Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 25th 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 Ukrainian firefighter battles a blaze at a private enterprise hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhya.
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A woman poses with a Russian Imperial crown at an exhibition stand at the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
3
An Afghan vendor selling toys waits for customers at a market in Mazar-i-Sharif.
4
Kyrgyz National Guard soldiers march to lay flowers in Bishkek's Victory Park on a Day of Remembrance and Sorrow commemorating World War II.
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A man stands on the roof of a building while watching the horizon in Tehran amid ongoing Israeli air strikes on the city.
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A Pakistani pilgrim who has been evacuated from Iran rests after crossing the Pakistan-Iran border at Taftan in Balochistan Province.
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Ukrainians take shelter inside an underground parking lot during Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv.
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Afghan children eat ice cream in Badakhshan Province.
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A Kyiv resident carries window screens outside a damaged apartment building that caught fire after a Russian drone strike.
10
A Pakistani girl washes her face on the banks of the Chenab River in Chiniot in Punjab Province.
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A Ukrainian soldier fires a howitzer toward Russian troops at the front line in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region
12
Missiles launched from Iran are intercepted by Israeli air defenses -- as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
13
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on Tehran.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pays his respects to those were were killed when part of a Kyiv apartment block collapsed during a massive Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital on July 17.
