WEEK IN PHOTOS: Burning People, Planet Birth, and More

WEEK IN PHOTOS: Burning People, Planet Birth, and More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Burning People, Planet Birth, and More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Burning People, Planet Birth, and More
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Burning People, Planet Birth, and More
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Sydney, Australia, September 23, 2009--At sunrise, a dust storm gives the Sydney Opera House a tangerine glow.

The fierce, dust-laden winds that swept through the Australian city closed roads and airports, adding up to tens of millions of dollars in lost productivity, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported. (Watch video of the red-dust storm in Sydney.)
— Photograph by Tim Wimborne/AP
 

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