Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 42nd week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (October 16-22, 2023)
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An Iranian woman walks past a mural on Palestine Square in Tehran.
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Orphan boys attend classes at the Sheikh Zahid Orphanage School in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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A Ukrainian soldier jumps out of a boat onto the bank of the Dnieper River at the front line near Kherson in southern Ukraine.
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A boy cycles in a park in the Kosovar capital, Pristina.
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A Ukrainian woman in Kyiv mourns during the funeral of her grandson who was killed fighting Russian troops at the front.
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Afghan children study the Koran at an open-air madrasah, or Islamic school, in Kandahar Province.
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A woman cleans up debris inside a cathedral damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhya in southern Ukraine on October 18.
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A family rides a bike in monsoon rains in Lahore, Pakistan.
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An injured man is treated by military doctors at a stabilization point near the front line in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
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An Afghan youth jumps on a trampoline at the Kart-e Sakhi cemetery in Kabul.
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Plastic-covered mannequins bearing labels with fictitious names, ages, and jobs, lie on the ground during a protest in Bucharest against Romanian government health policies regarding cancer patients.
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Relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war and missing soldiers hold placards and flags depicting their portraits during a rally demanding their search and liberation on Independence Square in Kyiv.
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People gather along the roadside to receive free food being distributed on the occasion of World Food Day in Lahore, Pakistan.
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A burqa-clad Afghan woman looks at a dress in a shop in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province.
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People gather to attend a solidarity service for Israeli victims of the attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas at the Moscow Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow.
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Ukrainian soldiers of the Donbas Battalion take part in training close to the front line in the eastern region of Donetsk.
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An image rotated 180 degrees shows a person walking near St. Basil's Cathedral and the Moscow Kremlin reflected in a puddle on a rainy day in downtown Moscow.
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Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty who was arrested on charges of failing to register as a "foreign agent," attends a hearing at the Sovetski court in Kazan, Russia.