Photos Of The Week: (February 19-25, 2024)

Flags bearing the symbols and colors of Ukraine are laid to commemorate fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Independence Square in Kyiv, on February 24.

Firefighters work to extinguish the flames at a railway station hit by Russian shelling in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. 

A seagull flies by the moon before sunset over the Vacaresti Nature Park in Bucharest, Romania.

Afghans offer evening prayers at a park in Kabul. 

Candles form a sea of lights on St. Stephen's Square in Vienna, Austria, as part of an event expressing support for Ukrainian children amid Russia's ongoing invasion of their country.

Commuters on a bus look at the covered body of a woman in the aftermath of shelling in downtown Donetsk, in Russian-controlled Ukraine.

A drone view shows the destroyed coke and chemical plant in Avdiyivka, Ukraine, after Russian troops took control of the city.

A man walks on a snow-covered path in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

People hang portraits of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny at the front gate of the Russian Embassy in Kappara, Malta, as people attend a protest and vigil held following his death.

Visitors walk on the remaining traces of snow mixed with mud during Bosnia's unseasonably warm weather on Mt. Bjelasnica, a popular ski resort near Sarajevo.

A farmer competes in a traditional bull race in Swabi, Pakistan.

Nadezhda Prokopenko clears debris in the yard of the house of a relative that was destroyed in a Russian missile strike in Selydove, near Avdiyivka, Ukraine.

Smoke rises behind a World War II memorial in Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine.

People enjoy sledding in the village of Prokhladnoye, about 30 kilometers from Bishkek.

An Afghan woman during a snowfall in Fayzabad, Badakhshan Province

Police officers watch a woman laying flowers to pay tribute to Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny at a monument in St. Petersburg. Russians across the country streamed to ad hoc memorials with flowers and candles to pay tribute to Navalny, the Kremlin's fiercest critic. Navalny, 47, died in prison on February 16 under unclear circumstances. Hundreds have been arrested for paying tribute to his legacy.

An Afghan girl carries a snowman along a sidewalk in Kabul. 

Women shop at a covered market in the Iranian city of Qom.

People rally in support of Ukraine in Prague on the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24.