Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 29th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (July 15-21, 2024)
- By RFE/RL
![Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and listens to the verdict in his case. A Russian court on July 19 convicted Gershkovich on espionage charges that his employer and the United States have rejected as fabricated. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a secretive and rapid trial.](https://gdb.rferl.org/f8c720b0-51b7-469c-b5ec-565452e4ccc0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and listens to the verdict in his case. A Russian court on July 19 convicted Gershkovich on espionage charges that his employer and the United States have rejected as fabricated. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a secretive and rapid trial.
![A drone shot shows participants starting the Blue Ribbon sailing race around Lake Balaton in Hungary. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-1e58-08dca728a2c3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A drone shot shows participants starting the Blue Ribbon sailing race around Lake Balaton in Hungary.
![Afghan shepherds walk their livestock at sunset in the Dand district of Kandahar Province.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-0cc7-08dca7f4468f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan shepherds walk their livestock at sunset in the Dand district of Kandahar Province.
![A woman tries to evacuate a horse after a wildfire swept through the village of Voden in southeastern Bulgaria on July 17.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-f941-08dca680339c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman tries to evacuate a horse after a wildfire swept through the village of Voden in southeastern Bulgaria on July 17.
![A Russian missile attack on a playground in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, on July 19 killed three people, including a child.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-fe4e-08dca80db0a7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Russian missile attack on a playground in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, on July 19 killed three people, including a child.
![Ukrainians cool themselves with water sprayed from pipes hanging over a sidewalk during hot weather in central Kyiv.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-0827-08dca67e64be_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainians cool themselves with water sprayed from pipes hanging over a sidewalk during hot weather in central Kyiv.
![A woman wounded in a Russian missile attack sweeps debris from bloodstained steps in the village of Kindrashchivka in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-111d-08dca67f9f25_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman wounded in a Russian missile attack sweeps debris from bloodstained steps in the village of Kindrashchivka in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.
![A boy who was injured in a roof collapse due to torrential rains is shifted to a hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured in eastern Afghanistan after heavy rain caused by thunderstorms led to collapsed trees, walls, and roofs of houses. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-b9e2-08dca56d646f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy who was injured in a roof collapse due to torrential rains is shifted to a hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured in eastern Afghanistan after heavy rain caused by thunderstorms led to collapsed trees, walls, and roofs of houses.
![Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves with knifes attached to chains in front of a horse that symbolizes the horse that carried Imam Hussein during the battle of Karbala, during a Muharram procession in Lahore, Pakistan. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shi'a in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the seventh century.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-c4b3-08dca5931a45_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves with knifes attached to chains in front of a horse that symbolizes the horse that carried Imam Hussein during the battle of Karbala, during a Muharram procession in Lahore, Pakistan. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shi'a in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the seventh century.
![A man runs in a park in Bucharest on a hot summer day with temperatures reaching 42 degrees Celsius.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-c090-08dca56d646f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man runs in a park in Bucharest on a hot summer day with temperatures reaching 42 degrees Celsius.
![A vendor sprays watermelons with mist during a heat wave in the village of Krushe, Kosovo.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-ca57-08dca5a03ba4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A vendor sprays watermelons with mist during a heat wave in the village of Krushe, Kosovo.
![People relax on a city beach by the Dnipro River on an extremely hot summer day in Kyiv.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-e862-08dca5858c33_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People relax on a city beach by the Dnipro River on an extremely hot summer day in Kyiv.
![Men riding a bike watch as smoke rises following an explosion during a militant attack on a military garrison in Bannu, Pakistan. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-232f-08dca4c55e45_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men riding a bike watch as smoke rises following an explosion during a militant attack on a military garrison in Bannu, Pakistan.
![A Ukrainian artillerist fires a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops near the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-a7b2-08dca4c15341_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian artillerist fires a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops near the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region.
![Iranian Shi'ite Muslims in Tehran perform a torch procession during a mourning ritual ahead of Ashura, the holiest day in the Shi'ite Muslim calendar.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-3f9e-08dca4c15340_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian Shi'ite Muslims in Tehran perform a torch procession during a mourning ritual ahead of Ashura, the holiest day in the Shi'ite Muslim calendar.
![Ukrainian servicewomen put on makeup before a graduation ceremony in Kyiv for officers from Ukraine's Territorial Defense forces.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-0cb2-08dca571d8d7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian servicewomen put on makeup before a graduation ceremony in Kyiv for officers from Ukraine's Territorial Defense forces.
![A Chinese tourist walks past Moscow State University in the Russian capital.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-7c19-08dca680c856_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Chinese tourist walks past Moscow State University in the Russian capital.