Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 18th week of 2019. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #18
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An Indian candy vendor walks along a closed beach in Puri in the eastern Indian state of Odisha as cyclone Fani approached the Indian coastline. Nearly 800,000 people in eastern India were evacuated ahead of a major cyclone packing winds gusting up to 200 kilometers per hour and torrential rains. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)
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Boys who are experiencing the lives of Buddhist monks by staying in a temple for two weeks as novice monks enjoy a ride at Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea. (Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji)
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T-72B tanks fire during military exercises at a training ground in Kazakhstan's Almaty Region. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)
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Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn (right) and Queen Suthida during their wedding ceremony in Bangkok. Thailand announced on May 1 that King Maha Vajiralongkorn's longtime consort had become his fourth wife, bestowed with the title Queen Suthida -- a surprise move just days before his coronation. (AFP/Thai Royal Household Bureau)
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Russian police detain an opposition protester during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg on May 1. (Reuters/Igor Russak)
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Kazakh police officers detain opposition protesters in Almaty on May 1. (AFP/Ruslan Pryanikov)
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A child wearing a Monterrey jersey walks on the field amid swirling confetti as Monterrey soccer players and their families celebrate defeating Tigres in the CONCACAF Champions League final in Monterrey, Mexico, on May 1. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
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A child looks on as Kazakh police officers run to detain antigovernment protesters during a rally in Almaty on May 1. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists attend a May Day rally in St. Petersburg on May 1. (Reuters/Anton Vaganov)
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An injured reporter is carried away during a rally against the government of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on May 1. (Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)
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Fireworks launched by opponents of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro land near Bolivarian National Guard armored vehicles loyal to Maduro in Caracas on April 30. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)
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An anti-government protester carrying a Venezuelan flag covers his face amid tear gas fired by soldiers loyal to President Maduro during an attempted military uprising in Caracas on April 30. (AP/Boris Vergara)
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An opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro high fives a rebel soldier on a highway overpass outside La Carlota air base amid tear gas fired by loyalist troops inside the base in Caracas on April 30. (AP/Boris Vergara)
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A Pakistani laborer smokes a cigarette as he takes a break from working in a foundry in Lahore. (Reuters/Mohsin Raza)
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Elderly women feed pigeons at a bus stop in Moscow. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
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An airplane flies above a statue standing on the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. (AFP/Michal Cizek)
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Ukrainians pour water on each other as part of Easter celebrations on a street in downtown Lviv on April 29. (epa-EFE/Markiian Lyseiko)
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Palestinian beekeepers collect honey at a farm in Gaza City. (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)
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Pilgrims carry an icon of the Virgin Mary during the annual religious procession, marking the second day of Orthodox Easter at the Bachkovo monastery in Bulgaria on April 29. (AFP/Nikolay Doychinov)
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (left) talks to President Vladimir Putin during an Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on April 28. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)