As mourners express public grief in North Korea for "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il, Czechs pay quieter homage to their "Velvet revolutionary," Vaclav Havel.
Photos Of The Week -- December 17-23
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A woman takes part in a flash mob in the Moscow subway, with a sticker on her mouth saying, "They stole our voices." (ITAR-TASS/Aleksandr Sorin)
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Iraqi women mourn during a funeral of a victim killed in the December 22 Baghdad bomb attacks at a cemetery in Najaf. (Reuters/Ali Abu Shish)
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North Koreans react as they mourn the death of leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on December 19. (Reuters)
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Members of the North Korean People's Army crying for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on December 21. (AFP)
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A half-naked activist of Ukrainian feminist group Femen shows her back, where Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka is depicted, in front of the KGB headquarters building in Minsk. (epa/Tatyana Zenkovich)
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A billboard of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev shows damage following recent riots in the town of Zhanaozen. (Reuters/Vladimir Tretyakov)
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An Afghan policewoman stands in formation during a graduation ceremony at a police training center in Herat. (AFP)
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An Egyptian woman shows her ink-stained finger after she voted at a polling station in Giza district near Cairo on December 21. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
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People light candles on Wenceslas Square to pay respect to former Czech President Vaclav Havel in Prague. (AFP/Odd Andersen)
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A man walks past graffiti depicting late former President Vaclav Havel in Prague. (Reuters/David Cerny)