Week in Photos

Militants from Hamas stand at the desk of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas inside his personal office after it was taken over by Hamas during the fighting in Gaza City.
Hatem Moussa - AP

Cole McNamara participates in his 5th grade promotion ceremony at Cornerstone School after officials made him cut off the guns held by plastic soldiers on his mortar board in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Lawmakers in several states say the strict policies in schools have resulted in many punishments that lack common sense, and are seeking to loosen the restrictions.

Honor guards from the 8th U.S. Army follow the hearse bearing the flag-draped coffin of Filipino-American U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Valiant Correa during his funeral in his hometown of Lingayen, Pangasinan province in northern Philippines. Sgt. Correa, 25, who served in Iraq with the U.S. Army's 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division based in Fort Drum, NY, was killed in action when he encountered an improvised explosive device May 29, 2007 near IIbu, Falris, Iraq. Photo by Vic Alhambra Jr., AP