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Photos Of The Week #50
![A pro-EU protester at a camp on Kyiv's Independence Square. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2f1b9834-e73b-4c16-88ce-6fe197f24ea7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-EU protester at a camp on Kyiv's Independence Square. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
![Snow in Ardabil, a city in northwestern Iran. (IRNA)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4c44c512-1b13-452c-8396-02e057005593_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Snow in Ardabil, a city in northwestern Iran. (IRNA)
![Antigovernment protesters attend a rally on Independence Squire in Kyiv on December 13. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f9a8fcff-3c99-4821-9221-82762a223d4d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Antigovernment protesters attend a rally on Independence Squire in Kyiv on December 13. (epa/Zurab Kurtsikidze)
![Helium-filled balloons suspend a Santa Claus figure riding a horse-drawn chariot made of balsa wood, created by artist Nasser Volant, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (Reuters/Charles Platiau)](https://gdb.rferl.org/817aa275-3ec2-49a0-85c7-dc5b519a5c25_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Helium-filled balloons suspend a Santa Claus figure riding a horse-drawn chariot made of balsa wood, created by artist Nasser Volant, near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (Reuters/Charles Platiau)
![A woman walks near a barricade on Khreschatyk Street in central Kyiv, where pro-European integration protesters were barricaded in. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e96e2429-d03b-432f-ac55-0c55ae4dad9f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman walks near a barricade on Khreschatyk Street in central Kyiv, where pro-European integration protesters were barricaded in. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
![A tailor stichtes traditional Chitrali caps as winter season begins in Peshawar, Pakistan. (epa/Bilawal Arbab)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a61747f8-b75f-4a91-bbb7-9bba3f0962a5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A tailor stichtes traditional Chitrali caps as winter season begins in Peshawar, Pakistan. (epa/Bilawal Arbab)
![Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reacts during a visit to the Kremlin to listen to President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address in Moscow. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/396a30d6-a6ca-4396-ab85-ecabeb8c1ad1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reacts during a visit to the Kremlin to listen to President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address in Moscow. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
![Members holding EU and Ukrainian flags vote in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. (AFP/Frederick Florin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c749bbe3-9be8-4d9d-8ae4-0407809b5753_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members holding EU and Ukrainian flags vote in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. (AFP/Frederick Florin)
![Pro-European integration protesters wave flags on Independence Square in Kyiv. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0628d130-fdc7-4e2b-b42b-e2679ffd9646_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pro-European integration protesters wave flags on Independence Square in Kyiv. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)
![A child eats during an event organized by the British Embassy to Romania, Bucharest town hall, and various nongovernmental groups in Bucharest. (Reuters/Bogdan Cristel)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0c0331fc-5fb3-4c91-91aa-aa9af700ba15_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child eats during an event organized by the British Embassy to Romania, Bucharest town hall, and various nongovernmental groups in Bucharest. (Reuters/Bogdan Cristel)
![An usher holds programs with the image of Nelson Mandela on the cover before a memorial service for the late South African antiapartheid icon at the Riverside Church in New York. (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f46f772c-8582-4e3d-bcd7-634b60ec3176_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An usher holds programs with the image of Nelson Mandela on the cover before a memorial service for the late South African antiapartheid icon at the Riverside Church in New York. (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)
![Mourners queue to view the body of former South African President Nelson Mandela as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. (Reuters/GCIS/Handout via Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f964df2c-6c79-4c0f-9565-1c4c20b27d88_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mourners queue to view the body of former South African President Nelson Mandela as he lies in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. (Reuters/GCIS/Handout via Reuters)
![Egyptian riot police are seen during clashes with students who support the Muslim Brotherhood outside the University of Cairo campus. (AFP/Mahmoud Khaled)](https://gdb.rferl.org/de28b9d9-7739-4eba-9538-496571223023_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Egyptian riot police are seen during clashes with students who support the Muslim Brotherhood outside the University of Cairo campus. (AFP/Mahmoud Khaled)
![The Canary Wharf business district of east London seen during a foggy morning in a photograph received via the Metropolitan Police in London. (Reuters/Metropolitan Police@MPSintheSky/Handout via Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/711c868e-548a-451b-889d-2bf5a83d50c2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Canary Wharf business district of east London seen during a foggy morning in a photograph received via the Metropolitan Police in London. (Reuters/Metropolitan Police@MPSintheSky/Handout via Reuters)
![A giant Ferris wheel lights up the night sky for the Christmas holiday season near the fountain on the Place de la Concorde square in Paris. (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5f6c5edd-4361-455e-a6cc-8f0f28496a4b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A giant Ferris wheel lights up the night sky for the Christmas holiday season near the fountain on the Place de la Concorde square in Paris. (Reuters/Jacky Naegelen)
![A boy rests in a wheelbarrow near the home of the late South African President Nelson Mandela in his ancestral village of Qunu. (epa/Nic Bothma)](https://gdb.rferl.org/316720f5-9436-46b6-a7da-622573fb0f32_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy rests in a wheelbarrow near the home of the late South African President Nelson Mandela in his ancestral village of Qunu. (epa/Nic Bothma)
![Afghan internally displaced children look on outside their temporary house on the outskirts of Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)](https://gdb.rferl.org/dc537c37-09d0-47d8-b2da-941e4f4440a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan internally displaced children look on outside their temporary house on the outskirts of Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)
![A man crosses himself as pro-European integration protesters gather in Independence Square in central Kyiv on December 12. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)](https://gdb.rferl.org/130f84f3-0116-4f51-a8ef-47e58b2e2b3c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man crosses himself as pro-European integration protesters gather in Independence Square in central Kyiv on December 12. (Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk)
![A Ukrainian antigovernment protester walks between a riot police line in Kyiv on December 11. (Reuters/Maksim Zveyev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0ebe1ed5-78d4-466f-b97f-e1422f9dc3bb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian antigovernment protester walks between a riot police line in Kyiv on December 11. (Reuters/Maksim Zveyev)
![A Pakistani man and a woman carry tree branches, used as fuel for cooking, on the outskirts of Islamabad, on December 11. (Reuters/Mian Khursheed)](https://gdb.rferl.org/21cdb6b0-d040-44c3-a774-6bbcfff44b92_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani man and a woman carry tree branches, used as fuel for cooking, on the outskirts of Islamabad, on December 11. (Reuters/Mian Khursheed)
![Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood shoot fireworks at a policemen (foreground) during clashes outside the University of Cairo campus on December 11. (AFP/Mahmoud Khaled)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d92ba8a0-6ec7-45e8-8f8c-718f39e88317_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood shoot fireworks at a policemen (foreground) during clashes outside the University of Cairo campus on December 11. (AFP/Mahmoud Khaled)
![Ukrainian antigovernment protesters spray riot police with a water hose to prevent them from entering the City Hall, which they have occupied in Kyiv, on December 11. (Reuters/Valentin Ogirenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c36c3bce-e6cd-48a0-b80c-7b5eab4106ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian antigovernment protesters spray riot police with a water hose to prevent them from entering the City Hall, which they have occupied in Kyiv, on December 11. (Reuters/Valentin Ogirenko)
![An Afghan soldier walks past photographs of victims of war on display to mark Human Rights day at the ruined Darlaman Palace in Kabul on December 10. (AFP/Aref Karimi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/06846122-b6ed-4f93-b573-d1e88c80e02f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan soldier walks past photographs of victims of war on display to mark Human Rights day at the ruined Darlaman Palace in Kabul on December 10. (AFP/Aref Karimi)
![A Syrian child peers over a fence at a refugee camp in Harmanli, 280 kilometers east of Sofia, Bulgaria. (Reuters/Pierre Marsaut)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a89fcad1-0ada-4112-afc9-45db669cd9df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian child peers over a fence at a refugee camp in Harmanli, 280 kilometers east of Sofia, Bulgaria. (Reuters/Pierre Marsaut)
![A man carries a wounded girl who survived what activists say was an air strike by government forces in Aleppo's Al-Ansari al-Sharqi neighborhood on December 9. (Reuters/Ammar Abdullah)](https://gdb.rferl.org/71ada3fc-517a-457a-be8f-b4ffa23ad289_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man carries a wounded girl who survived what activists say was an air strike by government forces in Aleppo's Al-Ansari al-Sharqi neighborhood on December 9. (Reuters/Ammar Abdullah)