Photos Of The Week (May 6-12, 2024)
A participant covered in mud reacts as he takes part in the ancient game of lelo burti (field ball) in the village of Shukhuti in the Guria region of Georgia during Orthodox Easter celebrations. The brutal folk game has no limit on the number of participants or the match time, nor is there a referee.
Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire at the site of an overnight Russian missile strike on private buildings in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, on May 10.
Security personnel of the Islamic political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam JUI talk during a protest against alleged rigging in the general elections, in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire at the site of an overnight Russian missile strike on private buildings in Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, on May 10.
A veteran places flowers at the Eternal Flame in the Eternity Memorial Complex during a commemoration ceremony to mark the 79th Victory Day in Chisinau, Moldova. Former Soviet Republics celebrate the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II on May 9.
Ukrainian activists protested as Russia's ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev, laid a wreath at the Soviet soldier war mausoleum in Warsaw on May 9.
People take part in World War II Victory Day commemorations in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 9.
Tens of thousands of Armenians rallied in the center of Yerevan on May 9 amid calls by an outspoken Armenian archbishop for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his government to resign over a land deal with rival Azerbaijan.
Children play on a street near Skopje's Old Bazaar in North Macedonia.
A woman touches a photograph of a Ukrainian soldier at a memorial wall for troops killed during the war with invading Russian forces, at Saint Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv.
An Afghan woman holding a child walks along a road on the outskirts of Kandahar.
Ducks walk on the red carpet ahead of the arrival of the Chinese President Xi Jinping for a meeting with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, in Belgrade on May 8.
Pakistani children suffering from the blood disorder thalassemia receive blood transfusions at a Frontier Foundation medical center in Peshawar.
Boys cool themselves in a pool on a hot summer day in Lahore, Pakistan.
Taliban security personnel stand guard while authorities burn drugs and alcoholic drinks on the outskirts of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
Orthodox devotees sit in a car with baskets of traditional Easter delights after being blessed by a Ukrainian priest on Orthodox Easter in the village of Krasne, in the Chernihiv region, on May 5.