Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 52nd week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (December 23-29)
- By RFE/RL
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Military chaplain Yuriy of the 24th Mechanized Brigade holds a church service for an infantry unit during Christmas near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
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Kazakh emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijani passenger jet that crashed in the western city of Aqtau on December 25, killing dozens.
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People lay flowers on December 26 in Baku to commemorate victims of the Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan the previous day.
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Children take part in a Christmas procession in Kyiv on December 25.
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A local resident reacts near her neighbors' house, which was destroyed by a drone strike in Kharkiv, on Christmas Day.
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Volunteers work to clear an oil spill on the Black Sea coastline in Russia's Krasnodar region following an incident involving two tankers damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait.
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A military Orthodox chaplain conducts a Christmas Eve mass for Ukrainian soldiers at a position near the front line in the Donetsk region.
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Ballet dancers perform in Swan Lake at the Donbass Opera in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in Ukraine.
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People visit the Christmas market in Debrecen, Hungary.
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An Afghan burqa-clad woman holds a child as she begs for alms in front of the Great Mosque of Herat.
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Russian researchers show the carcass of a baby mammoth to reporters in Yakutsk. The mammoth is estimated to be over 50,000 years old and was found in the Siberian permafrost.
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An aerial view shows thousands of students and citizens attending a protest in Belgrade over the collapse of a train station roof that killed 15 people in the city of Novi Sad last month.
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A member of the Christian minority community attends a Christmas mass at St. John's Cathedral Church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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An Iranian woman walks past a billboard depicting an Iranian traditional family on Enghelab Square in Tehran.
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Students hold report cards during a protest demanding action from the state prosecutor in the case of the deaths in the Novi Sad railway station disaster in November, in Belgrade.
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A woman walks past New Year and Christmas decorations in Moscow.
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A drone view shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan.
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Ukrainian soldiers of 117th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade pray before a Christmas dinner near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
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Ukrainian soldiers of the Skala Battalion load antitank mines into an armored vehicle before departure to at the frontline positions near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
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Medics treat an injured Ukrainian soldier of the 108th Separate Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves" near Pokrovsk.
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An aerial view of parked trolley buses during heavy snowfall in Sarajevo.
