Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 20th week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (May 15-21, 2023)
- By RFE/RL
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A boy wearing a "vyshyvanka," a traditional Ukrainian embroidered blouse, holds pigeons as he poses for his mother on Independence Square in Kyiv during Vyshyvanka Day on May 18.
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A woman has her picture taken in front of a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a book fair on the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg.
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A rescue worker sits in front of a body of a local resident who was killed by Russian rocket attack in Tsyrkuny, Ukraine on May 18.
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A rescue worker sits in front of a body of a local resident who was killed by Russian rocket attack in Tsyrkuny, Ukraine on May 18.
A rescue worker sits in front of a body of a local resident who was killed by Russian rocket attack in Tsyrkuny, Ukraine on May 18.
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People walk past Kosovo's government headquarters lit with the colors of the LGBTQIA+ flag, marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, as a sign of solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community, in Pristina on May 17.
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A Ukrainian soldier of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade smokes at his position near the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
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A street vendor prepares watermelon juice for sale at a roadside stall during a heat wave in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Members of the Berezka State Academic Choreographic Ensemble perform during a concert to mark its 75th birthday at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow.
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A Ukrainian marine attends FPV-drone flight training in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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A child peers through a window during a polio vaccination campaign in Kabul.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (left) inspects weapons collected as part of an amnesty near the city of Smederevo, Serbia.
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A picture taken with a drone shows a stork's nest in front of a building that was previously damaged by Russian shelling in the Zolochiv settlement of Ukraine's Kharkiv region.
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Kyrgyz schoolchildren recite the Manas epic on Victory Square in Bishkek.
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A woman works on a roadside next to her children in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Protesters wave Palestinian flags and banners during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at University Plaza in downtown Bucharest.
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Civilians greet Ukrainian soldiers on a passing armored personnel carrier on a road in the Donetsk region, Ukraine.
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, are covered with a white sheet as they arrive to appear at the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 15.
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Women visit the 34th Tehran International Book Fair at the Imam Khomeini Mosque in Tehran.
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Laborers work at the Qush Tepa Canal construction project in northern Balkh Province, Afghanistan.
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Afghan schoolgirls attend a class at an open-air primary school in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar Province.
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An Afghan girl carries a bundle of wheat for threshing at a field in the Kama district of Nangarhar Province.
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People attend the funeral of Ukrainian soldier Volodymyr Nestor, killed in combat with Russian troops, at a cemetery in Lviv.
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A Romanian military academy cadet holds a candle during a ceremony in front of the Unknown Hero Monument, in Carol I Park in Bucharest.
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Japanese choreographer Hiroaki Umeda performs during his show titled Intentional Particle at the 25th International Contemporary Dance Festival in Veszprem, Hungary.
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A policeman patrols as people riding bicycles and scooters wait to cross an intersection near a sign reading "We stand with Ukraine" outside the Canadian Embassy in Beijing.
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An exploding missile streaks across the sky over Kyiv during a Russian missile strike.
