From the selection of a new Pope and the second anniversary of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami to Kenya’s disputed election and sunbathers in the snow, TIME presents the best images of the week.
March 10, 2013. People sunbathe by the wall of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Michael Wolf, “Tokyo Compression #17” (2010) “The Tokyo compression images were taken at one subway stop over a period of thirty days each morning during peak rush hour, between 7:30 and 9 A.M.,” Wolf told me. “Every eighty seconds, another train would pull up to the platform, jammed full of passengers on their way to work.”
Earlier this month, Photo Booth looked at the New York City subway over time. This week, they’ve curated a selection of contemporary images from subways around the world. Click-through for a slideshow: http://nyr.kr/10JfLhy
SC state Rep. Kris Crawford (R), commenting on his party’s opposition to Medicaid expansion. Crawford, also a physician, supported the expansion – but in the end, voted against it. (via officialssay)
