Photos Of The Week (September 18-24, 2023)

Armenian protesters display signs outside the government building in central Yerevan on September 20.

Ukrainian rescue service members work at the site of a Russian missile strike on a residential area of Kyiv on September 21.

An aerial picture shows tractors parked in a field during a protest against the lifting of a ban on imports of grain coming from Ukraine, in Dolni Bogrov, near Sofia. The farmers said they were ending their demonstration after reaching an agreement with the government. The agreement, reached late on September 19, provides for a temporary ban on the import of sunflower seeds from Ukraine as well as the introduction of quotas on grain imports from Ukraine.

Miners and members of Bulgaria's trade unions hold wooden crosses during a protest in front of the Bulgarian parliament in Sofia on September 19. A few thousands miners and members of Bulgaria's trade unions gathered to demand a clear and secure energy future for Bulgaria.

Men work at a tin shop in Kabul.

Family members embrace freed Americans as they arrive from Iran at Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on September 19. They were released in a prisoner swap deal between the United States and Iran.

Orphaned Afghan boys study at the Sheikh Zayed orphanage in Kandahar.

Demonstrators clash with police at the government building to protest against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on September 19 in Yerevan, after Azerbaijan launched an offensive in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh against ethnic Armenian forces.

Children sleep in a shelter during shelling in Stepanakert, the capital of the breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh, on September 20.

A fisherman prepares his fishing rod during sunset on a beach in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. 

Uzbek men work at a cotton reception point outside the capital, Tashkent.

A man walks along a broken highway amid heavy flooding in Iran's northwestern city of Astara in Gilan Province close to the border with Azerbaijan. 

Men dressed in ancient Roman costumes hold torches  during the show Justinian And Theodora following the Ulpiana Festival held at the archeological site of Ulpiana near Pristina on September 17.

Men are silhouetted as they work on the roof of a house before rain showers on the outskirts of Pristina.

 A groomed dachshund walks on a podium during a parade festival dedicated to the dog breed in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Police officers detain a protester during an anti-government rally in Yerevan on September 22.

Rescuers from Kyrgyzstan's Emergency Situations Ministry operate a fire rescue air cushion as they take part in anti-terrorism exercises near Bishkek.

A prison police officer blows a plastic trumpet during a public servants trade union protest in front of the Finance Ministry in Bucharest.