Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 15th week of 2018. For more photo galleries, see our Picture This archive.
Photos Of The Week #15
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A fisherman transports a shark and other fish to the traditional fish market in Lampulo, Aceh, Indonesia. (epa-EFE/Hotli Simanjuntak)
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Women mourn near the body of Sharjeel Ahmed Sheikh, a civilian who local media say died during clashes between protesters and Indian security forces, during his funeral in the village of Khudwani in South Kashmir's Kulgam district. (Reuters/Danish Ismail)
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Ukrainian nationalists clash with pro-Russia supporters who were trying to lay flowers at the monument to Nikolai Vatutin in downtown Kyiv. The pro-Russia supporters had gathered to mark the 74th anniversary of death of the former Soviet general of WWII. (epa-EFE/Sergei Dolzhenko)
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A model presents a creation by Kazakh designer Naiyl Baikuchukov during Kazakhstan Fashion Week at the National Academical Theater of Opera and Ballet in Almaty. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
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A man casts his fishing net at sunset on Lake Ohrid in Macedonia. (epa-EFE/Georgi Licovski)
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A devotee dressed as the Hindu god Shiva looks out from a window as he waits to perform during the annual Shiva Gajan religious festival on the outskirts of Agartala, India. (Reuters/Jayanta Dey)
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Members of the opposition throw flour at Prime Minister Edi Rama during a parliamentary session in Tirana, Albania. (Reuters/Florion Goga)
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A woman selling flip-flops waits for customers at an underground walkway in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
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A vendor displays an "iconic" portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a souvenir shop in Khrabrovo International Airport outside Kaliningrad, one of the host cities for the 2018 soccer World Cup. (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
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Athletes compete in the women's 1500-meters race at the Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast on April 10. (Reuters/Jeremy Lee)
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Afghan models display their outfits at the first Afghan cultural fashion show at an amusement park in Mazar-e Sharif on April 10. (AFP/Farshad Usyan)
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A worker rests on used tires in front of an automobile repair shop in Kolkata, India.
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A Syrian man stands at the site of an explosion in the rebel-held city of Idlib on April 9. (AFP/Sameer al-Doumy)
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Ukrainians pour water on each other on a street in Lviv on April 9 as part of traditional Orthodox Easter celebrations. (epa-EFE/Markian Lyseiko)
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An Afghan farmer harvests opium sap from a poppy field in Kandahar Province. (AFP/Javed Tanveer)
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Women light candles during an Orthodox Easter Sunday service in a church in Baku, Azerbaijan, on April 8. (AFP/Tofik Babayev)
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Hungarian women, wearing traditional costumes, fill out their ballot papers at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Veresegyhaz on April 8. (Reuters/Bernadett Szabo)
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Nepalese devotees pull ropes tied to the chariot of Hindu god Bhairava during the Biska Jatra Festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (AP/Niranjan Shrestha)