Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the third week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (January 13-19)
- By RFE/RL
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Georgia's Merab Dvalishvili (left) tackles Russian fighter Umar Nurmagomedov during their UFC 311 bout in California's Intuit Dome on January 18. Dvalishvili retained his bantamweight title by unanimous decision.
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A man plunges in icy water celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in Moscow on January 19.
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A woman lights a candle during an early celebration of the Orthodox Epiphany in a church in the Ukrainian frontline town of Lyman.
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Costumed people perform a traditional dance during Surva carnival celebrations in the Bulgarian village of Elovdol.
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A reveler participates in a parade during a carnival to mark the beginning of the Orthodox New Year in the village of Vevcani, North Macedonia.
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An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike on January 14.
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Mourners pile up toys to commemorate the victims of a missile attack on a residential building in Dnipro, Ukraine, on January 14.
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Students protest in the University of Novi Sad as part of weekslong demonstrations following the deadly collapse of a railway station roof in the Serbian city.
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A person stands at a sight-seeing point covered in fresh snow on Gellert Hill in Budapest, Hungary.
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Afghans ride a zipline to cross the Kokcha River in the Yaftal Sufla district of Badakhshan Province.
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The sun sets above St. Sophia's Cathedral in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Saleem Bagga, seen by some as a lookalike of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, poses for a selfie with a customer while selling kheer, a traditional South Asian rice pudding, along a road in Sahiwal, Pakistan.
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Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev in action during his first round match in the Australian Open in Melbourne against Brazil's Joao Fonseca on January 14.
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A man draped in a Romanian flag takes a video with his phone during a rally protesting the annulment of the first round of presidential elections by Romania's Constitutional Court in December.
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A worker fries fish for customers at a restaurant, in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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Supporters of imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan' hold a protest rally in Peshawar on January 17, shortly after he was controversially given a 14-year jail sentence on corruption charges.
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West Indies' Jomel Warrican (left) runs out Pakistani captain Shan Masood during a Test cricket match in Multan, Pakistan. .
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Georgian anti-government protesters hold national flags rally as they take part in a three-hour nationwide strike in Tbilisi on January 15.
