Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 34th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (August 19-25)
- By RFE/RL
![A competitor jumps from a 22-meter-high bridge during an annual high-diving competition near the town of Gjakova in Kosovo. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-d6cd-08dcc0325939_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A competitor jumps from a 22-meter-high bridge during an annual high-diving competition near the town of Gjakova in Kosovo.
![Ukrainian soldiers of the 148th Separate Artillery Brigade prepare a M777 howitzer to fire toward Russian positions at the front line in the Donetsk region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-4707-08dcc350b72a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian soldiers of the 148th Separate Artillery Brigade prepare a M777 howitzer to fire toward Russian positions at the front line in the Donetsk region.
![A boy looks out the window of a bus during evacuations in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-7562-08dcc0674dcc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy looks out the window of a bus during evacuations in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
![A woman evacuated from the Kursk region bordering Ukraine reacts as she waits to receive humanitarian aid delivered by the Russian Red Cross in downtown Kursk city, Russia.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-687e-08dcc110c182_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman evacuated from the Kursk region bordering Ukraine reacts as she waits to receive humanitarian aid delivered by the Russian Red Cross in downtown Kursk city, Russia.
![A school classroom in the village of Yunakivka is gutted after being hit by two Russian glide bombs overnight in Ukraine's Sumy region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-f3c6-08dcc067ebc8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A school classroom in the village of Yunakivka is gutted after being hit by two Russian glide bombs overnight in Ukraine's Sumy region.
![An Afghan farmer places fresh grapes inside a drying tent in the Panjwai district of Kandahar Province. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-4e35-08dcc0674dce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan farmer places fresh grapes inside a drying tent in the Panjwai district of Kandahar Province.
![A Pakistani policeman wades across monsoon floodwaters in Lahore. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-1d06-08dcc0470451_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani policeman wades across monsoon floodwaters in Lahore.
![Locals view a bomb crater following a Russian missile strike in a village outside of Kyiv.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-50cb-08dcc067ebdf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Locals view a bomb crater following a Russian missile strike in a village outside of Kyiv.
![Locals and people evacuated from the Kursk region bordering Ukraine attend a service at the Assumption-Nikitsky Church in Kursk, Russia.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-dc76-08dcc110c19b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Locals and people evacuated from the Kursk region bordering Ukraine attend a service at the Assumption-Nikitsky Church in Kursk, Russia.
![Hungarian Air Force Gripen fighter jets paint the sky in the colors of the Hungarian flag during celebrations to mark the country's national day on August 20.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-38b8-08dcc1114ce2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hungarian Air Force Gripen fighter jets paint the sky in the colors of the Hungarian flag during celebrations to mark the country's national day on August 20.
![Military caps filled with bullets are seen during an exercise of the 41st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-64ed-08dcc1ccfbca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Military caps filled with bullets are seen during an exercise of the 41st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
![Local resident Natalya stands amid the debris of her house hit by shelling, which local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in Makyivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-d7ac-08dcc1ccfbc2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Local resident Natalya stands amid the debris of her house hit by shelling, which local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in Makyivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
![Local residents stand next to a burning house the day after a missile attack in Myrnograd, Donetsk region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-93d0-08dcc1d3a0a4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Local residents stand next to a burning house the day after a missile attack in Myrnograd, Donetsk region.
![BULGARIA -- A supermoon, known as the blue moon and "Sturgeon Moon", rises over the Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, August 19, 2024.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-36ce-08dcc1ebc111_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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BULGARIA -- A supermoon, known as the blue moon and "Sturgeon Moon", rises over the Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, August 19, 2024.
![A young refugee girl from Ukraine sleeps on bags of clothing in the northwestern Hungarian village of Kocs. She is part of a group of about 120 refugees from western Ukraine evicted from a privately run shelter after the Hungarian government decided to continue supporting only refugees from areas directly affected by military operations. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-5d58-08dcc26948b1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young refugee girl from Ukraine sleeps on bags of clothing in the northwestern Hungarian village of Kocs. She is part of a group of about 120 refugees from western Ukraine evicted from a privately run shelter after the Hungarian government decided to continue supporting only refugees from areas directly affected by military operations.
![ Burqa-clad Afghan women walk on a road in Kandahar, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-fd01-08dcc34f1e2f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Burqa-clad Afghan women walk on a road in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
![Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire in a forest after shelling in the city of Bogodukhiv, Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-737f-08dcc34f1e3f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire in a forest after shelling in the city of Bogodukhiv, Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.
![A veteran pays his respect at a makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Ukrainian Independence Day in Kyiv. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/35dee364-a1d4-4f85-bf57-8aef0e24012e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A veteran pays his respect at a makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Ukrainian Independence Day in Kyiv.
![A father hugs his daughter, his other children nearby, as they wait for evacuation in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/e9c0f9fa-9dfa-4d8a-942e-7c54305612c8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A father hugs his daughter, his other children nearby, as they wait for evacuation in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
![Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kyiv.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-5811-08dcc3718966_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kyiv.
![A Ukrainian woman pauses while overcome with emotion as the town of Myrnohrad, Donetsk region, is evacuated.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-89dd-08dcc36c2f32_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian woman pauses while overcome with emotion as the town of Myrnohrad, Donetsk region, is evacuated.