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Favoritest Photo of the Week: Boo Bear

(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Normally, we're not big fans of zoos, but we're staying objective for the selection of our Favoritest Photo of the Week. Nothing this week has simultaneously put The Slug in the Halloween spirit and made us say "awwwwww!" more than this grizzly bear stuffing her face in a jack-o-lantern. Carve out the original caption:

Kachina, a 4-year-old female grizzly bear, eats treats as she plays with a pumpkin at the San Francisco Zoo, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. The bear treats are part of the Zoo's annual Halloween "Boo at the Zoo" and "Dia De Los Muertos" celebration. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Run for the Border

(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Question: Why are Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt from "The Hills" posing in formal wear at a Taco Bell? Answer: Uhhhh. Something to do with raising awareness for World Hunger Relief Week? Yes, we're being serious — and that's why were making this bizarre image our Favoritest Photo of the Week. This photo begs the question: Were Heidi and Spencer the only TV personalities available? Jeez. They could've at least brought that talking chihuahua out of retirement.

TV personalities Heidi Montag, left, and Spencer Pratt pose for photographers inside a Taco Bell in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles to raise awareness and funds for World Hunger Relief Week on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Hands On

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

The Slug doesn't care whether Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon are, aren't or were ever a special item. However, we did think this candid image of a bearded Gyllenhaal getting touchy on the "Rendition" premiere red carpet was cute enough to proclaim our Favoritest Photo of the Week. Grab the original caption:

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, left, moves the camera away from photographer Steve Granitz to see who was yelling "It's me" at the premiere of "Rendition" in Beverly Hills, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Favoritiest Photo of the Week: Son of a Gun

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Usually, our Favoritiest Photo of the Week features some sort of entertainment or pop culture connection. Sometimes, however, we come across an AP image that's just too visually striking to resist. This photo of a gun closet looks like something James Bond or The Terminator might have installed in their abodes. Of course, that's not the case. Take aim at the original caption:

Guns line the walls of the firearms reference collection at the Washington Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Washington on Sept. 28, 2007. Most of the guns, used now for forensic research, were seized during crimes under a 31-year-old law in the nation's capital that bars handgun ownership for nearly everyone except law enforcement. That ban is now in jeopardy. The law was struck down by a federal appeals court this year, and now the District of Columbia is asking the Supreme Court to weigh in. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Favoritiest Photo of the Week: Buy a Vowel

(AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

Our mother thinks photos featuring folks with closed eyelids are automatically bad. However, we think if Vanna White, Pat Sajak and a giant "Wheel of Fortune" cake are involved, all is forgiven. However, there's one thing that does bug us about our Favoritiest Photo of the Week this week. How come there's no "Bankrupt" or "Lose a Turn" spaces on that cake?! Whatever. You know we'd still eat a slice. Take the original caption for a spin:

"Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak and co-host Vanna White arrive at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "Wheel of Fortune" sponsored by People magazine in New York, Thursday Sept. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Elite Squad

(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Our Favoritest Photo of the Week comes to us from Rio de Janeiro where movie posters are apparently gigantic. We love the proportions in this image — OK, OK — and the woman just strolling by in her bikini. The controversial movie advertised here is about the shady workings of Rio's Special Operations Police Battalion. It's caused quite a stir in Brazil. Here's the original caption:

A woman walks past a billboard advertising the film Elite Squad at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. Elite Squad, a feature film about the shady workings of Rio's Special Operations Police Battalion, wasn't supposed to be released until Thursday, but pirated copies illegally leaked before the premier proved so controversial that police tried to keep the film out of theaters. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Head Gear

(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

It's a two-peat for the Favoritest Photo of the Week. AP photographer (and Pulitzer Prize winner) Oded Balilty impressed The Slug once again with another photo from New York Fashion Week — even though this image looks like it could be from a horror flick. Hey, fashion kills, right? You'll never believe what's really going in this photograph. Wrap your head around the original caption (and see more from this series at Far & Wide, the AP news blog):

A model waiting to get dressed wears protective headgear after hair and makeup preparations backstage at the Willow 2008 spring/summer show during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Favoritest Photo of The Week: Sittin' Pretty

(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

It's Fashion Week here in New York. Again. Instead of selecting a Favoritiest Photo of the Week from the runway — boring! — The Slug is picking this hauntingly beautiful and well composed shot from AP photographer Oded Balilty of some mannequins hanging around the Goldsmith factory. (Yes, we're suckers for mannequin photos.) If you squint, maybe you can see Kim Cattrall in this image. Feast your eyes on the original caption: 

A Goldsmith employee carries a mannequin at the Goldsmith factory in New York Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007.As Fashion Week gets underway in New York, rail thin models will still be on the runways, but when garments reach the stores, many of them will be displayed on mannequins that more realistically reflect the human form - and the shapes of customers shopping for clothes. Goldsmith also has a line of full-figured mannequins.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Worlds Collide

(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

What happens when you mix America, Italy and China? See above. Our Favoritest Photo of the Week comes to us from the other side of the planet where the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel opened this week. Just like the Venetian in Las Vegas, there's even a faux canal with singing gondoliers. (We once witnessed a proposal there ourselves.) Sail away with the original caption:

Gambling tables are set inside the casino during the opening ceremony of the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007. Casinos like the Wynn and Sands have already helped this southern coastal Chinese city surpass the Las Vegas Strip as the world's most lucrative gambling center. American billionaire Sheldon Adelson aims to take a step further with the US$2.4 billion (euro1.8 billion) Venetian scheduled to open Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: TV of the Future

(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

If you showed us our Favoritest Photo of the Week last year, we would've thought it was from the future. Oh wait. Then it would've been from the future, huh? Well, we would've thought it was from the distant future — or at least before December 21, 2012, which is the end of time according to the Mayans. We blame this line of thinking on that woman's ensemble.

A model holds a glass panel encasing a 29 millimeter (1.1 inches) thick prototype TV that Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. unveiled in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007. Sharp said the prototype TV is the thinnest, lightest and lowest energy-consuming liquid crystal display in the world. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Kiss and Tell

(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Yeah, we know the kids think Zac Efron is a hottie. Apparently, so does Minnie Mouse, so much so that the floozy had the audacity to lay her lips on Troy Bolton right next to her beau Mickey — and the whole world — at the "High School Musical 2" premiere. Wait, does she even have lips? No? Guess it doesn't count then. You win this time, Minnie. But we're submitting this Favoritest Photo of the Week as evidence of your indiscretion. The original caption:

Zac Efron, a cast member in "High School Musical 2," poses with Mickey and Minnie Mouse at the premiere of the Disney Channel movie in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Just Breathe

What could be better than being covered in water and confetti while standing next to Reeege and Kelly? In our Favoritest Photo of the Week, AP photographer Richard Drew captured Tom Sietas on "Live with Regis & Kelly" right after he broke his own Guinness record for holding his breath under water. The Slug thinks Tom should be eligible for a Guinness record for holding his breath under confetti, too. Drown in the original caption:

Confetti falls as Tom Sietas, center, 30, from Hamburg, Germany, is congratulated by Guinness World Record judge Stuart Claxton, left, after Sietas broke his own Guinness record of 14 minutes and 25 seconds for holding his breath under water, during his appearance on the "Live with Regis & Kelly" television show, in New York Thursday Aug. 9, 2007. He set a new record of 15 minutes and 2 seconds. The show's co-hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa look on at right. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Beer!

(AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Sometimes — unless you're Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan or, um, Lane Garrison — after a tough week, you just need a frosty mug of beer. That's why The Slug is making this jolly good AP photo from Martin Meissner in western Germany our Favoritest Photo of the Week. Gulp the original caption:

A waitress carries beer at the opening of the Cranger Fair in Herne, western Germany, Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. The festival which started as a horse market in the 15th century has become one of Germany's biggest carnival fairs with an expected 4 million visitors in ten days. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Eye Sore

(AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)

When we saw this AP photo by Miguel Villagran, we immediately started humming Rockwell's classic — OK, only — hit "Somebody's Watching Me." There's nothing like a pair of giant German eyeballs peering down at some pedestrians to inspire some '80s Motown nostalgia. How come billboards in America are never this rad? We could stare at this Favoritest Photo of the Week for hours. Peep the original caption:

Two pedestrians walk past an illuminated poster in front of the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, July 26, 2007. The poster is placed at the backside of an temporary screen, till August different movies will be shown outdoors. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Cops and Clowns

(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Any time police officers and clowns are gathered together in one place and an AP photographer snaps a photo, it's probably a good bet it'll be The Slug's Favoritiest Photo of the Week. We love such striking and funny imagery. You can see more photos of these clowns over at our sister news blog, asap's Far and Wide. Here's the original caption. We promise it won't squirt at you:

Clowns pass near police officers at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Wednesday, July 18, 2007. Hundreds of clowns of all ages ended their annual pilgrimage to the Basilica to pay their respects to the Virgin of Guadalupe. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Favoritiest Photo of the Week: He's Heeere

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

While The Slug was delving through upcoming video games (and partying) at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Santa Monica, Calif., Becks and Posh were attracting a media circus on the other side of town after they touched down in the good ol' U S of A. It's like "Footballers Wives" but real! We're lovin' this image from AP photographer Mark J. Terrill of David Beckham amid a sea of out-of-focus paparazzi. Here's the original caption. Cheers:

England soccer player David Beckham smiles at photographers as he arrives at Los Angeles International Airport, Thursday, July 12, 2007, in Los Angeles. Beckham has signed to play for the Major League Soccer team Los Angeles Galaxy. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Flipping for iPhone

(AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

Did you get your iPhone yet? Neither did we! But these folks in line at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in New York are probably already watching videos of skateboarding dogs, reading The New York Times and chatting away on their new high-tech cellies. The Slug selected this as our Favoritest Photo of the Week because we loved that there's a guy doing skate tricks (that's such a Mac fanboy thing to do) right near someone who's sleeping. (And if you just can't get enough phones, check out this rad asap video featuring morphing phones through the ages.) Please leave a message after the original caption. Beep:

A skateboarder who was waiting in line performs a trick as he and others wait around the corner from Apple's flagship store (not pictured) on Fifth Avenue to be among the first to buy the iPhone, Friday, June 29, 2007, in New York. The long awaited gadget hits the market today. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Say Cheese!

(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

It's OK to stare! The Slug had the pleasure of attending the grand (and weird) opening of the Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium in Times Square this week, though we didn't meet the loverly subjects in our bizarrest Favoritest Photo of the Week yet, snapped by photographer Jason DeCrow. A couple of good-natured freaks on a red carpet? It don't get better than that. Pop your eyeballs at the original caption:

Erik "The Lizardman" Sprague, left, poses with Jalisa "The Eyepopper" Thompson as they arrive for the grand opening of the Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium Thursday, June 21, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Favoritiest Photo of the Week: Cleanup on Aisle 6

(AP Photo/Lisa Poole)

This week's Favoritiest Photo of the Week doesn't really have anything to with pop culture. We're just hungry and it sorta reminds us of our childhood. Oh, how we long for the days when our mama would plop us down in the shopping cart, let us feast on groceries yet to be purchased and then push us down the sloping parking lot of our hometown Winn-Dixie. Check out the original caption:

Keira O'Keefe, 2, eats a snack in a grocery cart, Friday, June 15, 2007 at a grocery store in Danvers, Mass. Consumer prices shot up at the fastest pace in 20 months in May, fueled by a surge in gas prices, although inflation pressures were moderate in most other areas. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Bye, Bob

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The Slug knows how this guy feels. We're so sad that Bob Barker's taped his last episode of "The Price is Right" that we're dedicating this week's Favoritest Photo of the Week to him — and his sobbing fans. Though we're trying not to be too blue because we know there's a whole stockpile of new episodes that haven't aired yet. The Slug is also still waiting for the episode we attended to be rerun since President Bush interrupted it last December. Photo caption, come on down:

Fan Joshua Salisbury cries as legendary game show host Bob Barker, 83, finishes taping his final episode of "The Price Is Right" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Favoritest Photo of (Last) Week: Shakira, Shakira

(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Let's start the week off with some Shakira, shall we? Her hips don't lie and her hair don't stay in one place. Our Favoritest Photo of (Last) Week comes from Mexico City where photographer Eduaro Verdugo captured Shakira mid-shake during her concert. If he's not too busy judging reality shows, Vidal Sassoon needs to give this lady a contract. Girl has volume. Don't shake the original caption:

Colombian singer Shakira performs during her concert in Mexico City, Sunday, May 27, 2007. Mexico is the final stop of Shakira's "Oral Fixation" world tour. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Favoritiest Photo of the Week: Mannequin

(AP Photo/NIPA)

Dude, at first glance, this Favoritest Photo of the Week looks like it could be some crazy elaborately setup Gregory Crewdson photo or something, but it's real — and totally awesome. Apparently, those unarmed legs were part of some Estonian looting and vandalism. The original caption:

With a part of a mannequin which was apparently stolen from a shop by looters, in the background, Estonian police cordon a battle-scarred street of Tallinn shortly after riots early Friday, April 27, 2007. Overnight clashes, looting and vandalism were sparked by the government's move to relocate the Bronze Soldier — a monument to Red Army soldiers killed fighting the Nazis. (AP Photo/NIPA)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Don't Jump

(AP Photo/Jim Cooper)

After all the imagery of this week, The Slug thinks it's nice to see a photo of funnyman David Arquette — the best part of the "Scream" movies, if you ask us — wearing a nice fitting suit while standing on something in a bar near a lantern. This Favoritest Photo of the Week comes from Jim Cooper, an amazing AP photographer (with whom The Slug has worked before) who does these spontaneously vivid celebrity portraits without any Hollywood fuss. The original caption:

David Arquette is photographed at Kevin St. James Pub in New York, April 16, 2007 (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Stand Back!

(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Sorry, Halle Berry. No threepeat for you. You've been beaten by a couple of sumo wrestlers. While we love any good photo of sumos, this one is our Favoritest Photo of the Week because AP photographer David Guttenfelder captured a scrawny policeman protecting the big boys as they strolled through a crowd with his arms outstretched, begging the question: Shouldn't your bodyguard be larger than you? The original caption:

A Japanese policeman guards the walk way as sumo wrestlers walk past fans outside Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine during an annual spring festival ceremony on Friday, April 13, 2007. The Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine which commemorates Japan's war dead. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Pucker Up

(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

For the second week in a row, Halle Berry is the subject in our Favoritest AP Photo of the Week. When we first spotted and then fell in love with this image, we thought: "Should we!? Can we!?" Of course we should and can! This is our pop culture blog and we'll keep picking photos of Halle Berry doing zany stuff (like kissing her own Hollywood Walk of Fame star) as our Favoritest Photo as long as the Oscar winner keeps the routine going. Same time next week, Halle?

Actress Halle Berry kisses her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 3, 2007, after induction ceremony. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Halle Booty

(AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Halle, what were you thinking!? Don't get The Slug wrong. You have a loverly behind, but why would you turn around and pose like that in front of a movie poster featuring your giant head? It's like soooo much Halle that, uhhh, we love it! Congratulations, you're our Favoritest Photo of the Week. We didn't even mention the fact that the name of the movie is "Perfect Stranger" and every time we see the trailer or poster we think of Balki Bartokomous and he makes us smile. The original caption:

U.S. actress Halle Berry poses in front of a film poster during a photo call to promote her new movie 'Perfect Stranger' in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Favoritest Photo of The Week: Baby Drama

(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

There's something mysteriously dazzling about a photo of someone who doesn't want to have their picture taken — especially when they use their paws to shield themselves from the lens. (The late Anna Nicole Smith does it beautifully in our banner.) That's why we selected this striking image as our Favoritest Photo of the Week. There's little context for why the uniformed man is raising his hand the way he is, his left eye poking out between his fingers, until you read the caption and it becomes very, very clear: Brangelina!

A Vietnamese army man stops a photographer from taking pictures outside the U.S. embassy annex as they wait for American actress Angelina Jolie to arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Jolie is in Hanoi to complete some documents for her newly adopted 3-year-old Vietnamese boy, Pax Thien Jolie. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Favoriest Photo of the Week: Oh, Bullock

(AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

For the first time since we began selecting our Favoritest AP Photo of the Week, it was difficult to find an image with some sort of pop cultural connection that tickled our fancy. Then we came across this photo by AP photographer Matt Sayles of Sandra Bullock at the premiere of "Premonition." If only we'd had Sandy's super premonition power from the movie then we wouldn't have wasted so much time searching for it!

The Slug loves pictures that include other people taking pictures. (See our banner.) It's like totally meta, you know? Plus we like the composition in this one with Sandy in the foreground and cutie pie Shyanne McClure, who plays her daughter in the film, sorta hovering eerily in the background. Red carpet photos are generally repetitive, but this one is unique. The original caption:

Sandra Bullock, right, talks to photographers as she arrives at the premiere of "Premonition" in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Monday, March 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Hair and Makeup

(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

This was a sad week for The Slug. We reported there's currently no deal on the table to bring vintage "Price is Right" episodes back to GSN. The President of the United States of "Prison Break" was revealed to be in an incestuous relationship. And both Captain America and Ms. Klugh died. But at least our Favoritest AP Photo of the Week — from the National Open Championship for Hairstyling and Makeup in the Philippines — brought a smile to our face. Peacock feathers! The original caption:

A Filipino model waits for her turn during the 17th National Open Championship for Hairstyling and Makeup competition in Manila on Monday, March 5, 2007. About 8,000 hairdressers from all over the country participated in the annual event in hopes of winning cash prizes and an educational grant to Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Bye, Anna

(AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

The Slug is still in Florida but nowhere near where Anna Nicole Smith passed away. Speaking of Smith, our Favoritiest Photo of the Week is this photo of Smith's white hearse with a crane camera looming overhead. It's so artful. We could say soooo much about it, but we'll let J. Pat Carter's image do all the talking. The original caption:

A celebrity television show's camera films the arrival of Anna Nicole Smith's body at a Nassau Baptist Church for her funeral, in the Bahamas, Friday, March 2, 2007. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

Oh, and in case you were wondering since she's being laid to rest today, The Slug will continue to use the same banner up there we've been using since Day One, which features AP photographer Manuel Balce Ceneta's image of Smith shielding herself from the media while on the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Think of it as a tribute to everything she personified.

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Domino Effect

(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Time for our Favoriest Photo of the Week! If you're just now joining The Slug, every Friday we select an AP image from that week that stimulates our eyeballs more than any other. We love a good party, and there's probably none as colorful as carnival in Rio de Janeiro. We couldn't make it this year (or any other year), but this vibrant photo by AP photographer Jorge Saenz makes us feel like we did — or at least like we're giants playing a game of dominoes. We're not sure. The original subtítulo:

Dancers perform during 'Viradouro' samba school carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, early Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Pucker Up

(AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

We know what you're saying right now: "Awwwww!" That's exactly what The Slug said when we came across this photo in the AP Archive of a new male polar bear getting randy at the Cincinnati Zoo. And since we celebrated Valentine's Day this week with that low-rated episode of "Lost" — a show that, for some reason, loves polar bears — we decided to make this photo our Favoritest Photo of the Week. Smooch the original caption:

The Cincinnati Zoo's new male polar bear, Little One, right, from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, gets to know one of his potential mates, Berit, as they swim in their exhibit in Cincinnati, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

Favoritest Photo of (Last) Week: Not in Kansas

(AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

Our schedule was crazy last week so The Slug didn't get a chance to pick our Favoritest Photo of the Week on Friday. Since it was New York Fashion Week, and we sorta ignored it because we were sooo over fashion after attending the World Shoe Association show in Las Vegas, we thought it'd be fitting — fitting, fashion, get it? — to choose a Favoritest Photo from the catwalk. So here's an insane knitkini from Heatherette's Wizard of Oz-themed fashion show. The original caption doesn't reveal much info, but here it is, anyway:

A model walks the runway at the showing of the Heatherette Fall 2007 collection during Fashion Week in Bryant Park, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, in New York. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Pots Shot

Just because The Slug is in Vegas doesn't mean we're not selecting a Favoritest Photo of the Week. We are! Since last week's winner came from Sin City, we went to the other side of the planet to peep the AP image we thought was the most visually stunning. We loved the colorful pots teetering off the motorcycle. But what sent this photo over the edge for us was the little boy perched in the front just chillin'. Adorable! Here's the original caption:   

A motorbike rider carries plastic pots, used to store water, for sale in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 2, 2007. Hyderabad suffers water scarcity during the summer season. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Beauty Mark

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Our Favoritest Photo of the Week doesn't just have to look good, The Slug thinks it should also tell a story or explain something that text just can't. That's what this week's pick by photographer Jae C. Hong does so well. One of the best ways to describe what a wannabe Miss America needs to succeed is to peek inside of her suitcase. Would you look at Miss Mississippi's giant curlers?

A suitcase packed with makeup products is shown as Miss Mississippi, Taryn Foshee, right, fixes her makeup in her hotel room in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. Becoming America's most idealized miss is a grueling exercise in good grooming and creative beauty tricks, not to mention the poise, talent, interview techniques and community service required to win the tiara and its accompanying $50,000 scholarship. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Flying High

(AP Photo/John Froschauer)

No, it ain't the Navigator. It's the sleek interior of the new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental. Totally futuristic, right? The Slug selected this as our Favoritest Photo of the Week because we loved how Associated Press photographer John Froschauer used reflection to highlight the 747-8's curves. Stow your tray table, put your seat in the upright position and peep the original caption:

Overhead bins are reflected onto the top of the concierge table at the entrance of the life-size display of the interior of the new 747-8 Intercontinental in Renton, Wash., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. The plane is a stretched version of the current 747-400 and incorporates interior featured from the 777 and the upcoming 787. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: Mmmm Doughnuts

(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Two weeks in and we're already late with our Favoritest Photo of the (Last) Week. Sorry! We fell ill on Friday. We have a note from our doctor. But now our stomach is back in tip-top shape, and it wants one of these yummy looking doughnuts in this mouth-wateringly vibrant photo by AP photographer Richard Drew. (Little does our stomach know they're trans-fat free.) The original caption:

A box with a variety of doughnuts from Doughnut Plant sit in the front window of the shop on New York's Lower East Side, Friday Jan. 12, 2007. Doughnut Plant owner Mark Isreal has been making trans-fat-free, all-natural doughnuts for a dozen years. He says he's seen consumers warm to the idea of his doughnuts in recent years, as organic foods have gained mainstream acceptance. Treats like Isreal's doughnuts are becoming more common in the U.S., as government regulators try to ban artery-clogging trans fats. Coffeehouse chain Starbucks recently announced it is about halfway through a multiyear plan to phase out trans fats in the doughnuts and other food sold in its U.S. stores. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Favoritest Photo of the Week: What a View!

(AP Photo/Jacques Boissinot)

Beginning this week, The Slug will start selecting our favoritest bizare/kooky/cool/awesome Associated Press photo from around the world each week. Why? Because we can. And because sometimes images say more than black-and-orange text ever could. Our first-ever Favoritest Photo of Week is from Sweden — just like half of our living room furniture! The official caption:

People watch a hockey game between Finland and Czech Republic while standing in a private box sauna at the World U20 hockey championship Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 in Leksand, Sweden. The private box and sauna can be rented to watch games. (AP Photo/Jacques Boissinot)