Libyan rebels battle Muammar Qaddafi's forces for Tripoli and former Soviet republics celebrate 20 years of independence.
Photos Of The Week -- August 20-26
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A boy takes part in celebrations of Independence Day in Lviv on August 24.
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Workers in a shop prepare flags ahead of an election in Sukhumi, capital of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, on August 25.
Photo by Sergei Karpov for Reuters
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A boy holds a drawing depicting Muammar Qaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam being hanged during celebrations of the capture in Tripoli of the son at the rebel-held town of Benghazi.
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Libyan rebel fighters and a television cameraman take shelter as an intense gun battle erupted outside the Corinthia Hotel, where many foreign journalists stayed.
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A Libyan rebel kisses a bullet belt at Muammar Qaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli on August 25.
Photo by Patrick Baz for AFP
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U.S. Army soldiers climb upon arrival to Observation Post Mace from Forward Operating Base Bostick in Afghanistan's eastern Naray district on August 26.
Photo by Nikola Solic for Reuters
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An Afghan police officer holds a national flag during a graduation ceremony in Herat on August 24.
Photo by Hoshan Hashimi for AP
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People wait in a line to buy meat in front of the closed door of a shop before it opens in Minsk on August 26.
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A Muslim boy attends the weekly Friday Prayer at the Omayyad Mosque in central Damascus, Syria, on August 26.
Photo by Joseph Eid for AFP
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A Libyan rebel fighter walks inside the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli on August 26.
Photo by Sergey Ponomarev for AP
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Members of a special unit of Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency police force take part in an antiterrorist and hostage-rescue drill in eastern Sarajevo on August 25.
Photo by Dado Ruvic for Reuters
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Policemen run as opposition supporters break their cordon during a rally on the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence in Kyiv, on August 24.
Photo by Gleb Garanich for Reuters
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Pakistani security personnel examine a crashed U.S. surveillance drone some 2 kilometers inside Pakistani territory in the town of Chaman on August 25.
Photo by Asghar Achakzai for AFP
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (left) fires an arrow while on a tour at a Mini Nadam, or Mongolian wrestling performance, in Ulan Bator on August 22.
Photo by Andy Wong for AP
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Wounded cartoonist Ali Ferzat rests in bed at his residence in Damascus after being grabbed and beaten up by pro-regime militiamen.