A new hospital is being quickly built outside of Moscow to treat COVID-19 patients. Scores of workers with heavy equipment are working quickly to assemble a prefabricated structure in Babenki, about 50 kilometers southwest of the Russian capital. City officials have said the 500-bed hospital would be ready in the "near future."
Commuters in the Czech capital have been instructed to wear face masks while using public transport as a nationwide quarantine aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus enters its second day.
Firefighters have been deployed throughout Iran's capital, Tehran, in an attempt to disinfect surfaces and slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 11th week of 2020.
Life on the street photographed after the Czech government declared a nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak. RFE/RL is headquartered in the Czech capital.
A Lithuanian photographer recalls the night -- 30 years ago -- his country became the first Soviet republic to declare independence.
A group of masked men attacked a demonstration against domestic violence in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. There were no immediate reports of injuries in the March 8 incident. Police arrived at the scene after most of the assailants had fled and detained several dozen demonstration organizers and participants.
Thirteen years after his first trip to Uzbekistan, RFE/RL photographer Amos Chapple revisited two of the country’s UNESCO World Heritage sites to find them transformed by the “accelerated development” the country has embraced in order to attract tourism.
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 10th week of 2020.
The Spanish flu that spread around the world a century ago killing millions puts the coronavirus crisis in perspective.
Inside the formerly top-secret facility used by the Soviet Union’s space and weapons programs.
Russians have been celebrating Maslenitsa, an ancient festival bidding farewell to winter that also marks the beginning of Lent.
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