Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 37th week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region.
Lake Prespa, one of Europe's oldest lakes and home to more than 2,000 species of fish, birds, mammals, and plants, is rapidly receding. The locals, who depend on the lake for their livelihoods, fear what's to come.
Belgrade has reinforced its border with Hungary as hundreds of migrants per day attempt to cross into the European Union, amid alleged turf wars by criminal gangs and ongoing conflicts between migrants.
When his bride entered his family's home wearing a shoulderless white dress and holding a bouquet of white flowers in her right hand, Ivan Soroka was unable to see her. But as Vladyslava Ryabets approached, Soroka sobbed with joy at the chance to start a new chapter in his life.
Kazakh locals in settlements near Russia's Kaspustin Yar military testing facility have long been accustomed to rocket parts falling nearby and distant explosions as Russia tests its arsenal. RFE/RL photojournalist Petr Trotsenko visited the region to capture life on the western edge of Kazakhstan.
The Central State Museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, is displaying a collection of rare works of art, weapons, and jewelry that the government had taken possession of.
Afghanistan's Kandahar Province exported 10,000 tons of raisins last year, with many of the producers still employing traditional techniques. It's one of the few cash crops left in the country, which is currently experiencing both an economic and humanitarian crisis under the Taliban.
A look at the North Korean arsenal Vladimir Putin apparently hopes to source as Russia's war machine continues its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
NATO member Romania has begun construction of air-raid shelters for residents living near the Ukrainian border after repeated Russian attacks of sites in Ukraine close to the frontier.
Trucks remain stranded amid growing tensions at the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, following a firefight that led to the closure of the countries' main crossing point.
Three months after the liberation of the village of Blahodatne in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian volunteers are collecting the remains of Russian soldiers that will eventually be exchanged for their own comrades, both living and deceased.
As part of its efforts to fight skyrocketing inflation during a period of low foreign reserves, Islamabad is taking action to eliminate the illegal dollar trade after the Pakistani rupee hit a record low in September.
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