Photographer Svetlana Likhanova has been exploring the villages of Russia’s Kuznetsk Basin for the past several years, a theme that has become a quiet obsession.
Rescuers are struggling to reach Kherson's most vulnerable people who are trapped by flooding following the breach of a dam in Russian-occupied territory. Kyiv and Moscow have traded accusations over who is responsible for what is being called the biggest environmental disaster since Chernobyl.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 23rd week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
German weapons manufacturer Rheinmetall is rapidly expanding amid the Ukraine war, and plans are under way to set up operations inside Ukraine.
As images of destroyed buildings and empty streets in Shebekino spread, experts warn that the Kremlin may be losing political authority over Russia's provinces.
Ukrainian volunteers continue to search for and rescue animals that have been trapped by flooding following the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the southern Kherson region.
Satellite images taken before and after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam show the catastrophic impact of the extensive flooding caused by the collapse of the structure that spanned the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine.
Following the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-occupied area of Ukraine's Kherson region, residents were urged to evacuate amid a warning that rising water levels would reach "critical levels" within hours.
After three people, including a child, were killed outside a locked bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities have carried out urgent inspections to prepare shelters for future missile strikes.
The Nova Kakhovka dam in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine was destroyed on June 6, prompting mass evacuations and fears of large-scale devastation as Kyiv accused Moscow’s forces of committing an act of "ecocide."
Rallies were held worldwide to mark the birthday of Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny who is spending a third year in a Russian prison. As Russia's most prominent political prisoner, Navalny is serving a nine-year sentence for various charges that he says were politically motivated.
Despite protests, Russian Orthodox believers celebrated Trinity Sunday with the country's most famous icon. The 15th-century Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev was moved from a Moscow museum to Christ the Savior Cathedral on President Vladimir Putin’s orders.
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