Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 14th week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (April 3-9, 2023)
- By RFE/RL
![An aerial picture taken by a drone shows a car passing by a snow-covered forest in Debrecen, Hungary.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-e7ec-08db3773f414_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial picture taken by a drone shows a car passing by a snow-covered forest in Debrecen, Hungary.
![An Afghan boy eats a frozen treat with his sister on the outskirts of Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-0ef6-08db3746fcc0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan boy eats a frozen treat with his sister on the outskirts of Kabul.
![Ukrainian Olympic synchronized swimmers take part in a training session in Kyiv on April 6. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-cc3f-08db3772fc63_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian Olympic synchronized swimmers take part in a training session in Kyiv on April 6.
![An artist from the Capital Circus of Budapest performs a balancing routine in the Hungarian capital. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-e1e1-08db374538a2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An artist from the Capital Circus of Budapest performs a balancing routine in the Hungarian capital.
![A Ukrainian dolphin trainer performs at the Constanta Dolphinarium in Romania, where four dolphins and three sea lions from a destroyed aquarium in Ukraine have found refuge.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-27e8-08db369345e9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian dolphin trainer performs at the Constanta Dolphinarium in Romania, where four dolphins and three sea lions from a destroyed aquarium in Ukraine have found refuge.
![An elderly man with poor eyesight stands up after falling into an explosion crater in the frontline town of Avdiyivka, Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-0a24-08db35f2155d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elderly man with poor eyesight stands up after falling into an explosion crater in the frontline town of Avdiyivka, Ukraine.
![A Taliban security officer takes pictures of his colleague using a mobile phone on the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop overlooking the Afghan capital, Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-b82b-08db351637c0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Taliban security officer takes pictures of his colleague using a mobile phone on the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop overlooking the Afghan capital, Kabul.
![Members of a Romanian honor guard attend a transfer of authority ceremony from the 101st Airborne Division to the 10th Mountain Division in Bucharest on April 5. U.S. troops are deployed to Romania along with forces from other NATO member states as the alliance looks to boost security on its southeastern flank amid Russia's war in Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-48a4-08db3665db92_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of a Romanian honor guard attend a transfer of authority ceremony from the 101st Airborne Division to the 10th Mountain Division in Bucharest on April 5. U.S. troops are deployed to Romania along with forces from other NATO member states as the alliance looks to boost security on its southeastern flank amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
![Colorful Easter eggs decorate a tree in Hajduszoboszlo in northeastern Hungary. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-cf35-08db35e63462_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Colorful Easter eggs decorate a tree in Hajduszoboszlo in northeastern Hungary.
![Ukrainian servicemen wait in a trench after incoming fire near the frontline town of Bakhmut.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-14af-08db35e84499_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian servicemen wait in a trench after incoming fire near the frontline town of Bakhmut.
![An Afghan traffic policeman gestures while on duty on a flooded road in Kabul. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-090c-08db3447dbdd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan traffic policeman gestures while on duty on a flooded road in Kabul.
![Two men play chess in a park outside Bulgaria's national theater in Sofia. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-4f3d-08db34eaeb1e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Two men play chess in a park outside Bulgaria's national theater in Sofia.
![People in Tehran carry the coffin of a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Damascus. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-0fc6-08db350777cf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People in Tehran carry the coffin of a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Damascus.
![Burqa-clad women wait for free bread at an aid distribution point in Peshawar, Pakistan. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-89cc-08db351637ae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Burqa-clad women wait for free bread at an aid distribution point in Peshawar, Pakistan.
![Pakistani firefighters battle a blaze that erupted in a warehouse at a hydropower dam construction site in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on April 4.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-4d1e-08db351811e4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pakistani firefighters battle a blaze that erupted in a warehouse at a hydropower dam construction site in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on April 4.
![Pedestrians walk under snow-covered trees after heavy snowfall in Kosovo's capital, Pristina.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-0e9a-08db351637ad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pedestrians walk under snow-covered trees after heavy snowfall in Kosovo's capital, Pristina.
![Afghan farmers sort strawberries after harvesting them from a field on the outskirts of Jalalabad. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-a386-08db35172be3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan farmers sort strawberries after harvesting them from a field on the outskirts of Jalalabad.
![A woman walks on a bridge in snowy weather in Belgrade, Serbia. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-90ae-08db35172bf3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman walks on a bridge in snowy weather in Belgrade, Serbia.
![A woman sells hats, scarves, and other clothes at a pavilion in an underpass in the center of Moscow.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-9689-08db351a9450_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman sells hats, scarves, and other clothes at a pavilion in an underpass in the center of Moscow.
![People travel on an overcrowded passenger bus in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-44cb-08db374752ad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People travel on an overcrowded passenger bus in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.