Photos of the week: Oct. 17 - Oct. 21

A man begging with two dogs near Tverskaya metro station. The latest Esquire advertisement pasted above his head offers little consolation.

Supporters biting apples in front of a portrait of Apple founder Steve Jobs, dappled with notes of respect and thanks, in St. Petersburg on Friday, as part of a global event called "Steve Jobs Day," celebrating his life and work.

Guardsmen who have just received packages from home heading through Alexandrovsky Sad back to the Kremlin.

The "Moscow — Capital of the U.S.S.R. " diorama, located in the first-floor lobby of Hotel Ukraina, showing the city center as it appeared in 1977. The showpiece was created by Yefim Deshalyt for a U.S. exhibition that year.

Migrant workers clearing leaves alongside Patriarch's Ponds on Tuesday.

President Dmitry Medvedev and State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov registering United Russia's electoral list at the Central Elections Commission on Monday. Medvedev tops the list, while Gryzlov heads the party's Duma faction.

Perhaps scrambling to make a date, a man with a bouquet of flowers darts through traffic on Tverskaya Ulitsa.

A woman harvesting mushrooms in a forest near the town of Pushkino, 17 kilometers northeast of Moscow. The prime specimen seen in the forefront is not up for grabs anymore, but the season, which kicked off in September, continues, thanks to the warm and wet weather that's perfect for mushrooms.

A young boy cuddling his dog, wrapped up in a fleecy garment to stave off the fall chill, in central Moscow.