Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 34th week of 2018. For more photo galleries, see our Picture This archive.
Photos Of The Week #34
![Rohingya refugee children ride on a swing ride in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b0226936-a25f-4375-a0c1-1941e4d2cecb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rohingya refugee children ride on a swing ride in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)
![The moon sets over the Qolsarif Mosque in Kazan. (TASS/Yegor Aleyev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b86506d7-4424-4c46-860a-101d8723c7c7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The moon sets over the Qolsarif Mosque in Kazan. (TASS/Yegor Aleyev)
![Ukrainian soldiers wait for the start of a military parade to celebrate Independence Day in Kyiv. (AP/Felipe Dana)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0ae0e79d-aaff-4d22-8444-8de55eb5baa0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian soldiers wait for the start of a military parade to celebrate Independence Day in Kyiv. (AP/Felipe Dana)
![Soldiers stand in front of a depiction of Catherine the Great during the opening of a gallery of busts of Russian figures in St. Petersburg on August 24. (epa-EFE/Anatoly Maltsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d87f379d-578e-4f37-b03a-dc3f5d400c83_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soldiers stand in front of a depiction of Catherine the Great during the opening of a gallery of busts of Russian figures in St. Petersburg on August 24. (epa-EFE/Anatoly Maltsev)
![A surfer rides a wave on Khalaktyrsky beach on Russia's Pacific coast. (TASS/Yuri Smityuk)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5c1c1c64-522f-43f2-a86b-eb77e77843cc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A surfer rides a wave on Khalaktyrsky beach on Russia's Pacific coast. (TASS/Yuri Smityuk)
![Iran's players celebrate after winning the women's kabaddi final against India at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 24. Kabaddi is a sport that combine aspects of tag and tackle with wrestling moves. It has long been dominated by India. (EPA-EFE/Raminder Pal Singh)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7309ca62-b06e-4d3e-872e-ae23929b6d27_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iran's players celebrate after winning the women's kabaddi final against India at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 24. Kabaddi is a sport that combine aspects of tag and tackle with wrestling moves. It has long been dominated by India. (EPA-EFE/Raminder Pal Singh)
![A child plays on a gun at an exhibition of modern weapons and military equipment in Kyiv to coincide with Ukraine's Independence Day on August 24. (RFE/RL/Andriy Dubchak)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c9052ed4-3884-417c-acc4-788cf5c8dfe5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child plays on a gun at an exhibition of modern weapons and military equipment in Kyiv to coincide with Ukraine's Independence Day on August 24. (RFE/RL/Andriy Dubchak)
![Ukrainian servicewomen attend a rehearsal on August 22 for the a Ukrainian Independence Day military parade in central Kyiv on August 24. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/8a16b40a-f37d-4957-8d47-bcd70164a1b6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian servicewomen attend a rehearsal on August 22 for the a Ukrainian Independence Day military parade in central Kyiv on August 24.
![Kazakhstan's Askarbay Yedibayev performs his taijijian wushu routine at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 22. (AP/Bernat Armangue)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0ee0c45a-98db-4a5b-9bf1-b3d686ea3065_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kazakhstan's Askarbay Yedibayev performs his taijijian wushu routine at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 22. (AP/Bernat Armangue)
![Pilots Pete McLeod of Canada (right) and Kirby Chambliss of the United States fly over the city of Kazan in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan. (epa-EFE/Joerg Mitter)](https://gdb.rferl.org/357de8e2-2ab8-4016-8fa5-1e6c3fba1710_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pilots Pete McLeod of Canada (right) and Kirby Chambliss of the United States fly over the city of Kazan in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan. (epa-EFE/Joerg Mitter)
![High waves batter the coast of South Korea's Jeju Island as the powerful Typhoon Soulik gradually approaches the Korean Peninsula on August 22. (epa-EFE/Yonhap)](https://gdb.rferl.org/566adb7f-0e45-4936-870f-903d37c2f093_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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High waves batter the coast of South Korea's Jeju Island as the powerful Typhoon Soulik gradually approaches the Korean Peninsula on August 22. (epa-EFE/Yonhap)
![An Albanian woman harvests oat in the village of Turaj. (epa-EFE/Valdrin Xhemaj)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9bba7b2a-050e-48d7-8ac0-314d32b1d63f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Albanian woman harvests oat in the village of Turaj. (epa-EFE/Valdrin Xhemaj)
![A trainer dives as elephants from a local circus take a regular bath in the waters of the Black Sea on a hot summer day in Yevpatoria on the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. (Reuters/Pavel Rebrov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/26daa4b5-e138-4c28-820f-b26a72f72f98_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A trainer dives as elephants from a local circus take a regular bath in the waters of the Black Sea on a hot summer day in Yevpatoria on the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. (Reuters/Pavel Rebrov)
![An aerial shot of some of the buses used by Muslim hajj pilgrims to get to Mina, near Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. (epa-EFE/Sedat Suna)](https://gdb.rferl.org/da51e712-4097-4aff-94e0-7a4d1cb62ed0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial shot of some of the buses used by Muslim hajj pilgrims to get to Mina, near Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. (epa-EFE/Sedat Suna)
![A heckler holds up a mirror to Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis as he delivers a speech to honor the victims of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 at a ceremony in Prague on August 21. (AP/Petr David Josek)](https://gdb.rferl.org/18c41a4b-da79-44fb-8f97-f118b7d4a057_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A heckler holds up a mirror to Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis as he delivers a speech to honor the victims of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 at a ceremony in Prague on August 21. (AP/Petr David Josek)
![ A military nurse in Kyiv sprays Ukrainian servicemen with water to cool them down from the heat during a rehearsal ahead of Independence Day celebrations on August 24. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/02ee4a60-beca-4b7b-8748-c3658524f075_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A military nurse in Kyiv sprays Ukrainian servicemen with water to cool them down from the heat during a rehearsal ahead of Independence Day celebrations on August 24. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
![A boy cools off under a waterfall on the outskirts of Kathmandu in Nepal. (Reuters/Jose Luiz Gonzalez)](https://gdb.rferl.org/dd61f958-8a6e-4ba4-9825-00557e24ca41_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy cools off under a waterfall on the outskirts of Kathmandu in Nepal. (Reuters/Jose Luiz Gonzalez)
![Hajj pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (epa-EFE/Mohammed Saber)](https://gdb.rferl.org/90cb6b47-1879-4d7e-a761-d6462e0bbfe0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hajj pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (epa-EFE/Mohammed Saber)
![A cowboy drives a herd of cattle in Mexico's Juarez Valley. (Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a6bab28a-092c-4fee-a338-f2d2b6ad36f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A cowboy drives a herd of cattle in Mexico's Juarez Valley. (Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez)
![Judges watch competitors approaching a target during the FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship near Gross-Siegharts, Austria, on August 20. (Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6359ba3d-23fc-4540-9d5f-ddb5471e9b46_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Judges watch competitors approaching a target during the FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship near Gross-Siegharts, Austria, on August 20. (Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader)
![North and South Korean family members meet during a reunion at North Korea's Mount Kumgang resort, near the demilitarized zone, on August 20. (Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ddeb3569-a4c5-42b1-b8d4-39825dcf2ed8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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North and South Korean family members meet during a reunion at North Korea's Mount Kumgang resort, near the demilitarized zone, on August 20. (Reuters)
![People look at a display during an international fireworks festival in Moscow's Brateyevsky Park. (epa-EFA/Yuri Kochetkov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9847dfaa-8fa7-4147-a250-43bf6d5b69e9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People look at a display during an international fireworks festival in Moscow's Brateyevsky Park. (epa-EFA/Yuri Kochetkov)