Disabled athletes from all over the world gathered to compete in the London Paralympics, as violence continues in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Photos Of The Week -- September 1-7
![Soldiers of the breakaway Moldovan territory of Transdniester take part in a military parade during Independence Day celebrations in Tiraspol on September 2. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/13029a1f-f41a-4a7b-9b5a-4f50d0332980_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers of the breakaway Moldovan territory of Transdniester take part in a military parade during Independence Day celebrations in Tiraspol on September 2. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
![A Pakistani policeman reprimands Islamic cleric Hafiz Khalid Chishti (handcuffed) after he attempted to shout slogans upon his arrival at a court in Islamabad. (AFP/Farooq Naeem)](https://gdb.rferl.org/300d4580-1332-4e4a-a6a6-6cdc8b003c82_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani policeman reprimands Islamic cleric Hafiz Khalid Chishti (handcuffed) after he attempted to shout slogans upon his arrival at a court in Islamabad. (AFP/Farooq Naeem)
![A Shi'ite protester sets tires on fire during clashes with police following a demonstration in solidarity with jailed Bahraini human rights and political activists in the village of Sitra. (AFP/Muhammad al-Shaikh)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a6cf7e23-4101-4d61-81af-c59e67424132_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Shi'ite protester sets tires on fire during clashes with police following a demonstration in solidarity with jailed Bahraini human rights and political activists in the village of Sitra. (AFP/Muhammad al-Shaikh)
![A Syrian man wounded by shelling sits on a chair outside a closed shop in the Al-Muasalat area in Aleppo. (AFP/Achilleas Zavallis)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4ac46aae-6f32-4abe-aaf3-249e17ead2c7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian man wounded by shelling sits on a chair outside a closed shop in the Al-Muasalat area in Aleppo. (AFP/Achilleas Zavallis)
![People drink water from the Badab-e Surt natural springs in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, south of the city of Sari. (Fars)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2f458b30-4f7e-42bc-aa84-2118eb9c4033_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People drink water from the Badab-e Surt natural springs in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, south of the city of Sari. (Fars)
![Hungarian demonstrators hold up a photo of Armenian Army Lieutenant Gurgen Margarian in front of the parliament building in Budapest, after his murderer was pardoned in Azerbaijan. (AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5a16fb23-3570-4e8b-938c-71bf60c41346_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hungarian demonstrators hold up a photo of Armenian Army Lieutenant Gurgen Margarian in front of the parliament building in Budapest, after his murderer was pardoned in Azerbaijan. (AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)
![Ahmed Naas of Iraq performs a cartwheel in celebration as he throws in the men's F40 classification javelin final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. (Reuters/Toby Melville)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e75a196e-8f83-44c2-ad65-aa1fcc33c1e0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ahmed Naas of Iraq performs a cartwheel in celebration as he throws in the men's F40 classification javelin final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. (Reuters/Toby Melville)
![Iran's Abdolreza Jokar competes in the men's javelin throw F52/53 final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games in the Olympic Stadium. (AFP/Glyn Kirk)](https://gdb.rferl.org/42a3aafd-b0e1-48c6-a1db-cd0060d9516f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iran's Abdolreza Jokar competes in the men's javelin throw F52/53 final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games in the Olympic Stadium. (AFP/Glyn Kirk)
![Participants in period costume reenact the Battle of Borodino during anniversary celebrations at the Borodino museum-reserve outside Moscow on September 2. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin )](https://gdb.rferl.org/d34a05fa-cee9-4204-9dbf-59c46f3d3422_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants in period costume reenact the Battle of Borodino during anniversary celebrations at the Borodino museum-reserve outside Moscow on September 2. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin )
![U.S. President Barack Obama waves onstage after accepting the nomination during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Getty Images/AFP/Streeter Lecka)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5bcf2fcb-7ed6-4176-8a15-d475360e3402_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. President Barack Obama waves onstage after accepting the nomination during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Getty Images/AFP/Streeter Lecka)
![A student walks down a hallway at a blind school in Kabul. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d5b0414b-c8ff-434a-84fe-7e7f0c21f31b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A student walks down a hallway at a blind school in Kabul. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)
![Afghan National Police march during a graduation ceremony at a police training center in Herat. (AFP/Aref Karimi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/55edba3d-737d-40c0-8600-1e3a40be74c1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan National Police march during a graduation ceremony at a police training center in Herat. (AFP/Aref Karimi)
![A child looks at a soldier from the Afghan National Army as he secures a perimeter during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers at Nevay-Deh village in Kandahar Province. (AFP/Tony Karumba)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c0e5f26a-2296-4f86-83a7-93717c018d52_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child looks at a soldier from the Afghan National Army as he secures a perimeter during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers at Nevay-Deh village in Kandahar Province. (AFP/Tony Karumba)
![Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon, on the night of September 3. (Reuters/Courtesy of David Cartier, Sr./NASA)](https://gdb.rferl.org/74565f78-f6b4-4b0a-bb06-5e3c2811668e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon, on the night of September 3. (Reuters/Courtesy of David Cartier, Sr./NASA)