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Twitter continues its explosive growth, and this week was certainly no exception. Boosted by SXSW, there was a multitude of pictures placed on the microblogging service from that super-popular festival. Perhaps it's not surprising, then, that our most popular Twitter picture of the week was from SXSW.
There was a record volume of pictures to choose from this week -- 47 million -- and our intrepid denizens of Twitter photography at Skylines used their brilliant algorithm to determine which ones were the most popular.
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The result? A surprisingly diverse group of shots. Some are laugh-out-loud funny, some poignant enough to bring a tear to the eye. There's even some gentle ribbing of the sacred iPhone in there.
If you're looking for the best Twitter pics in the world, you'll be pleased with this week's batch, which somehow gives you microcosm of the planet -- a slice of life from today's world, circa 2012.