Sarajevo marks the 20th anniversary of the 44-month siege of the city, Christians prepare to mark the Easter holiday, clashes in Athens, fire in Russia, Fashion Week in Bishkek.
The Bosnian capital marked the anniversary of the start of the 44-month siege of the city by Bosnian Serb forces that saw the deaths of 11,541 men, women, and children.
A look back at scenes of Sarajevo taken after the 44-month siege of the city and today, 20 years later. More than 11,500 men, women, and children were killed in the bombardment of the city by Bosnian Serb forces, the longest such siege in modern European history. (Photos by Reuters)
Moscow journalists and photographers gathered outside the Uzbek Embassy on April 2 to hold a "pilaf-picket" to support the rights of photojournalists in the Central Asian country. The rally was organized by photographer Viktoria Ivleva, who was detained in Tashkent on her way to meet with Uzbek colleagues and deported back to Russia.
Police in Moscow have detained about 30 antigovernment protesters outside the gates to Red Square. Activists planned to wear their white ribbons on Moscow's key landmark, but police closed off the square.
Russia’s opposition says up to 60 activists were detained on March 31 when police broke up an anti-Kremlin protest in central Moscow.
Memorable images from the week that was. Unrest in Syria, scuffles in Turkey, poverty in Afghanistan, protests in Ukraine, and the pope in Cuba.
People across Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East are celebrating Norouz, the Persian New Year, which marks the coming of spring. In Tajikistan, Norouz means four days of festivities, food, and music. (Photos by RFE/RL's Tajik Service)
A festive atmosphere descended over the Afghan capital on March 20 as Kabul residents welcomed the traditional New Year -- known as Norouz -- with typically lively celebrations.
RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service photographer Abbas Atilay visited an unusual cemetery in Tabriz, northwestern Iran, where pre-Islamic fertility symbols mark the graves. Some of these ancient carvings have disappeared in recent years, possibly destroyed by local Muslims in keeping with the prohibition against representing the human form.
Cat owners from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan gathered in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on March 18 to show off their prized pets.
Syrians continue to flee the violence in their country and others remember their dead.
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