Essential Viewing: The Week in Pictures

This has been quite a week! We started off with the star-studded American Music Awards, where Rihanna and Usher lit up the stage, saw two major album releases — Kanye West (left, performing on a colorful float at NYC’s famed Thanksgiving Day parade) and Nicki Minaj’s debut — and ended off with a long Thanksgiving weekend-slash-shopping frenzy. Oh yeah, the President got stitches playing b-ball. What was the best part of your week?