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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 )
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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)
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A student walks down a hallway at a blind school in Kabul. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)
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Afghan National Police march during a graduation ceremony at a police training center in Herat. (AFP/Aref Karimi)
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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)
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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)