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Photos Of The Week #42
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A butterfly lands on the face of a girl during an exhibition dedicated to the insect in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on October 19. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)
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Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic flanked by Archbishop Teodosie visits the Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Gracanica, central Kosovo, on October 19. (AFP)
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is formally sworn in for a third term in Baku on October 19.
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A customized Soviet-era Volga GAZ-21 covered by artificial grass is seen on a parking lot in St. Petersburg. It's being used as advertising for a dairy store. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)
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One of many attractions at a theme park during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Baghdad (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
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U.S. President Barack Obama (center) makes bologna sandwiches at a restaurant in Washington, amid a partial U.S. government shutdown and debt ceiling standoff. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
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British Greenpeace activist Anthony Perrett sends a message prior to his bail hearing at the Murmansk Octyabr district court. (AFP/Greenpeace International.Dmitry Sharomov)
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Fans of Bosnia-Herzegovina's national soccer team celebrate their 2014 World Cup qualifying match victory over Lithuania, in Sarajevo. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
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A police officer stands near a placard depicting Russian opposition leader and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny's shadow (right) bending over President Vladimir Putin in Kirov. (epa/Maksim Shipenkov)
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An artist performs as conscripts line up during a ceremony marking the last set of conscripts in the Ukrainian Army at the parade square in a recruitment office in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
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Men ride on a motorcycle while leading a recently purchased camel ahead of Eid al-Adha celebrations on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters/Athar Hussain)
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Afghan traffic police pray to celebrate Eid al-Adha at the Shah-e Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)
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Vendors wait for customers at a livestock market in the Afghan capital, Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
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Young Ukrainian ultranationalists hold flares and shout slogans during a march in Kyiv. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
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Young musicians dressed in traditional costumes dance during a religious holiday in Mtskheta, Georgia. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)
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Russian police officers detain alleged illegal migrants during a raid at a vegetable warehouse in the Biryulyovo-Zapadnoye district of Moscow. (epa/Maksim Shipenkov)
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A contestant reacts backstage after participating in the first round of the "Krasa Rossii 2014" (Beauty of Russia 2014) beauty contest in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)
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Sheep for sale are herded onto a road ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha in Baghdad. (Reuters/Saad Shalash)
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Gay rights activists kiss after being detained by police during a gay rights protest in St. Petersburg. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)
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A bridge collapses at Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi province, sending tourists hurtling into the water. Chinese media reported that no one was seriously injured. (Reuters)