TIME.com Pictures of the Week December 15

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AARON FAVILA/AP		December 15 - 21 Our picks of the week's best pictures Thousands of Filipino Catholics crowd outside a church light with Christmas lanterns and decorations as they attend the first of nine daily dawn masses before Christmas day in suburban Las Pinas, Philippines. This centuries-old tradition was said to have been started by farmers who wanted to fulfill their religious obligation before their day's work in the field. (Sunday, December 16, 2001)

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