This Week in News: Top 10 News Photos of the Week

1. San Bernardino shooting — A police officer picks up a weapon from the scene of the San Bernardino shooting investigation on Wednesday. Heavily armed with rifles and explosives, husband-and-wife suspects Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, went on a rampage, shooting up a holiday luncheon for Farook's Department of Public Health colleagues at the Inland Regional Center and then fleeing in a black SUV. Fourteen people were killed and 21 injured. Farook and his wife were killed in a gunfight with police hours after the deadly attacks. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

2. Was it terrorism? — Immediately following the tragedy in San Bernardino, questions began swirling as to the attackers' motive. Though some insisted the shooting could have been an extreme case of workplace violence, the FBI confirmed on Friday it was, indeed, terrorism. Law enforcement sources say Farook appeared to have been radicalized and was in contact with more than one international terror suspect via telephone and social media. Meanwhile, his wife had pledged her allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (California Department of Motor Vehicles via AP)

3. Gun control takes center stage — The 2016 presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle took to social media in the wake of the San Bernardino shooting Wednesday with many Democrats taking the opportunity to push for gun control, while the Republicans offered their "thoughts and prayers." "I refuse to accept this as normal. We must take action to stop gun violence now," Hillary Clinton tweeted. "We need sensible legislation that prevents guns from being used by people who should not have them," Bernie Sanders wrote. "California shooting looks very bad. Good luck to law enforcement and God bless. This is when our police are so appreciated!" Donald Trump posted. "Our prayers are with the victims, their families, and the first responders in San Bernardino who willingly go into harm’s way to save others," tweeted Ted Cruz. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images ; Brian Snyder/Reuters ; AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

4. Cruz, Rubio making strides — Marco Rubio jumped to second place this week among the field of Republican presidential candidates, overtaking a slumping Ben Carson and coming within striking distance of Donald Trump's top spot. A Quinnipiac University poll of Republican voters released Wednesday had the senator from Florida up 3 points from November, now sitting second to Trump, 17 percent to 27. But Friday's CNN/ORC poll of registered voters put Cruz in second place to Trump, 16 percent to 36, with Rubio trailing in fourth behind Carson. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik ; AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

5. Unrest in Chicago — The city continues to reel from the release of the Laquan McDonald shooting video and the first-degree murder charges brought against Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke (R). On Tuesday, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy (L) was fired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel after protests over the fatal 2014 police shooting of 17-year-old McDonald in October 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File ; AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

6. Planned Parenthood shooting — Robert L. Dear is seen in an undated picture released by the Colorado Springs Police Department on Saturday. Dear, 57, has been named as the gunman who stormed a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic on Friday, killing three people and wounding nine others before surrendering to police after a bloody siege lasting several hours inside the facility, authorities said. (Colorado Springs Police Department/Reuters Handout)

7. Trump meets with black pastors — Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media after meeting with a group of black pastors at his office in the Manhattan borough of New York on Monday. The press conference was initially canceled after the meeting was billed as an endorsement, sparking confusion for many of the pastors who said they just wanted to have a chance to speak with Trump. The meeting went so well, though, that there was a press conference after all. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

8. British airstrikes on ISIS — A RAF Tornado arrives at RAF Akrotiri to begin operations on Thursday in Akrotiri, Cyprus. The RAF has sent two further Tornado aircraft and six Typhoons to bolster aircraft now flying sorties to both Iraq and Syria. The U.K. government voted Wednesday to authorize air strikes against so-called Islamic State targets in Syria. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

9. Texas files suit to block Syrian refugees — Migrants on a dinghy arrives at the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, after crossing from Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. A federal lawsuit filed by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission on Wednesday is seeking to block Syrian refugee resettlement in the state. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

10. All U.S. Military roles open to woman — In this 2013 file photo, Operations Specialist 1st Class Megan Garcia, tactical operations watchstander for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, provides security at a key leader engagement with the Director of Women's Affairs. The Pentagon announced Thursday that the U.S. Military will open up all of its positions to women, even combat roles, with "no exceptions," Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Hospital Corpsman Josh Ives/Released)

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