A group of visual historians have launched an open-access website that resurrects the Romanian photo journal Uj Elet (New Life), offering new insight into the country's 20th century.
Photos held in a German archive reveal how barriers were tested to prevent East German citizens attempting to flee to freedom, even by killing them.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 45th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 44th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 43rd week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region
Archival photos plot nearly every historic moment of Hungary throwing off the shackles of Soviet control 35 years ago.
The Taliban has just banned images of anything “with a soul,” meaning people and animals. One veteran Afghan photojournalist remembers what that was like when the same prohibition was enforced through the Islamist group’s reign over Afghanistan in the 1990s.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 42nd week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
Rare archival photos capture Mongolia in the period from 1924 to 1992 when the East Asian country was a communist satellite of the Soviet Union.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 41st week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region.
At least four people were injured and dozens of buildings were damaged after waves of Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhya, according to the regional governor of the southeastern Ukrainian city.
Bosnia-Herzegovina is attempting to recover from deadly flooding that has claimed the lives of at least 15 people and left several missing in the biggest floods the Western Balkan country has seen in decades. RFE/RL documented the extent of the devastation and ongoing rescue works.
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