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Photos Of The Week #17
![Christian Orthodox pilgrims pray with their handicapped son inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City during Good Friday celebrations on April 29. (AFP/Thomas Coex)](https://gdb.rferl.org/824809d7-cf44-46c4-8cbe-117f747d1880_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Christian Orthodox pilgrims pray with their handicapped son inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City during Good Friday celebrations on April 29. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
![Pakistani youths cool off in a stream during hot weather on the outskirts of Islamabad. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/45316a27-ede3-4e28-b5da-03aeb732d05a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pakistani youths cool off in a stream during hot weather on the outskirts of Islamabad. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi)
![RussiaN World War II veterans pose for a picture with oil portraits of themselves created by students of Krasnoyarsk Art College as presents for the upcoming Victory Day Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, on April 28. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2223f07d-820f-487a-baa7-34d9da969baf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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RussiaN World War II veterans pose for a picture with oil portraits of themselves created by students of Krasnoyarsk Art College as presents for the upcoming Victory Day Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, on April 28. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)
![Activists of far-right and nationalist groups attempt to damage a monument to Soviet "chekists," officers of a Soviet state security organization, in Kyiv on April 28. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3474d098-e8dd-4ada-9cda-189952db8cff_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Activists of far-right and nationalist groups attempt to damage a monument to Soviet "chekists," officers of a Soviet state security organization, in Kyiv on April 28. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
![An injured woman reacts at a site hit by air strikes in the rebel-held area of Old Aleppo, Syria. (Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a78c43d8-a91e-4f5f-bdfd-b21828ecd083_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An injured woman reacts at a site hit by air strikes in the rebel-held area of Old Aleppo, Syria. (Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail)
![An Afghan car-wash worker waits for customers beside Shuhada Lake in Kabul. (AFP/Wakil Kohsar)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d3eac0e5-25e1-46d3-9103-f2e09ffee9fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan car-wash worker waits for customers beside Shuhada Lake in Kabul. (AFP/Wakil Kohsar)
![A Georgian nun attends a religious service marking Maundy Thursday at the Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi. Maundy Thursday is a Christian feast which always falls on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)](https://gdb.rferl.org/410d3d55-a200-41d1-933a-c885863cd092_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Georgian nun attends a religious service marking Maundy Thursday at the Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi. Maundy Thursday is a Christian feast which always falls on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)
![A woman runs away as Turkish riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators during a protest against a call for the country to adopt a religious constitution in Istanbul on April 26. (AFP/Ozan Kose)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ad24d49c-25d8-41f4-89e9-05211f63beb5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman runs away as Turkish riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators during a protest against a call for the country to adopt a religious constitution in Istanbul on April 26. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
![A boy plays with a ball at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni. (AFP/Joe Klamar)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7c8cafe4-dc35-42d7-8e61-b38a60efd62e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy plays with a ball at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni. (AFP/Joe Klamar)
![Protesters chant slogans during a protest against Afghan politicians and ahead of Mujahedin Victory Day in Kabul on April 6. (AFP/Shah Marai)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3df8c394-f8d0-4189-bc40-9114dbc046a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters chant slogans during a protest against Afghan politicians and ahead of Mujahedin Victory Day in Kabul on April 6. (AFP/Shah Marai)
![Boys cool off under a water fountain on a hot summer evening in New Delhi, India. (Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1afcf6bb-2207-45ca-9199-7999f0e66d30_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boys cool off under a water fountain on a hot summer evening in New Delhi, India. (Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee)
![A Syrian boy who was evacuated with others from two rebel-besieged towns in northwestern Idlib Province is seen standing inside a hospital that was struck by an explosion on the outskirts of the Sayeda Zeinab district, south of Damascus. (Reuters/Omar Sanadiki)](https://gdb.rferl.org/96b4a1dd-8a7a-4b1c-af0b-f2717c84baaa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian boy who was evacuated with others from two rebel-besieged towns in northwestern Idlib Province is seen standing inside a hospital that was struck by an explosion on the outskirts of the Sayeda Zeinab district, south of Damascus. (Reuters/Omar Sanadiki)
![Afghan laborer Sakhidad, 24, works in a chalk factory on the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif. (AFP/Farshad Usyan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a07b4b0c-a792-4633-ad7b-f08e405d9572_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan laborer Sakhidad, 24, works in a chalk factory on the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif. (AFP/Farshad Usyan)
![A wax figure depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) is displayed at a wax sculptures exhibition in St. Petersburg. (epa/Anatoly Maltsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d4d5e88e-0b43-4307-b059-39c68d4cd0ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A wax figure depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) is displayed at a wax sculptures exhibition in St. Petersburg. (epa/Anatoly Maltsev)
![Kyrgyz military personnel display their skills during an exercise at a military base near Bishkek. (epa/Igor Kovalenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6c01545e-b3fb-4b37-9621-b9fe15c05838_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kyrgyz military personnel display their skills during an exercise at a military base near Bishkek. (epa/Igor Kovalenko)
![People take part in a pillow fight during a flash mob in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5cbec5bb-7c42-4b46-8dce-2504ef03ca59_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People take part in a pillow fight during a flash mob in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
![Syrian civil defense volunteers evacuate a family from a damaged building following a reported air strike on April 24 in the rebel-held neighborhood of Tareeq al-Bab in the northern city of Aleppo. (AFP/Ameer Alhalbi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0184901b-95b2-4317-b4ba-616622bfb48f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian civil defense volunteers evacuate a family from a damaged building following a reported air strike on April 24 in the rebel-held neighborhood of Tareeq al-Bab in the northern city of Aleppo. (AFP/Ameer Alhalbi)
![A doll and shoes lay on a bench in a nursery school in the "ghost town" of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 24. April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the disaster. (AFP/Genya Savilov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6f5cd54a-a02e-4ddb-8034-0fa4a091cd96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A doll and shoes lay on a bench in a nursery school in the "ghost town" of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 24. April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the disaster. (AFP/Genya Savilov)
![People cheer and wave flags as Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan arrives at a rally in Islamabad. (Reuters/Caren Firouz)](https://gdb.rferl.org/46d48879-e180-4ec0-ab76-a1684c58d0ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People cheer and wave flags as Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan arrives at a rally in Islamabad. (Reuters/Caren Firouz)