Fashion Week, Part 1. ”For some the allure comes from the celebrities. For others, it’s the models. And for some, it’s even the clothes. But for many photojournalists, Fashion Week is a chance to document an exotic culture and its customs. Here, a patron enters last week’s Mercedes Fashion Week festivities in New York, under the watchful eyes of local deities.” Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images “The Big Picture,” Boston Globe

Fashion Week, Part 2. ”A model waits to be auditioned for South Korean designer Son Jung-wan at New York’s Fashion Week. Segar’s picture is a study of light, shape, and beauty in repose.” Photo by Mike Segar/Reuters, “The Big Picture,” Boston Globe

Fashion Week, Part 3. ”Renowned New York street photographer Jeff Mermelstein went to Paris to produce a behind-the-scenes Fashion Week portfolio for New York magazine. He found model Jacquelyn Jablonski getting the finishing touches before the Christian Dior show.” Photo by Jeff Mermelstein, New York, Feb 28

Fashion Week, Part 4. ”Underscoring the theater surrounding fashion’s rituals, Mermelstein shot model Frida Gustavsson and photographer William Klein at the Lanvin show rehearsal in Paris.” Photo by Jeff Mermelstein, New York, February 28

Fashion Week, Part 5. ”Is Jessica Simpson a fashion idol? That was the question posed in New York magazine’s Fashion Week cover story. Her new collection (“denim cutoffs, platform sandals, crochet tops, as if dressed for some sort of outdoor-music festival in Nashville or Dallas or Baton Rouge”) might be considered tacky by fashion police, but then again it might also be worth a billion dollars if it appeals to NASCAR wives with big hair.” Photo by Ruven Afanador, New York, February 28

Japan. ”Outside the overheated tents of Fashion Week, the seasons rolled on as usual. Here, students in Tokyo play in the snow on February 15.” Photo by Kyodo/Reuters, “Pictures of the Week,” Time

The Arab Revolution, Part 1. ”The revolt spreading through the Arab world hit Libya, shaking the 40-year rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. This image obtained by the Associated Press purportedly shows demonstrators in the city of Benghazi, eagerly facing into the winds of change.” Photo by Associated Press, New York Times, February 21

The Arab Revolution, Part 2. ”In Bahrain, as in Libya, the government struck back violently against demonstrators, only deepening the crisis. Here a man mourns over a relative who was killed in a clash with riot police.” Photo by AFP/Getty Images, “In Focus,” The Atlantic, February 21

The Arab Revolution, Part 3. ”Anti-government protesters of Bahrain used rocks to spell out messages in Manama. The Arabic message at the center reads ’Down with the gangster government’.” Photo by Hasan Jamaili/AP, “In Focus,” The Atlantic

The Arab Revoltion, Part 4. ”The world is still coming to grips with the scope of what has happened, and continues to happen, through northern Africa and the Middle East. This photo of a crowd in Tahrir Square in Cairo on February 18 gives visual meaning to the term ’popular uprising’.” Photo by Abd el-Ghany/Reuters, Washington Post

Uganda. ”Times staff photographer told the story of the recent elections in Uganda by photographing the images of the candidate plastered on walls across the country. Everywhere, it seemed, was the face of President Yoweri Museveni, who ended up winning another five-year term with more than two-thirds of the vote.” Photos by Todd Heisler, “Lens,” The New York Times

Uganda. Photos by Todd Heisler, “Lens,” The New York Times

Uganda. Photos by Todd Heisler, “Lens,” The New York Times

Uganda. Photos by Todd Heisler, “Lens,” The New York Times