Photos of the Week: Oct. 17-23, 2009

A model looking at her reflection in the mirror behind the scenes during Russian Fashion Week in Moscow, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko praying at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the Old City of Jerusalem Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009.

A man moving a tire casing during a power lifting competition as he takes part in celebrations of the 71st anniversary of Education Day in the city of Vladivostok, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009.

A girl riding on a swing carousel in the Chechen capital Grozny, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009.

U.S. actor Andy Garcia, second right, playing the part of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili during filming in the presidential office in Tbilisi on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Renny Harlin, the director of "Die Hard 2: Die Harder," is making a movie based on the Russia-Georgia war in August 2008.

Pedestrians talking in front of a row of newly installed toilets for the disabled on Pushkin Square on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The banner hanging above the toilets reads, "Moscow for all. Social services program of the city of Moscow."

Models wearing a creation by Russian designer Olga Brovkina seen backstage during Moscow Fashion Week, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009.

Nikolai Davydenko kissing his wife Irina after winning the singles final of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. Davydenko defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final 7-6, 6-3.

A Muslim cleric holding "miracle" baby Ali Yakubov at his house in Kizlyar, Dagestan, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Pilgrims of all ages have been traveling to see the 9-month-old baby, upon whose body verses from the Quran apparently appear and fade every few days.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Volkswagen CEO Martin Wintercorn riding in an electro car during their visit to the Volkswagen assembly plant in Kaluga on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.

A statue of Yury Dolgoruky, Moscow's founder, and an ad for Cirque du Soleil on Tverskaya Ulitsa. The circus' founder, billionaire Guy Laliberte, recently traveled to space to promote awareness of global water shortages.

A child pulling a large suitcase with wheels along a temporary pedestrian platform at a construction site near Belorussky Station on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2009.

President Dmitry Medvedev entering a Kremlin hall for an RSPP meeting Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2009. In the foreground is RSPP head Alexander Shokhin, left, and tycoon Mikhail Fridman. Medvedev on Wednesday urged business leaders to help the Kremlin fight graft and called for the imprisonment of court intermediaries, whom he described as "the highest form of corruption."

A mother and child taking turns feeding each other at a cafe on Tverskaya Ulitsa.

Mounted police patrolling the area near Red Square, where a man set himself on fire Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.

Communist and Yabloko supporters protesting Oct. 11 election results on Triumfalnaya Ploshchad on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.

In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, models hanging out behind the scenes during Russian Fashion Week in Moscow.

President Dmitry Medvedev holding a giant tennis racket as he visits the Academy of Tennis in Kazan, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, while Tatarstan's President Mintimer Shaymiyev, second right, looks on.