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Well hello there, Android Instagram users! You had quite an impact on the pictorial portion of Twitter this week, as evidenced by the huge influx of pictures from the brand-new app. That new burst of enthusiasm drove our picture total from which to choose our top 10 Twitter pics of the week to more than 52 million.
You'll notice that foolish holiday that some of us love to hate -- April Fools' Day -- topped the list this week, followed by a couple of positively lovely pictures, a bit of rueful comedy, some much-needed social activism and a whole lot more.
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Where did all these fascinating pictures come from, anyway? We had the assistance of our astute partners at Skylines, whose supersharp trendwatcher Julie Donders (@IkbenJulie) wielded Skylines' powerful custom algorithm that's able to extract the most explosively popular pictures. Beyond that, her incisive writing helps us make sense of this astonishing variety of imagery.
So once again, we bring you the most popular pics of the Twitterverse and beyond, all boiled down to the microcosm that is the Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week.