Iranian ninja women, Europe's deep freeze, and Vladimir Putin's presidential campaign feature in this week's gallery of our favorite images.
Photos Of The Week -- February 11-17
![An activist from the Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen protests in front of Gazprom headquarters in Moscow. (ITAR-TASS/Sergei Fadeichev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/703cd80d-2cbe-4b98-b1e4-b41c36a56ee5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An activist from the Ukrainian women's rights movement Femen protests in front of Gazprom headquarters in Moscow. (ITAR-TASS/Sergei Fadeichev)
![An Iranian woman performs a split as members of various ninjutsu schools showcase their skills to the media in a gym in Karaj, near Tehran. (Reuters/Caren Firouz)](https://gdb.rferl.org/49522126-d5ab-4ce5-b2dd-99a995d7452b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iranian woman performs a split as members of various ninjutsu schools showcase their skills to the media in a gym in Karaj, near Tehran. (Reuters/Caren Firouz)
![Ukrainian veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan stand with their backs turned to President Viktor Yanukovych as he attends a flower-laying ceremony in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/bb9f447f-834c-4d6d-9db8-e33e9435d28d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan stand with their backs turned to President Viktor Yanukovych as he attends a flower-laying ceremony in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
![A shepherd tends to a flock of sheep in a wintry steppe near the Chinese border in southeastern Kazakhstan. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/354324fc-07b1-48d6-a67a-25387eb01dcc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A shepherd tends to a flock of sheep in a wintry steppe near the Chinese border in southeastern Kazakhstan. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
![A North Korean soldier cries as he marches during a military parade to mark the birth anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. (Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/292fd995-47d1-496f-95d8-5c9ec5cfd8a2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A North Korean soldier cries as he marches during a military parade to mark the birth anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. (Reuters)
![People walk past a partly seen traffic light with a transparent image of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stuck to the device apparently by supporters in central Moscow. (AFP/Yury Kadobnov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/35a1ea41-fb7c-49dd-8ad9-7c16727cc9ad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk past a partly seen traffic light with a transparent image of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stuck to the device apparently by supporters in central Moscow. (AFP/Yury Kadobnov)
![An Iraqi garbage collector looks for recyclable waste at a dump site in Tikrit. (Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f3bd211d-8b90-4529-ae2a-a9b8b1489c17_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iraqi garbage collector looks for recyclable waste at a dump site in Tikrit. (Reuters)
![Bizarre ice formations hang on trees at the Unteres Odertal national park near Schwedt, Germany. (AFP/Patrick Pleul)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8f7529c8-8d1a-4f23-b9be-7f1cabf6870d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bizarre ice formations hang on trees at the Unteres Odertal national park near Schwedt, Germany. (AFP/Patrick Pleul)
![British boxer Dereck Chisora (right) slaps the face of Ukrainian heavyweight WBC boxing champion Vitali Klitschko as they stare each other down after the official weigh-in in Munich. (Reuters/Michael Dalder)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2c5fd465-091e-4b06-bd4c-38da519f1897_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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British boxer Dereck Chisora (right) slaps the face of Ukrainian heavyweight WBC boxing champion Vitali Klitschko as they stare each other down after the official weigh-in in Munich. (Reuters/Michael Dalder)
![Licia Ronzulli, an Italian member of the European Parliament, takes part with her daughter in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. (Reuters/Vincent Kessler)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f37a947a-7a14-4731-9496-35fd567e33d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Licia Ronzulli, an Italian member of the European Parliament, takes part with her daughter in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. (Reuters/Vincent Kessler)
![A man holds Valentine's Day balloons for sale while waiting for customers along the roadside in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6c8bdba1-f0ea-4327-9c66-65aa1c83ec2b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man holds Valentine's Day balloons for sale while waiting for customers along the roadside in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)
![Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is inaugurated for a second term in the capital, Ashgabat. (AFP/Igor Sasin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9505c871-7dd1-4a64-852b-92f3860eeb65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is inaugurated for a second term in the capital, Ashgabat. (AFP/Igor Sasin)