Eid al-Fitr celebrations mark the end of Ramadan, protests in Russia, Egypt and Israel, China's "facekini" craze, and National Flag Day in Ukraine.
Photos Of The Week -- August 18-24
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A member of Russia's security forces stands guard while Muslims pray to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, in Moscow on August 19. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
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Kyrgyz Muslims pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr on a square in central Bishkek. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)
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Iranian women pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in western Tehran. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)
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A family rides on a camel at Clifton beach to celebrate the second day of Eid al-Fitr in Karachi, Pakistan. (AFP/Asif Hassan)
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI (center) parades on horseback during celebrations marking the 13th anniversary of his accession to the throne in Rabat on August 21. (REUTERS/Maghreb Arabe)
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Greenpeace Executive Director Kumi Naidoo (bottom) gives a thumbs up as he and other activists board Gazprom’s "Prirazlomnaya" Arctic oil platform during a protest off Russia's northeastern coast on August 24. (AFP/Denis Sinyakov)
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Supporters of Egypt's President Muhammad Morsi clash with an anti-Morsi protester (center) during a demonstration on Tahrir Square in Cairo on August 24. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah)
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Soldiers and residents run to greet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he arrives to visit a military unit on an island southwest of Pyongyang. (REUTERS/KCNA)
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Beachgoers in Chinea wear body suits and protective head masks, dubbed "facekinis" by Chinese netizens, on a crowded public beach in Qingdao in the northeastern Shangdong province on August 19. (AFP)
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A family rides past the locked house of Rimsha Masih, a Down syndrome Christian girl accused of blasphemy, on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on August 23. (REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood)
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Crowds of swimmers pack a salty swimming pool dubbed China's Dead Sea in southwest Sichuan Province on August 19. (EPA/Zhong Min)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk between graves before the funeral of Rabbi Abraham Haim Roth, spiritual leader of the Shomrei Emunim Hasidic dynasty, in Jerusalem on August 23. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
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Ukrainian cheerleaders beat drums under a giant Ukrainian flag to mark National Flag Day in Kyiv on August 23. (AFP/Genya Savilov)
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A teleprompter obscures U.S. President Barack Obama's face as he speaks during a campaign event at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, on August 21. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
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The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde (second from left), inspects some pyramid stones next to security guards while touring Giza, Egypt, on August 22. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)
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An Israeli child holds a sign during a demonstration on August 23 in the coastal city of Tel Aviv against a possible Israeli military strike on Iran. (AFP/David Buimovitch)