Sarajevo marks the 20th anniversary of the 44-month wartime siege, as Christians prepare to mark Easter.
Photos Of The Week -- March 31-April 6
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Sarajevo marked the 20th anniversary of the wartime siege with an event called "Sarajevo Red Line," in memory of those who died. (RFE/RL / Midhat Poturovic)
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Each chair, lined up in silent rows down Marshal Tito Street in the city center, symbolizes one of the people killed. (RFE/RL / Midhat Poturovic)
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Smaller chairs represent the 643 children killed during the siege. (RFE/RL / Daisy Sindelar)
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Earlier, an official delegation laid flowers at the memorials to the children killed in Sarajevo. (RFE/RL / Midhat Poturovic)
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Stana Cisic and her husband, Samir, pose with their daughter, Irina, who was killed by a sniper in October 1994, shortly after her first birthday. (courtesy photo)
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Demonstrators clash with riot police in Athens on April 4, after an elderly man killed himself to protest austerity measures. (AFP/Aris Messinis)
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Afghan horsemen compete during the traditional sport of Buzkashi in Kabul. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)
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A German soldier keeps watch during a patrol near Taloqan, the capital of Afghanistan's Takhar Province. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)
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Europe's tallest-to-be tower under construction burns in central Moscow, late on April 2. (AFP/Alexander Nemenov)
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An activist of Pakistan's Jamaat-ud-Dawa group beats a U.S. flag with his shoes during a protest rally in Karachi over a U.S. bounty offer for an Islamist militant. (AFP/Asif Hassan)
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People sunbathe at the wall of the St. Peter and Paul fortress in central St. Petersburg, Russia. ( AFP/Olga Maltseva)
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Models present creations by young Kyrgyz designers during Fashion Week in Bishkek. (Reuters/Vladimir Pirogov)
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Catholic clergy hold candles during a procession at the traditional Washing of the Feet ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ahead of Easter celebrations in Jerusalem. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside)