Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 29th week of 2019. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #29
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A member of Afghanistan's first all-female orchestra rests during the soundcheck before performing in downtown Bratislava. (AFP/Vladimir Simicek)
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Tenggerese people and tourists gather near the Bromo volcano during the annual Kasada ceremony where Hindu worshipers throw offerings such as crops and livestock into the crater as thanksgivings to their gods, in Probolingg, Indonesia, on July 18. (Reuters/Rizki Dwi Putra)
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Folk artists create sparks with molten iron during a performance in Hunan Province, China. (Reuters)
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Svetlana Romashina of Russia performs at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. (EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs)
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The International Space Station moves along its orbit above the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (AP/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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An Afghan child sells boiled eggs at a picnic spot on the outskirts of Kabul. Many young Afghans are unable to continue their education because they must work on the streets to be the breadwinners of the family. (epa-EFE/Jawad Jalili)
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A resident looks out of her house as rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Mumbai, India. (Reuters/Prashant Waydande)
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A family gathers around their belongings outside their damaged house following heavy monsoon rains in Neelum Valley, near the Line of Control in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, officials said at least 23 people were killed after heavy rain triggered flash floods and damaged more than 120 houses and 30 shops. (AFP/Sajjad Qayyum)
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Villagers are transported on a boat toward a safer place at a flooded village in Nagaon district in the northeastern state of Assam, India. (Reuters/Anuwar Hazarika)
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Newly ordained Buddhist monks sip water during a mass Buddhist monk ordination ceremony for hill tribesmen at Wat Benchamabophit, also known as the Marble Temple, in Bangkok. (epa-EFE/Rungroj Yongrit)
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A Pakistani street vendor walks past a shuttered market during a traders' countrywide strike against price hikes, in Lahore. (AFP/Arif Ali)