Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 33rd week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Farewell To A Ukrainian War Journalist And Aliyev, Pashinian Meet Trump -- The Week In Photos
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Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who was a freelancer for RFE/RL, died in Russian captivity.
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US President Donald Trump (center) holds the hands of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as they attend a trilateral signing event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on August 8.
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A Ukrainian soldier going by the call sign "Bronson" of the 148th Artillery Brigade carries a 155mm shell in front of M777 howitzer at a front line in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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Police investigate after protesters set fire to at least eight trucks in Karachi, Pakistan, on August 10.
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The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan pose after resigning a peace agreement in Washington, D.C., on August 8.
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A rally in Vilnius commemorates the fifth anniversary of the 2020 mass protests in Belarus, on August 9.
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A rally in Vilnius commemorates the fifth anniversary of the 2020 mass protests in Belarus, on August 9.
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A resident wades through floodwaters in Batumi, Georgia, on August 8.
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Mourners pay their respects at the funeral of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity, on August 8.
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Mourners lined the street in Kyiv for the funeral of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity.
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Mourners lined the street in Kyiv for the funeral of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity.
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Officials mark the official start of construction of Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant, in the village of Ulken, Almaty region, on August 8.
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A woman works at a tobacco plantation in Moldova.
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Campaigners hold placards during a rally to raise awareness about the fate of Ukrainian prisoners of war from the Azov Brigade and other military units, in Kyiv, on August 10.
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A Ukrainian medic of the Da Vinci Wolves Battalion treats an injured comrade at a stabilization point in the Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine on August 10.
