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Photos Of The Week (January 22-28, 2024)

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the fourth week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.

A visitor walks through a part of the National Gallery of Kosovo covered in an oversized duvet as part of an art exhibition titled Day Into Night, Night Into Year, in Pristina.
1 A visitor walks through a part of the National Gallery of Kosovo covered in an oversized duvet as part of an art exhibition titled Day Into Night, Night Into Year, in Pristina.
A supporter of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan wears a face mask displaying his picture in Rawalpindi ahead of Pakistan's upcoming general elections.
2 A supporter of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan wears a face mask displaying his picture in Rawalpindi ahead of Pakistan's upcoming general elections.
A visitor walks past a screen displaying an icon in a Russian Defense Ministry exhibit in Moscow. 
3 A visitor walks past a screen displaying an icon in a Russian Defense Ministry exhibit in Moscow. 
Fishermen walk while ice fishing on the Gulf of Finland in front of an oil tanker in St. Petersburg, Russia. 
4 Fishermen walk while ice fishing on the Gulf of Finland in front of an oil tanker in St. Petersburg, Russia. 
Soldiers of the Romanian Presidential Honor Guard are seen through the eternal flame that burns for fallen heroes as they pay their respects in front of the Unknown Soldier Memorial during a religious ceremony organized to mark the 165th anniversary of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities in Bucharest on January 24.
5 Soldiers of the Romanian Presidential Honor Guard are seen through the eternal flame that burns for fallen heroes as they pay their respects in front of the Unknown Soldier Memorial during a religious ceremony organized to mark the 165th anniversary of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities in Bucharest on January 24.
Vendors salvage their merchandise as a helicopter drops water on a fire at a Chinese bazaar in Belgrade on January 24.
6 Vendors salvage their merchandise as a helicopter drops water on a fire at a Chinese bazaar in Belgrade on January 24.
Families of missing persons who have been protesting against enforced disappearances leave after calling off a sit-in protest in Islamabad on January 24.
7 Families of missing persons who have been protesting against enforced disappearances leave after calling off a sit-in protest in Islamabad on January 24.
Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan receive food aid from the Red Cross in Kandahar. 
8 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan receive food aid from the Red Cross in Kandahar. 
People gather for the funeral of Sadegh Omidzadeh and Mohammad-Amin Samadi, members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in Tehran.
9 People gather for the funeral of Sadegh Omidzadeh and Mohammad-Amin Samadi, members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in Tehran.
Russian firefighters attempt to extinguish a blaze at a gas terminal in the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga on January 24.
10 Russian firefighters attempt to extinguish a blaze at a gas terminal in the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga on January 24.
People walk past a snow-covered bronze monument depicting Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in a park near St. Petersburg.
11 People walk past a snow-covered bronze monument depicting Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in a park near St. Petersburg.
Firefighters douse a blaze at a shopping mall in Peshawar, Pakistan.
12 Firefighters douse a blaze at a shopping mall in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves against France's Adrian Mannarino during their men's singles match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.
13 Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves against France's Adrian Mannarino during their men's singles match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.
A woman walks past the body of a victim killed during shelling in Donetsk in the Russian-controlled region of eastern Ukraine.
14 A woman walks past the body of a victim killed during shelling in Donetsk in the Russian-controlled region of eastern Ukraine.
The glow from a rocket attack lights up the sky in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. 
15 The glow from a rocket attack lights up the sky in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. 
A woman clears broken glass from the window of multistory apartment building damaged during a Russian strike in Kyiv.  
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A woman clears broken glass from the window of multistory apartment building damaged during a Russian strike in Kyiv.
 
A Ukrainian soldier reflected in a car mirror looks at a Swedish-made Archer howitzer operated by members of the 45th Artillery Brigade.
17 A Ukrainian soldier reflected in a car mirror looks at a Swedish-made Archer howitzer operated by members of the 45th Artillery Brigade.
Snow caps the monuments at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potocari, Bosnia-Herzegovina.  
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Snow caps the monuments at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potocari, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
 
People take shelter in a subway station during an air raid in Kyiv.
19 People take shelter in a subway station during an air raid in Kyiv.
Ukrainian law enforcement officers provide assistance to a local resident injured as a result of a missile attack on Kharkiv. 
20 Ukrainian law enforcement officers provide assistance to a local resident injured as a result of a missile attack on Kharkiv. 
BULGARIA -- A man walks in a snow covered park during subzero temperatures in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 23, 2024.
21 BULGARIA -- A man walks in a snow covered park during subzero temperatures in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 23, 2024.
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