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TOPSHOTS Mem­bers of a female punk band “Pussy Riot” Nadezhda Tolokon­nikova (L), Maria Alyokh­ina (C) and Yeka­ter­ina Samut­sevich (R), sit inside a glass enclos­ure dur­ing a court hear­ing in Moscow on August 8, 2012. Mem­bers of the all-​girl band Pussy Riot who were charged with hoo­ligan­ism for sta­ging a “punk prayer” against Vladi­mir Putin were due Wed­nes­day to deliver final state­ments on the last day of their trial. The con­tro­ver­sial hear­ings raced toward a ver­dict with pro­sec­utors seek­ing a three-​year sen­tence and global calls mount­ing among stage stars and top West­ern offi­cials to win the young women’s release. AFP PHOTO /​NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA

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