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Photos Of The Week (January 6-12)

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the second week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.

A mockup of a missile with the inscription reading as 'Toward Washington. Threatening U.S. territory is the path to victory" is seen on the roof of a car parked in front of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg on January 12.
1 A mockup of a missile with the inscription reading as 'Toward Washington. Threatening U.S. territory is the path to victory" is seen on the roof of a car parked in front of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg on January 12.
A boy walks near snow-covered trees in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2 A boy walks near snow-covered trees in Kabul, Afghanistan.
An investigator walks near a damaged store after shelling in the occupied city of Donetsk which local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike on January 10.
3 An investigator walks near a damaged store after shelling in the occupied city of Donetsk which local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike on January 10.
Afghan balloon vendors walk with their bicycles to look for customers near a market in Kabul. 
4 Afghan balloon vendors walk with their bicycles to look for customers near a market in Kabul. 
Hrizostom Jevic, a Bosnian prelate of the Serbian Orthodox Church, puts dried oak wood on a fire outside a church in Sarajevo on January 6 as part of the Balkan tradition of burning oak branches, symbolizing the Yuletide log, on Orthodox Christmas Eve. 
5 Hrizostom Jevic, a Bosnian prelate of the Serbian Orthodox Church, puts dried oak wood on a fire outside a church in Sarajevo on January 6 as part of the Balkan tradition of burning oak branches, symbolizing the Yuletide log, on Orthodox Christmas Eve. 
A Kosovo ethnic Serb carries a dried oak branch symbolizing the Yuletide log on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the village of Gracanica on January 6. 
6 A Kosovo ethnic Serb carries a dried oak branch symbolizing the Yuletide log on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the village of Gracanica on January 6. 
Bosnian Serb police officers march during a parade as part of a ceremony marking the Republika Srpska Day in Banja Luka on January 9. Bosnia's Constitutional Court has ruled on three occasions that official celebrations of this day were unconstitutional. 
7 Bosnian Serb police officers march during a parade as part of a ceremony marking the Republika Srpska Day in Banja Luka on January 9. Bosnia's Constitutional Court has ruled on three occasions that official celebrations of this day were unconstitutional. 
A Ukrainian serviceman takes part in combat training in the Zaporizhzhya region. 
8 A Ukrainian serviceman takes part in combat training in the Zaporizhzhya region. 
A drone explodes after it hit an apartment building amid Russian air strikes on Kyiv on January 10. 
9 A drone explodes after it hit an apartment building amid Russian air strikes on Kyiv on January 10. 
A Ukrainian swimmer takes a traditional dip in icy water during celebrations of Epiphany in Kyiv on January 6.
10 A Ukrainian swimmer takes a traditional dip in icy water during celebrations of Epiphany in Kyiv on January 6.
A nun walks outside a monastery that has been heavily damaged by artillery and gunfire in Ukraine's Russian-occupied Donetsk region. 
11 A nun walks outside a monastery that has been heavily damaged by artillery and gunfire in Ukraine's Russian-occupied Donetsk region. 
Bulgarian men sing and dance in river water during their country's celebrations of the feast of the Epiphany on January 6. 
12 Bulgarian men sing and dance in river water during their country's celebrations of the feast of the Epiphany on January 6. 
An Orthodox military chaplain with the Ukrainian Armed Forces celebrates an Epiphany Mass with soldiers in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 
13 An Orthodox military chaplain with the Ukrainian Armed Forces celebrates an Epiphany Mass with soldiers in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 
Ukrainian soldiers pay their respects to a fallen comrade at his funeral in Kyiv.
14 Ukrainian soldiers pay their respects to a fallen comrade at his funeral in Kyiv.
Pakistani Hindu grooms arrive to attend a mass marriage ceremony organized by the Pakistan Hindu Council, a nonprofit organisation, in Karachi.
15 Pakistani Hindu grooms arrive to attend a mass marriage ceremony organized by the Pakistan Hindu Council, a nonprofit organisation, in Karachi.
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