Pakistan and Uzbekistan have exchanged goods through war-torn Afghanistan for the first time. The shipments are part of five planned trial runs aimed at testing the viability of various routes in the region.
Interest in Georgia’s Soviet-era architecture is surging, even as some of the most spectacular landmarks in the capital, Tbilisi, are literally disappearing overnight.
A Murmansk fisherman has snagged a vast social-media following by photographing fearsome creatures of the deep.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 20th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region.
A growing photo archive run by an economist, a priest, and a software developer documents the turbulent and fascinating 20th century in Romania.
The Taliban has been battling the Afghan government for control of the country for nearly two decades.
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.
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