Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 23rd week of 2017.
As the battle to liberate Mosul from Islamic State militants enters its final stage, Iraqi troops this week discovered a squalid prison hidden inside a villa in western Mosul.
Several people have been killed after gunmen and suicide bombers targeted the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's shrine in twin attacks on June 7. The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for both incidents.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 22nd week of 2017.
In Ukraine’s fractured east, nationalists and other activists behind an ongoing blockade of trade with Russia-backed separatists say they are preparing to defy Kyiv once more. RFE/RL visited the blockaders after they announced plans for a new round of "actions" targeting those they say are profiteering from the conflict.
At least 80 people were killed and more than 350 were wounded in a powerful explosion in the center of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on May 31, Afghanistan's Health Ministry says.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 21st week of 2017.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 20th week of 2017.
As opposition has swelled to a new plan to raze thousands of Soviet-era "Khrushchyovki" apartment blocks in the Russian capital, recent photographs show work related to an earlier demolition program was rumbling on.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 19th week of 2017.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 18th week of 2017.
Czech photographer Viktor Macha is determined to capture "the beauty of steel and iron making" before automation takes over and the sight of men working in the glow of molten metal is lost forever.
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