Photos Of The Week (July 3-9, 2023)

An Afghan shepherd walks his flock on a street in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province.

A woman holds her dog at a site of a residential building that was hit by a Russian missile strike in Lviv, Ukraine. At least 10 people were killed.

The Ukrainian Motherland monument is illuminated in the colors of the U.S. flag in celebration of the United States' Independence Day in Kyiv on July 4.

An Afghan beautician applies makeup to a client at a beauty salon in Mazar-e Sharif on July 5. Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered beauty parlors across the country to shut within a month, the vice ministry confirmed on July 4, the latest curb to squeeze women out of public life.

Locals react at the scene of a rocket attack on the Pervomayskiy settlement in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine on July 4. At least 31 people were injured, including nine children, according to the State Emergency Service.

A woman walks past a billboard in Minsk promoting Belarus's armed forces.

Polo players ride their horses as they compete during a match in Skardu, in Pakistan's northeastern Gilgit-Baltistan region.

Storks fly over a burning field near the town of Snihurivka, in Ukraine's Mykolayiv region, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A giant screen broadcasts news footage of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attending via video link a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization n Beijing.

A super moon rises behind a Soviet-era monument for defenders of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in World War II, in St. Petersburg.

Artists of Italy's Flower Sway Poles perform during the B-FIT in the Street international festival in Bucharest.

A photo of a Ukrainian soldier sits among Ukrainian flags bearing the names of people killed in Russian attacks at a memorial site in Kyiv.

Activists of the United Muslim Forum Pakistan group burn a representation of the Swedish flag during a demonstration in Karachi, Pakistan.

People visit a memorial for victims of executions and attacks on individual civilians by Russian troops in Bucha, Kyiv region, Ukraine.

Toys hang on a tree in front of a damaged residential building in Shebekino, Belgorod region, Russia.

A woman sits in front of a damaged residential building in Shebekino, Belgorod region, Russia.

An Afghan potter makes clay bowls at a traditionally run factory in the Istalif district, in the northwest of Kabul Province.

Holding a photo of Ukrainian writer Viktoria Amelina, Sofia Chelyak hugs a woman during a memorial service for Amelina in Kyiv. The award-winning writer was killed last week by a Russian missile attack on a popular restaurant frequented by journalists and aid workers in eastern Ukraine.