Photos Of The Week (June 20-26, 2022)
An Afghan woman sits outside a temporary shelter after an earthquake in the village of Gayan in Paktika Province. Some 1,150 people were killed and over 1,500 others injured in a devastating earthquake on June 22.
Georgians rally in Tbilisi in favor of European integration on June 24. The rally came a day after EU leaders deferred Tbilisi's candidacy, recognizing it as a "perspective member" but insisting that candidate status could only be granted as soon as "set priorities are met" and widespread reforms are put in place.
People watch as a defused 500-kilogram Russian bomb that did not detonate when it landed on an apartment building in March is lowered from the roof by members of a specialized team in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on June 23.
A potter makes a clay piggy bank at a workshop on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan.
Afghans stand by the bodies of relatives killed in an earthquake in the village of Gayan in Paktika Province on June 23. At least 1,150 people were killed in the powerful June 22 earthquake.
People celebrate the summer solstice at a festival in the village of Okunevo in Russia's Omsk region on June 21.
Team Kazakhstan competes during the preliminaries at the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on June 23.
A view of the sacred tree of Aal Luuk Mas at the site of the Yhyakh Olonkho National Festival in the village of Verkhnevilyuysk, western Yakutia, Russia, on June 22.
Candles spell out the words "We Remember" at a ceremony marking the eve of the anniversary of the Soviet Union's involvement in World War II in 1941 in Bishkek on June 21.
Local residents wait to receive humanitarian aid in front of a residential building that was damaged during a Russian attack in Borodyanka, Ukraine.
Afghans look at destruction caused by a major earthquake in the province of Paktika, in southeastern Afghanistan, on June 22. At least 1,150 people were killed. The death toll makes the earthquake, which was measured at a magnitude of 6.1, Afghanistan's worst natural disaster in two decades.
A Ukrainian soldier with a dog waits in the industrial area of Syevyerodonetsk on June 20.
A person marks International Yoga Day by standing on the archeo-astronomical site that is the megalithic Kokino observatory in the northeast of North Macedonia on June 21.
Team Ukraine listens to their national anthem after winning the gold medal in the final of the free combination of artistic swimming at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest on June 20.
Children of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan smile for the camera from inside their makeshift tent on the outskirts of Lahore on June 19.
A worker watches members of the LGBT community, protected by riot police, at a march held to promote human rights and equality in Chisinau, Moldova, on June 19.
Supporters of opposition party Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf listen to party leader and former Prime Minister Imran Khan during a protest in Karachi on June 19.
Afghan refugee children protest in front of the United Nations building in Bishkek on June 20.
Onlookers watch as firefighters attempt to put out a fire attributed to Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region on June 20.
Debris litters the floor of the Kharkiv State Zoo Veterinary Academy after it was damaged by overnight Russian shelling in Mala Danylivka, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, on June 20.
A man climbs out of a damaged residential building following shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, on June 20.
Soldiers fire a salvo in tribute to Ukrainian soldier Vladislav Andreev, killed in the Donetsk region, at his funeral in Bucha on June 20.
Visitors take photos in a lavender field near the town of Chirpan, Bulgaria, on June 19.
Ukraine's Mykhailo Romanchuk competes in a heat for the men's 800-meter freestyle event during the Budapest 2022 World Aquatics Championships at Duna Arena in Budapest on June 20.