A Belarusian law enforcement officer looks on during an opposition demonstration against presidential election results in Minsk. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
Protesters gather on the streets of the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on August 23 for a masive rally against the disputed reelection of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka. (RFE/RL/Uladz Hrydzin)
A view of the Spasskaya Tower during assembly work in Red Square. Moscow. (TASS/Alexander Shcherbak)
Belarusian opposition supporters rally to protest disputed presidential elections results on Independence Square in Minsk on August 20. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)
A photograph taken with a slow shutter speed shows Pakistan's historic Empress market at sunset in Karachi. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)
A woman jogs by the sea near the Atlesh fishing site in Crimea, Ukraine. (TASS/Sergei Malgavko)
A woman walks along a street in central Moscow. (AFP/Yury Kadobnov)
A missile unveiled by Iran is launched at an unknown location in Iran on August 20. ((West Asia News Agency via Reuters))
A boy looks at stuffed dog Strelka at the Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. (epa-EFE/Yury Kochetkov)
Workers harvest apples in a farming enterprise in Crimea's Krasnogvardeisky district. (TASS/Sergei Malgavko)
A food courier is reflected in a covering of a social advertisement poster while crossing a street with his bicycle in Moscow. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
A boy waves Afghanistan's national flag as he rides his bicycle on Independence Day in Jalalabad on August 18. (epa-EFE/Ghulamullah Habibi)
People visit the beach in Karachi on August 18 after the government lifted most of Pakistan's remaining coronavirus restrictions. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)
Balloons take part in the Sky of Russia International Balloon Festival in the Ryazan region on August 17. (TASS/Aleksandr Ryumin)
Protesters hold up posters with Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka standing near the entrance to a factory calling on workers to join a strike and protests in Minsk on August 18. (epa-EFE/Tatyana Zenkovich)
A young Afghan woman is reflected in a wall mirror while learning tailoring skills as part of a vocational training conducted by local women in Herat. (epa-EFE/Jalil Rezayee)
A man rides a zip line on Lake Kezenoyam in the Caucasus Mountains in Russia's Chechnya region. (TASS/Yelena Afonina)
A large historical white-red-white flag of Belarus is pictured next to demonstrators forming a heart during a protest against the results of the Belarusian presidential election in Prague on August 16. (Reuters/David W. Cerny)
Supporters of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka are seen through the fabric of a national flag as they take part in a rally in Minsk on August 16. (epa-EFE/Tatyana Zenkovich)
Agricultural machinery harvests wheat in a farming enterprise in Russia's Ryazon region. (TASS/Alexander Ryumin)