Photos of the Week: Oct. 03 - Oct. 07
A young fan waiting for Russia's Rugby World Cup match against the Australian Wallabies to begin on Saturday in New Zealand. Nearly missing the four-try bonus point, Russia lost 68-22 against the highly ranked Australians.
Brandon Malone / Reuters
Nationalists fleeing police after a rally against migrant workers under the slogan "Stop Feeding the Caucasus" on Saturday. The protesters also disrupted a gay rights rally, where police detained 40 people, mostly nationalists.
Ivan Sekretarev / AP
A Yo-Mobile, the hybrid car being developed with the participation of Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group and test-driven by Prime Minister Putin in April, on display to the Russian public for the first time Friday in St. Petersburg.
Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters
Agricultural equipment being set up near a Lenin statue at the All-Russia Exhibition Center on Monday ahead of the opening of an Oct. 6-16 "Golden Fall" fair that will display innovative prototypes and resource-saving technologies.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
On a sunlit but chilly Monday, sellers peddling souvenirs to, well, nobody at a deserted All-Russia Exhibition Center.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Something else entirely. Shunning a wet but empty bench, a man prefers to squat on the ground by metro Dynamo.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
U.S. supermodel Cindy Crawford holding a 'stakanchik' ice cream cone as she tours the GUM department store Wednesday. A longtime "ambassador" for Omega watches, Crawford was visiting for an Omega shop opening.
Alexander Zemlianchenko / AP
President Dmitry Medvedev relaxing at the Moscow Planetarium with Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, left, on Wednesday before naming 35-year-old Lipetsk biology teacher Alexei Ovchinnikov, not pictured, as the teacher of the year.
Vladimir Rodionov / RIA-Novosti / AP
Puppet maker Vladimir Rychkal presenting his rendition of President Dmitry Medvedev, an avid photographer. His works appear this weekend as part of a show at 1 Tishinskaya Ploshchad. Metro Belorusskaya. www.dollsalon.ru
Misha Japaridze / AP
