Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 38th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week No. 38
- By RFE/RL
![Separatist reservists in Ukraine's Luhansk region take part in exercises at a training ground outside the city of Luhansk. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/1e4a7010-f3a9-468b-925f-f02e1dbb1f38_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Separatist reservists in Ukraine's Luhansk region take part in exercises at a training ground outside the city of Luhansk.
![Russian servicemen display the latest in camouflage during military exercises of the armed forces of Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg region.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b6e2390e-2c5d-48b5-b384-8ceca1491b69_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian servicemen display the latest in camouflage during military exercises of the armed forces of Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg region.
![Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally by entrepreneurs and representatives of small businesses against plans to approve changes to Ukraine's Tax Code, in front of the parliament building in Kyiv on September 23. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/f9ff87de-3700-44b1-b51d-68fd24ec3370_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally by entrepreneurs and representatives of small businesses against plans to approve changes to Ukraine's Tax Code, in front of the parliament building in Kyiv on September 23.
![Kyrgyz men assemble a yurt in preparation for a cultural festival on the central square of Bishkek. The yurt is a traditional round tent used by the nomads of Central Asia's steppes and consists of a wooden frame covered with felt or skins.](https://gdb.rferl.org/2ed3155a-e00c-4184-86bb-a62d8ee691cb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kyrgyz men assemble a yurt in preparation for a cultural festival on the central square of Bishkek. The yurt is a traditional round tent used by the nomads of Central Asia's steppes and consists of a wooden frame covered with felt or skins.
![Artists perform on stage during the fourth Budapest Demographic Summit in Budapest.](https://gdb.rferl.org/81c16ac5-4344-459f-8068-9d75ecfd4843_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Artists perform on stage during the fourth Budapest Demographic Summit in Budapest.
![A serviceman of Russia's Emergencies Ministry, wearing protective gear, disinfects the Kievsky railway terminal amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01fdb987-d77d-42e3-820e-053923da30c2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A serviceman of Russia's Emergencies Ministry, wearing protective gear, disinfects the Kievsky railway terminal amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow.
![A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child in Karachi, Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/006ab91c-059f-42a5-96ee-35dc7a7152ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child in Karachi, Pakistan.
![A lightning bolt is captured over the Black Sea close to Sochi, Russia.](https://gdb.rferl.org/3cd8182d-0256-40a1-9a73-39f5a1abe9e7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A lightning bolt is captured over the Black Sea close to Sochi, Russia.
![A fruit vendor pushes his cart through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Lahore, Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/d0f17d52-3319-43b7-8fc6-3cd4978da54f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fruit vendor pushes his cart through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Lahore, Pakistan.
![A motorcycle and other vehicles drive with headlights during heavy rainfall in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/2cc6b13a-70e4-4e80-92cc-e07de79e0da6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A motorcycle and other vehicles drive with headlights during heavy rainfall in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
![An Afghan potter sits among tandoor ovens in Kabul. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/f63674ee-b23e-46a3-8a3e-ed3036394ff7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan potter sits among tandoor ovens in Kabul.
![A young Afghan student jumps over her skipping rope outside a school in Herat on September 20. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/39f38af2-bf03-4b98-bd06-0ae23bd650bb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young Afghan student jumps over her skipping rope outside a school in Herat on September 20.
![Supporters of the soccer club Red Star Belgrade light flares during a game against archrivals Partizan on September 19. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/e013339c-79b0-47fb-a365-41b2caeb61d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of the soccer club Red Star Belgrade light flares during a game against archrivals Partizan on September 19.
![A child follows a woman on a beach in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/660b1706-e338-420a-8856-4b2aeed95477_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child follows a woman on a beach in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta.
![Boris Vishnevsky of the Yabloko party, who is running for both the State Duma and the regional legislature, looks at a list of candidates at a polling station in St. Petersburg on September 19. Vishnevsky faced rival candidates who not only had the same name, but even looked like him.](https://gdb.rferl.org/bb36fd02-e97c-433c-b0c4-35484b071c7e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boris Vishnevsky of the Yabloko party, who is running for both the State Duma and the regional legislature, looks at a list of candidates at a polling station in St. Petersburg on September 19. Vishnevsky faced rival candidates who not only had the same name, but even looked like him.
![People take part in the annual Gay Pride parade under the protection of riot police in Kyiv on September 19.](https://gdb.rferl.org/462f899e-0b63-469e-8b51-04713dcb41e3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People take part in the annual Gay Pride parade under the protection of riot police in Kyiv on September 19.
![An Afghan woman talks to young people in need after giving them bread in front of bakery in Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/8638d5b4-f298-446b-bb07-e4d550eaf218_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan woman talks to young people in need after giving them bread in front of bakery in Kabul.
![A man looks at a screen showing polling stations at the headquarters of Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow during voting for the State Duma on September 19.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e60a5fde-9017-4bcb-a46a-fa9157fa942f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man looks at a screen showing polling stations at the headquarters of Russia's Central Election Commission in Moscow during voting for the State Duma on September 19.