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Photos Of The Week (January 27-February 2)

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

American athlete Jackie Cataline reacts after being hit by Hungary's Sheena Bathory during their Power Slap super heavyweight title bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 30. Bathory won the contest by unanimous decision. 
1 American athlete Jackie Cataline reacts after being hit by Hungary's Sheena Bathory during their Power Slap super heavyweight title bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 30. Bathory won the contest by unanimous decision. 
Ukrainian rescue workers battle a blaze in a building in Kyiv after a Russian drone strike on the city on January 28. 
2 Ukrainian rescue workers battle a blaze in a building in Kyiv after a Russian drone strike on the city on January 28. 
Participants take part in a memorial ceremony to honor the victims of the Holocaust at Babyn Yar in Ukraine on January 27. 
3 Participants take part in a memorial ceremony to honor the victims of the Holocaust at Babyn Yar in Ukraine on January 27. 
A man wearing an outfit inspired by Romania's Dacians ancestors walks near the Monument of the Heroes in Bucharest.
4 A man wearing an outfit inspired by Romania's Dacians ancestors walks near the Monument of the Heroes in Bucharest.
Afghan men show their skills as they ride motorcycles along a hillside on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. 
5 Afghan men show their skills as they ride motorcycles along a hillside on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. 
A Russian soldier checks an ID during a nighttime patrol in the occupied Ukrainian city of Makiyivka. 
6 A Russian soldier checks an ID during a nighttime patrol in the occupied Ukrainian city of Makiyivka. 
A rose rests near the names of figure skating coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov on a commemorative wall at the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, on January 30. The Russian former world champions were killed in a plane crash in Washington, D.C., the day before. 
7 A rose rests near the names of figure skating coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov on a commemorative wall at the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, on January 30. The Russian former world champions were killed in a plane crash in Washington, D.C., the day before. 
Rescue crews search the waters of the Potomac River near the wreckage of American Airlines flight 5342, which crashed in Washington, D.C. 
8 Rescue crews search the waters of the Potomac River near the wreckage of American Airlines flight 5342, which crashed in Washington, D.C. 
The parents of Polish volunteer soldier Filip Antosiak, 18, who served in the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, grieve at his funeral at St. Michael's Monastery in Kyiv.
9 The parents of Polish volunteer soldier Filip Antosiak, 18, who served in the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, grieve at his funeral at St. Michael's Monastery in Kyiv.
Rescuers search for civilians who were killed when a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine.
10 Rescuers search for civilians who were killed when a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine.
An aerial picture shows demonstrators using the torches of their phones during a 15-minute silence in Novi Sad to commemorate 15 people who died when a roof canopy collapsed in the city's railway station in November, an incident which has sparked protests across the country. 
11 An aerial picture shows demonstrators using the torches of their phones during a 15-minute silence in Novi Sad to commemorate 15 people who died when a roof canopy collapsed in the city's railway station in November, an incident which has sparked protests across the country. 
A Ukrainian military deminer checks an unexploded Russian aerial guided bomb in a field in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 
12 A Ukrainian military deminer checks an unexploded Russian aerial guided bomb in a field in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 
An Afghan boy sells balloons along a road in Herat Province. 
13 An Afghan boy sells balloons along a road in Herat Province. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flower-laying ceremony in the town of Kirovsk in the Leningrad Region on January 27, marking the 81st anniversary of the lifting of the Leningrad siege during World War II. 
14 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flower-laying ceremony in the town of Kirovsk in the Leningrad Region on January 27, marking the 81st anniversary of the lifting of the Leningrad siege during World War II. 
Rescue workers remove the body of a civilian following a Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Poltava on February 1.
15 Rescue workers remove the body of a civilian following a Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Poltava on February 1.
Romanian mercenaries wait in line to undergo screening as they are evacuated from Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo amid ongoing clashes between rebel groups and government forces.
16 Romanian mercenaries wait in line to undergo screening as they are evacuated from Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo amid ongoing clashes between rebel groups and government forces.
A woman cleans the floor next to robots during the Digital Almaty 2025 forum in Kazakhstan.
17 A woman cleans the floor next to robots during the Digital Almaty 2025 forum in Kazakhstan.
A woman sits next to a fogged-up bus window during an unusually warm and misty winter morning in Kyiv. 
18 A woman sits next to a fogged-up bus window during an unusually warm and misty winter morning in Kyiv. 
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