Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 42nd week of 2018. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #42
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A unique 1,000-meter-long long spider web covers the road beside the Vistonida lake near Xanthi, Greece. Warmer weather conditions in Greece and an increase in the mosquito population are thought to have contributed to the rise in the number of spiders. (AFP/Sakis Mitrolidis)
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Local residents look out from a window near the site were a gunbattle took place between suspected militants and Indian government forces in downtown Srinagar, Kashmir, on October 17. (AFP/Tauseef Mustafa)
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An aerial view shows workers as they harvest cranberries at a state farm in the village of Selishche, Belarus. (AFP/Maxim Malinovsky)
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The Walk For Freedom, a protest against global slavery, in downtown Kyiv on October 20. (RFE/RL/Serhii Nuzhnenko)
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An Indian man reacts as he struggles to hold an umbrella against strong winds during a rain in Hyderabad. (AP/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Khrystyna Pohranychna of Ukraine competes in the ribbon routine during the rhythmic gymnastics women's individual all-around during the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16. (Reuters/Jed Leicester)
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Iranian women cheer during the friendly soccer match between Iran and Bolivia at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on October 16, where a small group of selected women were allowed to watch. (AFP)
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A young Afghan balloon vendor looks for customers in the courtyard of the Hazrat-e Ali Shrine, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-e Sharif. (AFP/Farshad Usyan)
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A member of the Pakistani Anti-Narcotic Force (ANF) takes a selfie beside a pile of burning drugs and liquor during a ceremony on the outskirts of Peshawar. The contraband was seized in raids across the province. (AFP/Abdul Majeed)
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People walk on a road that was partially washed away after flash floods hit the southwestern Aude district of France. Several months' worth of rain fell in just a few hours. (Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier)
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A man sells roasted chicken in Peshawar, Pakistan. (EPA-EFE/Arshad Arbab)
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A curious squirrel clambers on a tree at a park in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
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Bernard Sutton, 64, walks past the remains of his home, destroyed by Hurricane Michael in Fountain, Florida. (Reuters/Terray Sylvester)
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Artwork depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin is displayed at an exhibition called MonuMental by an anonymous artist who goes by the name Saint Hoax at the Dome City Center in Beirut. Saint Hoax is a Syrian artist who depicts political figures and pop culture icons. (EPA-EFE/Wael Hamzeh)
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A ceremony to welcome Patriarch Kirill (not pictured) of Moscow and All Russia outside the All Saints Church in Minsk. (TASS/Viktor Drachev)
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Pakistani religious students take part in biannual examinations in Karachi. (EPA-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)
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An Afghan woman walks with a child in the old city of Herat. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
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Activists from nationalist movements light flares during a rally in Kyiv on October 14. Tens of thousands of far-right activists and veterans of the conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists in the east of Ukraine marched through the city center. (AFP/Genya Savilov)