Pictures of the Week: April 19-25

A Hungarian Puli dog named Fee jumps over a hurdle during a preview for the pedigree dog show in Dortmund, Germany April 24.

 

Is there a dog in there? I see the eyes and nose and a tongue, but I do not see a dog! It looks like a comic strip panel of a dog in a fight. It looks like a car buffer with a face. It looks like a roughed up head of a snowman.

 

I am kidding, of course. What a fun photo! Let's make this our first AOL Photo Talk Rorschach test and tell me what you see by posting a comment below.

 

Don't forget to take a look at all of this week's great images in our most recent Pictures of the Week.gallery, most of which are not as open to interpretation as the jumping Puli.

 

-Lee Van Grack

Tags: Pictures of the Week: April 19-25

Pictures of the Week: April 12-18

 

 

An intriguing photo. Looking like a something out of a yet unreleased Star Wars movie, this photo shows a Saharawi woman standing beside a traditional tent at Dakhla's refugee camp near Tindouf in southwestern Algeria. I was drawn in by the contrast of the bright colors of the clothing against the monochromatic earth tones of the background.

 

Although a former colony of Spain, the Western Sahara, home of the Saharawi, was annexed by Morocco in 1975. The refugee camps were established to accommodate those fleeing the violence caused by conflict  between the Polisario Front fighting for self-rule and Morocco.

 

And the refugee camps exist still. See this and other top photos from the past week by going to our Pictures of the Week gallery.

 

-Lee Van Grack

Tags: Pictures of the Week: April 12-18

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Pictures of the Week: April 5-11

 

"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" cast member Kristen Bell tries to get fellow cast member Russell Brand’s attention as he talks to a hula dancer at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles on April 10.

 

Who is she talking to? What is she saying? Let's have some fun with this photo and write your own caption.  Be creative and funny and please keep it clean. Take a shot and post your captions below.

 

Looking for more inspiration? Take a look at all of this week's best images in Pictures of the Week and vote for your favorite.

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Pictures of the Week: March 29-April 4

A blood trail from a harp seal leads to a small boat where sealer hunters are loading carcasses from an ice floe off the coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, March 31.

 

This image is mostly made up of three colors: black, white and red. These three colors work together to convey a powerful image. The red boat against the black water appears menacing as it lurks in wait. The red trail of blood against the white ice provides us with a stark visual sense of the suffering inflicted by the brutality of the hunt.

 

Fortunately, not all of this week's Pictures of the Week are as stark or as brutal, but they still tell the story. Please take a look and vote for the most compelling image.

 

-Lee Van Grack

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