Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 40th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week No. 40
- By RFE/RL
![Medical personnel provide assistance to a Covid-19 patient inside a mobile intensive-care unit in Bucharest amid a surge in coronavirus cases in Romania. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/023f0000-0aff-0242-1308-08d98c15050d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Medical personnel provide assistance to a Covid-19 patient inside a mobile intensive-care unit in Bucharest amid a surge in coronavirus cases in Romania.
![A girl sits with women wearing burqas outside a hospital in Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/58fc0000-0aff-0242-d5b3-08d987e71e5a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl sits with women wearing burqas outside a hospital in Kabul.
![A mannequin depicting Superman is placed upside down next to the door of Romania's parliamentary chamber during a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Florin Citu's government in Bucharest on October 5. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/00ed0000-0a00-0242-633e-08d988905947_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A mannequin depicting Superman is placed upside down next to the door of Romania's parliamentary chamber during a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Florin Citu's government in Bucharest on October 5.
![Russian actress Yulia Peresild gestures in a bus as she departs to board a Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, which was being launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome to take a film crew to shoot part of a movie on the International Space Station. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/00c30000-0a00-0242-07ba-08d98895093b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian actress Yulia Peresild gestures in a bus as she departs to board a Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, which was being launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome to take a film crew to shoot part of a movie on the International Space Station.
![A woman brings her dog to a pet exhibition held as part of celebrations to mark the 613th anniversary of the town of Bender in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/052e0000-0a00-0242-b4c2-08d98b63b8c6_w1024_q10_s.jpeg)
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A woman brings her dog to a pet exhibition held as part of celebrations to mark the 613th anniversary of the town of Bender in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region.
![A Pakistani health worker inoculates a student against Covid-19 at a school in Lahore amid a government drive to vaccinate children aged 12 and older.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05450000-0a00-0242-428c-08d9889f2cb3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani health worker inoculates a student against Covid-19 at a school in Lahore amid a government drive to vaccinate children aged 12 and older.
![A bakery is lit up on an evening in Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/58fc0000-0aff-0242-6c91-08d987e61136_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bakery is lit up on an evening in Kabul.
![Commuters ride along a road under smog and fog conditions in Lahore, Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/00ed0000-0a00-0242-451a-08d9889f46a5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Commuters ride along a road under smog and fog conditions in Lahore, Pakistan.
![Geno Petriashvili (right) of Georgia in action against Amir Hossein Zare of Iran in their men's 125-kilogram category gold-medal bout during the Wrestling World Championships 2021 in Oslo. Zare won the gold.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05450000-0a00-0242-a60a-08d988903eed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Geno Petriashvili (right) of Georgia in action against Amir Hossein Zare of Iran in their men's 125-kilogram category gold-medal bout during the Wrestling World Championships 2021 in Oslo. Zare won the gold.
![A Taliban fighter prays at the Abdul Rahman Mosque in Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/58f20000-0aff-0242-a590-08d987e6113b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Taliban fighter prays at the Abdul Rahman Mosque in Kabul.
![People gather to protest against the arrest of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in front of the prison where he is being held in Rustavi, Georgia.](https://gdb.rferl.org/58f20000-0aff-0242-9e9a-08d987c86f1c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather to protest against the arrest of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in front of the prison where he is being held in Rustavi, Georgia.
![A rabbi prays at the Minora memorial in Kyiv on October 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre, one of the largest mass slaughters of Jews during World War II.](https://gdb.rferl.org/58f20000-0aff-0242-8bd7-08d987e7e369_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A rabbi prays at the Minora memorial in Kyiv on October 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre, one of the largest mass slaughters of Jews during World War II.
![A woman takes part in Osh's 'City Day' celebrations in Kyrgyzstan on October 5. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/58fc0000-0aff-0242-9d1f-08d987f29de1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman takes part in Osh's 'City Day' celebrations in Kyrgyzstan on October 5.
![Afghan ethnic Hazara children stand in their cave on a cliff pockmarked by caves, where people still live as they did centuries ago in Bamiyan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/bb15521b-8b77-417f-a352-3abe72ccf9c5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan ethnic Hazara children stand in their cave on a cliff pockmarked by caves, where people still live as they did centuries ago in Bamiyan.
![A lake in the shape of a heart is seen surrounded by autumn-colored trees near Balashikha, outside Moscow.](https://gdb.rferl.org/58f20000-0aff-0242-7bc0-08d987c881f5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A lake in the shape of a heart is seen surrounded by autumn-colored trees near Balashikha, outside Moscow.
![A visitor takes pictures inside the Russian Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/023f0000-0aff-0242-4b1e-08d98c152f64_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A visitor takes pictures inside the Russian Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.