Photos Of The Week (December 19-24, 2023)

Members of Pakistan's Christian minority parade ahead of Christmas on a road in Karachi. 

A Ukrainian woman inspects her ruined apartment, which was hit in a Russian drone attack on Kyiv. 

Buildings are shrouded by a blanket of smog in North Macedonia's capital, Skopje, which has been struggling with high levels of air pollution this month. 

People walk under Christmas decorations at the local Catholic church in the village of Petrushan, near the town of Gjakova in Kosovo. 

Red Star supporters light torches and smoke grenades during the Serbian SuperLiga soccer match between Partizan and Red Star in Belgrade December 20.

A general view of the remains of a dormitory at the secondary school Tamasi Aron in Odorheiul Secuiesc, Romania, one day after the building partially collapsed, killing one student and injuring three, one of them seriously.

Afghan refugees wait to receive treatment at a free medical camp set up by nongovernmental organizations in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.

Christian devotees take part in a special Mass ahead of Christmas at a church in Lahore, Pakistan, on December 20.

People enjoy festivities in the central Ala-Too Square, decorated to mark the upcoming New Year holiday, in Bishkek on December 20.

Russian workers install decorations on a Christmas tree after a week's heavy snowfall in Podolsk, outside Moscow. 

A blanket of smog shrouds Bosnia-Herzegovina's capital, Sarajevo, which has been suffering from heavy pollution in recent days. 

Moldovan singer Satoshi performs in front of the presidential palace in Chisinau during an event held to mark a historic decision that enables the country to start accession negotiations with the European Union. 

Commuters make their way along a street amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan.

Local residents stand among debris on the street outside a house destroyed as a result of a drone attack in Ukraine's Odesa region.

A Serbian opposition supporter is restrained by fellow protesters trying to avoid a violent escalation during a protest joined by several thousand people outside the country's electoral commission in Belgrade on December 18.

An image made with a drone of the illuminated Hungarian State Opera House Andrassy Avenue in downtown Budapest.

Ukrainian soldier Yura greets his girlfriend, Margarita, who is visiting him during his short break from frontline duty as the country at the train station in Kramatorsk on December 24.