Olympic thrills and spills, Ramadan rituals, and ongoing violence in Syria
Photos Of The Week -- July 28-August 3
![Nadezhda Tolokonnikova from the punk band Pussy Riot in a Moscow court on July 30. She and her colleagues face up to seven years in jail if found guilty of "hooliganism" for performing in an Orthodox Church. (ITAR-TASS/Mitya Aleshkovsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1528ca3-7dd1-41d6-a00c-d65e3d8ea0af_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova from the punk band Pussy Riot in a Moscow court on July 30. She and her colleagues face up to seven years in jail if found guilty of "hooliganism" for performing in an Orthodox Church. (ITAR-TASS/Mitya Aleshkovsky)
![Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) takes part in a "Mexican wave" during his country's women's volleyball match against Britain at the London Olympics on July 28. (ITAR-TASS/Valery Sharifulin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7db12a79-5a78-4b84-8af7-e4a7c850ab34_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) takes part in a "Mexican wave" during his country's women's volleyball match against Britain at the London Olympics on July 28. (ITAR-TASS/Valery Sharifulin)
![Brazil's centreback Ana Paula Rodrigues (center) vies with Russian players during a women's preliminary Group A handball match at the London Olympics. (AFP/Javier Soriano)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3cdcc2d2-7630-4d5d-b314-95af12fe09f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Brazil's centreback Ana Paula Rodrigues (center) vies with Russian players during a women's preliminary Group A handball match at the London Olympics. (AFP/Javier Soriano)
![Athletes compete in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase heats in the Olympics track-and-field program. (AFP/Adrian Dennis)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ff2dca71-4a46-47a6-9180-2881f9d53117_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Athletes compete in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase heats in the Olympics track-and-field program. (AFP/Adrian Dennis)
![Belarus's Pavel Lyzhyn competes in the qualifying round of the men's shot in London's Olympic Stadium on August 3. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/fa3fb22f-411c-4eb0-bcf4-6661974525ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Belarus's Pavel Lyzhyn competes in the qualifying round of the men's shot in London's Olympic Stadium on August 3. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)
![Russia's Ilya Zakharov (left) and Evgeny Kuznetsov perform their fifth dive during the men's synchronised 3-meter springboard final at the Olympic Aquatics Centre on August 1. (REUTERS/David Gray)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2a6ca1a0-2cb6-425b-8927-951240d5b8e0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russia's Ilya Zakharov (left) and Evgeny Kuznetsov perform their fifth dive during the men's synchronised 3-meter springboard final at the Olympic Aquatics Centre on August 1. (REUTERS/David Gray)
![U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps competes in the men's 200-meter individual medley heats at the London Olympics. (AFP/Francoise Zavier Marit)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c45cc708-af01-4e10-aa7b-6715951b7fde_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps competes in the men's 200-meter individual medley heats at the London Olympics. (AFP/Francoise Zavier Marit)
![U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas competes on the balance beam during the women's individual all-around gymnastics final at the Olympics' North Greenwich Arena on August 2. (REUTERS/Dylan Martinez)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a00fca4d-0961-426d-bd98-4740644a1370_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas competes on the balance beam during the women's individual all-around gymnastics final at the Olympics' North Greenwich Arena on August 2. (REUTERS/Dylan Martinez)
![Russia gymnast Aliya Mustafina performs on the uneven bars in the same women's individual all-around final. (AFP/Thomas Coex)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9317fa71-cf4b-458d-bbe8-b8357bc249e6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russia gymnast Aliya Mustafina performs on the uneven bars in the same women's individual all-around final. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
![Russia's Aliya Mustafina (right) embraces Viktoria Komova after the women's individual all-around gymnastics final in London. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5821f57f-9249-40fc-9884-943942b0fa1f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russia's Aliya Mustafina (right) embraces Viktoria Komova after the women's individual all-around gymnastics final in London. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
![Croatian Ivano Balic dives in an attempt to retrieve the ball in an Olympic handball match against South Korea on July 29. (AFP/Javier Soriano)](https://gdb.rferl.org/003ef390-e5d4-4cf1-b646-4f2d8e1eceaf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Croatian Ivano Balic dives in an attempt to retrieve the ball in an Olympic handball match against South Korea on July 29. (AFP/Javier Soriano)
![Iran's Neda Shahsavari during her Olympic table tennis match against Nigeria's Olufunke Oshonaike at the ExCel venue in London on July 28. (REUTERS/Grigory Dukor)](https://gdb.rferl.org/06eeec99-e91d-4f61-a5bc-102087cc16cd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iran's Neda Shahsavari during her Olympic table tennis match against Nigeria's Olufunke Oshonaike at the ExCel venue in London on July 28. (REUTERS/Grigory Dukor)
![U.S. boxer Dominic Breazeale (left) tussles with Russian Magomed Omarov during their super-heavyweight bout in the Olympic boxing competition. (AFP/Jack Guez)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a1a5fe9b-71f1-41d3-b508-f5c9d888987e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. boxer Dominic Breazeale (left) tussles with Russian Magomed Omarov during their super-heavyweight bout in the Olympic boxing competition. (AFP/Jack Guez)
![Ukrainian rowers Yana Dementieva (front), Anastasiia Kozhenkova, Nataliya Dovgodko, and Kateryna Tarasenko celebrate winning the women's quadruple sculls at the London games. (REUTERS/Natacha Pisarenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/273d0051-005f-43f0-87d2-245bf096199d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian rowers Yana Dementieva (front), Anastasiia Kozhenkova, Nataliya Dovgodko, and Kateryna Tarasenko celebrate winning the women's quadruple sculls at the London games. (REUTERS/Natacha Pisarenko)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) closely follow the action at an Olympics' judo event on August 2. (AFP/Franck Fife)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5280e21e-2bc9-4a02-9575-dd3ad48dd526_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) closely follow the action at an Olympics' judo event on August 2. (AFP/Franck Fife)
![Afghan men sleep after prayer during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Kabul on August 1. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a0c7299e-a0ed-4c5a-a1ff-6eb0cdc4c2ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan men sleep after prayer during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Kabul on August 1. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)
![Men prepare for Iftar, the evening meal for breaking fast, during the holy month of Ramadan at the Memon mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, on August 3. (REUTERS/Athar Hussain)](https://gdb.rferl.org/85040460-9552-4caa-a1e2-d98570dbb67d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men prepare for Iftar, the evening meal for breaking fast, during the holy month of Ramadan at the Memon mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, on August 3. (REUTERS/Athar Hussain)
![Azerbaijani women walk to prayers at the Pink Mosque in Nardaran near Baku on July 30. (AFP/Vano Shlamov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3a43a833-3b9f-4502-bff8-cf3fef1311d4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Azerbaijani women walk to prayers at the Pink Mosque in Nardaran near Baku on July 30. (AFP/Vano Shlamov)
![Pakistani youths sleep on a road median early in the morning in Karachi on August 1. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9907b920-e123-4533-b1bf-08bb1f344b07_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pakistani youths sleep on a road median early in the morning in Karachi on August 1. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro)
![A Syrian woman walks past a building damaged by fighting in the Qaboun district of Damascus on July 31. (Reuters/Omar al-Khani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1304afcf-97cb-4b9c-918f-3ddb87c6d35a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian woman walks past a building damaged by fighting in the Qaboun district of Damascus on July 31. (Reuters/Omar al-Khani)
![A man inspects a destroyed Syrian Army tank in Azaz, some 47 kilometers north of Aleppo on August 3. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a39b49fa-13de-4639-9017-3a8c879266eb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man inspects a destroyed Syrian Army tank in Azaz, some 47 kilometers north of Aleppo on August 3. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)
![A Syrian boy stands at the Zaatari Camp, Jordan's first official camp for Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their country, in Mafraq, near the Syrian border. (AFP/Khalil Mazraawi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e766f2b6-18bd-43dc-8d4e-ec2dcf48d111_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian boy stands at the Zaatari Camp, Jordan's first official camp for Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their country, in Mafraq, near the Syrian border. (AFP/Khalil Mazraawi)