Photos Of The Week (May 8-14, 2023)

Relatives and friends gather at the Memory Wall to fallen Ukrainian soldiers to pay tribute near the St. Mykhail Cathedral in Kyiv on May 12.

An Iranian girl performs during the local freestyle soccer championship at the Adrenalin Park in Tehran on May 11.

The Bulgarian Development Bank building is illuminated by a light installation called Unlimited Universe as part of the Lunar Festival of Lights in Sofia on May 11.

Anti-Russia and anti-war activist Julie Levkova protests with red paint in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague.

Lilacs blossom near a burning building after shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's Donetsk region. 

Afghan schoolgirls attend a class at an open-air primary school in Jalalabad.

Amid Russia's ongoing unprovoked attack on Ukraine, a Ukrainian agricultural worker checks on the progress of grain that's been sown in the Cherkasy region.

Russian service members march in columns ahead of a military parade during Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9.

Russian rockets launch against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region at dawn in Kharkiv on May 8.

An interior view shows an apartment damaged by the remains of a suicide drone that was shot down during a Russian overnight strike in Kyiv on May 8.

The explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over Kyiv during a Russian strike on May 8.

Volunteers of the Ukrainian volunteer paramedic organization Hospitallers support a Ukrainian soldier who was injured in Bakhmut.

People cross a street in the city center of Kherson after a 58-hour curfew on May 8.

World War II veteran Asek Urmambetov, 100, receives congratulations from Kyrgyz well-wishers during Victory Day celebrations in Bishkek on May 8.

People walk by a mural of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic vandalized with red paint in Belgrade.

People attend a protest titled Serbia Against Violence in reaction to recent mass shootings that have shaken the country, in Belgrade on May 8.

A Pakistani child suffering from the thalassemia blood disorder receives a blood transfusion at the Frontier Foundation medical center, on World Thalassemia Day, in Peshawar on May 8.

Russian Cossacks arrive to participate in the Victory Day military parade to be held at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9.

Flames rise from the Radio Pakistan building after violent protests broke out across the country following the arrest of Imran Khan, former PM and head of opposition party Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on May 10.

People visit the 34th Tehran International Book Fair at Imam Khomeini Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on May 10. Over 100 foreign publishers and more than 2,700 local ones are expected to attend the event.

A woman carries portraits of Red Army soldiers during the celebrations of Victory Day, which marks the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on May 9.

Kabul blacksmith Ghulam Abbas builds solar heaters as an affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to using fuels in poverty-stricken Afghanistan.

A  woman removes debris of a residential house destroyed by a Russian military strike in the village of Malokaterynivka, Zaporizhzhya region.

World War II veteran Giorgi Dekanosidze, 101, sits on a bench holding a portrait of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during Victory Day celebrations in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 9.

A volunteer helps an elderly woman board a train to Dnipro during an evacuation effort in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 10.