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Photos Of The Week #53
![Marchers hold torches during a march in Lviv on January 1, 2016, as they mark the 107th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian politician and one of the leaders of Ukrainian national movement in western Ukraine. (AFP/Yuriy Dyachyshyn)](https://gdb.rferl.org/39cc28bd-0898-4807-aeab-b415eaf1c999_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Marchers hold torches during a march in Lviv on January 1, 2016, as they mark the 107th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian politician and one of the leaders of Ukrainian national movement in western Ukraine. (AFP/Yuriy Dyachyshyn)
![Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai on January 1, 2016, in the aftermath of a huge fire that engulfed several floors of the building. (AFP/Marwan Naamani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/83d7d4a7-4ca7-4758-b324-c2575a8ab413_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke billows from the Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai on January 1, 2016, in the aftermath of a huge fire that engulfed several floors of the building. (AFP/Marwan Naamani)
![Fireworks light up the sky over Sydney's Opera House and Harbor Bridge during New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia, on January 1, 2016. (AFP/Saeed Khan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8a4f24dc-da45-46c0-8e92-e2dd839abc7d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fireworks light up the sky over Sydney's Opera House and Harbor Bridge during New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia, on January 1, 2016. (AFP/Saeed Khan)
![Women dressed as "Snegurochka" (Snow Maiden) look at a mobile phone during the New Year's parade in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on December 31. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/58d845ab-302f-42df-ab46-a5003b94f61b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women dressed as "Snegurochka" (Snow Maiden) look at a mobile phone during the New Year's parade in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on December 31. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)
![A Naga boy sells an eagle on the eve of the New Year in Kohima, Nagaland state, India, on December 31. (epa/Rajat Gupta)](https://gdb.rferl.org/59f0c11a-3b00-4856-a5a4-5843552961dc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Naga boy sells an eagle on the eve of the New Year in Kohima, Nagaland state, India, on December 31. (epa/Rajat Gupta)
![People hold balloons to release them at the turn of the New Year at a hotel in front of the landmark Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Japan, on December 31. (Reuters/Thomas Peter)](https://gdb.rferl.org/62e7471b-7a98-4b08-95e0-aed08f0eaec4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People hold balloons to release them at the turn of the New Year at a hotel in front of the landmark Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Japan, on December 31. (Reuters/Thomas Peter)
![Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House as part of celebrations in Australia's largest city to usher in the new year on December 31. (Reuters/Jason Reed)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2a991c94-1b21-4ab5-b34b-e15d21a5fc3c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House as part of celebrations in Australia's largest city to usher in the new year on December 31. (Reuters/Jason Reed)
![South Korean policemen detain a protester who was one of several demonstrators who tried to enter the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on December 31. (epa/Yang Ji-Woong)](https://gdb.rferl.org/356991e3-537a-4d1b-8622-bbfc3a138d0f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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South Korean policemen detain a protester who was one of several demonstrators who tried to enter the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on December 31. (epa/Yang Ji-Woong)
![A woman mourns during a commemoration for the victims of fire in a Bucharest nightclub where 63 people were killed and over a hundred injured on December 30 last year. (AFP/Andrei Pingovschi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5d11b07e-237f-4af6-a4df-bd814c03870d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman mourns during a commemoration for the victims of fire in a Bucharest nightclub where 63 people were killed and over a hundred injured on December 30 last year. (AFP/Andrei Pingovschi)
![A Coca-Cola beverages factory after Saudi-led air strikes destroyed it in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on December 30. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)](https://gdb.rferl.org/253abafa-6df0-4880-be20-04d73f49340c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Coca-Cola beverages factory after Saudi-led air strikes destroyed it in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on December 30. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)
![Students hold portraits of deceased former South Korean "comfort women," who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army in World War II, during a weekly anti-Japan rally in front of Tokyo's embassy in Seoul on December 30. (Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji)](https://gdb.rferl.org/75d01c73-f98e-4b02-b911-052c2df2e4a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Students hold portraits of deceased former South Korean "comfort women," who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army in World War II, during a weekly anti-Japan rally in front of Tokyo's embassy in Seoul on December 30. (Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji)
![U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (left) reacts to cheers from the crowd as she takes the stage at a campaign town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on December 29. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7066717f-b1b8-4f53-80ca-f42c3571ed12_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (left) reacts to cheers from the crowd as she takes the stage at a campaign town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on December 29. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
![People run away from tear gas and water cannons as they protest against curfews on December 29 in the restive Turkish town of Diyarbakir on December 29. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0aa8d728-0ea8-4d82-aec5-197e827476e1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People run away from tear gas and water cannons as they protest against curfews on December 29 in the restive Turkish town of Diyarbakir on December 29. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)
![An employee of a private contractor is silhouetted against the sky as he works on power lines in Mumbai, India, on December 29. (epa/Divyakant Solanki)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0e08c9ea-6887-49ee-a3cb-e040431d37b0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An employee of a private contractor is silhouetted against the sky as he works on power lines in Mumbai, India, on December 29. (epa/Divyakant Solanki)
![Migrants travel travel on foot from Macedonia to a camp for the temporary acceptance of migrants in the village Miratovac on the border between Serbia and Macedonia. (epa/Jordje Savic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b981f4c9-1744-4f2a-914c-22b374205b84_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Migrants travel travel on foot from Macedonia to a camp for the temporary acceptance of migrants in the village Miratovac on the border between Serbia and Macedonia. (epa/Jordje Savic)
![Artists pass in front of an ice sculpture of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on December 29.](https://gdb.rferl.org/3bf16491-bae5-42bd-9a9e-66126a2beed6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Artists pass in front of an ice sculpture of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on December 29.
![An internally-displaced Afghan woman holds a child as she sits in front of her tent at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Herat. (AFP/Aref Karimi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d7ede49a-cf9b-4f45-932a-64b028623079_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An internally-displaced Afghan woman holds a child as she sits in front of her tent at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Herat. (AFP/Aref Karimi)
![Flames burn trees near houses during a fire earlier this week that damaged woodland near Bilbao in Spain. (epa/Miguel Tona)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cc180eee-aefe-4dcc-8ffb-57899624b738_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Flames burn trees near houses during a fire earlier this week that damaged woodland near Bilbao in Spain. (epa/Miguel Tona)
![Cars are seen submerged under flood water on a residential street in the northern English town of York on December 28 after the Ouse River burst its banks. (Reuters/Andrew Yates)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b667437f-f668-4e5a-9c20-c87da03d034e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cars are seen submerged under flood water on a residential street in the northern English town of York on December 28 after the Ouse River burst its banks. (Reuters/Andrew Yates)
![A man walks in a park in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, which is covered in snow this week. (RFE/RL)](https://gdb.rferl.org/280f7ab5-dea7-41ef-ba48-89d476f552bc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks in a park in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, which is covered in snow this week. (RFE/RL)