From ceremonies honoring the victims of 9/11 in the U.S. to new tragedies and Muslim-world unrest.
Photos Of The Week -- September 8-14
![A performer cycles in the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. (Reuters/Toby Melville)](https://gdb.rferl.org/eaeba5ba-1b95-4c58-b46b-eedddce695f5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A performer cycles in the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. (Reuters/Toby Melville)
![A woman sells head scarves near a wall decorated with the Russian national emblem in central Moscow. (AFP/Andrei Smirnov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7be446e7-af61-449b-9c7c-78e2d392f22e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman sells head scarves near a wall decorated with the Russian national emblem in central Moscow. (AFP/Andrei Smirnov)
![U.S. President Barack Obama holds on as he is hugged and picked up by a supporter while campaigning across Florida. (Reuters/Larry Downing)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7b8ea729-2fa9-43c0-a9bb-e298f3e15f1e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. President Barack Obama holds on as he is hugged and picked up by a supporter while campaigning across Florida. (Reuters/Larry Downing)
![Boys play soccer on a hill in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)](https://gdb.rferl.org/60a48075-c6c1-4151-a4c4-ac00198cdf65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boys play soccer on a hill in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
![The Tribute in Light illuminates the sky over Lower Manhattan in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks on their 11th anniversary. (Reuters/Eric Thayer)](https://gdb.rferl.org/92c51dc6-9fe5-403b-b527-76bc0f4d7e57_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Tribute in Light illuminates the sky over Lower Manhattan in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks on their 11th anniversary. (Reuters/Eric Thayer)
![A Syrian woman walks past a destroyed building while reaching a food distribution center in Aleppo. (AFP/Marco Longari)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3d7a700a-600d-403d-8055-88ccadb44864_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian woman walks past a destroyed building while reaching a food distribution center in Aleppo. (AFP/Marco Longari)
![Villagers from a local Pashtun tribe transport grain through a settlement near Kandahar Air Field, in Afghanistan. (AFP/Tony Karumba)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d8432eec-f03f-4102-a764-f63252513cf8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Villagers from a local Pashtun tribe transport grain through a settlement near Kandahar Air Field, in Afghanistan. (AFP/Tony Karumba)
![A homeless man sleeps on stairs in front of a billboard reading, "Kyiv -- Without Lies," in the center of the Ukrainian capital. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8bfcc840-3c7c-456b-90ee-48d15a0c6b1c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A homeless man sleeps on stairs in front of a billboard reading, "Kyiv -- Without Lies," in the center of the Ukrainian capital. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
![A video still from a trailer for a film project called "Innocence of Muslims," which mocked Islam and its prophet and, after being dubbed into Arab, ignited Muslim protests that turned deadly in some cases.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0b61223d-d8ae-487c-8bd8-b7b744613722_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A video still from a trailer for a film project called "Innocence of Muslims," which mocked Islam and its prophet and, after being dubbed into Arab, ignited Muslim protests that turned deadly in some cases.
![A woman holds a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest near the Swiss Embassy in Tehran against a film trailer mocking Islam. (AFP/Atta Kenare)](https://gdb.rferl.org/70566ea0-a3ba-40ce-bed2-df107043fb2b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman holds a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest near the Swiss Embassy in Tehran against a film trailer mocking Islam. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
![Protesters run as riot police fire tear gas at them outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3006386-9a5e-46fe-963a-362dca1f5b98_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters run as riot police fire tear gas at them outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)
![Protesters tear down a U.S. flag at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, after the outbreak of violence over a privately made film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f7adb8a8-4a71-4484-a346-011d91b9fa67_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters tear down a U.S. flag at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, after the outbreak of violence over a privately made film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad. (AFP)
![An armed man reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is seen in flames in an incident that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (Reuters/Esam al-Fetori)](https://gdb.rferl.org/484b1db9-dcf1-475b-8444-5a72fdfe3fae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An armed man reacts as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is seen in flames in an incident that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (Reuters/Esam al-Fetori)
![A woman reacts as she holds her daughter during an air strike by Syrian air forces near her home in the Ahad neighborhood of Aleppo. (AFP/Sam Tarling)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fbc7253c-17fa-47dd-8b35-86d50debcdb0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman reacts as she holds her daughter during an air strike by Syrian air forces near her home in the Ahad neighborhood of Aleppo. (AFP/Sam Tarling)
![Ambulances and fire brigades outside the area where a fire at a garment factory in Karachi, Pakistan, killed at least 258 people. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ed1ba73e-60b1-4286-8713-f03b5e621be5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ambulances and fire brigades outside the area where a fire at a garment factory in Karachi, Pakistan, killed at least 258 people. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)
![Armenians in Moscow demonstrate to condemn the recent pardoning in Baku of an Azerbaijani soldier who killed an Armenian officer during a NATO training course in 2004. (AFP/Andrei Smirnov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/491fe059-9bc5-48e1-87e0-7d4edf6683ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Armenians in Moscow demonstrate to condemn the recent pardoning in Baku of an Azerbaijani soldier who killed an Armenian officer during a NATO training course in 2004. (AFP/Andrei Smirnov)
![A woman walks by a poster of Pope Benedict XVI before the Roman Catholic pontiff's visit to Lebanon. (Reuters/Jamal Saidi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3244103d-43df-4392-9ce3-6c12505b9a5b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman walks by a poster of Pope Benedict XVI before the Roman Catholic pontiff's visit to Lebanon. (Reuters/Jamal Saidi)
![Afghan villagers hide their faces as a patrol by U.S. Army soldiers passes through the village of Qalacha in Kandahar. (AFP/Tony Karumba)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1254f182-3f59-48b9-aef7-e8e08d96d1b8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan villagers hide their faces as a patrol by U.S. Army soldiers passes through the village of Qalacha in Kandahar. (AFP/Tony Karumba)
![A U.S. Army soldier walks past an open graveyard in Nevay-deh, a short distance from the Lindsey forward operating base in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan. (AFP/Tony Karumba)](https://gdb.rferl.org/34c2d7e5-ef3a-48bd-a7bd-8c8be7623448_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A U.S. Army soldier walks past an open graveyard in Nevay-deh, a short distance from the Lindsey forward operating base in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan. (AFP/Tony Karumba)