Photos Of The Week (August 1-7, 2022)

Women carrying firewood on their heads are silhouetted against the mountains in Kabul.

Bosnian volunteer firefighters tackle a blaze near the Adriatic coastal town of Neum. 

A Pakistani soldier rescues a child from the flood-affected Rajanpur district in Punjab Province. 

A residential apartments house destroyed by Russian attack in the Saltivka district in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

An Iranian woman walks past a mural of a peace dove on a street in downtown Tehran.

A passenger looks out of a bus window during a rain shower in Dnipro, Ukraine.

Pakistani Shi'ite Muslims beat themselves during a procession to mark the sacred month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Destroyed trams are pictured in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, amid Russia's ongoing invasion.

A man passes by graffiti depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin that says "Kosovo is Serbia" in Belgrade.

A firefighter extinguishes a burning hospital building hit by a Russian missile strike in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. 

A man wades across a flooded street amid monsoon rains in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

People take pictures next to the Kulia Bazhan (Ball of Wishes) on the bank of the Dnieper River in Dnipro, Ukraine.

Iranian women walk past a mural of Iran’s national flag on a street in downtown Tehran.

A woman views an installation titled Echo In Moscow by Canadian artist Husam Chaya installed between the towers of the Moscow City business center in Moscow.

Pakistan supporters arrive for the Twenty 20 cricket match between India and Pakistan on day three of the Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston in Birmingham, central England.

Pakistan's Bisma Khan competes in the women's 100m freestyle heats swimming event at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, on day four of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England.

Dancers perform during the dress rehearsal of Forever Timeless, Leonid Yacobson's Ballet Masterpieces at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

Marina Havrysh is comforted by her husband, Vadim, as she weeps while watching her elderly parents helped into a van to be evacuated to a safer part of the country in the west from their home in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. "I understand that this will be the last time I ever see them," she said. "You see their age. I can't give them the proper care." 

Nina Grandova (right) visits her disabled husband, Yuriy, in the basement of their building where he has been living since the Russian invasion began on February 24, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.

A young girl holds her dog while waving goodbye to her grandparents from an evacuation train departing from Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.