TIME.com Pictures of the Week January 12-18

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PEDRO UGARTE/AFP		January 12-18 Our picks of the week's best pictures A resident of Goma watches lava flowing at the local airport. Following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, about 450,000 people are reported to have fled Goma, which lies at the foot of the mountain. Large parts of the town are now buried under lava. (Friday, January 18, 2002)

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