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Photos Of The Week -- March 24-30, 2012
March 31, 2012 09:51 GMT
Memorable images from the week that was. Unrest in Syria, scuffles in Turkey, poverty in Afghanistan, protests in Ukraine, and the pope in Cuba.
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Syrian refugees and local residents take part in a demonstration against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday Prayers outside the Syrian Embassy in Amman, Jordan. (REUTERS/Ali Jarekji)
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Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan (left), Nursultan Nazarbaev of Kazakhstan, Barack Obama of the United States, and Lee Myung-Bak of South Korea find their places for a photo at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
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A boy waits for customers while sitting at his father's jewelry stall at a roadside in Quetta, Pakistan. (REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed)
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Afghan men spread soil on a field in Kunduz Province. Wheat and other cereals are Afghanistan's traditional crops, but agriculture has been hit hard by 30 years of war and a decade of drought. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)
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A Syrian refugee at a camp in Yayladagi, Turkey. Thousands of Syrians have fled to Turkey to escape year-old unrest. (AFP/Adem Altan)
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Members of the Turkish parliament scuffle during a debate in Ankara. (REUTERS)
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A masked protester stands in front of a placard representing the Kachanivska jail while others sign a petition to demand the release of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro meets with Pope Benedict XVI in Havana. (AFP)
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A boy practices skateboard tricks in front of the logo for the forthcoming Euro 2012 soccer championships in Kyiv, Ukraine. (REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov)
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A defendant accused of participating in the deadly December 2011 clashes in the Kazakh oil town of Zhanaozen during a court session in the Caspian port city of Aktau. (REUTERS/Vladimir Tretyakov)
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Runner Worood Maslaha stretches in a field belonging to her family in the West Bank village of Asira Ash-Shamaliya near Nablus. Four Palestinians will participate in the London Olympics. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)
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Spanish King Juan Carlos (right) and members of his delegation look at men diving from the historic bridge in the old town of Mostar, Bosnia. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
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A girl carries a pile of dried brush to use for cooking and heating in Bagram, Afghanistan. Her family is among the Afghan nomads herding sheep and living in tents on a field in Bagram. (REUTERS/Erik De Castro)
Photos Of The Week -- March 24-30, 2012
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