AS SEEN ON EARTH: Quake, Swine Flu, West Bank in Photos

AS SEEN ON EARTH: Quake, Swine Flu, West Bank in Photos
AS SEEN ON EARTH: Quake, Swine Flu, West Bank in Photos
AS SEEN ON EARTH: Quake, Swine Flu, West Bank in Photos
AS SEEN ON EARTH: Quake, Swine Flu, West Bank in Photos
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April 28, 2009--Somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico, some of the few passengers on a flight to Mexico City get some shut-eye.

A spate of cancellations and closures to control a swine flu outbreak has quelled tourism--costing the city around U.S. $57 million per day, according to the Associated Press.

View video and photographs of the swine flu outbreak, and get a look at the H1N1 virus itself for the first time. Wondering what swine flu means to you? Get the facts.
—Photograph by Brennan Linsley/AP
 

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