The beginning of Ramadan was made official with a traditional cannon shot from Sarajevo's Yellow Fortress on March 22. Mosques and minarets all over the historic city were lit up in festive colors as the first Tarawih prayer was offered.
Considered a mystic sect by fellow Muslims in Kosovo and Albania, dozens of Sufi Dervishes from the Kadiri order celebrated the centuries-old traditions of the spring equinox, known to them as Sultan Nevruz on March 22.
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on, locals in the autonomous Gagauzia region of Moldova oppose war but maintain staunch loyalty to Moscow.
As spring begins, so does the Persian New Year. The festival of Norouz is marked on the spring equinox and is a 13-day celebration of love, fertility, and spiritual renewal that spreads the message of hope far and wide.
Ukraine continues to hold on to eastern city of Bakhmut despite the Wagner mercenary group claiming to have seized up to 70 percent of the ruined city.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 11th week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region.
Despite being outnumbered and outgunned by Moscow's forces, Ukrainian soldiers defending the ruined city of Bakhmut are continuing to hold onto their positions.
Thousands of teachers, students, and sympathizers took part in an anti-government "freedom march" in Budapest on March 15, 2023, calling for educational reforms and a change in the Central European country's political culture.
Ukraine has ordered Moscow-affiliated clerics to leave Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the country’s most important Orthodox monastery, by the end of March. Here is background on the site and the developments that have led to the current crisis.
Violent clashes broke out as authorities tried to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan at his home in Lahore for failing to appear in court on corruption charges.
Ukrainians paid tribute to fallen soldiers at the Wall of Remembrance in Kyiv on March 14 to commemorate Volunteer Day.
After images emerged showing the Donbas city of Maryinka effectively wiped off the map by the Russian invasion, photographer Alena Grom remembers a town that thrived in the shadow of the war that would soon destroy it.
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