London police say at least four people were killed in a March 22 terrorist attack at the British parliament -- including a suspected attacker, a police officer stabbed by an assailant, and two people struck by the assailant's vehicle when he rammed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge.
Norouz, the traditional Persian new year's celebration, heralds the arrival of spring throughout Central Asia, the Caucasus, and parts of the Middle East.
Authorities in Belarus on March 19 detained at least three organizers of protests against a controversial tax on the unemployed, as hundreds took to the streets in the latest in a series of demonstrations against the levy in the tightly controlled former Soviet republic.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 11th week of 2017.
The Mari people of central Russia speak a distinct language and practice a separate religion from their Christian neighbors. Photographer Sergei Poteryaev and reporter Regina Khisamova attended a traditional prayer ceremony in one of the sacred forest groves of the Mari El Republic.
He took the defining photo of the U.S.S.R.'s victory over Nazi Germany, although many of his photographs were heavily doctored or staged for Soviet propaganda purposes. But instead of accolades from communist authorities, Yevgeny Khaldei -- born 100 years ago this month -- struggled to remain employed as anti-Semitism swept through the Soviet Union.
Nationalists in Kyiv attacked the offices of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov and a Russian bank on March 14. The crowd was protesting against trade with areas of Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists, where Akhmetov has significant business interests. On March 15 the Ukrainian government announced it was suspending all cargo traffic with these areas. Activists have been blockading rail lines to prevent such traffic since January. (By RFE/RL Ukrainian Service)
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 10th week of 2017.
RFE/RL asked local residents to pick up their cameras and photograph ordinary life in their homeland on March 1.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the ninth week of 2017.
Fistfights, fire, and stacks of pancakes marked the traditional farewell to winter known as Maslenitsa. We've selected 14 of the wildest moments from the mostly eastern-Slavic countries where the festival was held from February 20-26.
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