Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 40th week of 2014. For more photo galleries, see our "Picture This" archive by clicking on the banner above.
Photos Of The Week #40
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People topple a huge statue of Lenin during a rally organized by pro-Ukraine supporters in the center of the eastern town of Kharkiv on September 28. The towering, 20-meter monument on Kharkiv's Freedom Square was attacked shortly after a pro-Ukrainian unity march by thousands of people was held in Ukraine's second-largest city. (ITAR-TASS)
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Iraqi naval officers march during their graduation ceremony in the mainly Shi'ite southern city of Basra. The officers will be in charge of safeguarding Iraqi international waters and the floating oil platform in Al Faw. (AFP/Haidar Mohammed Ali)
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Uzbekistan's Ekaterina Voronina celebrates after winning her heat in the women's heptathlon 800-meters athletics event and winning gold in the overall heptathlon competition during the 17th Asian Games at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon, South Korea, on September 29. (AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)
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A woman views a video installation by Irish-born artist Duncan Campbell titled "Sigmar 2008" during a press preview for the 2014 Turner Prize at the Tate Britain in central London on September 29. (AFP/Carl Court)
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Riot police fire teargas to disperse protesters after thousands of demonstrators blocked the main street to the central financial district outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 29. (Reuters)
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Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of his successor Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on September 29. (AFP/Omar Sobhani)
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Afghan women watch a live broadcast of the swearing-in ceremony of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in Herat on September 29. (epa/Jalil Rezayee)