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Photos Of The Week #42
![A butterfly lands on the face of a girl during an exhibition dedicated to the insect in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on October 19. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/351aed26-593e-46ae-897b-f8dd066cb869_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A butterfly lands on the face of a girl during an exhibition dedicated to the insect in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on October 19. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)
![Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic flanked by Archbishop Teodosie visits the Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Gracanica, central Kosovo, on October 19. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ad13d9ab-4a19-441c-a805-69cf33aeb76e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic flanked by Archbishop Teodosie visits the Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Gracanica, central Kosovo, on October 19. (AFP)
![Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is formally sworn in for a third term in Baku on October 19.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e207e46d-b00e-49a0-b394-331680a84dce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is formally sworn in for a third term in Baku on October 19.
![A customized Soviet-era Volga GAZ-21 covered by artificial grass is seen on a parking lot in St. Petersburg. It's being used as advertising for a dairy store. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)](https://gdb.rferl.org/766f6715-3243-42e0-85f4-c5034077cd95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A customized Soviet-era Volga GAZ-21 covered by artificial grass is seen on a parking lot in St. Petersburg. It's being used as advertising for a dairy store. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)
![One of many attractions at a theme park during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Baghdad (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e37770c2-2dbc-451d-bbb0-6bfb73d78714_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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One of many attractions at a theme park during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Baghdad (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
![U.S. President Barack Obama (center) makes bologna sandwiches at a restaurant in Washington, amid a partial U.S. government shutdown and debt ceiling standoff. (AFP/Saul Loeb)](https://gdb.rferl.org/00603f18-8d5e-4fbc-b1b3-a1afabf2b2d7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. President Barack Obama (center) makes bologna sandwiches at a restaurant in Washington, amid a partial U.S. government shutdown and debt ceiling standoff. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
![British Greenpeace activist Anthony Perrett sends a message prior to his bail hearing at the Murmansk Octyabr district court. (AFP/Greenpeace International.Dmitry Sharomov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b5b1ece4-6dd8-41dc-ac39-d2dbaed8ba20_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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British Greenpeace activist Anthony Perrett sends a message prior to his bail hearing at the Murmansk Octyabr district court. (AFP/Greenpeace International.Dmitry Sharomov)
![Fans of Bosnia-Herzegovina's national soccer team celebrate their 2014 World Cup qualifying match victory over Lithuania, in Sarajevo. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cb6aa27e-9e2d-4189-8f22-ced216ab1499_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fans of Bosnia-Herzegovina's national soccer team celebrate their 2014 World Cup qualifying match victory over Lithuania, in Sarajevo. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
![A police officer stands near a placard depicting Russian opposition leader and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny's shadow (right) bending over President Vladimir Putin in Kirov. (epa/Maksim Shipenkov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/74bf767c-6755-4e8d-80c1-a049d97db848_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer stands near a placard depicting Russian opposition leader and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny's shadow (right) bending over President Vladimir Putin in Kirov. (epa/Maksim Shipenkov)
![An artist performs as conscripts line up during a ceremony marking the last set of conscripts in the Ukrainian Army at the parade square in a recruitment office in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/95a2fabd-9c02-4df5-929c-0740a187c686_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An artist performs as conscripts line up during a ceremony marking the last set of conscripts in the Ukrainian Army at the parade square in a recruitment office in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
![Men ride on a motorcycle while leading a recently purchased camel ahead of Eid al-Adha celebrations on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters/Athar Hussain)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8e2d2835-1d74-4658-b1dd-769a97bab62b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men ride on a motorcycle while leading a recently purchased camel ahead of Eid al-Adha celebrations on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters/Athar Hussain)
![Afghan traffic police pray to celebrate Eid al-Adha at the Shah-e Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5f2e24d5-e9bd-47de-9b0a-f3687ce6e2e0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan traffic police pray to celebrate Eid al-Adha at the Shah-e Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)
![Vendors wait for customers at a livestock market in the Afghan capital, Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a4b895cd-4a24-4f7d-bb17-9f2e68761428_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vendors wait for customers at a livestock market in the Afghan capital, Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
![Young Ukrainian ultranationalists hold flares and shout slogans during a march in Kyiv. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/33276461-8ec9-42d9-a98f-15c95cf21c50_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Young Ukrainian ultranationalists hold flares and shout slogans during a march in Kyiv. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
![Young musicians dressed in traditional costumes dance during a religious holiday in Mtskheta, Georgia. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b5341bd2-a61a-43dd-b3ce-0f8f4077e6d0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Young musicians dressed in traditional costumes dance during a religious holiday in Mtskheta, Georgia. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)
![Russian police officers detain alleged illegal migrants during a raid at a vegetable warehouse in the Biryulyovo-Zapadnoye district of Moscow. (epa/Maksim Shipenkov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/886a6cff-b6d5-45b0-972c-d6a665e40ac9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian police officers detain alleged illegal migrants during a raid at a vegetable warehouse in the Biryulyovo-Zapadnoye district of Moscow. (epa/Maksim Shipenkov)
![A contestant reacts backstage after participating in the first round of the "Krasa Rossii 2014" (Beauty of Russia 2014) beauty contest in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/87a63159-f120-4728-afef-7b7bf9fb8683_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A contestant reacts backstage after participating in the first round of the "Krasa Rossii 2014" (Beauty of Russia 2014) beauty contest in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)
![Sheep for sale are herded onto a road ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha in Baghdad. (Reuters/Saad Shalash)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7290b82a-6ed5-42c5-baa0-e6ec97c81c92_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sheep for sale are herded onto a road ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha in Baghdad. (Reuters/Saad Shalash)
![Gay rights activists kiss after being detained by police during a gay rights protest in St. Petersburg. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4eb48329-51a7-40b7-9b85-b73394676e36_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Gay rights activists kiss after being detained by police during a gay rights protest in St. Petersburg. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)
![A bridge collapses at Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi province, sending tourists hurtling into the water. Chinese media reported that no one was seriously injured. (Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/13a03910-fc67-4f37-92b4-812d780679d8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bridge collapses at Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi province, sending tourists hurtling into the water. Chinese media reported that no one was seriously injured. (Reuters)