Russian's mark President Vladimir Putin's birthday while Pakistani's rally for Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for demanding her right to education.
RFE/RL's Photos Of The Week (#41)
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Russian opposition activists pose with a portrait of President Vladimir Putin, with a black ribbon commonly used for the deceased tied around it, on Putin's birthday in Moscow on October 7. (Reuters/Maksim Shemetov)
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A boy stands in front of the paintings by artist Aleksei Sergiyenko at his exhibition "President. The Kindest Person," marking the 60th birthday of President Vladimir Putin at the Flacon design workshop in Moscow. (AFP/Andrei Smirnov)
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A Pakistani girl holds a photograph of Malala Yousafzai, a young activist who was shot by the Taliban, aloft during a rally in Karachi. (AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)
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Supporters of detained Kyrgyz opposition lawmakers clash with police in front of the government headquarters in Bishkek. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)
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A performance by the Australian dance company Chunky Move is seen during the seventh international festival/school “The Territory” in Moscow. (ITAR-TASS)
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A 3-year-old child patient who lost his leg in a suicide attack in Kandahar walks with the aid of a stroller at the International Red Cross Center in Kabul. (AFP/Jawad Jalali)
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International Space Station crew member and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky is seen inside the Soyuz spacecraft during training at Baikonur Cosmodrome. (Reuters/Sergei Remezov)
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A pigeon leaves trails on snow-covered ground outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)