Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the eighth week of 2017. For more photo galleries, see our Picture This archive.
Photos Of The Week #8
![Artist German Vinogradov acts in a performance staged in honor of a pagan holiday marking the end of winter. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/de70f9c8-7172-4bcf-a1b8-d4f5293a76b6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Artist German Vinogradov acts in a performance staged in honor of a pagan holiday marking the end of winter. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
![Students stand among plum blossoms in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China. (China Daily/via Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e9ad30a8-e25c-4700-a2dd-048949e8dd5e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Students stand among plum blossoms in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China. (China Daily/via Reuters)
![Iraqi families who fled the front line gather in the village of Al-Buseif, south of Mosul, during an offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the western side of the city from Islamic State fighters. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)](https://gdb.rferl.org/bfd49292-a5fc-468f-9150-ff58b94082ce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iraqi families who fled the front line gather in the village of Al-Buseif, south of Mosul, during an offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the western side of the city from Islamic State fighters. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
![Svetlana Tseyko feeds a 10-month-old moose named Grisha in a courtyard in the village of Abramy, some 160 kilometers northwest of Minsk. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4d33a4aa-5bf4-41f3-a42e-a80427955d21_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Svetlana Tseyko feeds a 10-month-old moose named Grisha in a courtyard in the village of Abramy, some 160 kilometers northwest of Minsk. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)
![An Iraqi boy who just fled a village controlled by Islamic State fighters cries as he sits with his family inside a bus before heading to a camp for the displaced near Mosul. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)](https://gdb.rferl.org/762e1459-3e16-4663-bdf9-df3480ccada4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iraqi boy who just fled a village controlled by Islamic State fighters cries as he sits with his family inside a bus before heading to a camp for the displaced near Mosul. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)
![A visitor sits next to an artwork titled Blu Guy Sitting, made from 21,682 Lego bricks by U.S. artist Nathan Sawaya in Moscow. (epa/Sergei Ilnitsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1c31d45b-fda2-4acf-b9c7-690dbb1f9183_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A visitor sits next to an artwork titled Blu Guy Sitting, made from 21,682 Lego bricks by U.S. artist Nathan Sawaya in Moscow. (epa/Sergei Ilnitsky)
![A structure burns after being set alight by protesters preparing to evacuate the main opposition camp against the Dakota Access oil pipeline near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (Reuters/Terray Sylvester)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7138646c-e4d8-4a1e-9e8c-8bed67d651f9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A structure burns after being set alight by protesters preparing to evacuate the main opposition camp against the Dakota Access oil pipeline near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (Reuters/Terray Sylvester)
![Half-naked participants run in the Real Men's Race to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day in Minsk on February 23. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/afd3c435-3b86-4993-9aa3-9abfd0493c21_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Half-naked participants run in the Real Men's Race to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day in Minsk on February 23. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1e13cd7-79f9-4741-a140-ad8ebded204c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
![Supporters of various Ukrainian nationalist parties light smoke bombs as they chant slogans during a rally in front of Ukrainian parliament in central Kyiv on February 22. (AFP/Genya Savilov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ce1c431f-3d62-45a7-b434-21cd36fcd54f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of various Ukrainian nationalist parties light smoke bombs as they chant slogans during a rally in front of Ukrainian parliament in central Kyiv on February 22. (AFP/Genya Savilov)
![An insurgent fighter fires a heavy machine gun in the rebel-held area of Harasta, on the northeastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP/Amer Almohibany)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e7947b21-bb69-4c05-aec4-cfe46a2ac223_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An insurgent fighter fires a heavy machine gun in the rebel-held area of Harasta, on the northeastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP/Amer Almohibany)
![A picture taken near the village of Gibina, shows the hull of a boat next to a fence set up along the Slovenian-Croatian border. (AFP/Jure Makovec)](https://gdb.rferl.org/716451e0-21f2-4e0c-aad3-cc7df75fd0c0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A picture taken near the village of Gibina, shows the hull of a boat next to a fence set up along the Slovenian-Croatian border. (AFP/Jure Makovec)
![Orthodox priests and worshipers take part in a procession commemorating the third anniversary of the Ukrainian pro-EU Euromaidan mass protests in 2014 in central Kyiv on February 20. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6ebab0dc-7c92-43d6-ae67-114c3ed08765_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Orthodox priests and worshipers take part in a procession commemorating the third anniversary of the Ukrainian pro-EU Euromaidan mass protests in 2014 in central Kyiv on February 20. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
![ A member of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent runs as he searches for victims following a reported government air strike on the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus. (AFP/Abd Doumany)](https://gdb.rferl.org/47082e50-b3f0-4f51-8862-f30f6ec249d0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent runs as he searches for victims following a reported government air strike on the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus. (AFP/Abd Doumany)
![A Syrian woman sits with an injured child at a hospital following a reported strike by government forces in the rebel-held district of Barzah, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 20. (epa/Sarieh Abu Zaid)](https://gdb.rferl.org/61e23757-b95a-41bf-b3c3-f19366c3e072_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Syrian woman sits with an injured child at a hospital following a reported strike by government forces in the rebel-held district of Barzah, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 20. (epa/Sarieh Abu Zaid)
![Swiss player Roger Federer (right) plays tennis with Czech Tomas Berdych as they pose for photographers on a boat on the Vltava River during a promotional event for the Laver Cup tennis tournament near the Charles Bridge in Prague. (epa/Martin Divisek)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b3495c55-8e44-45a0-976c-83ce968e57f3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Swiss player Roger Federer (right) plays tennis with Czech Tomas Berdych as they pose for photographers on a boat on the Vltava River during a promotional event for the Laver Cup tennis tournament near the Charles Bridge in Prague. (epa/Martin Divisek)
![A woman stands in Moscow's Hall of Fame Museum for the Great Patriotic War, a common Russian term for the Soviet campaign in World War II from 1941 to 1945. (epa/Sergei Ilnitsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f3ed607c-0150-4306-9973-fe3a6efa7472_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman stands in Moscow's Hall of Fame Museum for the Great Patriotic War, a common Russian term for the Soviet campaign in World War II from 1941 to 1945. (epa/Sergei Ilnitsky)
![An Afghan boy plays with a sling outside his house on a hilltop in Kabul. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/58b09ebf-d922-4b81-a281-474bed585b85_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan boy plays with a sling outside his house on a hilltop in Kabul. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)
![Belarusian interior special forces take part in a tug of war as they celebrate Maslenitsa (Shrovetide), a farewell ceremony to winter in Minsk on February 19. (AFP/Maxim Malinovsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d0b3c8ca-fc82-465f-8d47-a3e306d16308_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Belarusian interior special forces take part in a tug of war as they celebrate Maslenitsa (Shrovetide), a farewell ceremony to winter in Minsk on February 19. (AFP/Maxim Malinovsky)
![Iraqi forces fire a missile toward Islamic State militants during a battle south of Mosul on February 19. (Reuters/Khalid al Mousily)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a984c4fd-e7f0-4f59-ae91-ab3696f1aac4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iraqi forces fire a missile toward Islamic State militants during a battle south of Mosul on February 19. (Reuters/Khalid al Mousily)