Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 18th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Top Shots: Compelling Images From Our Region
- By RFE/RL
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A laborer carries a sack of potatoes at a wholesale vegetable market in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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A Ukrainian tank crew fires a round from a Leopard 2A4 tank during a field training exercise at an undisclosed location.
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Afghan horse riders compete in a game of buzkashi in Badakhshan Province.
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A Ukrainian police officer stands at the site of a Russian drone strike in Odesa.
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People take a boat ride in the waters of the Indus River in Pakistan's southern Sindh Province.
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People walk past a giant banner in Saint Petersburg depicting a Red Army soldier raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag in Berlin. The image, created from 4,500 portraits of World War II veterans, is being displayed ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day on May 9, which marks the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhya on May 1.
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White storks tend to their nest near a coal-fired power plant in the town of Obilic, Kosovo.
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Various household decorative items are displayed for sale at a shop in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
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A worker makes a clay pot inside his pottery workshop in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Buffaloes are pictured in a canal on a hot summer day in Larkana in Pakistan.
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A Pakistani woman cries before leaving for Pakistan next to the Attari-Wagah border crossing near Amritsar, India, after New Delhi revoked visas issued to Pakistani citizens following an attack on tourists in the restive Kashmir region.
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Ukrainian troops prepare a Vampire combat drone for an operation in the Zaporizhzhya region.
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Supporters of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) carry posters of arrested Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch during a protest in Quetta, Pakistan.
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A protester shouts slogans during a Labor Day rally in the Kosovar capital, Pristina, on May 1,
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