Photos Of The Week (September 26-October 2, 2022)

A man holds up a placard during a protest in Bucharest on October 1 against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, who died while in police custody after being arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating its strictly enforced dress code.

A girl waits for her mother to cast her ballot at a polling station in the town of Bankya, Bulgaria, on October 2.

Counselors aid victims of a convoy of civilian vehicles that was hit by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, on September 30.

A Ukrainian soldier examines the remains of a fellow fighter, killed in a battle against Russian troops in the Kharkiv region.

Some of the 33 million people affected by the monsoon floods in Pakistan wait for relief at a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on September 28.

A gas leak from two major Russian underwater pipelines designed to ship natural gas to Germany is roiling Baltic Sea waters in the Swedish economic zone following a blast on September 26 that intelligence officials suspect was deliberately set off.

People wait to receive food at a humanitarian-aid distribution point in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. 

Participants arrive for the opening session of a conference in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, organized by the International Telecommunication Union, the UN agency for information and communication technologies. 

Ukrainian Firefighters battle flames at a freight railway depot in Kharkiv hit by a Russian missile strike on September 27.

Protesters hold a vigil for 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at Sydney Town Hall, Australia. Amini died in Iranian police custody last week, sparking a wave of protests across Iran and around the world. 

A satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies on September 26 shows an overview of the traffic jam near Russia's border with Georgia as many Russians try to flee the country following the announcement of a "partial mobilization" by President Vladimir Putin.

Iranians burn U.S., Israeli, and British flags as thousands take part in a massive rally against the recent anti-government protests in Iran. 

Izyum residents collect firewood from abandoned foxholes of the Russian Army to heat their homes, facing cold autumn nights with no electricity, water, or gas.

A woman cleans up shattered glass from the entrance of a residential building damaged after a Russian attack in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

An estimated 98,000 Russians have crossed into Kazakhstan at the Mariinsky border, about 400 kilometers south of Chelyabinsk, fleeing the draft announced by President Vladimir Putin on September 21.

A priest blesses draftees called up in Russia's partial mobilization before their departure for Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 27.

Mourners at the Yerablur Military Pantheon in Yerevan commemorate Armenian soldiers killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.