RFE/RL’s photographer was on hand to capture the hoof-thumping action as the mountain venue of Kyrgyzstan’s Nomad Games opened on September 3.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 35th week of 2018.
Stricken, abandoned fishing vessels swept onto the beaches of Russia's Far East provide insight into conditions suffered by North Korean fishermen.
Legendary Russian crooner Iosif Kobzon died at the age of 80 on August 30, 2018. Hugely popular during the Soviet era, he was a strong supporter of President Vladimir Putin and was a lawmaker from 1997 until his death.
Two years after Islam Karimov’s death, his former presidential palace has reopened as a museum filled with fawning portraits of the autocratic leader who ruled Uzbekistan with an iron fist for a quarter of a century.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 34th week of 2018.
When tanks rolled into Prague overnight on August 20-21, 1968, photographer Libor Hajsky was only 20 years old. He had just returned from a holiday abroad and the Soviet-led invasion took him by surprise -- along with the rest of the country.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 33rd week of 2018.
After a longtime ban on photographing the Tashkent Metro was lifted this summer, RFE/RL’s photographer went underground to reveal the art, architecture, and nuclear-blast protection in Central Asia’s oldest subway system.
Central Bucharest was thronged with protesters for a third night on August 12, with thousands of people expressing anger at the government over corruption and a perceived effort by the ruling party to decriminalize official wrongdoing. The demonstrations were bolstered by diaspora Romanians who have returned to their homeland to demand the government's resignation.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 32nd week of 2018.
Fifty years ago, the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia killed more than 100 civilians and shattered the country’s attempts to reform communist rule.
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