Photos of the week: Oct. 10 - Oct. 14

A young Muscovite blushing as she adjusts her autumnal headwear at the Tretyakovskaya metro station Sunday.

A woman strolls along Lesnaya Ulitsa, her brightly colored umbrella contrasting with the gray, rainy Monday.

President Dmitry Medvedev presented VTB chief Andrei Kostin, right, and others with the Order for Services to the Fatherland in the Kremlin on Monday. Medvedev earlier said he thinks the investment climate in the country is bad.

American portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz smiling at a media gathering Tuesday ahead of the opening of an exhibition of her works in Moscow. The show, at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, runs from Wednesday till Jan. 15.

A man using a hammer to realign the crosswalk sign on Butyrsky Val amid a downpour. More wet, cloudy weather is forecast through the weekend.

Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad signing a Russian flag during a rally in Damascus on Wednesday at which they thanked Russia and China for blocking Western efforts to impose UN sanctions on the country.

Four horsemen riding on Manezh Square on Thursday, with General Georgy Zhukov in the distance and their jackets rebranded "police."

President Dmitry Medvedev welcoming his Lao counterpart Choummaly Sayasone in Moscow on Thursday. The day included a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who said he hopes the visit yields more bilateral trade.

A snack-food vendor bundling up against the chill Thursday at her stand in front of a photograph that is part of a new "Landscapes of Russia" outdoor exhibit on Manezh Square. While weather reports about a first snowfall this weekend remain iffy, the temperature is expected to slip below freezing by Sunday.