Photos Of The Week #50
Macedonian sex workers carrying red umbrellas walk in front of the memorial house of Mother Teresa during a rally to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers in Skopje, North Macedonia. Sex workers face a much greater risk of being exposed to sexual violence on the job.
Rhythmic gymnast Szofia Bernat of Hungary performs her routine during the individual all-around event at the Divine Grace International Experimental Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament at VTB Arena in Moscow.
Taliban security officials patrol at a zoo in Kabul.
The Osokorky station of the Kyiv subway features a mural painted in 2018 as part of the More Than Us project by street artists from Ukraine, Switzerland, the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica, Spain, Belgium and Australia.
Children watch a cockfighting match on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ukrainian soldiers stand on a street as a local resident walks by in the village of Travneve, near the front line in the Donetsk region.
A man holds a candle in front of portraits of victims of the Army Public School (APS) attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, on the seventh anniversary of that massacre, which left 156 people dead.
After heavy snowfall on the outskirts of Moscow, a woman walks past an arch of light that has been installed for the upcoming New Year and Christmas celebrations.
Afghan youths enjoy the first snow of the year in Kabul on December 15.
People working in Kosovo's hospitality sector attend a protest against COVID-19 restrictions in front of a government building in Pristina on December 15.
Doctors and nurses wearing protective gear turn over a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit of the Szent Laszlo Hospital in Budapest. Hungary ranks in the top five in the world in per-capita deaths from the coronavirus.
Spectators line up outside the National Stadium in Karachi to watch Pakistan's T20 cricket match against the West Indies on December 13.
A demonstrator holds a candle as people gather in front of Russia's Supreme Court in Moscow on December 14. The Supreme Court has resumed a hearing into a request by federal prosecutors to shut down one of the post-Soviet world's oldest and most prestigious human rights organizations, Memorial International.
Burqa-clad Afghan women sit in front of a beauty salon in Jalalabad with images that have been defaced with spray paint.
Police examine the scene of an accident near the Serbian border where a car carrying migrants crashed into a house in Morahalom, Hungary, on December 14. Seven migrants were killed. Police said the driver of the car refused to stop for a police check and tried to escape at high speed.
People ride a merry-go-round at the Christmas Market on Red Square in Moscow.
People wearing masks and costumes wait before performing in a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil.
A woman wearing a burqa and a child walk past Taliban fighters along a roadside in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Participants wearing Santa Claus costumes take part in a charity run in Pristina, Kosovo, on December 12.