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Photos Of The Week #8
February 25, 2018 03:21 GMT
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the eighth week of 2018. For more photo galleries, see our
Picture This archive
.
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(Left to right): Alpine skiers Mikaela Shiffrin (United States, silver), Michelle Gisin (Switzerland, gold), and Wendy Holdener (Switzerland, bronze) celebrate getting a podium finish at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard)
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Rescue workers help a man from a shelter in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta Syria, on February 22. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard)
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An Afghan man rides a makeshift boat in the Kol-e Hashmat Khan wetland on the outskirts of Kabul. (epa-EFE/Hedayatullah Amid)
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An elderly woman and a boy pose with assault rifles during celebrations of Russia's Defender of the Fatherland Day in Simferopol on the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea on February 23. (Reuters/Pavel Rebrov)
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Members of Russia's Yunarmiya, a patriotic youth patriotic movement, pose holding photographs of World War II veterans before a gala evening in the Grand Kremlin Palace marking Defender of the Fatherland Day. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)
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Commandos of Pakistan's coast guards demonstrate their skills during a graduation ceremony in Karachi. (AP/Shakil Adil)
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Former Taliban members surrender their weapons during a reconciliation ceremony in the western Afghan province of Herat on February 21. (EPA-EFE/Jalil Rezayee)
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Wounded Syrians wait to receive treatment at a makeshift hospital in Kafr Batna in the besieged eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, following Syrian government bombardments on February 21. (AFP/Amer Almohibany)
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Syrians rescue a child following a reported regime air strike in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on February 21. (AFP/Abdulmonam Eassa)
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An Afghan boy launches a kite as he plays on top of a hill in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
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A young fan poses for the camera in the Olympic ice-hockey venue at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
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The front wheels of a tractor lift off the ground as the driver moves a heavy trailer outside Peshawar, Pakistan. (Reuters/Fayaz Aziz)
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Iranian Shi'a Muslims attend a mourning ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the death of Fatima, the Prophet Muhammad's daughter, in Tehran on February 20. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
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Two revelers are seen amid flare smoke as they celebrate "Ash Monday" on February 19 by participating in a colorful "flour war," a traditional festivity marking the start of the 40-day Lent period until Orthodox Easter. (Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis)
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Andrei Bocharnikov practices parkour in front of Golden Horn Bay in the city of Vladivostok, Russia. (Reuters/Yuri Maltsev)
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The foot of a dead girl can be seen beneath a piece of cloth after bombings on the town of Mesraba in Syria on February 19. (epa-EFE/Mohammed Badra)
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Syrian children attend a class at a school in the rebel-held Sahl al-Ghab area in Hama Province. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)
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Russian people dance during Maslenitsa celebrations marking the end of winter in Moscow. (epa-EFE/Yuri Kochetkov)
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Ash rises from the Mount Sinabung volcano during an eruption in North Sumatra, Indonesia, on February 19. (Tibta Peranginangin/Antara Foto)
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Ultraright activists throw eggs and stones at the windows of a Russian cultural center in Kyiv on February 18. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
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