You thought I’d forgotten about The coolest pix of 2012 week 33 right? Wrong. I simply had to delay them for a day has we’ve been having some major server issues this past week, but we should be back now. Week 33 was the week that saw the Olympic games in London come to a close and the troubles in Syria still be as serious as ever. New this week is the violence in South Africa, where more than 30 miners were killed by police becasue they were on strike for better pay. Here’s a tip to all future strikers, don’t go on strike carrying machetes and spears and refuse to put them down. Let’s hope week 34 brings us a bit more joy.

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton pays her respects during the funeral of Ghana's late President Mills in Accra, Ghana. POOL/REUTERS

A girl shouts Islamic slogans during an anti-government demonstration in Bennish. ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERS

A police official stands guard while confiscated drugs burn inside a military base in Santo Domingo. STRINGER/REUTERS

Syrian refugees look out from a bus as they arrive at a stopover facility near the Turkish border town of Reyhanli. UMIT BEKTAS/REUTERS

Marcel, a 30 month-old pig-wild boar crossbreed plays with Chloe Lutz in the small village of Kolbsheim near Strasbourg. VINCENT KESSLER/REUTERS

Andean women fight for ball during a soccer match in Lim. MARIANA BAZO/REUTERS

Ruth picks up one of her cats from the train tracks outside a train carriage she calls home in Cadereyta on the outskirts of Monterrey. STRINGER/MEXICO/REUTERS

A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky at the Mont-Tendre near Montricher, north of Geneva. DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS

Steven, a six-month-old baby, looks up as he is being fed in a room full of migrants at a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Mexico City. EDGARD GARRIDO/REUTERS

Volunteers and rescuers search for survivors in the water after a footbridge collapsed in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar. FAYAZ KABLI/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter prepares to fire an RPG as a Syrian Army tank shell hits a building across a street during heavy fighting in Salaheddine neighborhood of central Aleppo. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

Ramoncito Campo kisses his wife Hernelie Ruazol Campo on flooded street during monsoon that battered Manila. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Indian policemen take part in rehearsal for the country's Independence Day celebrations in Chennai. BABU/REUTERS

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Romney introduces U.S. Congressman Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate during a campaign event in Norfolk. SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS

General view of the Gash River flooding in Kassala, Eastern Sudan. MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH/REUTERS

Flames are seen burning in the forested area of La Cumbre, near Santiago del Teide. SANTIAGO FERRERO/REUTERS

A woman takes shelter from the sun with her baby behind a burnt-out house in Caldono. JAIME SALDARRIAGA/REUTERS

Billionaire investor George Soros and girlfriend Tamiko Bolton are pictured at Soros' residence in Southampton, New York. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Local men fish with cormorants perched on their boats at an ancient village in Yongjia County. LEO LANG/REUTERS

German pianist Stefan Aaron plays his orange piano on the Great Wall in Beijing. CHINA DAILY/REUTERS

Goasslschnoizer wearing traditional Bavarian Lederhosen take part in a whip cracking interlude on Germany's tallest mountain Zugspitze. MICHAELA REHLE/REUTERS

Hostmann, Bavarian beer queen, taps a barrel of beer during a celebration six weeks prior to the start of Oktoberfest, on Zugspitze. MICHAELA REHLE/REUTERS

A man and woman cry over the body of their son in Aleppo. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter helps a woman to run across a street during clashes in Aleppo. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

The Royal Air Force aerobatic team, The Red Arrows, performs during an air show at Zhukovsk. MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS

An overview of the Olympic Stadium as athletes attend the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. PAWEL KOPCZYNSKI/REUTERS

Indian yoga guru Ramdev leans out of a bus window after he was detained by police along with his supporters during a protest march against corruption in New Delhi. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

Policemen prepare to rappel during a demonstration of K9 unit and police techniques at the Secretary of Public Security in Guadalupe. STRINGER/MEXICO/REUTERS

A Kashmiri villager stands next to his swans at a field in Bandipora. DANISH ISMAIL/REUTERS

The injured captain of a Somalia-bound Ugandan attack helicopter lies next to the crash site at Mount Kenya. STRINGER/REUTERS

A boy covered in an Israeli flag lifts a curtain during a welcoming ceremony for Jewish immigrants at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv. BAZ RATNER/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his sniper rifle from a house in Aleppo. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

A USGS researcher examines a Burmese python next to a truck in the Everglades National Park. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Protesters take part in Amnesty International flash mob demonstration in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot in Edinburgh. DAVID MOIR/REUTERS

View of giant carpet made of flowers at Brussels' Grand Place. FRANCOIS LENOIR/REUTERS

U.S. President Obama talks to the media on the Heil Family Farm in Haverhill. LARRY DOWNING/REUTERS

Elephant newborn is fed by its mother during presentation to public at Berlin Zoo. TOBIAS SCHWARZ/REUTERS

A boy tries to control an Indian national flag from the wind as it is installed at a wholesale market on the occasion of India's Independence Day celebrations in the southern Indian city of Chennai. BABU/REUTERS

Man stands on house destroyed during recent Syrian Air force air strike in Azaz. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

Shi'ite masked gunmen from the Meqdad clan, gather at the Meqdad family's association headquarters in the southern suburbs in Beirut. STRINGER/REUTERS

Striking miners chant slogans outside a South African mine in Rustenburg. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

Firefighting tanker plane drops fire retardant on homes threatened by Taylor Creek Fire outside Cle Elum, Washington. ROBERT SORBO/REUTERS

A horse, a boxer dog and a podenco dog are silhouetted in Marinaleda. JON NAZCA/REUTERS

A police officer gestures as a protester throws a traffic cone towards the Japanese embassy, in Beijing. JASON LEE/REUTERS

Thai vegetable market vendors pull back awnings and their produce off a railway track to allow a cross-country train to dissect through the middle of the town of Maeklong. CHAIWAT SUBPRASOM/REUTERS

Passengers sit on top of an overcrowded train as it heads for Jamalpur from Dhaka. ANDREW BIRAJ/REUTERS

A policeman gestures in front of some of the dead miners after they were shot outside a South African mine in Rustenburg. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

A jockey of the Valmontone parish rides to win the Palio race in Siena. ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/REUTERS

Policemen inspect one of the dead miner after they were shot outside a South African mine in Rustenburg. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

A soldier of the Ivorian Army gestures during a patrol in Dabou. THIERRY GOUEGNON/REUTERS

A protester licks his spear outside a South African mine in Rustenburg. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft gun at a Syrian Air force helicopter in Aleppo. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

A Hindu devotee washes himself after performing rituals on the banks of the Bagmati River while celebrating Kuse Aunse (Father's Day) at Gokarna Temple in Kathmandu. NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS

A firefighting tanker plane flies above a portion of a forest devastated by a wildfire near Lacanau. STRINGER/FRANCE/REUTERS

A member from the airforce contingent lies on the ground after fainting during a ceremony marking Indonesia's 67th Independence Day in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. ENNY NURAHENI/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter runs for cover as a Syrian Army tank shell hits a building across a street during clashes in central Aleppo. GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

A man jumps from a bridge into the Limmat river during sunny summer weather in Zurich. ARND WIEGMANN/REUTERS

NASA handout image of the Curiosity rover on Mars. NASA/REUTERS

An activist wears mask in support of members of the female punk band Pussy Riot during a protest rally in Prague. DAVID W CERNY/REUTERS

A premature baby receives milk from the Human Milk Bank at the Fernandes Figueira Institute hospital in Rio de Janeiro. PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS
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