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Photos Of The Week (June 12-18, 2023)

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 24th week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.

A specialist looks out of a helicopter during an operation to contain wildfires in Kazakhstan's eastern Abai region.
1 A specialist looks out of a helicopter during an operation to contain wildfires in Kazakhstan's eastern Abai region.
A man waits for clients while selling mangos in his street stall in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
2 A man waits for clients while selling mangos in his street stall in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
People visit the beach despite warnings about the approaching Cyclone Biparjoy, in Karachi, Pakistan.
3 People visit the beach despite warnings about the approaching Cyclone Biparjoy, in Karachi, Pakistan.
A member of an expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency takes part in an inspection of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on June 15. 
4 A member of an expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency takes part in an inspection of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on June 15. 
Hungarian folk dancers perform at a cultural event in Budapest. 
5 Hungarian folk dancers perform at a cultural event in Budapest. 
A dog sits in a flooded bus after the Kakhovka dam breach in Kherson, Ukraine.
6 A dog sits in a flooded bus after the Kakhovka dam breach in Kherson, Ukraine.
Bismillah, a 6-year-old Afghan boy, works at a brick kiln to support his family in Kandahar, earning around $2 a day, as the world marks the World Day Against Child Labor on June 12.
7 Bismillah, a 6-year-old Afghan boy, works at a brick kiln to support his family in Kandahar, earning around $2 a day, as the world marks the World Day Against Child Labor on June 12.
Destroyed Humvees used by the U.S. Army during the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan are seen stacked to be sold as scrap metal in Kandahar city.
8 Destroyed Humvees used by the U.S. Army during the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan are seen stacked to be sold as scrap metal in Kandahar city.
An Iranian woman walks past a wall painting in a street in Tehran.
9 An Iranian woman walks past a wall painting in a street in Tehran.
A man cools off in a water leak during hot weather in Karachi, Pakistan.
10 A man cools off in a water leak during hot weather in Karachi, Pakistan.
Actors wearing costumes dance at an annual historical festival, Times and Epochs, celebrating Russia Day on Pushkin Square in central Moscow on June 12.
11 Actors wearing costumes dance at an annual historical festival, Times and Epochs, celebrating Russia Day on Pushkin Square in central Moscow on June 12.
People enjoy high-tide waves on the Arabian Sea in Karachi, Pakistan.
12 People enjoy high-tide waves on the Arabian Sea in Karachi, Pakistan.
Fishing boats are anchored in port after a warning issued by Pakistani authorities to avoid cyclone Biparjoy in Karachi.
13 Fishing boats are anchored in port after a warning issued by Pakistani authorities to avoid cyclone Biparjoy in Karachi.
The frigate Rossia (Russia) with scarlet sails floats on the Neva River during a rehearsal of the Scarlet Sails celebration in St. Petersburg, Russia.
14 The frigate Rossia (Russia) with scarlet sails floats on the Neva River during a rehearsal of the Scarlet Sails celebration in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A boy waits to be evacuated to government relief camps before the due onset of a cyclone in the Sujawal district of Pakistan's Sindh Province.
15 A boy waits to be evacuated to government relief camps before the due onset of a cyclone in the Sujawal district of Pakistan's Sindh Province.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates with the trophy and ball kids after winning the French Open on June 11.
16 Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates with the trophy and ball kids after winning the French Open on June 11.
Women from Srebrenica hold banners showing pictures of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre at a demonstration in Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on June 11.
17 Women from Srebrenica hold banners showing pictures of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre at a demonstration in Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on June 11.
A man walks in the flooded yard of his house in Afanasiyivka in Ukraine's Mykolayiv region.
18 A man walks in the flooded yard of his house in Afanasiyivka in Ukraine's Mykolayiv region.
People line up to get free eye treatment in Kabul.
19 People line up to get free eye treatment in Kabul.
Marija Milicevic (right) and her sister, Vedrana, visit the Hobbit house in the village of Rakova Noga, near Kresevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
20 Marija Milicevic (right) and her sister, Vedrana, visit the Hobbit house in the village of Rakova Noga, near Kresevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Rescuers at the scene of an apartment block hit by a Russian missile in Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine.
21 Rescuers at the scene of an apartment block hit by a Russian missile in Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine.
Children fish in a river in the Alingar district of Laghman Province, Afghanistan.
22 Children fish in a river in the Alingar district of Laghman Province, Afghanistan.
A Ukrainian soldier is seen near the front line near the newly liberated village of Neskuchne in Donetsk region, Ukraine.
23 A Ukrainian soldier is seen near the front line near the newly liberated village of Neskuchne in Donetsk region, Ukraine.
Cyclone evacuees receive food near a temporary shelter set at a school in a coastal area in Sujawal of Pakistan's Sindh Province.
24 Cyclone evacuees receive food near a temporary shelter set at a school in a coastal area in Sujawal of Pakistan's Sindh Province.
A resident salvages belongings from the remains of her home in the aftermath of a Russian attack on Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
25 A resident salvages belongings from the remains of her home in the aftermath of a Russian attack on Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

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