Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 43rd week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (October 21-27, 2024)
- By RFE/RL
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A Ukrainian serviceman of the 12th Azov Special Purpose Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine launches a Mara reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle at a position near the town of Toretsk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine.
2
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a session at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.
3
Afghan girls work at a brick kiln in the Deh Sabz district, northeast of Kabul.
4
Hungarians participate in a traditional torchlit commemorative march held on October 22, the eve of the 68th anniversary of the 1956 revolution.
5
A woman poses with a retro VAZ 2101 car during the annual BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.
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A picture taken with a drone shows morning fog hovering above the landscape during sunrise in Cered, in northern Hungary.
7
Tracers are seen in the night sky as Ukrainian soldiers fire at a drone during a Russian strike on Kyiv.
8
A man casts his vote at a mobile ballot box in the village of Hrusevo, Moldova, during a presidential election and EU referendum on October 20.
9
An aerial view shows a man rowing a boat through mud and waste after devastating floods and landslides polluted Jablanicko Lake near Ostrozac, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
10
An Afghan boy rides a donkey along a road in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province.
11
A man holds an old Yugoslav communist flag (top) and an old Serbian flag with the communist five-point star during a ceremony on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from Nazi occupation in World War II by Soviet and local communist fighters, in Belgrade on October 20.
12
A Ukrainian soldiers who operates first-person view (FPV) drones poses for a picture at his position at the front line amid Russia's attack on Ukraine near the town of Pokrovsk.
13
People march holding banners reading "The Laws Are Made To Protect The Abusers" during a protest aimed at raising awareness of the violence and prejudice against women in Romanian society in Bucharest.
