TIME.com Pictures of the Week April 27

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SEAN GALLUP/GETTY IMAGES		April 27 - May 3 Our picks of the week's best pictures A young woman breaks into tears while mourning outside Gutenberg high school in Erfurt, Germany. One day earlier former student Robert Steinhauser, armed with two guns, entered the school and killed 16 people, including 13 teachers and two students, before fatally shooting himself when he was cornered by police. (Saturday, April 27, 2002)

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