Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 33rd week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (August 12-17, 2024)
- By RFE/RL
![A French pyrotechnic company performs on stage during a concert as part of Hungary's 30th annual Sziget Festival in Budapest. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-650f-08dcbabfc7ae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A French pyrotechnic company performs on stage during a concert as part of Hungary's 30th annual Sziget Festival in Budapest.
![A Ukrainian tank passes by a burning car near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Ukraine's Sumy region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-3407-08dcbdca6814_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian tank passes by a burning car near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Ukraine's Sumy region.
![Residents watch the progress of a wildfire near the village of Vrben in North Macedonia. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-4bde-08dcbbd4814d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Residents watch the progress of a wildfire near the village of Vrben in North Macedonia.
![A driver in Peshawar decorates his rickshaw with the colors of Pakistan's national flag to celebrate the country's Independence Day on August 14. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-f522-08dcbc45153b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A driver in Peshawar decorates his rickshaw with the colors of Pakistan's national flag to celebrate the country's Independence Day on August 14.
![An elderly woman walks along the road near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Ukraine's Sumy region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-0801-08dcbdcb1ea0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elderly woman walks along the road near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Ukraine's Sumy region.
![A wounded Ukrainian serviceman looks for pictures of his fallen comrades on the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-9c19-08dcbd2b114e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A wounded Ukrainian serviceman looks for pictures of his fallen comrades on the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv.
![Visitors throw colored powder over each other as they attend the annual Day of India festival in Moscow, Russia, on August 15. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-1d01-08dcbdcaab3e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Visitors throw colored powder over each other as they attend the annual Day of India festival in Moscow, Russia, on August 15.
![The Northern Lights illuminate the sky as people gather to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower near the village of Borodinka in Russia's Omsk region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-d9a7-08dcbc4ee9d3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Northern Lights illuminate the sky as people gather to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower near the village of Borodinka in Russia's Omsk region.
![An astronomer sits by his cameras and watches the starry sky expecting to see and photograph the Perseid meteor shower over Lake Kozjak in North Macedonia. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-9978-08dcba9c19b6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An astronomer sits by his cameras and watches the starry sky expecting to see and photograph the Perseid meteor shower over Lake Kozjak in North Macedonia.
![Members of a Mexican folkloric dance group wait to perform at an arts and dance festival in Pristina, Kosovo. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-5737-08dcbb6acec7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of a Mexican folkloric dance group wait to perform at an arts and dance festival in Pristina, Kosovo.
![Locals clear debris following a rocket strike on a house in a village near Brovary in Ukraine's Kyiv region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-fdfa-08dcbac2225a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Locals clear debris following a rocket strike on a house in a village near Brovary in Ukraine's Kyiv region.
![Russians evacuated from fighting during a Ukrainian incursion into Russia line up to receive humanitarian aid at a distribution center in Kursk on August 12.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-4f6b-08dcbad41354_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russians evacuated from fighting during a Ukrainian incursion into Russia line up to receive humanitarian aid at a distribution center in Kursk on August 12.
![Members of the Mexican folkloric dance group Tumbi Uarhari perform at the Newborn arts and dance festival in Pristina. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-3615-08dcbb6aceae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the Mexican folkloric dance group Tumbi Uarhari perform at the Newborn arts and dance festival in Pristina.
![Serbian Olympic athletes celebrate during a welcoming ceremony at the Belgrade City Hall.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-8312-08dcbb6acec1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Serbian Olympic athletes celebrate during a welcoming ceremony at the Belgrade City Hall.
![Women sit carrying infants as they attend the Moharram Shahr exhibition, ahead of commemorations marking the end of the 40-day mourning period for the 7th-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein ibn Ali, on Azadi Square in Tehran. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-82c1-08dcbc3380db_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women sit carrying infants as they attend the Moharram Shahr exhibition, ahead of commemorations marking the end of the 40-day mourning period for the 7th-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein ibn Ali, on Azadi Square in Tehran.