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Photos Of The Week #22
![A seagull stands on a statue of Saint Peter as Pope Francis says mass at the Vatican on June 3. (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b352ba17-2576-4eee-9c36-7213cc1a9251_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A seagull stands on a statue of Saint Peter as Pope Francis says mass at the Vatican on June 3. (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)
![Water rises near the Eiffel Tower at the Alma Bridge in Paris on June 3. (AFP/Joel Saget)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7822383b-835e-430f-a4a7-c59520932690_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Water rises near the Eiffel Tower at the Alma Bridge in Paris on June 3. (AFP/Joel Saget)
![A boy, whose brother was killed, reacts at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib province, Syria. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7e543908-b86d-4a2f-8e5c-553441340768_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy, whose brother was killed, reacts at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib province, Syria. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi)
![Gravediggers pose after the first Hungarian grave-digging championship in Debrecen. (epa/Zsolt Czegledi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/74b5fc66-f1a4-4b8b-90a6-c503ae1ba49a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Gravediggers pose after the first Hungarian grave-digging championship in Debrecen. (epa/Zsolt Czegledi)
![A man walks past graffiti depicting U.S. presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vilnius. (Reuters/Ints Kalnins)](https://gdb.rferl.org/030ff20e-fb55-4ae6-ad0c-c784014f13ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks past graffiti depicting U.S. presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vilnius. (Reuters/Ints Kalnins)
![A helicopter conducts a rescue operation amid flooding in Simbach, Germany, on June 1. (epa/Wolfram Zummach)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e30e4e28-8b23-40c9-bee9-3b4df0550006_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A helicopter conducts a rescue operation amid flooding in Simbach, Germany, on June 1. (epa/Wolfram Zummach)
![Oil workers and firemen try to extinguish flames at the Khabbaz oil field some 20 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq. (epa)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0b5455cf-9593-47f8-aa81-42e3b314d788_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Oil workers and firemen try to extinguish flames at the Khabbaz oil field some 20 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq. (epa)
![An Afghan man carries firewood along a road in Kandahar. (AFP/Jawed Tanveer)](https://gdb.rferl.org/12086e61-acc8-4a83-b3f8-a927d0eff93d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan man carries firewood along a road in Kandahar. (AFP/Jawed Tanveer)
![ A woman sells handmade shoes in central Moscow, Russia. (epa/Yuri Kochetkov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ae4bcd01-52c6-4674-b8fa-06883c2e960d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman sells handmade shoes in central Moscow, Russia. (epa/Yuri Kochetkov)
![A pro-Russia separatist cooks food at the destroyed International Airport building in Donetsk, Ukraine. (epa/Alexander Ermochenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8c9586a3-f3d1-4c1e-a1db-26d1e69486d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-Russia separatist cooks food at the destroyed International Airport building in Donetsk, Ukraine. (epa/Alexander Ermochenko)
![Macedonian protesters light flares after they spray paint on the facade of the Justice Ministry building in Skopje, during an antigovernment protest. (epa/Georgi Licovski) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/55640343-c38a-4af1-8111-996ece510cb7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Macedonian protesters light flares after they spray paint on the facade of the Justice Ministry building in Skopje, during an antigovernment protest. (epa/Georgi Licovski)
![Rescue workers investigate a trash dump near the village of Hrybovychi near Lviv on May 30, after three rescuers were missing following a landslide. (epa/Markian Lyseiko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9a7447a1-5dea-43ae-8c47-1f6d2d4f7147_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rescue workers investigate a trash dump near the village of Hrybovychi near Lviv on May 30, after three rescuers were missing following a landslide. (epa/Markian Lyseiko)
![A Pakistani boy collects items from garbage dumps on a roadside in Karachi. According to Pakistan's Human Development Index, over 60 percent of Pakistan's population lives on less than $1 a day. (epa/Shahzaib Akber)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9fd278d0-a487-43b7-b141-983ed94bf3c0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani boy collects items from garbage dumps on a roadside in Karachi. According to Pakistan's Human Development Index, over 60 percent of Pakistan's population lives on less than $1 a day. (epa/Shahzaib Akber)
![Ukrainian military aviator and parliamentary deputy Nadia Savchenko smokes and drinks a coffee near the parliament building before her first session in parliament on May 31 after being freed by Russia as part of a prisoner swap. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7580e9ac-aeed-4c42-9f3b-27f26540bd0b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian military aviator and parliamentary deputy Nadia Savchenko smokes and drinks a coffee near the parliament building before her first session in parliament on May 31 after being freed by Russia as part of a prisoner swap. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
![A statuette is seen in front of a burned residential building housing elderly people after a fire broke out in the village Litochky near Kyiv on May 29. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d1698d7d-e3e6-46af-afe2-8a66d08da535_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A statuette is seen in front of a burned residential building housing elderly people after a fire broke out in the village Litochky near Kyiv on May 29. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
![Ahmed sits next to his daughter Reem, who is suffering disabilities due to injuries sustained in government shelling, at their home in Daraa, Syria. (epa/Mahmud al-Hamza)](https://gdb.rferl.org/83bdff20-45a5-4fdf-b926-41174351f46e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ahmed sits next to his daughter Reem, who is suffering disabilities due to injuries sustained in government shelling, at their home in Daraa, Syria. (epa/Mahmud al-Hamza)
![Pairs of used boots and shoes are displayed during a protest by German dairy farmers demanding a fair price structure for milk products in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on May 30. (Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch )](https://gdb.rferl.org/5e5f1a0e-ae85-4e18-9890-fc8ec91d3782_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pairs of used boots and shoes are displayed during a protest by German dairy farmers demanding a fair price structure for milk products in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on May 30. (Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch )
![A member of the Iraqi security forces fires artillery during clashes with Islamic State militants near Fallujah on May 29. (Reuters/Alaa al-Marjani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1b87ea01-5f7c-4c93-baed-96c171e862eb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of the Iraqi security forces fires artillery during clashes with Islamic State militants near Fallujah on May 29. (Reuters/Alaa al-Marjani)
![Models of the Altyr fashion theater, dressed in Khakas national costumes, climb over a wooden fence during a photo session, as part of the rehearsal for the Tun-Pairam traditional holiday (The Holiday of the First Milk) celebration at a museum preserve outside the village of Kazanovka near Abakan in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin )](https://gdb.rferl.org/1d597c0c-cd29-4440-81f7-1b634d68a6b5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Models of the Altyr fashion theater, dressed in Khakas national costumes, climb over a wooden fence during a photo session, as part of the rehearsal for the Tun-Pairam traditional holiday (The Holiday of the First Milk) celebration at a museum preserve outside the village of Kazanovka near Abakan in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin )