Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 40th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (September 30-October 6, 2024)
- By RFE/RL

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Afghan children travel on a three-wheel vehicle in Balkh Province.

2
The sun rises over the Moscow-City business district in the Russian capital.

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Locals react after floods and landslides hit the village of Trusina in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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Locals gather near the wreckage of a bus that fell into a ravine near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan Province.

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Apartment buildings are reflected by a flooded soccer field after heavy rain in the village of Kiseljak in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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A man jumps off the apparent remains of a ballistic missile lying in the desert, following an attack by Iran on Israel, near the southern Israeli city of Arad.

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The sun sets over the Kazakh capital, Astana, with the presidential residence in the foreground.

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An Afghan boy rides a bicycle past a burqa-clad woman along a street on outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif.

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Ukrainian rescuers inspect damage to a residential building following a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv early on October 3.

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A Pakistani woman mans a emergency-response hotline for Karachi's firefighting services.

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A man carries two children after arriving in Sofia airport on a Bulgarian government evacuation flight from Lebanon.

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Hasidic Jewish pilgrims dance on the streets in the Ukrainian city of Uman as part of festivities celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

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Flames rise from a motorcycle set on fire during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, to protest the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

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An Afghan man walks through a waterlogged street after heavy rainfall in Kabul.

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Women walk with umbrellas during a rainy autumn day in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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A horse looks on during a traditional horse-racing competition in the Kosovar village of Opoja.

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An Afghan woman searches for recyclable materials amid plastic waste at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif.

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Artists from the South African Jazzart Dance Theater perform during the World Culture Festival in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine

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