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Photos of the Week for October 18, 2013

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    Firefighters recover after working a six-alarm fire at an apartment building on Thursday in Redwood City, Calif. Fire Marshal Jim Palisi says four people were transported to the hospital with injuries, two of them minor, one moderate and one serious. Full story (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)

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    Firefighters extinguish a burning vehicle after two mortar rounds struck the Abu Roumaneh area in Damascus, Syria, Saturday. Syria’s state news agency said two mortar rounds struck an upscale neighborhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing at least one child and injuring a dozen people. (AP Photo)

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    A Los Angeles firefighter places a triage tag on a student with simulated injuries to demonstrate what could happen if people do not ‘drop, cover and hold on’ during an earthquake drill known as the Great Shakeout at Rosemont Elementary School near downtown Los Angeles Thursday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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    Thai firefighters try to extinguish the blaze that engulfs a warehouse on the compound of the SuperCheap store in Phuket, southern Thailand. (AP Photo)

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    Firefighters place barriers to contain and clean up an oil floating on Paranoa Lake in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday. The oil spill is spreading on the surface of Brasilia’s lake, around which embassies, restaurant and clubs are located. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

    AP Photo/Las Vegas Fire and Rescue

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    Pope Francis holds a firefighter’s helmet he was given as he arrived for his weekly general audience at the Vatican. (AP Photo/L’Osservatore Romano, ho)

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    Firefighter and paramedic Charlie Abney of Dallas Fire Rescue explains to “Dallas” star Josh Henderson the various pieces of battery powered equipment that firefighters use during an event in which Duracell donated 150,000 batteries to first responders in Texas, on Tuesday. (Photo by Brandon Wade/Invision for Duracell/AP Images)

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