https://www.rferl.org/z/744 RFE/RL Photo Galleries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org/z/744 en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:14:41 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Shuttered factories in India and a key US military aircraft destroyed in Saudi Arabia feature in RFE/RL's roundup of photos of the fifth week of the US-Israeli war with Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-israel-us-war-photos-week-five/33723176.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-israel-us-war-photos-week-five/33723176.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:27:55 +0200 Photo GalleriesNewsIranThe Rundown Stories Images from the third week of the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran as results of the conflict ripple out from the region. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-israel-war-week-three-photos/33711612.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-israel-war-week-three-photos/33711612.html Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:36:25 +0100 Photo GalleriesIranPhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories Despite powerful resistance and lengthy delays, a monument projected to become the “world’s largest” Jesus statue is taking shape near Yerevan with a newly scheduled completion date. https://www.rferl.org/a/worlds-largest-christ-statue-armenia-construction/33710649.html https://www.rferl.org/a/worlds-largest-christ-statue-armenia-construction/33710649.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:27:34 +0100 ArmeniaFeaturesPhoto GalleriesPhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories A photojournalist gained access to a mountain stronghold in Iraq where exiled Iranian Kurds are preparing for conflict against the Iranian regime. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-iraq-kurds-militants-mountains-war/33704824.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-iraq-kurds-militants-mountains-war/33704824.html Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:07:00 +0100 IranFeaturesPhoto GalleriesThe Rundown StoriesMiddle East Ukraine's Paralympians have accused the International Paralympic Committee of unfair treatment as the Russian team competes under its own flag at the games for the first time since 2014. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-paralympic-games-milan-2026-controversy/33703036.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-paralympic-games-milan-2026-controversy/33703036.html Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:53:23 +0100 Photo GalleriesRussiaUkraineThe Rundown Stories A symbol with its origins in a 1954 convention on protecting cultural sites during war has been spotted on the rooftops of buildings in Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-israel-us-blue-shield-heritage-protection-photos/33700690.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-israel-us-blue-shield-heritage-protection-photos/33700690.html Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:54:44 +0100 IranFeaturesPhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories Just months ago, weddings were celebrated around a statue to young lovers in Ukraine’s eastern city of Druzhkivka. Today the monument is surrounded by ever-increasing destruction as Russian forces use long-range first-person-view drones and aerial bombs on the industrial city. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-invasion-donbas-statue--love/33699624.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-invasion-donbas-statue--love/33699624.html Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:20:58 +0100 UkraineFeaturesPhoto GalleriesPhoto GalleriesRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories For many Afghan women, especially those in conservative rural areas of the country, little has changed since the Taliban seized power in the country. For others, life under hard-line Islamist rule today looks vastly different from the two decades the country spent under US and NATO intervention. https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-womens-day-contrast-before-after-taliban-takeover/33697673.html https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-womens-day-contrast-before-after-taliban-takeover/33697673.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:27:16 +0100 Photo GalleriesAfghanistanThe Rundown Stories