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Photos Of The Week (June 26-July 2, 2023)

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 26th week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.

Oleh and Olha Aksenchenko react over the coffins of their 14-year-old twin daughters, Anna and Yulia, killed in a restaurant by a Russian missile strike in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
1 Oleh and Olha Aksenchenko react over the coffins of their 14-year-old twin daughters, Anna and Yulia, killed in a restaurant by a Russian missile strike in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
A Bosnian Muslim woman prays at the Vlakovo cemetery during the second day of the Muslim religious holiday of Eid al-Adha, in Sarajevo, on June 29.
2 A Bosnian Muslim woman prays at the Vlakovo cemetery during the second day of the Muslim religious holiday of Eid al-Adha, in Sarajevo, on June 29.
An Iranian woman prays on Eid al-Adha at the shrine of Abdol-Azim in Tehran.
3 An Iranian woman prays on Eid al-Adha at the shrine of Abdol-Azim in Tehran.
Children wait for the arrival of Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov prior to the opening of a children's medical center as part of events inaugurating the new city of Arkadag -- named in honor of Turkmenistan's former leader, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov -- some 30 kilometers outside the capital, Ashgabat. 
4 Children wait for the arrival of Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov prior to the opening of a children's medical center as part of events inaugurating the new city of Arkadag -- named in honor of Turkmenistan's former leader, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov -- some 30 kilometers outside the capital, Ashgabat. 
Volunteer military medics, code names Nikita and Polka, wearing traditional clothing, share a kiss during their wedding ceremony at their position on the front line in the Donetsk region, Ukraine.
5 Volunteer military medics, code names Nikita and Polka, wearing traditional clothing, share a kiss during their wedding ceremony at their position on the front line in the Donetsk region, Ukraine.
A Ukrainian soldier reacts next to the memory wall of fallen defenders of the country in Kyiv.
6 A Ukrainian soldier reacts next to the memory wall of fallen defenders of the country in Kyiv.
Iranian actor Mona Soufi gets her makeup done backstage before performing in the Haft-Khan Esfandiar musical theater production at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran.
7 Iranian actor Mona Soufi gets her makeup done backstage before performing in the Haft-Khan Esfandiar musical theater production at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran.
An Iranian woman kisses her sacrificial sheep for Eid al-Adha celebrations at a cattle market in Tehran.
8 An Iranian woman kisses her sacrificial sheep for Eid al-Adha celebrations at a cattle market in Tehran.
A doll holding a replica of an AK-47 assault rifle is set on the tailpiece of a rocket on a roadside near the town of Avdiyivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
9 A doll holding a replica of an AK-47 assault rifle is set on the tailpiece of a rocket on a roadside near the town of Avdiyivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
People perform traditional Ukrainian dances during a celebration of Ukrainian Constitution Day in Lviv on June 28.
10 People perform traditional Ukrainian dances during a celebration of Ukrainian Constitution Day in Lviv on June 28.
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A Pakistani man holds the head of a sacrificed cow on his shoulder during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Peshawar.
11 A Pakistani man holds the head of a sacrificed cow on his shoulder during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Peshawar.
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A Pakistani man holds the head of a sacrificed cow on his shoulder during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Peshawar.
Police officers stand guard while Muslims attend morning prayers to celebrate Eid al-Adha near the Moscow Cathedral Mosque in Moscow on June 28. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year and marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage to visit Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam.
12 Police officers stand guard while Muslims attend morning prayers to celebrate Eid al-Adha near the Moscow Cathedral Mosque in Moscow on June 28. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year and marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage to visit Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam.
Afghan women with children wait to receive a donation of meat from a sacrificed animal on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province on June 28.
13 Afghan women with children wait to receive a donation of meat from a sacrificed animal on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province on June 28.
A woman holds a candle at the Gracanica monastery during the Vidovdan celebrations (St. Vitus Day) in Gracanica, Kosovo, on June 28. The Serbian Orthodox Church designates Vidovdan as a memorial day to St. Prince Lazar and the Serbian holy martyrs who fell during the Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire in 1389.
14 A woman holds a candle at the Gracanica monastery during the Vidovdan celebrations (St. Vitus Day) in Gracanica, Kosovo, on June 28. The Serbian Orthodox Church designates Vidovdan as a memorial day to St. Prince Lazar and the Serbian holy martyrs who fell during the Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire in 1389.
Clara Riquito of Portugal performs during the first international Hungarian Ballet Grand Prix competition for ballet students in Veszprem, Hungary.
15 Clara Riquito of Portugal performs during the first international Hungarian Ballet Grand Prix competition for ballet students in Veszprem, Hungary.
Sixty-seven-year-old Lubov Doroshenko stands in a small shelter in her house in the village of Bohorodychne, Ukraine, amid Russia's invasion.
16 Sixty-seven-year-old Lubov Doroshenko stands in a small shelter in her house in the village of Bohorodychne, Ukraine, amid Russia's invasion.
Police officers check the documents of a man in central Moscow.
17 Police officers check the documents of a man in central Moscow.
A vendor arranges a price sign at a market in Karachi, Pakistan.
18 A vendor arranges a price sign at a market in Karachi, Pakistan.
Afghan women hold placards demanding their right to education in Mazar-e Sharif.
19 Afghan women hold placards demanding their right to education in Mazar-e Sharif.
Sacrificial animals are displayed for sale at a market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Islamabad. 
20 Sacrificial animals are displayed for sale at a market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Islamabad. 
Romanian presidential honor guards raise a large national flag during a ceremony dedicated to National Flag Day in front of the National Military Circle building in downtown Bucharest on June 26.
21 Romanian presidential honor guards raise a large national flag during a ceremony dedicated to National Flag Day in front of the National Military Circle building in downtown Bucharest on June 26.
Ukrainian soldiers of the 47th Magura Separate Mechanized Brigade fire a BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system toward Russian troops near the front line in Zaporizhzhya.
22 Ukrainian soldiers of the 47th Magura Separate Mechanized Brigade fire a BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system toward Russian troops near the front line in Zaporizhzhya.
Houses destroyed by Russian shelling are seen in the Ukrainian village of Bohorodychne.
23 Houses destroyed by Russian shelling are seen in the Ukrainian village of Bohorodychne.
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