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Photos Of The Week #47
![Russian inmates watch a performance by Russian clown and cat trainer Yury Kuklachev at Kolpino prison outside St. Petersburg. (AFP/Olga Maltseva)](https://gdb.rferl.org/418f10cd-acad-407f-9007-3afc44ad981c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian inmates watch a performance by Russian clown and cat trainer Yury Kuklachev at Kolpino prison outside St. Petersburg. (AFP/Olga Maltseva)
![Supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan gather during the JI party convention in Lahore on November 21. (AFP/Arif Ali)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e8d769f2-7a6d-4ea6-9272-70d82c283d6e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan gather during the JI party convention in Lahore on November 21. (AFP/Arif Ali)
![A windsurfer wipes out in the Atlantic Ocean off of Cape Town, South Africa. (epa/Nic Bothma)](https://gdb.rferl.org/aa9eb838-2c1f-423d-8402-2479f095f99d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A windsurfer wipes out in the Atlantic Ocean off of Cape Town, South Africa. (epa/Nic Bothma)
![Palestinian youths practice parkour outside the Dome of the Rock mosque at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound following Friday Prayers in the Old City of Jerusalem. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8c7dcd27-0057-4422-a141-cd1df7bdf5a4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Palestinian youths practice parkour outside the Dome of the Rock mosque at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound following Friday Prayers in the Old City of Jerusalem. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
![An internally displaced woman waits out the fighting in a shelter in Donetsk, Ukraine. (Reuters/Antonio Bronic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a9f7a5f0-6298-4131-b3bf-4d93356bf154_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An internally displaced woman waits out the fighting in a shelter in Donetsk, Ukraine. (Reuters/Antonio Bronic)
![Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (left) warmly greets visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Kyiv. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a883a7c8-b9bc-4f6c-a9ab-bc792bafdfa0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (left) warmly greets visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Kyiv. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
![Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani smile as they play in a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa Province, Turkey. (Reuters/Osman Orsal)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4c7e8e6d-5105-4038-b6e4-6893e0159970_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani smile as they play in a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa Province, Turkey. (Reuters/Osman Orsal)
![A home is covered in snow in a neighborhood just south of Buffalo, New York, following a massive winter storm that dumped more than 1.5 meters of snow on the area. (epa/Mark Webster)](https://gdb.rferl.org/813c27b7-5943-47bf-b4f1-05f004805b48_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A home is covered in snow in a neighborhood just south of Buffalo, New York, following a massive winter storm that dumped more than 1.5 meters of snow on the area. (epa/Mark Webster)
![ A home is covered in snow in a neighborhood just south of Buffalo, New York, following an overnight winter storm that dumped a reported 5 feet (1.5 meters) of lake-effect snow on the area in Hamburg on Npvember 19. (epa/Mark Webster)](https://gdb.rferl.org/31061320-2908-4f28-b8d9-fe4693a7688f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A home is covered in snow in a neighborhood just south of Buffalo, New York, following an overnight winter storm that dumped a reported 5 feet (1.5 meters) of lake-effect snow on the area in Hamburg on Npvember 19. (epa/Mark Webster)
![A boy searches for onions amid grocery waste in Peshawar, Pakistan. (epa/Bilawal Arbab)](https://gdb.rferl.org/23763e5f-d536-4bc1-8810-4cd2319f52f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy searches for onions amid grocery waste in Peshawar, Pakistan. (epa/Bilawal Arbab)
![This photograph shows the journey of Rosetta’s Philae lander as it approached and then rebounded from its first touchdown on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on November 12. (European Space Agency)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7e98d225-87e9-4bc9-9bbb-0b4ab039e47a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This photograph shows the journey of Rosetta’s Philae lander as it approached and then rebounded from its first touchdown on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on November 12. (European Space Agency)
![A bust of the late Czech President Vaclav Havel was unveiled in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (AFP/Getty Images/Drew Angerer)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a35eb48e-b4d0-406f-8c27-f68e37461aac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bust of the late Czech President Vaclav Havel was unveiled in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (AFP/Getty Images/Drew Angerer)
![A man dyes threads to be used in weaving carpets at a factory in Kabul. (epa/Hedayatullah Amid)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0c0d66f7-9d2e-4524-a081-f0ab57993d60_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man dyes threads to be used in weaving carpets at a factory in Kabul. (epa/Hedayatullah Amid)
![A pro-Russian militant poses in front of a tank captured from Ukrainian forces in the eastern town of Ilovaysk, some 40 kilometers east of Donetsk. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ecb89c07-ca9a-4b0c-ba35-5034e92f7336_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-Russian militant poses in front of a tank captured from Ukrainian forces in the eastern town of Ilovaysk, some 40 kilometers east of Donetsk. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
![Ultra-Orthodox Jews mourn near the bodies of the victims of an attack by two Palestinians on Jewish worshippers. Four Israelis were killed at a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox Har Nof neighborhood in Jerusalem. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6d223fd7-8b11-44a7-a2f6-6f5e25ca5046_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews mourn near the bodies of the victims of an attack by two Palestinians on Jewish worshippers. Four Israelis were killed at a synagogue in the ultra-Orthodox Har Nof neighborhood in Jerusalem. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)
![Women place candles near an Orthodox church in Minsk to protest against abortion, which is legal in Belarus. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)](https://gdb.rferl.org/324f2350-f4e0-4aa6-9937-f83b4f6eb02d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women place candles near an Orthodox church in Minsk to protest against abortion, which is legal in Belarus. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)
![An Afghan girl harvests cotton buds in a field in Balkh Province. (epa/Sayed Mustafa)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5a72ba91-d0a5-4328-a51d-434d200ab911_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan girl harvests cotton buds in a field in Balkh Province. (epa/Sayed Mustafa)
![Security guards hold up umbrellas as people throw eggs and tomatoes at Czech President Milos Zeman (center) before the unveiling of a plaque on the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Protestes are upset with Zeman's pro-Russian stance and his use of foul language in public. (AFP/Rene Volfik)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f35a0272-0723-41d2-8851-4f9f83854252_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Security guards hold up umbrellas as people throw eggs and tomatoes at Czech President Milos Zeman (center) before the unveiling of a plaque on the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Protestes are upset with Zeman's pro-Russian stance and his use of foul language in public. (AFP/Rene Volfik)
![Demonstrators show symbolic red cards to Czech President Milos Zeman during a protest rally in Prague on November 17 amid events marking the 25th annniversary of the country's Velvet Revolution. Protesters accuse the country's present-day leaders of once again cozying up to Russia. (Reuters/David W. Cerny)](https://gdb.rferl.org/438cbb87-da4f-4720-b634-4e16561387f5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Demonstrators show symbolic red cards to Czech President Milos Zeman during a protest rally in Prague on November 17 amid events marking the 25th annniversary of the country's Velvet Revolution. Protesters accuse the country's present-day leaders of once again cozying up to Russia. (Reuters/David W. Cerny)
![Iranian schoolgirls attend a parliament session in Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f2460258-0c7a-4606-9deb-72e5f7483d67_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian schoolgirls attend a parliament session in Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
![U.S. astronaut Terry Virts (left), Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center), and the European Space Agency's Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti pose in front of the Soyuz TMA-15M space vehicle at its launch pad in Kazakhstan. The three are due to blast off for the International Space Station on November 23. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3335a1ce-eb0f-40b3-ac59-89a5d6846a8f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. astronaut Terry Virts (left), Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center), and the European Space Agency's Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti pose in front of the Soyuz TMA-15M space vehicle at its launch pad in Kazakhstan. The three are due to blast off for the International Space Station on November 23. (AFP)
![An Israeli police officer gestures as he holds a weapon near the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue. Two suspected Palestinian men armed with axes and knives killed four people before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such attack in the city in years. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b91a2259-af75-422c-ad53-89a9c96b1515_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Israeli police officer gestures as he holds a weapon near the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue. Two suspected Palestinian men armed with axes and knives killed four people before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such attack in the city in years. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)
![A Kurdish refugee from the Syrian town of Kobani washes her daughter at a camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa Province, Turkey. (Reuters/Osman Orsal)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0d4f4f4c-71f9-4337-a767-19e8da1c079a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Kurdish refugee from the Syrian town of Kobani washes her daughter at a camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa Province, Turkey. (Reuters/Osman Orsal)
![An Afghan man works at a coal shop in Herat's old city. (AFP/Aref Karimipotw)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cf98c759-b33d-486e-8d5d-b2e2709d8b9a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan man works at a coal shop in Herat's old city. (AFP/Aref Karimipotw)