Voters in France, Serbia, Greece, and elsewhere prepare to go to the polls as Victory Day approaches in the former Soviet Union.
Photos Of The Week -- April 28 - May 4
![A man uses a mobile phone to take a photograph of his friends on the demolished site of a compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Reuters/Mian Khursheed)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d7c74627-f12b-4c3a-beb2-77626ce309d0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man uses a mobile phone to take a photograph of his friends on the demolished site of a compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Reuters/Mian Khursheed)
![A boy waiting to greet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the National Museum makes a face while holding the U.S. and Chinese flags in Beijing. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)](https://gdb.rferl.org/887dcf4c-3659-4e60-b92e-75f15cacb415_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy waiting to greet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the National Museum makes a face while holding the U.S. and Chinese flags in Beijing. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
![Supporters of French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy wave flags ahead of a political campaign rally in Toulon. (Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier)](https://gdb.rferl.org/325b27e2-0aac-4dcd-adee-a242b3fe70d1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy wave flags ahead of a political campaign rally in Toulon. (Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier)
![The family members of killed soldiers of the Yugoslav Army lay flowers and light candles at a place of commemoration on Dobrovoljacka Street in Sarajevo. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1857fc5a-8640-46ee-9196-086b17bb39ed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The family members of killed soldiers of the Yugoslav Army lay flowers and light candles at a place of commemoration on Dobrovoljacka Street in Sarajevo. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
![An activist holds a banner with a photo of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng during a protest in Hong Kong. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fc98bff4-fb55-4e77-99cb-6882c47f0e09_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An activist holds a banner with a photo of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng during a protest in Hong Kong. (AFP)
![A man rides a bicycle in front of a huge poster with an image of the Order of the Patriotic War during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in central Minsk. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/eff828ac-d5d8-4deb-acb7-3abdc28d80eb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man rides a bicycle in front of a huge poster with an image of the Order of the Patriotic War during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in central Minsk. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
![A supporter of the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party shouts slogans during a campaign rally in Belgrade. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)](https://gdb.rferl.org/79d293b2-d1bf-46a8-a247-fb6abadf42fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A supporter of the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party shouts slogans during a campaign rally in Belgrade. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)
![Supporters of conservative New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras wave flags during a preelection speech in Athens. (AFP/Aris Messinis)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8588402f-ab23-4acc-954c-ee53cd7d3da9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of conservative New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras wave flags during a preelection speech in Athens. (AFP/Aris Messinis)