Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for Week #48. (48 PHOTOS)
Photos Of The Week #48
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An Indian Sikh performs a fire-breathing act at a demonstration of skills during a procession from Sri Akal Takhat to the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the eve of the 543rd birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak. Guru Nanak was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of 10 Sikh gurus. (AFP/Narinder Nanu)
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A man stands amid debris after a bomb attack in the Shuala district of Baghdad on November 27. Three car bombings killed 23 Shi'ite Muslims during mourning processions in the Iraqi capital. The deadliest attack occurred in the Shuala district, where a car bomb parked outside a Shi'ite place of worship exploded as people were leaving the building, killing nine. (Reuters/Mohammed Ameen)
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Russian Cossacks patrol near a train station in central Moscow. Cossacks traditionally protected Russia's borderlands but on November 27 descendants of the tsarist warrior caste patrolled a patch of central Moscow as part of a resurgence encouraged by President Vladimir Putin. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
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Afghan boys push their handcart along a street during the first snow in Ghazni Province. (Reuters/Mustafa Andaleb)
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Director Peter Jackson walks in front of a hobbit den during the world premiere of "The Hobbit" movie in Wellington, New Zealand. The movie has sparked Middle Earth mania in New Zealand, where it was filmed. (AFP/Marty Melville)
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Two Kosovar Albanians pose with paper moustaches during an event marking the Albanian declaration of independence in Pristina on November 28. The moustaches are intended to honor some of the signees of the declaration, many of whom sported such moustaches. (Reuters/Hazir Reka)
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Antigovernment protesters chant slogans against President Muhammad Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo on November 27. Opponents of Morsi clashed with Egyptian police as thousands of protesters stepped up pressure on the president to scrap a decree they say threatens the nation with a new era of autocracy. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)
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A mother and her ducklings cross a road in the Azerbaijani village of Siyabli. (RFERL/Abbas Atilay)
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Saimir Strati is pictured in front of his mosaic of the Albanian flag at the Hotel Pristina in Kosovo. Strati, who has already won six Guinness World Records since 2006 for other mosaic artworks, created the mosaic in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the independence of Albania by putting together almost 1.4 million beans into a 65-square-meter artwork for which he was awarded his seventh Guinness World Record. Albanians will celebrate the anniversary on November 28. (Reuters/Hazir Reka)
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Men smoke cigarettes as they work inside a smuggling tunnel beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem)
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An Egyptian protester recovers from tear gas inhalation during clashes with Egyptian riot police near Tahrir Square in Cairo. Clashes between police and protesting youths erupted in Cairo ahead of a mass rally against a decree by President Muhammad Morsi granting himself broad powers. (AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)
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A police officer uses a shield to protect himself from milk being sprayed by dairy farmers during a protest against European Union agricultural policies in Brussels. Farmers demonstrated at the European Parliament with tractors and fake cows calling on political leaders to act on falling milk prices caused by overproduction in Europe. (AFP/John Thys)
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Dairy farmers confront police at Place du Luxembourg, near the European Parliament building in Brussels, in a protest against EU agricultural policies and falling milk prices. (AFP/John Thys)
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Taxidermist Werner Beckmann works with the 650-kilogram skull and vertebrae of a 15-meter-long sperm whale skeleton being prepared for exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Muenster, Germany. (AFP/ Friso Gentsch)
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Mick Jagger performs with the Rolling Stones at the O2 Arena in London. The Stones took to the stage on November 25 after a five-year hiatus to celebrate their golden jubilee. Now in their mid-60s to early 70s, lead singer Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, and drummer Charlie Watts were joined by former members Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor. (Reuters/Toby Melville)
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An Egyptian man walks over graffiti reading "Morsi Go" in Egypt's Tahrir Square in Cairo. Violent clashes have occurred in Egypt after President Muhammad Morsi issued a constitutional declaration granting himself powers to hand down decisions and laws that cannot be challenged in courts. (AFP/Mahmoud Khaled)
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A protester lies in the street after passing out due to tear gas fired by riot police in Cairo. Police fired tear gas in a street leading to Cairo's Tahrir Square, where thousands demanded that President Muhammad Morsi quit. There were violent protests in Alexandria, Port Said, and Suez. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
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Luo Baogen points at his half-demolished apartment building, which stands in the middle of a newly built highway in China's eastern Zhejiang Province. Luo, 67, and his 65-year-old wife have waged a four-year battle to receive more than the $41,300 in compensation offered by the local government. Such a building is called a "nail house" in China, as such buildings stick out and are difficult to remove, like a stubborn nail. The road has yet to officially open, and state media carried conflicting accounts over whether Luo had finally agreed to accept an offer for his family's home. (AFP)
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An exhibition at the LIMIT Live Art Festival in Belgrade. (RFE/RL/Vesna Andjic)
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Azerbaijani Shi'ite Muslims observe Ashura in Nardaran, a center of conservative Shi'a Islam close to the capital, Baku. (RFE/RL/Abbas Atilay)
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Shi'ite Muslim women with mud on their veils watch the "Kharrah Mali" (Mud Rubbing) ritual to mark the Ashura religious ceremony in the city of Khorramabad, Iran. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)
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Azerbaijani Shi'ite Muslims observe Ashura in Nardaran, a center of conservative Shi'a Islam close to the capital, Baku. (RFE/RL/Abbas Atilay)
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Iranian Shi'ite Muslims beat their chests after rubbing mud on their bodies during the Kharrah Mali (Mud Rubbing) ritual to mark the Ashura religious ceremony in the city of Khorramabad, some 470 kilometers southwest of Tehran. Khrreh Mali commemorates the 7th-century slaying of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)