Accessibility links

Subscribe
All RFE/RL sites
site logo site logo
Previous Next
Breaking News
Photo Galleries

Photos Of The Week (December 30-January 5)

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the first week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.

A burqa-clad Afghan woman looks for alms on a street during the first heavy snowfall this winter in Kabul. 
1 A burqa-clad Afghan woman looks for alms on a street during the first heavy snowfall this winter in Kabul. 
Participants in a New Year's Eve run gather near a Christmas tree before the event starts in Yakutsk, Siberia. 
2 Participants in a New Year's Eve run gather near a Christmas tree before the event starts in Yakutsk, Siberia. 
Smoke from a residential building damaged during a Russian drone strike rises over Kyiv on New Year's Day. 
3 Smoke from a residential building damaged during a Russian drone strike rises over Kyiv on New Year's Day. 
 A vendor in Karachi cooks cow's feet, a popular repast in Pakistan. 
4  A vendor in Karachi cooks cow's feet, a popular repast in Pakistan. 
A man in Tbilisi opens a drink as other people gather in a street decorated for the Christmas and New Year festivities. 
5 A man in Tbilisi opens a drink as other people gather in a street decorated for the Christmas and New Year festivities. 
A Ukrainian soldier hugs his wife after returning from captivity during a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. 
6 A Ukrainian soldier hugs his wife after returning from captivity during a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. 
A woman holds her cat as she surveys the ruins of her house, which was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv.
7 A woman holds her cat as she surveys the ruins of her house, which was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv.
People light candles for the victims of a deadly mass shooting in the Montenegrin town of Cetinje that killed 12 people on New Year's Day. 
8 People light candles for the victims of a deadly mass shooting in the Montenegrin town of Cetinje that killed 12 people on New Year's Day. 
Residents bundle up in Tiraspol, the capital of Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester, on January 4. Amid a blistering cold spell, the country is bracing for additional rolling power cuts after the supply of Russian natural gas was stopped on January 1 due to the expiration of a contract with Ukraine. 
9 Residents bundle up in Tiraspol, the capital of Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester, on January 4. Amid a blistering cold spell, the country is bracing for additional rolling power cuts after the supply of Russian natural gas was stopped on January 1 due to the expiration of a contract with Ukraine. 
Relatives mourn during a commemoration service for victims of the mass shooting in Cetinje.
10 Relatives mourn during a commemoration service for victims of the mass shooting in Cetinje.
People kneel to honor a fallen Ukrainian soldier during a funeral procession on Kyiv's Independence Square. 
11 People kneel to honor a fallen Ukrainian soldier during a funeral procession on Kyiv's Independence Square. 
Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka celebrates defeating Russia's Polina Kudermetova in their women's singles final match at the Brisbane International tennis tournament. 
12 Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka celebrates defeating Russia's Polina Kudermetova in their women's singles final match at the Brisbane International tennis tournament. 
Dogs are seen on the Romanian-Bulgarian border as both countries join the Schengen visa-free travel zone on January 1, in Giurgiu, Romania. 
13 Dogs are seen on the Romanian-Bulgarian border as both countries join the Schengen visa-free travel zone on January 1, in Giurgiu, Romania. 
Members of Russia's National Guard keep watch in an area near Red Square prior to New Year's Day celebrations in Moscow. 
14 Members of Russia's National Guard keep watch in an area near Red Square prior to New Year's Day celebrations in Moscow. 
A woman wears a protective scarf as she walks through the smoggy streets of North Macedonia's capital, Skopje. 
15 A woman wears a protective scarf as she walks through the smoggy streets of North Macedonia's capital, Skopje. 
16x9 Image

RFE/RL

RFE/RL journalists report the news in 27 languages in 23 countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We provide what many people cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.

XS
SM
MD
LG