Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 51st week of 2014. For more photo galleries, see our "Picture This" archive.
Photos Of The Week #51
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A St. George ribbon, a symbol of victory in WWII and a symbol widely associated with pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, on an electronic information panel displaying currency exchange rates in Moscow on December 15, when the Russian currency tumbled around 10 percent. (EPA/Maxim Shipenkov)
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A woman walks pushing a baby stroller between the rubble of destroyed buildings in the besieged rebel bastion of Douma, Syria. (AFP/Abd Doumany)
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Supporters of Imran Khan, the head of opposition political party Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, wave the national flag during a protest against the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz in Lahore. (EPA/Omer Saleem)
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An Iranian woman walks past mannequins locked to a gas pipe in northern Tehran. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)
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Dragan Covic, Croat member of Bosnia's tripartite interethnic presidency, kisses the hand of Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican. (AFP Photo Pool/Tony Gentile)
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Children and their parents watch a New Year's performance at a children's hematological and oncological center in Minsk. (AFP/Maxim Malinovsky)
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Santa Claus and children at a humanitarian event for mothers with children in Montenegro. (RFE/RL's Savo Prelevic)
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Internally displaced Afghan children stand outside a temporary shelter in Herat as temperatures signal the coming of winter. (EPA/Jalil Rezayee)