Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area for the 25th week of 2020. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #25
- By RFE/RL
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Belarusian police detain a protester at a rally in Minsk on June 19. (RFE/RL/Uladz Hryzdin)
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A man wearing a face mask walks past a picture of a Russian tank in central Moscow. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)
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An explosion is seen after a new Iranian-made cruise missile was fired during war games in the northern Indian Ocean, near the entrance to the Gulf, on June 17. (WANA via Reuters)
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A shawarma seller waits for customers at a restaurant in Moscow. (epa-EFE/Yuri Kochetkov)25
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Girls brave strong winds as storm clouds roll above the the town of Novogrudok, 150 kilometers west of Minsk on June 18, minutes before heavy rain engulfed the city. (AP/Sergei Grits)
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A wildfire in a forest near the village of Anavgai in the Bystrinsky district on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. (TASS/Russian Emergencies Ministry)
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A street vendor selling face masks waits for customers in Kabul. Early optimism that South Asia might have dodged the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic has disappeared as soaring infection rates turn the densely populated region into a global hot spot. (AFP/Wakil Kohsar)
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Ukrainian police officers detain a far-right militant who had allegedly attacked members and supporters of the Party of Shariy taking part in a protest rally in front of the Presidential Office in Kyiv on June 17. The activists supporting the conservative Euroskeptic party led by populist journalist Anatoly Shariy gathered under the slogan "The dumb president" as they lambasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for what they perceive as his failure to implement his election campaign promises. (epa-EFE/Sergei Dolzenko)
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A picture taken through a window shows the reflections of women passing in front of Russian military vehicles during a rehearsal for a parade marking the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin will preside over a massive military parade on June 24, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)
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Russian military cadets and servicemen wearing face masks and gloves take part in a rehearsal for a June 24 military parade marking victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, at Dvortsovaya Square in St. Petersburg. (AFP/Olga Maltseva)
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Afghan special forces attend their graduation ceremony in Kabul on June 17. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
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A worker cleans broken eggs thrown by protesters at activists of the pro-Kremlin, Ukrainian Party of Shariy during a march and rally demanding President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's resignation in Kyiv on June 17. (epa-EFE/Serhiy Dolzhenko)
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People hike at a resort in Sochi, Russia, on June 15. (TASS/Dmitry Feoktistov)
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An artist juggles balls during a rehearsal at the Great Moscow State Circus. (TASS/Vyacheslav Prokofyev)
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A view of the Klyuchevskaya Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East. (TASS/Yelena Vereshchaka)
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A Pakistani farmer sorts wheat grains after they have been threshed in a village on the outskirts of Peshawar. (epa-EFE/Bilawal Arbab)
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Workers move oxygen tanks in a factory in Quetta, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Jamal Taraqai)
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A bride and a bridegroom wearing protective face masks exchange kisses during a wedding ceremony at a church in a village outside Yerevan, Armenia. (AFP/Karen Minasyan)
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Austria's Dominic Thiem returns the ball to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov during a tennis match at a charity tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP/Darko Vojinovic)
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Russian Army servicemen take part in a rehearsal ahead of a postponed Victory Day parade at a military base in Alabino near Moscow. (Reuters)
