Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 43rd week of 2019. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #43
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A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighter walks an elderly woman past fellow resting combatants near the border town of Tal Abyad on October 24. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi)
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A protester takes part in a Ukrainian land reform demonstration in Kyiv on October 24. (RFE/RL/Serhii Nuzhnenko)
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A group of Afghan migrants sleep on a deserted platform in Belgrade's former central station in Serbia. (AFP/Andrej Isakovic)
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Men working in a paddy field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India. (Reuters/Amit Dave)
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People walk in heavy fog next to a Soviet-era monument in the center of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
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A man walks in a park covered with autumnal leaves near Kosovo's capital city, Pristina. (AFP/Armend Nimani)
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An laborer arranges bananas after unloading them from a truck in a warehouse at a fruit market in Kabul. (AFP/Wakil Kohsar)
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An Indian girl arranges freshly painted "Diya" or earthen lamps for drying at her family's home workshop in Amritsar. (epa-EFE/Raminder Pal Singh)
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A Shi'ite Muslim child in the Pakistani city of Lahore beats his chest next to his father during a procession to mark the end of the 40-day mourning period following the anniversary of the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP/K.M. Chaudary)
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A riot-police officer shoots a tear-gas projectile during a protest in Santiago, Chile, on October 21. (AFP/Martin Bernetti)
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A municipal worker cleans the sidewalk next to Soviet-era tanks at an open-air World War II museum on the outskirts of the capital Belarusian capital, Minsk. (AP/Sergei Grits)
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A woman uses her cellphone while riding her bike on a street in Beijing, China. (AFP/Noel Celis)
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A Syrian girl sits on the side of a road after receiving treatment in the border town of Tal Abyad. (AFP/Bakr Alkasem)
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The shadows of a mother and her daughter are reflected on a wall as they walk to school in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP/Amr Nabil)
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Anti-government demonstrators protect themselves with umbrellas during a protest in Hong Kong. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)