TIME.com Pictures of the Week August 11

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Cuts of pork lie on the embankment on the Kansas Turnpike at mile marker 129. The tractor-trailer was traveling southbound from Sioux City, Iowa, to Ponca City, Okla. The driver was not injured in the accident. Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001.

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