Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the second week of 2018. For more photo galleries, see our Picture This archive.
Photos Of The Week #2
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People walk in front of the Holy Trinity Cathedral at midnight Christmas service in Tbilisi, Georgia, on January 7. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)
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A fan of winter swimming holds the Russian national flag during an event marking Orthodox Christmas in the Black Sea port of Yevpatoria, Crimea, on January 7. (Reuters/Pavel Rebrov)
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Believers burn dried oak branches, which symbolize the Yule log, on Orthodox Christmas Eve in Podgorica, Montenegro, on January 6. (Reuters/Stevo Vasiljevic)
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Ukrainians sing Christmas carols as they carry a decorated star of Bethlehem and sheaves of wheat during a Christmas parade in downtown Lviv on January 6. (EPA-EFE/Mykola Tys)
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attends a midnight Christmas service at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on January 7. (EPA-EFE/Maksim Shipenkov)
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Children sing a hymn during a midnight Christmas service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, on January 6. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)