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
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4dc8e294-5401-41a2-8f39-c643404c472b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3b63fad1-3def-4749-82f1-00c5fcabae9b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![North Koreans react as they mourn the death of leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on December 19. (Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/771be153-2507-494a-8b1d-b6125c34708e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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North Koreans react as they mourn the death of leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on December 19. (Reuters)
![Members of the North Korean People's Army crying for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on December 21. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/50a620f8-bddd-47ed-b8ff-b3b357e26f61_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the North Korean People's Army crying for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on December 21. (AFP)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/896565ae-abdc-4448-a921-eb6c3c1cb89f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![A billboard of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev shows damage following recent riots in the town of Zhanaozen. (Reuters/Vladimir Tretyakov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d4085283-07e8-4ef7-afe8-39a216aa7fad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A billboard of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev shows damage following recent riots in the town of Zhanaozen. (Reuters/Vladimir Tretyakov)
![An Afghan policewoman stands in formation during a graduation ceremony at a police training center in Herat. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a626502c-6fc8-4246-bb54-c746dfc47a6a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan policewoman stands in formation during a graduation ceremony at a police training center in Herat. (AFP)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0fa26043-bbb3-46cc-8849-27b36ab1dee7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![People light candles on Wenceslas Square to pay respect to former Czech President Vaclav Havel in Prague. (AFP/Odd Andersen)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e0abc08f-54e0-4b2d-b63c-e701326725f6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People light candles on Wenceslas Square to pay respect to former Czech President Vaclav Havel in Prague. (AFP/Odd Andersen)
![A man walks past graffiti depicting late former President Vaclav Havel in Prague. (Reuters/David Cerny)](https://gdb.rferl.org/487e7c98-2302-4e22-84cb-5627d3afaa02_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks past graffiti depicting late former President Vaclav Havel in Prague. (Reuters/David Cerny)