Photos Of The Week #31

Afghan volunteer health workers disinfect a mosque prior to the Eid al-Adha prayers in Kabul on July 31. (epa-EFE/Jawad Jalali)

A man uses a plastic bag as a face mask as he walks in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)

Supporters of Belarusian opposition presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya turn on the flashlights on their smartphones during a campaign rally in Minsk. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)

Afghan youths ride a motorcycle in Kabul during celebrations marking Eid al-Adha, the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year. It marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts: one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. (epa-EFE/Hedayatullah Amid)

Afghan girls play as they celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Kabul. (epa-EFE/Hedayatullah Amid)

An officer guards the entrance to Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)

A Proton-M rocket carrying Russian communications satellites lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 31. (TASS)

An Iranian helicopter fires a missile during a military exercise in the Persian Gulf. (AP)

Tens of thousands of people gather in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, for a large opposition rally on July 30. (RFE/RL/Uladz Hrydzin)

Kyrgyz National Guards wearing protective face masks go through their paces on a central square in Bishkek. (epa-EFE/Igor Kovalenko)

A Belarusian serviceman of the Ministry of Emergency Situations performs during celebrations for Fire Service Day in Minsk on July 25. Fire Service Day is the holiday recognizing the firefighters of Belarus. (epa-EFE/Tatyana Zenkovich)

Detainees are seen in an old cell in a pretrial detention facility in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)

An Iranian woman rides a bicycle next to a mural of Iran's national flag in Tehran. (epa-EFE/Abedin Taherkenareh)

A couple of young tourists kiss as they cool off in a mist cloud generated by a public fountain in central Bucharest as temperatures rose over 33 degree Celsius. (epa-EFE/Robert Ghement)

Activists rally outside the president's office in Kyiv on July 27 during a protest against a cease-fire with Russia-backed separatists fighting in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The separatists breached the cease-fire just hours after it began on July 27, the Ukrainian Army said, but the separatists denied the accusation. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)

A skateboarder performs a trick in front of a monument to Vladimir Lenin in Moscow. (AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)

Local resident Katerina Izvekova, 77, shows her house that was damaged during fighting between Russia-backed militants and Ukrainian armed forces near the separation line in the rebel-controlled village of Veseloye on July 27. (Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)

A competitor jumps from the Old Bridge over the Neretva River during the 454th traditional exhibition in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina on July 26. Thirty-two athletes from different nations took part in the event. (epa-EFE/Fehim Demir)

A man holds a cardboard key during a protest against government measures to fight a resurgence of the coronavirus in front of the government building in Pristina. (AFP/Armend Nimani)

A Ukrainian serviceman strokes a kitten on the front line in the Luhansk region. (Reuters)

A child plays in floodwater after heavy rains in Karachi, Pakistan. 

Russians watch fireworks over the Neva River during Navy Day celebrations in St. Petersburg. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A Pakistani farmer prepares tea in front of his goat stall at a cattle market selling sacrificial animals ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival in Lahore. (AFP/Arif Ali)