MPR photos of the week

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London, Greater London, United Kingdom — U.S. forward Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves celebrates with his team after winning 107-100 against Spain during the London 2012 Olympic Games men's gold medal basketball game at the North Greenwich Arena in London on August 12, 2012. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) link to this photo

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London, England, United Kingdom — Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird and Maya Moore of United States celebrate with their medals during the medal cermony for the Women's Basketball on Day 15 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on Aug. 11, 2012 in London, England.Whalen, Augustus and Moore all play for Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) link to this photo

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Rochester, Minnesota — A voter makes his selections during Tuesday's primary election in Rochester. Minnesotans went to the polls Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, to decide who will represent their parties in the general election in November. (Alex Kolyer for MPR (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Shortly after the Associated Press called the 8th congressional district primary in his favor, DFL-endorsed candidate Rick Nolan celebrates with supporters, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 at the Sunshine Kitchen and Moonshine Lounge in Brainerd. (MPR photo/Jennifer Simonson (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Mankato, MN, USA — Former state Rep. Allen Quist, second from left, and his supporters look over the incoming primary results on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Quist was running against state Sen. Mike Parry in the Republican primary in the 1st Congressional District. (Jackson Forderer for MPR (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Haakon Julsrud, son of Duluth city councilor Jennifer Julsrud, pretends to sleep during a news conference attended by DFL officials at the Duluth Labor Temple in Duluth, Minn. on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. (Derek Montgomery for MPR (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Fertile, Minn. — Chief deputy Karl Erickson has worked in Polk County for nearly three decades and says law enforcement resources are often stretched thin. Here he checks on a sleeping motorist along Highway 102 on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (Photo by Ann Arbor Miller for MPR News (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Fertile, Minn. — "I know people feel a lot more comfortable when law enforcement is around," says John Frohrip, city administrator for Fertile. "I know I feel more comfortable when law enforcement is around." However, Frohrip says his town simply does not have the dollars to pay for dedicated officers. Frohrip was photographed at the city offices on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (Photo by Ann Arbor Miller for MPR News (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Glenwood, Minn. — Six members of the West Central Minnesota S.W.A.T. team ready for a training exercise on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Minnewaska Area High School in Glenwood, Minn. The team was established in 2007 thanks to collaboration among five counties. (Photo by Ann Arbor Miller for MPR News (Read the story here) link to this photo

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CASS LAKE, Minn. — Ojibwe tribal member Fred Isham throws sage on a fire that's heating stones used in the sweat lodge behind him. Sage is a sacred, purifying medicine for the Ojibwe. Isham, a participant in the Cass County - Leech Lake Tribal Wellness Court, uses the sweat lodge and other cultural ceremonies to help him stay sober. The wellness court program is the first of its kind in the country. (MPR Photo/Tom Robertson (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Lower Sioux Reservation, Minnesota — Anthony Morse, 26, of Morgan, Minn. stands in front of the historic Lower Sioux Agency warehouse on the Lower Sioux Reservation in Minnesota on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Morse is ninth-generation Lower Sioux Mdewakanton, and works as the site manager of the historic site. The warehouse was built by the U.S. government in 1861 and housed the annuities, food and supplies for the Dakota community. It was one of the first sites attacked in the US-Dakota Conflict of 1862. (Caroline Yang for MPR (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Prior Lake, MN, USA — Stanley Crooks, photographed Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, is the tribal chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Near Mantador, ND, USA — A young leopard frog explores the confines of a bucket after being caught on Aug. 2, 2012, near Mantador, N.D. The thumb of Justin Fisher, a graduate student at North Dakota State University, is also pictured. Fisher is researching the health of frog populations by looking at genetic tools. (Ann Arbor Miller for MPR (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Near Mantador, ND, USA — North Dakota State University graduate student Justin Fisher scoops up a leopard frog on Aug. 2, 2012, near Mantador, N.D. Fisher researching leopard frog populations and their health. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) (Ann Arbor Miller for MPR (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Led by Chief Arvol Looking Horse of the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, a relay of horse riders escorted walkers of Dakota Wokiksuye Walk to Minnesota to the border on Friday, August 17, 2012. (Caroline Yang for MPR (Read the story here) link to this photo

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Chief Arvol Looking Horse, of the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, prepared to lead the Dakota Wokiksuye Walk to Minnesota on Friday, August 17, 2012 in Flandreau, South Dakota. (Caroline Yang for MPR (Read the story here) link to this photo