Eid al-Fitr celebrations mark the end of Ramadan, protests in Russia, Egypt and Israel, China's "facekini" craze, and National Flag Day in Ukraine.
Photos Of The Week -- August 18-24
![A member of Russia's security forces stands guard while Muslims pray to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, in Moscow on August 19. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5fe9c2c3-9bb0-4956-9b9d-80e64670e9cd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of Russia's security forces stands guard while Muslims pray to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, in Moscow on August 19. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
![Kyrgyz Muslims pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr on a square in central Bishkek. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7f544e3a-89a9-40ee-991b-e7553fab27e0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kyrgyz Muslims pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr on a square in central Bishkek. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)
![Iranian women pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in western Tehran. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)](https://gdb.rferl.org/80aa8746-d452-4baa-a507-a54dc5b47d1f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian women pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in western Tehran. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)
![A family rides on a camel at Clifton beach to celebrate the second day of Eid al-Fitr in Karachi, Pakistan. (AFP/Asif Hassan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/36071212-737d-4c22-8637-c8ec5bb244c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A family rides on a camel at Clifton beach to celebrate the second day of Eid al-Fitr in Karachi, Pakistan. (AFP/Asif Hassan)
![Morocco's King Mohammed VI (center) parades on horseback during celebrations marking the 13th anniversary of his accession to the throne in Rabat on August 21. (REUTERS/Maghreb Arabe)](https://gdb.rferl.org/792510c0-7c13-45ac-8afe-8f7098d27d2e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI (center) parades on horseback during celebrations marking the 13th anniversary of his accession to the throne in Rabat on August 21. (REUTERS/Maghreb Arabe)
![Greenpeace Executive Director Kumi Naidoo (bottom) gives a thumbs up as he and other activists board Gazprom’s "Prirazlomnaya" Arctic oil platform during a protest off Russia's northeastern coast on August 24. (AFP/Denis Sinyakov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d074b28a-3193-41fd-928a-fd6d63a002fd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Greenpeace Executive Director Kumi Naidoo (bottom) gives a thumbs up as he and other activists board Gazprom’s "Prirazlomnaya" Arctic oil platform during a protest off Russia's northeastern coast on August 24. (AFP/Denis Sinyakov)
![Supporters of Egypt's President Muhammad Morsi clash with an anti-Morsi protester (center) during a demonstration on Tahrir Square in Cairo on August 24. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah)](https://gdb.rferl.org/06f80f6a-c413-4a9b-85ff-37fe9c13cce8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of Egypt's President Muhammad Morsi clash with an anti-Morsi protester (center) during a demonstration on Tahrir Square in Cairo on August 24. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah)
![Soldiers and residents run to greet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he arrives to visit a military unit on an island southwest of Pyongyang. (REUTERS/KCNA)](https://gdb.rferl.org/343a3ce8-1164-460f-a46a-04b24cc942c1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers and residents run to greet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he arrives to visit a military unit on an island southwest of Pyongyang. (REUTERS/KCNA)
![Beachgoers in Chinea wear body suits and protective head masks, dubbed "facekinis" by Chinese netizens, on a crowded public beach in Qingdao in the northeastern Shangdong province on August 19. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/919f542f-78fc-479a-80ab-773928741b2f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Beachgoers in Chinea wear body suits and protective head masks, dubbed "facekinis" by Chinese netizens, on a crowded public beach in Qingdao in the northeastern Shangdong province on August 19. (AFP)
![A family rides past the locked house of Rimsha Masih, a Down syndrome Christian girl accused of blasphemy, on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on August 23. (REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood)](https://gdb.rferl.org/680ea191-6730-44a1-bfcd-c4540c7b3131_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A family rides past the locked house of Rimsha Masih, a Down syndrome Christian girl accused of blasphemy, on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on August 23. (REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood)
![Crowds of swimmers pack a salty swimming pool dubbed China's Dead Sea in southwest Sichuan Province on August 19. (EPA/Zhong Min)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ce8538fc-dc78-4039-8e5e-279c47cea0da_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Crowds of swimmers pack a salty swimming pool dubbed China's Dead Sea in southwest Sichuan Province on August 19. (EPA/Zhong Min)
![Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk between graves before the funeral of Rabbi Abraham Haim Roth, spiritual leader of the Shomrei Emunim Hasidic dynasty, in Jerusalem on August 23. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f9f86dbb-16e2-46dd-895e-dfbfda78c28b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk between graves before the funeral of Rabbi Abraham Haim Roth, spiritual leader of the Shomrei Emunim Hasidic dynasty, in Jerusalem on August 23. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
![Ukrainian cheerleaders beat drums under a giant Ukrainian flag to mark National Flag Day in Kyiv on August 23. (AFP/Genya Savilov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/42298fe4-2f2a-49d1-93fa-0bcb389dfaa5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian cheerleaders beat drums under a giant Ukrainian flag to mark National Flag Day in Kyiv on August 23. (AFP/Genya Savilov)
![A teleprompter obscures U.S. President Barack Obama's face as he speaks during a campaign event at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, on August 21. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)](https://gdb.rferl.org/605fa550-946f-49d7-965f-728f7e71463e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A teleprompter obscures U.S. President Barack Obama's face as he speaks during a campaign event at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, on August 21. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
![The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde (second from left), inspects some pyramid stones next to security guards while touring Giza, Egypt, on August 22. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ff4b90cf-5555-47d2-bd46-c6c2874b8f01_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde (second from left), inspects some pyramid stones next to security guards while touring Giza, Egypt, on August 22. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)
![An Israeli child holds a sign during a demonstration on August 23 in the coastal city of Tel Aviv against a possible Israeli military strike on Iran. (AFP/David Buimovitch)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4a51a4f5-9a40-4135-a0c4-a18cc9a49837_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Israeli child holds a sign during a demonstration on August 23 in the coastal city of Tel Aviv against a possible Israeli military strike on Iran. (AFP/David Buimovitch)