Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 22nd week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (May 26-June)
- By RFE/RL
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A Ukrainian soldier released in a prisoner exchange with Russia embraces a loved one in Chernihiv.
2
People watch and photograph a sunset behind the Kremlin at Zaryadye Park in Moscow.
3
Ukrainian emergency workers extinguish a fire in a trolleybus depot following a Russian drone drone strike on Kharkiv.
4
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child as a police officer stands guard in a neighborhood in Peshawar in Pakistan's restive Balochistan Province.
5
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic serves against France's Corentin Moutet during their second round match at the French Open.
6
Ukrainian soldiers attend military training in the Zaporizhzhya region.
7
Locals watch fisherman set their nets on the Chenab River in Multan, Pakistan.
8
Afghan children attend a class at an open-air school in the Zhari district of Kandahar Province.
9
A Ukrainian soldier poses for a picture after coming back from a combat mission near the town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.
10
Detained Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia splashes water toward a judge during a court hearing in Tbilisi.
11
A municipal worker cleans a statue of the Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin in St. Petersburg.
12
People visit a cattle market set up for the upcoming Muslim Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice holiday, in Peshawar, Pakistan.
13
Georgian troops stand ready to march during a celebration of their country's Independence Day in Tbilisi on May 26.
14
Supporters of Calin Georgescu, the controversial populist politician who won the first round of last year's annulled Romanian presidential election, chant slogans during his appearance at a prosecutor's office in Bucharest.
15
An Afghan vendor selling bread waits for customers along a street in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan Province.
16
Serbian Orthodox priests attend a religious procession in Belgrade to mark the Ascension of Jesus Christ in Belgrade on May 29.
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A local resident gestures as he stands near buildings damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town of Myrnohrad in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
18
Girls practice their cheerleading skills outside Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia.
