The International Day Against Homophobia is marked by marches and countermarches, and Pakistan prepares to ship fuel to Western forces in Afghanistan once again.
Photos Of The Week -- May 12-18
![Activists prepare to release balloons during the "Rainbow flashmob" organized at Petrovsky Ostrov Park on International Day Against Homophobia in St. Petersburg on May 17. (ITAR-TASS)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0af632d9-51bd-4f26-83b4-bc56c9ab9aba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Activists prepare to release balloons during the "Rainbow flashmob" organized at Petrovsky Ostrov Park on International Day Against Homophobia in St. Petersburg on May 17. (ITAR-TASS)
![Georgian gay-rights activists clash with Orthodox Christian counterprotesters in Tbilisi on May 17. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a4248daf-3fc8-4038-9484-577704c5e81c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Georgian gay-rights activists clash with Orthodox Christian counterprotesters in Tbilisi on May 17. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)
![Mejra Dzogaz, who lost her husband, three sons, and a grandson in the Srebrenica massacre, watches former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic's trial in her home in Potocari, near Srebrenica. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c138e4c9-73a9-407d-b1ca-429fcdc987a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mejra Dzogaz, who lost her husband, three sons, and a grandson in the Srebrenica massacre, watches former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic's trial in her home in Potocari, near Srebrenica. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
![A Russian opposition activist waves a white ribbon on Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow. (ITAR-TASS/ Sergei Karpov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b1a275c5-f5fd-4a0f-99ff-8c4ca8d11c27_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Russian opposition activist waves a white ribbon on Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow. (ITAR-TASS/ Sergei Karpov)
![A Tajik woman reads the Koran in Braille at the Islamic Center in Dushanbe. (Reuters/Nozim Kalandarov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/297601ec-f93c-4bce-91a3-fe09acf2ab71_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Tajik woman reads the Koran in Braille at the Islamic Center in Dushanbe. (Reuters/Nozim Kalandarov)
![A Palestinian protester kicks a burning tire during clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli security forces outside Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9edbe3de-9f43-4b43-85a9-a483d186cefe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian protester kicks a burning tire during clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli security forces outside Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)
![A world-record 47.6-meter Ferris wheel is unveiled in an enclosed space called Alem (The Universe) in Ashgabat. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/929f6e00-907b-4ab5-ac04-654fca312349_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A world-record 47.6-meter Ferris wheel is unveiled in an enclosed space called Alem (The Universe) in Ashgabat. (AFP)
![Officials and mourners perform funeral prayers over the coffin of former Taliban minister Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a senior member of the Afghan High Peace Council, in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e9a5a296-bf8e-4c55-a5fb-80107b4d2daf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Officials and mourners perform funeral prayers over the coffin of former Taliban minister Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a senior member of the Afghan High Peace Council, in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
![Tanker trucks, used to transport fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, are seen parked near oil terminals in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. (AFP/Asif Hassan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ff61e536-a296-4cd5-8a23-29daab64afbe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tanker trucks, used to transport fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, are seen parked near oil terminals in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. (AFP/Asif Hassan)
![A man cleans a fuel tanker parked at a compound in Karachi, as a U.S.-Pakistani agreement looked set to resume fuel shipments to Afghanistan. (Reuters/Athar Hussain)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a1f68e5d-6ad1-45f9-b1dc-6471f81977a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man cleans a fuel tanker parked at a compound in Karachi, as a U.S.-Pakistani agreement looked set to resume fuel shipments to Afghanistan. (Reuters/Athar Hussain)
![A boy is silhouetted against the sun while jumping on a trampoline on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. (Reuters/Faisal Mahmood)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a57a5cad-3832-4313-baf6-1cbce0a75892_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy is silhouetted against the sun while jumping on a trampoline on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. (Reuters/Faisal Mahmood)
![Presidential candidate and leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Tomislav Nikolic at a final pre-election convention in Belgrade (AFP/Andrej Isakovic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d3ea662e-cb3b-425d-be75-633424da01e8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Presidential candidate and leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Tomislav Nikolic at a final pre-election convention in Belgrade (AFP/Andrej Isakovic)
![A girl walks on a disused railway track, through what is known locally as the "Tunnel of Love," in the Ukrainian town of Kleven. (Reuters/Gleb Granich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5895e61a-f2ce-430f-98f4-e333e6a260ca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl walks on a disused railway track, through what is known locally as the "Tunnel of Love," in the Ukrainian town of Kleven. (Reuters/Gleb Granich)
![An Orthodox priest conducts a service in front of the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft set on its launch pad at Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov )](https://gdb.rferl.org/cb7fb501-9696-4438-81f9-5334fc193ed0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Orthodox priest conducts a service in front of the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft set on its launch pad at Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov )
![Russian demonstrators vote at a permanent protest against the presidential inauguration of Vladimir Putin at a camp named "OccupyAbai" in Moscow. (epa/Maksim Shipenkov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e060bfac-169c-4f2e-b321-6473a8bffabf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian demonstrators vote at a permanent protest against the presidential inauguration of Vladimir Putin at a camp named "OccupyAbai" in Moscow. (epa/Maksim Shipenkov)
![An Afghan man walks with a cage of quails on a hill over Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)](https://gdb.rferl.org/60c00c62-cebb-4746-98c3-55853d9dff64_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan man walks with a cage of quails on a hill over Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
![Workers set up a giant canvas of the official poster of the 65th Cannes Film Festival featuring U.S. actress Marilyn Monroe on the facade of the Festival Palace in Cannes. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard)](https://gdb.rferl.org/febadfae-d9be-4ecd-8b25-0fd422e1e574_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers set up a giant canvas of the official poster of the 65th Cannes Film Festival featuring U.S. actress Marilyn Monroe on the facade of the Festival Palace in Cannes. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard)