Azerbaijani protests, fighting in Afghanistan, ships docking in space, Serbian presidential elections, and parliamentary fisticuffs in Ukraine.
Photos Of The Week -- May 19-25
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A detained Azerbaijani opposition supporter shouts inside a police bus during an antigovernment protest in central Baku on May 21 just before the Eurovision Song Contest was due to be held in the city. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)
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Abseilers along the River Thames secure a giant canvas with a photograph showing the Royal Family during Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977. The queen is celebrating 60 years on the throne in 2012. (Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett)
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A boy pushes a wheelbarrow next to U.S. Army soldiers securing an area during a joint patrol with Afghan forces in the town of Senjaray in Kandahar Province on May 23. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
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An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier takes a nap before an early morning joint patrol with U.S. soldiers in a village in Logar Province on May 22. (Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)
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A U.S. soldier speaks on a radio as others fire on a Taliban position in Logar Province, Afghanistan, on May 25. (Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)
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A U.S. Army piper plays the bagpipes at dusk in Zabul Province in Afghanistan on May 23. (Reuters/Tim Wimborne)
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A Pakistani man spreads rose petals out to dry on the floor of a compound in Lahore on May 22. The petals will be used to make incense sticks. (Reuters/Mohsin Raza)
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The SpaceX "Dragon" commercial cargo craft is moved into position for docking with the International Space Station on May 25. (Reuters)
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A supporter of the nationalist Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) celebrates Tomislav Nikolic's victory in a presidential election in Belgrade on May 20. (Reuters/Djorde Kojadinovic)
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A flag-waving supporter of the nationalist Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) celebrates Tomislav Nikolic's victory in a presidential election in Belgrade on May 20. (AFP/Dimatar Dilkoff)
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Czech cyclist Roman Kreuziger celebrates after winning the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia on May 25. (Reuters/Allessandro Garofalo)
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Pakistani fishermen are silhouetted against the setting sun as they pull in their nets to retrieve their catch at Karachi's Clifton Beach on May 23. (Reuters/Athar Hussain)
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The head of the Gay Forum of Ukraine, Svyatoslav Sheremet, is savagely beaten by unknown assailants in Kyiv on May 20. (Reuters/Anatolii Stepanov)
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An activist from Ukraine's radical women's group FEMEN tries to grab the trophy for the Euro 2012 soccer championship, which was on display in the western city of Lviv on May 24. (AFP/Yuriy Dyachshyn)
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Yemeni soldiers carry coffins on May 24 during the funeral of dozens of troops killed in a suicide bombing in Sanaa three days earlier. (Reuters)
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A woman stands near a river and looks at a house that was destroyed during floods in Potocari near Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 25. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York on May 23. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
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Deputies scuffle during a session in the lower chamber of the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv on May 24. (Reuters)
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The remnants of a badly damaged clock tower remain standing after an earthquake in Finale Emilia, Italy, on May 20. (Reuters/Giorgio Benvenuti)
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A Belarusian serviceman from a special Interior Ministry unit takes part in training exercises near the village of Volovshchina on May 22. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)