Base in Tal Hassil, Syria. A U.N. report this week estimated that more than 60,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising began in March 2011. Read FP's Turtle Bay blog for more on how the United Nations arrived at the figure.

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