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Photos Of The Week #25
June 23, 2013 01:17 GMT
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 25th week of 2013. For more photo galleries, see our
"Picture This"
archive. (46 PHOTOS)
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Folk musicians wear burdock leaves as sun protection at the site of a replica of a 17th-century Cossack fort in the Russian village of Ust-Kem. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)
28
Hot-air balloons fly across Qiongzhou Strait in Haikou in south China's Hainan Province during the H1 China Hot Air Balloon Challenge. Fifteen balloons flew over the strait in 2.5 hours and succeeded in landing on Leizhou Peninsula in Hai'an. (AFP)
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A member of the Free Syrian Army sits with his weapon inside a house in Aleppo's al-Sayyid Ali neighborhood. (Reuters/Muzaffar Salman)
30
Members of the movement Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) set letters on fire reading "Agreement With Serbia" in front of the Kosovar government headquarters in Pristina. (AFP/Armend Nimani)
31
Customs officials count smuggled bear paws in Manzhouli in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Two Russians were arrested for smuggling 213 bear paws into China. (Reuters)
32
A pedestrian walks past electronic signs displaying pictures of China's Politburo Standing Committee members at a subway station in downtown Shanghai. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
33
A boat is seen at sunrise off the coast of Boa Viagem Beach in Recife, Brazil. (Reuters/Marcos Brindicci)
34
A NATO soldier walks with an artificial limb to board a Chinook helicopter after a security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)
35
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (second from left) touches hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they walk with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. (Reuters/Andrew Winning)
36
A young worker sorts popcorn at a factory on the outskirts of Jalalabad. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)
37
Leaders from the G8 countries attend a working session at the G8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
38
A shopkeeper removes broken glass from a shattered window at his shop near the site of an explosion in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
39
A Free Syrian Army fighter uses a catapult to launch a homemade bomb in the Bab al-Nasr neighborhood of Aleppo. (Reuters/Muzaffar Salman)
40
A jury member examines sphynx cat during an international cat and dog exhibition in Erfurt in eastern Germany. (AFP/Martin Schutt)
41
People have a picnic at Vaux-Le-Vicomte castle during the Great Century Day in Maincy, France. The event aims to re-create the atmosphere of the 17th century in the castle and its gardens, which were designed by Andre Le Notre, King Louis XIV's gardener, who was born 400 years ago. (AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)
42
Fast-moving water from the Alaknanda River destroys building during a heavy monsoon in the Indian state of Uttrakhand. At least 18 people have been killed as the annual monsoon covered the country nearly two weeks ahead of schedule. (AFP)
43
Afghan farmers plant rice in a paddy on the outskirts of Jalalabad. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)
44
Pope Francis blesses Harley-Davidson bikers from his popemobile before the start of a Mass outside St. Peter's Square in Rome. (Reuters/Stefano Rellandini)
45
Children play at a beach in the rain near the Crimean village of Berehove on the Black Sea. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
46
A woman is attacked with a water cannon during protests on Kizilay Square in central Ankara, Turkey. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
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