Photos Of The Week (May 13-19, 2024)

Georgian police detain a demonstrator near the parliament building in Tbilisi during an opposition protest against a controversial '"foreign agent" bill. 

A woman plays with her dog on a beach on the Gulf of Finland as the sun sets, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

A Pakistani farmer carries bundles of wheat during the harvest season in a village on the outskirts of Peshawar.

A woman poses for a picture before an ancient gate while touring the ruins of ancient Persepolis, which served as the capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BC) in southern Iran.

Spanish, German, and Dutch soldiers are seen next to military helicopters belonging to the German, Spanish, and Romanian armies at the Bogata shooting range in Romania as part of the military exercise Swift Response 24. More than 5,000 troops and 320 means of equipment from seven allied and partner states will participate.

 A duck swims in a pond on a warm spring day in St. Petersburg, Russia. 

Poppy flowers bloom on a meadow near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

A woman uses her smartphone while walking past a mural depicting members of Russia's Yunarmia (Young Army) youth patriotic movement in Moscow. 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) performs Neil Young's Rockin' In The Free World at a bar in Kyiv while on an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital. 

A young boy drops his balloon as women wearing traditional Romanian costumes walk during an event celebrating the country's rural national outfits in Bucharest. 

A young girl, who lost four of her family members in a flash flood in northern Afghanistan, stands beside the grave of her brother near the village of Sherjalal.

Protesters in the Georgia capital, Tbilisi, rally against the divisive "foreign agent" law, which was approved by parliament this week. 

A Ukrainian police officer helps Viktor, an 84-year-old disabled man, during evacuations from the town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region. 

Police in Armenia's capital detain a demonstrator who attempted to block a street in a protest against a contentious border deal between Yerevan and neighboring Azerbaijan,