Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 25th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.
With the world's attention focused on the escalating conflict in the Middle East, Russia struck Ukraine overnight on June 16-17 with waves of drones and missiles. An apartment building in Kyiv suffered a direct hit, collapsing an entire section of the residential high-rise block.
Amid massive exchanges of strikes between Israel and Iran, photos from the ground show civilians on both sides caught up in the violence.
Images captured on June 15 by Maxar satellites outline exactly what was hit in the Israeli strikes on a range of facilities throughout Iran.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 23rd week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.
The Artek summer camp was founded to "educate the citizens of a Socialist society." At the centenary of its founding, the camp's storied history has been overshadowed by its involvement in holding Ukrainian children amid the Russian invasion.
Overnight on June 6 drone strikes killed at least four people in the Ukrainian capital, including three firefighters. RFE/RL photographer Serhiy Nuzhnenko witnessed the aftermath of several Russian strikes that were carried out overnight.
In the aftermath of a harrowing murder in Romania, protesters in central Bucharest rallied for a cultural shift on June 3.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 22nd week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 21st week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 20th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 19th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.
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