Photos Of The Week (August 26-September 1)
Two Pakistani men ride a motorbike during a heavy downpour in Karachi.
An Afghan woman shows a painting at the Afghanistan's Economic Development and Success exhibit in Kabul.
An Afghan man looks on during a mixed martial arts class at a club in Kabul. The Taliban administration has officially banned Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)/Free Fight, deeming it incompatible with Islamic teachings. It was announced by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to the National Olympic and Physical Training Committee, citing concerns over violence and safety risks associated with the sport.
A Macedonian Orthodox believer touches an icon of the Virgin Mary during the Orthodox celebrations of the Assumption of Mary in the St. Mother of God church in Skopje, North Macedonia.
People pass by a giant sculpture of Jesus Christ by Armenian sculptor Armen Samvelyane, which will eventually have a height of 33 meters, at a workshop in Yerevan. The statue of Jesus Christ is to be erected on Mt. Hatis, some 30 kilometers from the Armenian capital.
Medics shift the bodies of victims of a bus accident in Balochistan Province to a hospital in Karachi. At least 11 people were killed and 35 injured in the southern province when a bus carrying pilgrims from Iran to Punjab Province fell into a ditch.
Ukrainian soldiers of 3rd Assault Brigade fly an FPV suicide drone over Russian positions in the Kharkiv region.
A man mourns the death of his father, who died in a shooting by separatist militants, at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan. Separatist militants killed at least 39 people in "coordinated" attacks in southwestern Pakistan on August 26 that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said.
People take cover inside a Kyiv metro station during a Russian missile and drone strike on August 26.
Pakistani security officials patrol the scene of deadly clashes between two armed groups in Karachi.
People read a newspaper in front of closed market stalls after traders called for a shutter-down strike to protest against inflation in Peshawar, Pakistan.
A picture taken with a drone shows cattle drinking by a dry pasture of the Hungarian steppe near the town of Balmazujvaros, eastern Hungary.
An restorer standing on scaffolding examines the considerably eroded statue of Archangel Gabriel, the centerpiece of Heroes Square in Budapest.
Children play in the dark with flashlights in a residential area during an electricity blackout in Kyiv.
The parade master of the honorary platoon of the Serbian Army fixes a soldier's uniform prior to a ceremony ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron two-day visit to Belgrade.