Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 37th week of 2018. For more photo galleries, see our Picture This archive.
Photos Of The Week #37
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People walk past a souvenir shop displaying the dolls of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the embankment of the Mzymta River at Roza Khutor Mountain Resort, in Krasnaya Polyana, outside Sochi, Russia. (AFP/Aleksandr Nemenov)
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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a grenade launcher during night combat with Russia-backed separatists near Avdiyivka, in the Donetsk region, on September 13. (AFP/Anatoliy Stepanov)
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A man kiteboards over Virginia Beach on the eastern coast of the United States. (AP/Alex Brandon)
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A woman blesses herself in a park during a pilgrimage in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)
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Russian military vehicles were out in force for Russia's Vostok-2018 military drills near the borders with China and Mongolia in Siberia on September 13. (AFP/Mladen Antonov)
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A Saudi man, his body covered with bees, poses for a picture in Tabuk. (Reuters/Mohamed Al Hwaity)
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A donkey with a henna-dyed mane is seen in a neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)
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A Syrian child seeks shelter from bombardments by government forces in a cave in the village of Hbit in the south of Idlib Province. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)
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China's President Xi Jinping (second from left) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (second from right) make bliny, or Russian pancakes, as they visit the Far East Street exhibition on the sidelines of the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum on Russky Island, near Vladivostok. (TASS/Sergei Bobylev)
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An employee helps a visitor to explore a tactile image of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a specialized library for blind and partially sighted people in Krasnoyarsk. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)
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An elderly woman begs on the street in downtown Moscow. (EPA-EFE/Yuri Kochetkov)
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A Port Authority police officer looks down into the South Pool during observances on September 11 held on the 17th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks at the annual ceremony at the Ground Zero memorial site in New York City. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)
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A man puts his feet into a fountain to refresh himself during a hot day in Kyiv. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
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A North Korean soldier eats ice cream as she visits a zoo in Pyongyang. (Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)
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Students walk around Pepperdine University's annual display of flags honoring the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Malibu, California. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
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A Kalashnikov is thrown in a fire as a symbol to end enmity among different tribes in Balochistan Province during a jirga meeting in Qila Abdullah, Pakistan. (EPA-EFE/Jamal Taraqai)
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Zhao Yating of China performs during the individual ball qualification at the 36th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. (EPA-EFE/Borislav Troshev)
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Fireworks explode over participants carrying torches during a procession marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's foundation in Pyongyang on September 10. (Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)
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Hasidic Jews celebrate the Jewish New Year in the Ukrainian city of Uman. (RFE/RL/Serhii Nuzhenko)
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North Korean soldiers march during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on September 9. (AFP/Ed Jones)
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A woman looks at servicemen from the Russian National Guard blocking a street during a rally against planned increases to the nationwide pension age in St. Petersburg on September 9. (Reuters/Anton Vaganov)
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A young protester is led away by police in St. Petersburg during a rally against proposals to raise the retirement age in Russia. (AFP/Olga Maltseva)