Voters are heading to ballot boxes in Donetsk, the eastern Ukrainian city controlled by Russia-backed separatists, to vote in unilaterally-declared polls on November 11.
Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, is free but under police protection after the Pakistani Supreme Court overturned her conviction. Hard-line Islamist groups continue to call for her execution.
Craftsmen in the Afghan city of Herat have been making glass for hundreds of years. But with few tourists traveling there, and locals buying cheap imports, the art of glassblowing may be dying out.
Supporters of Russian nationalist groups marched in Moscow on November 4, a day officially marked as National Unity Day.
After millions have been displaced by conflicts in Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands more now face a life-threatening drought.
Afghans go to the polls on October 20 for the country's first parliamentary elections in eight years. The run-up to the vote has been plagued by Taliban attacks and concerns about vote-rigging, while election staff scramble to get new biometric ID systems for polling stations ready in time.
A mountain road in Pakistan's north, near the Chinese border, takes travelers on a terrifying journey between deadly cliffs and the threat of avalanches.
France paid a national homage to the late singer and actor Charles Aznavour – a Frenchman of Armenian descent – in Paris on October 5, following his passing earlier this month at the age of 94. (Reuters, AFP)
Aerial images shot on October 1 show the extent of the devastation after a tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, following the September 28 7.5-magnitude earthquake. (AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lashed out at U.S. policies in Iran and western support for Ukraine and Kosovo during his September 28 speech at the UN General Assembly in New York. (AFP)
Thousands gathered in Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz for the funeral of victims of an attack on a military parade which claimed at least 25 lives.
Footage taken on September 15 in New Bern, a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, shows the devastating impact of Hurricane Florence.
People in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk gathered to mourn separatist leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko, who was killed in an explosion at a cafe on August 31.
Former U.S. presidents from opposing parties -- George Bush and Barack Obama -- united in homage to the late senator and war hero John McCain in a televised farewell ceremony at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. on September 1. (AFP)
It's been in use for nearly 160 years and still holds 2,500 inmates. Kyiv's Lukyanivska prison is notorious for overcrowding, crumbling infrastructure, and poor hygiene.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill led tens of thousands of people in a procession in the early hours of July 17 to mark 100 years since Bolshevik revolutionaries murdered Tsar Nicholas II and his family.
Central Paris erupted with scenes of joy as tens of thousands of fans celebrated their national soccer team's victory at the World Cup in Russia. France beat Croatia 4-2 at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium on July 15 to win the trophy for the second time in 20 years. (AFP)
Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) say that incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) "enjoyed notable advantage" in the campaign for the June 24 elections.
Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem Ince, the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey's June 24 presidential election, held a campaign rally on June 22 in the capital, Ankara, in front of thousands of supporters.
Opposition candidate and main rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in June 24 snap election, Muharrem Ince, held a campaign rally in front of hundreds of thousands of supporters in Izmir, western Turkey. (AFP)
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