Pictures of the Week: May 2 - May 8, 2008

A cloud of smoke and ashes produced by an eruption of the Chaiten volcano rain over Chaiten, Chile. The eruption spewed ash 20 miles into the Andean sky, forcing authorities
David Guttenfelder / AP

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Braving the Storm
U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit try to take shelter from a sand storm in Helmand province, Afghanistan.