Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 26th week of 2016. For more photo galleries, see our Picture This archive.
Photos Of The Week #26
![People take part in the funeral ceremony for opera singer Vasyl Slipak, who died fighting Russia-backed forces in eastern Ukraine, in St. Paul and Peter Cathedral in the western city of Lviv on July 1. (AFP/Yuriy Dyachyshyn)](https://gdb.rferl.org/33c1b198-37b0-4aab-b0b2-36a70b85bdbf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People take part in the funeral ceremony for opera singer Vasyl Slipak, who died fighting Russia-backed forces in eastern Ukraine, in St. Paul and Peter Cathedral in the western city of Lviv on July 1. (AFP/Yuriy Dyachyshyn)
![The mother of a 13-year-old Israeli girl who was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian attacker in her home mourns during her funeral in the Kiryat Arba settlement outside the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron on June 30. (AFP/Gil Cohen-Magen)](https://gdb.rferl.org/193d6437-c8eb-4f2b-ad64-6a8a11120722_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The mother of a 13-year-old Israeli girl who was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian attacker in her home mourns during her funeral in the Kiryat Arba settlement outside the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron on June 30. (AFP/Gil Cohen-Magen)
![A man is detained following a scuffle between pro- and anti-Russian protesters as they await the arrival of members of the Russian Night Wolves motorcycle group in Sofia on July 1. (Reuters/Stoyan Nenov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/44bbb315-8d27-400c-8dc6-5b57855e73f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man is detained following a scuffle between pro- and anti-Russian protesters as they await the arrival of members of the Russian Night Wolves motorcycle group in Sofia on July 1. (Reuters/Stoyan Nenov)
![An Indian worker dries seviiyan (thin vermicelli), which is used for the preparation of the traditional sweet dish sheerkhurma by the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan, at a factory in Agartala. (AFP/Arindam Dey)](https://gdb.rferl.org/76100bbf-4c9a-4fc8-a6b7-49a029a86b96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indian worker dries seviiyan (thin vermicelli), which is used for the preparation of the traditional sweet dish sheerkhurma by the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan, at a factory in Agartala. (AFP/Arindam Dey)
![A protester throws a stick at police amid tear gas during a protest against the Indian government in downtown area of Srinagar, Kashmir, on July 1. (epa/Farooq Khan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/675054f8-9868-4b07-977b-05bc6b64ef23_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester throws a stick at police amid tear gas during a protest against the Indian government in downtown area of Srinagar, Kashmir, on July 1. (epa/Farooq Khan)
![People carry the coffin of Mohammad Eymen Demirci in Istanbul during his funeral, a day after he and 40 others were killed in a suicide bombing and gun attack targeting Istanbul's Ataturk airport. (AFP/Ozan Kose)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7b09c615-e5df-45be-bf45-1d45a270c0d3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People carry the coffin of Mohammad Eymen Demirci in Istanbul during his funeral, a day after he and 40 others were killed in a suicide bombing and gun attack targeting Istanbul's Ataturk airport. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
![A grey-headed woodpecker chick perches on a girl's head near the village of Vasilyevskoye, some 90 kilometers west of Moscow. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b6ab8c06-b0bb-45e8-87db-4566d9c91061_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A grey-headed woodpecker chick perches on a girl's head near the village of Vasilyevskoye, some 90 kilometers west of Moscow. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)
![A woman waits to break her fast with a dinner distributed for free during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Pristina. (AFP/Armend Nimani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/45d34ba3-e33a-467a-b6ad-0527cbde46ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman waits to break her fast with a dinner distributed for free during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Pristina. (AFP/Armend Nimani)
![Pakistani stockbrokers rest during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi. (AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)](https://gdb.rferl.org/27439619-b282-4342-89e6-3694a616784a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pakistani stockbrokers rest during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi. (AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)
![Women displaced by violence by Islamic State militants arrive at a military base in Ramadi, Iraq. (Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/05a9f2f6-fc03-452d-bf34-dd533537fc8e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women displaced by violence by Islamic State militants arrive at a military base in Ramadi, Iraq. (Reuters)
![European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker playfully welcomes Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party, prior to a plenary session at the European Parliament on the outcome of the "Brexit" vote, in Brussels. (Reuters/Eric Vidal)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9c12739f-166d-448a-b311-351a8773c389_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker playfully welcomes Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party, prior to a plenary session at the European Parliament on the outcome of the "Brexit" vote, in Brussels. (Reuters/Eric Vidal)
![A Shi'ite Muslim man receives a spray of cold water to avoid the heat during the Shi'ite Youm Ali procession in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6f9a0eeb-275e-415b-8ced-de83b1fe9581_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Shi'ite Muslim man receives a spray of cold water to avoid the heat during the Shi'ite Youm Ali procession in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)
![An Iranian woman holds her mobile phone as she prays at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital, Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)](https://gdb.rferl.org/30f1ebf5-85a3-4ff5-a7e3-41fedb0be580_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iranian woman holds her mobile phone as she prays at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital, Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
![A Ukrainian government soldier fires a heavy machine gun during a battle with pro-Russia separatists at Avdiyivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. (AFP/Anatolii Stepanov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/91790381-a6f0-48fa-aab1-1a2792be9d3b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian government soldier fires a heavy machine gun during a battle with pro-Russia separatists at Avdiyivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. (AFP/Anatolii Stepanov)
![A journalist stands in tear gas as demonstrators staged a rally in support of the LGBT community on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul. Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who defied a ban on the city's gay-pride parade. Authorities in Turkey's biggest city had banned the parade earlier this month, citing security reasons. (AFP/Ozan Kose)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7d01dd87-150a-45f6-ace7-9b7f9ce37246_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A journalist stands in tear gas as demonstrators staged a rally in support of the LGBT community on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul. Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who defied a ban on the city's gay-pride parade. Authorities in Turkey's biggest city had banned the parade earlier this month, citing security reasons. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
![Afghan soldiers fire artillery shells during clashes with Islamic State militants in the Kot district of Nangarhar Province. (epa/Ghulamullah Habibi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1133d45a-d304-4c53-929f-c0a9dead255d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan soldiers fire artillery shells during clashes with Islamic State militants in the Kot district of Nangarhar Province. (epa/Ghulamullah Habibi)