During 25 years in office, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has met five different US presidents -- Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden -- a total 48 times. On August 15, he will meet with Trump in Alaska.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 33rd week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.
Ukrainians shelter from Russian bombardments in Kyiv and other regions as the Continent swelters in the summer temperatures.
Driving subway trains was once deemed too "dangerous and harmful," for women. But amid a manpower shortage in Ukraine, women have begun filling the underground role.
Russians look to cool down as a heatwave engulfs much of Europe while the Gallops international equestrian event comes to Kyrgyzstan.
The United States is sending $322 million in military equipment to Ukraine, including air-defense systems and Bradley vehicles, after peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow failed to move forward.
From 1925, when the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was declared a part of the Soviet Union, one photographer was able to capture the “radical social surgery” enacted by the Bolsheviks that forever changed the Central Asian state.
Kyiv's central Lukyanivska subway station was hit by a Russian drone early on July 21 and is now closed for repairs. It marks the sixth time the busy station has been damaged by strikes since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.
Pakistani cities deal with flood waters amid heavy monsoon rains, while Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk knocks out Britain's Daniel Dubois to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion for a second time.
Oleksandr Usyk is set to earn a reported $132M in his bout with British fighter Daniel Dubois, one of the largest purses in boxing history. Photos from Usyk's childhood and career chart his rise from an impoverished upbringing in Ukraine to his legendary status today.
On July 8, 2024 a Russian missile hit Kyiv's Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital. Two people died in the attack and scores were injured. One year on, controversy over the reconstruction tender means work to rebuild the facility is still underway.
Before revolution toppled the Iranian monarchy in 1979, Iran and Israel exchanged tourists and trade instead of missiles and drones.
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