TIME.com Pictures of the Week April 27

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RICK BOWMER/AP		April 27 - May 3 Our picks of the week's best pictures People walk through the damage in La Plata, Md. after a tornado devastated the area. The tornado, which bounced through Charles and Calvert counties, killed three people. It was one of the strongest tornadoes ever to hit Maryland. (Monday, April 29, 2002)

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