Andrei Sakharov, who was born 100 years ago this month, remains an inspirational figure for human rights activists around the world. We take a pictorial look at how this brilliant and loyal Soviet physicist ultimately became the U.S.S.R.'s strongest and most celebrated voice of moral dissent.
Khalid Hadi was 11 years old in 1992 when he became the photographer for a Kandahar-based Islamic relief foundation. The organization provided financial support to mujahedin warriors and civilians wounded in the Soviet-Afghan War and the factional fighting that followed.
As UNESCO mulls placing North Macedonia and Albania’s Lake Ohrid on its list of “world heritage in danger,” some illegal shoreline constructions are being torn down while others wait to be “legalized.”
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 19th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
Teams of medical workers are venturing into some of the most isolated regions of the Balkans as part of Montenegro's COVID-19 vaccination drive.
After a modest uptick in tourism to Bosnia-Herzegovina's once-thriving hot spots, RFE/RL reporters met some of the visitors and the locals who depend on their return.
Millions of Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the monthlong fast of Ramadan.
Nine victims from an attack on a school in the capital of the Russia's Tatarstan region were laid to rest in Kazan and other districts on May 12.
Built in 1910, the Rajab is Kazan's oldest wooden mosque and boasts a long and eventful history, including a fire, the Bolshevik execution of its first imam, and forced closure by the Soviets.
At least nine people, including a teacher and seven students, have been killed in a shooting spree that followed an explosion at a school in Kazan, the capital of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan.
A Disappearing World. I worry about the fate of the people in my photos, from the shy school girls and owner of the American-style burger restaurant to the pro-American Shi’ite Hazaras who have been massacred (even at a wedding) in a bloody ISIS and Taliban terror campaign.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 18th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
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