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Photos Of The Week #22
![Participants of the Khamoro World Roma Festival dance through the historical center of Prague. (Reuters/David Cerny)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6589f910-ad0b-4aba-9a50-eeefae41dd69_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants of the Khamoro World Roma Festival dance through the historical center of Prague. (Reuters/David Cerny)
![Mock rioters (left) throw fake bricks at police officers in riot gear during an antiterrorist drill in Beijing (Reuters/China Daily)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3cf927b-eee0-44ba-b252-cf1a6015fd95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mock rioters (left) throw fake bricks at police officers in riot gear during an antiterrorist drill in Beijing (Reuters/China Daily)
![A Russian Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew blasts off from the launch pad at Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 29. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/bfaff5ed-c169-4786-a87b-e431564e989e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Russian Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew blasts off from the launch pad at Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 29. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to people during a visit to a construction site of a resort for scientists in an undated photo provided by North Korean officials. (Reuters/KCNA)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7ebbb8e5-761d-4acd-8f77-80a0011a7c32_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to people during a visit to a construction site of a resort for scientists in an undated photo provided by North Korean officials. (Reuters/KCNA)
![Azerbaijani military academy cadets parade to mark the nation's Republic Day in central Baku on May 28. (AFP/Tofik Babayev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/aeb1fca6-9718-4707-b475-8e147d81d7fa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Azerbaijani military academy cadets parade to mark the nation's Republic Day in central Baku on May 28. (AFP/Tofik Babayev)
![An Afghan immigrant wipes his eyes as French police evacuate him and others from an improvised camp in Calais on May 28. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2c08355e-2243-4817-b63d-eab172811856_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan immigrant wipes his eyes as French police evacuate him and others from an improvised camp in Calais on May 28. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)
![A man sleeps at a bus stop near Independence Square in downtown Kyiv. (epa/Yuri Kochetkov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/90b46bb0-24e8-46b9-992f-641988d1df77_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man sleeps at a bus stop near Independence Square in downtown Kyiv. (epa/Yuri Kochetkov)
![A girl plays in front of a destroyed truck, which was previously used by pro-Russian militants before being bombed by Ukrainian army soldiers, in Donetsk on May 27. (epa/Jakub Kaminski)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cb39afcc-453e-490a-9819-36fc34a8302e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl plays in front of a destroyed truck, which was previously used by pro-Russian militants before being bombed by Ukrainian army soldiers, in Donetsk on May 27. (epa/Jakub Kaminski)
![An Afghan boy runs with donkeys on the road to Bagram Airfield in Parwan on May 26. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)](https://gdb.rferl.org/22e6d6a3-e572-4c78-85e1-ffba489e0aaa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan boy runs with donkeys on the road to Bagram Airfield in Parwan on May 26. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
![An Iraqi girl rides a cart carrying bricks near the central shrine city of Najaf. (AFP/Haidar Mamdani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d9f702c3-ce83-4c7d-9265-7f65b2ddaf7d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iraqi girl rides a cart carrying bricks near the central shrine city of Najaf. (AFP/Haidar Mamdani)
![An Orthodox priest baptizes a baby at a church inside the Doctor Voino-Yasenetsky Saint Luka train, which serves as a free consultative and diagnostic medical centre, at a railway station of Divnogorsk, outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ad5f5cb6-ef80-46b6-a954-e83289443ac8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Orthodox priest baptizes a baby at a church inside the Doctor Voino-Yasenetsky Saint Luka train, which serves as a free consultative and diagnostic medical centre, at a railway station of Divnogorsk, outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)
![A bloodstained icon of Jesus is seen among shattered glass atop a wrecked KamAZ truck near the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine following a gunbattle on May 26-27. (Reuters/Yannis Behrakis)](https://gdb.rferl.org/dbf6fa39-99ec-4423-bf9e-3f2956cd3b91_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bloodstained icon of Jesus is seen among shattered glass atop a wrecked KamAZ truck near the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine following a gunbattle on May 26-27. (Reuters/Yannis Behrakis)
![An Orthodox priest conducts a blessing in front of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft set on the launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/02984ac9-a3c4-4611-b98b-1d56270528cb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Orthodox priest conducts a blessing in front of the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft set on the launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
![A pro-Russian militant takes up a position inside the international airport of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 26. (AFP/Aleksandr Khudoteply)](https://gdb.rferl.org/be5d8ee1-b37c-49cf-91c9-506b53fcdcc2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-Russian militant takes up a position inside the international airport of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 26. (AFP/Aleksandr Khudoteply)
![A journalist of TV Belsat (2nd right) and locals stand in a basement during a mortar barrage in the eastern Ukrainian village of Semyonovka, outside Slovyansk, on May 26. (epa/Jakub Kaminski)](https://gdb.rferl.org/46f994fa-d9ba-4ef8-bb76-2155262ad8ae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A journalist of TV Belsat (2nd right) and locals stand in a basement during a mortar barrage in the eastern Ukrainian village of Semyonovka, outside Slovyansk, on May 26. (epa/Jakub Kaminski)
![An Orthodox priest holds a service as pro-Russian militants pray in the village of Senyonovka, near the eastern city of Slovyansk, Ukraine. (AFP/Viktor Drachev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a4b58b51-f374-4d6a-99ab-9ed3d7846227_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Orthodox priest holds a service as pro-Russian militants pray in the village of Senyonovka, near the eastern city of Slovyansk, Ukraine. (AFP/Viktor Drachev)
![Pope Francis prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on May 26. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)](https://gdb.rferl.org/645c17b3-5675-4d44-8c6f-887739a12e7e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on May 26. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
![Georgian troops take part in a military parade marking the country's Independence Day in Tbilisi on May 26. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)](https://gdb.rferl.org/67cd3021-97de-4242-bcf2-645a36bc4ca0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Georgian troops take part in a military parade marking the country's Independence Day in Tbilisi on May 26. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)
![Boys look through the barrel of the multiple rocket launcher during the military parade marking the country's Independence Day in Tbilisi. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)](https://gdb.rferl.org/440cc944-c8ae-4765-946b-85df271daeb4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boys look through the barrel of the multiple rocket launcher during the military parade marking the country's Independence Day in Tbilisi. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)
![Shi'ite pilgrims gather at Imam Mussa al-Kadhim shrine to mark his death anniversary in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district on May 25. (Reuters/Wissm al-Okili)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2aa53eeb-09be-4108-b54a-6f16d6a9cee4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shi'ite pilgrims gather at Imam Mussa al-Kadhim shrine to mark his death anniversary in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district on May 25. (Reuters/Wissm al-Okili)
![An Afghan migrant looks out the window of his makeshift shelter at the harbour in Calais, France. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e2be4cca-4e3c-4a76-b608-d0e803b6503a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan migrant looks out the window of his makeshift shelter at the harbour in Calais, France. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)
![A child looks out as voters fill out ballot papers in booths during voting in the presidential election at a polling station in the northern Ukrainian village of Kodra on May 25. (Reuters/Konstantin Chernichkin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/458eefba-11c0-4dcb-a485-01985c873541_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child looks out as voters fill out ballot papers in booths during voting in the presidential election at a polling station in the northern Ukrainian village of Kodra on May 25. (Reuters/Konstantin Chernichkin)
![Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (3rd left) queues to collect his ballot papers during voting in the presidential election at a polling station in Kyiv on May 25. (Reuters/Andrew Kravchenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fefcc1bc-bf25-47b4-84c3-b7a92469f74e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (3rd left) queues to collect his ballot papers during voting in the presidential election at a polling station in Kyiv on May 25. (Reuters/Andrew Kravchenko)