Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 31st week of 2013. For more photo galleries, see our "Picture This" archive.
Photos Of The Week #31
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Belarusian firefighters ride on a horse-drawn carriage along the main avenue of Minsk to celebrate the160th anniversary of the state's fire service (AFP/Viktor Drachev)
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A koala sleeps in a tree in a zoo in Duisburg, Germany. (AFP/dpa/Horst Ossinger)
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Heavy-metal fans covered with mud pose for photographers during the 24th Wacken Open Air Festival in Wacken, Germany. (Reuters/Fabian Bimmer)
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Bodies of victims of a bus crash are lined up on the road between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano, Italy. At least 36 people were killed after a coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a motorway in southern Italy. (AFP)
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Children sleep on the floor of the Qiaosi subway station in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. More than 600 people cooled off inside the subway station as temperatures in the city hit a high of 40 degrees Celsius. (Reuters)
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A tortoise makes its way through mud in Kfar Kila village near the Lebanese-Israeli border in south Lebanon. (Reuters)
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Train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo leaves the police station to be transferred to the courthouse of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The driver of a train which derailed in Spain killing 79 people said minutes after the crash that he was going fast and could not brake, a witness told Spanish television. (AFP/Rafa Rivas)
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Activists from the women's rights group Femen look out a window during a court session in Kyiv. Femen says its activists were beaten up and kidnapped preemptively when they were on their way to protest against visits to Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
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A man jumps from the Old Bridge in the Bosnian city of Mostar. Diving competitions have been traditionally held here every year since the bridge was built 447 years ago. The 16th-century bridge was destroyed during the war in Bosnia between 1992-95, rebuilt, and opened again in 2004. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
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An Afghan makes sweets at a traditional "jelabi" factory in Herat during the month of Ramadan. (AFP/Aref Karimi)
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The blood from supporters of deposed Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi, killed during late-night clashes, stain the floor near a poster of Morsi which reads, "Yes to legitimacy, no to the coup." The United States urged Egypt to pull "back from the brink" after security forces killed dozens of protesters. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
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Britain's Prince Charles samples a raw oyster as Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, looks on during a visit to the Whitstable Oyster Festival in Whitstable, England. (AFP/Arthur Edwards)
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Chefs of world leaders serve dishes they prepared to New York residents in need at the Xavier Mission food pantry in New York. At left is Ulrich Kerz, chef to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)
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Catholic pilgrims attending World Youth Day crowd Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro after spending the night sleeping there following a prayer vigil headed by Pope Francis. (AFP/Vanderlei Almeida)
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Thousands of North Koreans attend an event to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-53 Korean War at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang. (Reuters/Jason Lee)