A Moscow trade show pitching glitzy funeral options takes on grim significance as hundreds of Russians die each day from COVID-19.
Transport authorities in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, plan to restore a Soviet-era cable car line more than 30 years after a deadly accident shut down the service.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 42nd week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
Rare photographs show the construction and unveiling of some of the famous monuments built during Yugoslavia's socialist era.
Locals say a protest that took place in Kabul on October 21 shows the increasing desperation of Afghan women, whose freedoms have been stripped away by the Taliban since the hard-line Islamists seized power on August 15.
A Kazakh-American with a history of controversial comments on the Soviet Union may become America's next comptroller of the currency.
New photos from the intensive-care units of several Bucharest hospitals capture the scale of the health crisis now gripping Romania.
Drug addicts rounded up by the Taliban brace for 45 days of painful and anxiety-ridden withdrawal at the Avicenna Medical Hospital for Drug Treatment in Kabul.
Ukrainian archaeologists say a discovery in a Scythian tomb sharpens our understanding of the prehistoric warriors who once ruled the steppes of Eurasia.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 41st week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
Ukrainians marched in cities across the country on October 14 to mark Defenders Day, a holiday created in 2015 to honor fallen servicemen and women and members of the armed forces. The holiday was established following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Photographs held in a European archive capture the booming oil fields of Romania when the country was one of the world's largest producers of black gold.
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