Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 21st week of 2013. For more photo galleries, see our "Picture This" archive. (48 PHOTOS)
Photos Of The Week #21
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Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty watch the wedding ceremony of Rabbi Shalom Rokach, the grandson of the Belz Rabbi, to Hana Batya Pener in Jerusalem. Some 25,000 Ultra-Orthodox Jews participated in one of the biggest weddings in the past few years. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
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Afghan children sit on a hill in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
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Two girls stand in rubble after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. At least 24 people were killed. (Reuters/Gene Blevins)
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Orthodox believers follow clergy carrying religious icons and crosses during a procession in the hills above the mining town of Karabash in Russia's Ural Mountains. Locals walked some 22 kilometers as part of an annual tradition, stopping to pray at various sites near the town. (Reuters/Igor Lagunov)
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A boy throws a sheep into the waters of Kashmir's Jhelum River to wash it. (Reuters/Danish Ismail)
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Just-married couples kiss during their wedding ceremony in a men's prison colony in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. The wedding of the six prisoners with their unrestricted girlfriends was organized by the prison administration. (AFP/Alexander Khudoteply)
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Vladimir Kouklatchev performs with a cat during a show in the Moscow Cat Theater, founded by his father, famous Russian clown Yury Kouklatchev, shortly before the fall of the Soviet Union. The theater was recently reopened after renovations. (AFP/Yury Kadobnov)
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Fishermen paddle a traditional boat during sunset at Waiara Beach on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The Indonesian government has set the ambitious target of welcoming a total of 9 million foreign tourists in 2013, increasing to 10 million by 2014. (AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)
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Men sort coal at a wholesale shop to sell in the market in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Reuters/Faisal Mahmood)
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French matador Juan Leal is gored by a bull during the Nimes Pentecost Feria. (AFP/Pascal Guyot)
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People run down a street in Deir al-Zor amid continued fighting in Syria. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi)
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Sweden's national team poses with the 2013 Ice Hockey World Championship trophy at the Globe Arena in Stockholm after the home favorites defeated dark-horse finalist Switzerland 5-1. (Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and wife Ri Sol Ju sit during a visit to the Pyongyang Myohyangsan Children's Camp, situated at the foot of Mt. Myohyang in North Phyongan Province. (Reuters/North Korea's Korean Central News Agency)
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Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards (left to right) of the British rock band The Rolling Stones perform during a California stop on their "50 & Counting" worldwide tour. (Reuters/Mike Blake)
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A large sea bream made from debris found adrift at sea by the Japanese art group Yodogawa Tecnique is displayed at the Setouchi Triennale art event in Uno, Okayama. (AFP/Jiji Press)
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Children blow through straws in a race to empty cups full of flour during the annual Feast Day of St. Rita of Cascia in Manila. (AFP/Noel Celis)
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A participant holds a giant joint at a rally for legalization of cannabis in Santiago, Chile as part of 2013 Global Marijuana March. (AFP/Martin Bernetti)
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American actress Jennifer Lawrence arrives at Cannes Film Festival in France to promote the film "Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian." (AFP/Loic Venance)
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Dandelion seeds blow in the wind in Godewaersvelde, in northern France, as warmer weather throughout Europe marked a return of allergenic pollen. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)
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A woman in the village of Meera Kot, near Amritsar, stamps her ballot paper at a polling station for local and district elections. (AFP/Narinder Nanu)
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A woman inspects the damage after strong winds in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan ripped off the roof of her home. (RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service)
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A gardener hangs azaleas at the Chelsea Flower Show in London as the Royal Horticultural Society celebrates its centennial. (AFP/Ben Stansall)