Photo Galleries
Tuesday 8 December 2009
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![Iranian students reenact the death of Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot during postelection protests in Tehran in June. - These progovernment students <b><a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/Reenactment_Of_Nedas_Death/1894397.html">demanded the extradition</a></b> of the doctor who allegedly attempted to save Neda, who they accuse of being responsible for her death.
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Photo by Atta Kenare for AFP]()
December 03, 2009Photos Of The Week: November 28-December 4, 2009
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![Muslim pilgrims run for cover as heavy rain streams down a road in Mecca. - An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have gathered in Saudi Arabia to perform the <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1887077.html"><strong>hajj,</a></strong> the Islamic pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.]()
November 27, 2009Photos Of The Week: November 21-27, 2009
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![The Hodja Yusuf Hamadani mosque in the ancient Silk Road city of Merv, also known as Mary - Turkmen authorities have banned citizens from participating in the Hajj pilgrimage this year due to the risk of swine flu. But they have proposed an alternative: a delegation of officials will embark on a tour of Turkmen historical sites.]()
November 25, 2009The Hajj At Home: Turkmen Historical Sites
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![Patriarch Kirill blesses the body of slain Russian Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev.]()
November 23, 2009The Funeral Of Russian Orthodox Priest Daniil Sysoyev
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![Czechs watch a fireworks display in downtown Prague symbolizing the fall of the Iron Curtain. - On November 17, the Czech Republic <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/Czechs_Mark_Velvet_Revolution_With_Humor_Music_Remembrances/1880821.html"><strong>celebrated the 20th anniversary</a></strong> of the peaceful Velvet Revolution, set in motion by student protests on that day in 1989. <br /><br />
Photo by Joe Klamar for AFP]()
November 20, 2009Photos Of The Week: November 14-20, 2009
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![Boris Nemtsov, a leader of the opposition movement Solidarity, protested alone -- and legally -- on November 16. - His sign reads "Freedom for Eduard Limonov." The protest took place outside the detention center where Limonov was being held on a 10-day sentence.]()
November 18, 2009Mystery Men Aid In Detention Of Opposition Leaders
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![Giant painted dominos are ready to be toppled as Germans celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. - See RFE/RL's full coverage of the <a href="http://www.rferl.org/section/1989/969.html"><strong>revolutions of 1989</strong></a>.]()
November 13, 2009Photos Of The Week: November 7-13, 2009
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![Joachim von Ribbentrop (left), Josef Stalin, and Vyacheslav Molotov (right) - On August 23, 1939, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop met with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and his Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov at the Kremlin. By dawn, the two powers had signed a nonaggression pact -- as well as a secret protocol establishing "spheres of influence" in Central Europe.]()
November 11, 2009The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact In Pictures
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![Tomas Polacek at 2,620 meters in the mountains of Daghestan - Tomas Polacek, a reporter for the Czech newspaper “Mlada Fronta Dnes," hitchhiked through the North Caucasus this summer. His journey came a year after the Russia-Georgia conflict and amid growing local insurgencies. He wanted to see what life was like on the ground.]()
November 11, 2009A Hitchhiker's Guide To The North Caucasus
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![A September 9 vigil marked the 10th anniversary of the bombings that killed more than 300 people.]()
November 11, 2009Russia's Mystery Blasts
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![A policeman arranges barricades around the UN building in New York ahead of the 64th UN General Assembly.]()
November 11, 2009Protests Target Iran President's UN Visit
