Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 42nd week of 2016. For more photo galleries, see our Picture This archive.
Photos Of The Week #42
![A Ukrainian serviceman fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun during military exercises near the village of Divychky outside Kyiv. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/76e20886-9bd3-4813-9aa0-6ae12f448f0c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun during military exercises near the village of Divychky outside Kyiv. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
![A woman peers out a window of a dilapidated building that shows bullet marks from the 1956 anticommunist uprising, with the revolutionary flag posted on the front, insignia removed, in Budapest. (Reuters/Laszlo Balogh )](https://gdb.rferl.org/20f811ac-2e12-476d-aa9f-d9a1634b283a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman peers out a window of a dilapidated building that shows bullet marks from the 1956 anticommunist uprising, with the revolutionary flag posted on the front, insignia removed, in Budapest. (Reuters/Laszlo Balogh )
![Culture activist Ondrej Kobza sits with two goats on the terrace of a rooftop community garden and cafe atop the Lucerna Palace in Prague. As part of an opening to the public, Kobza brought a pair of goats from a farm run by Dagmar Havlova, the sister-in-law of late President Vaclav Havel, who owns the palace. (Reuters/David W. Cerny)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d17aab6c-b6f0-4649-a3f3-e00199d19a35_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Culture activist Ondrej Kobza sits with two goats on the terrace of a rooftop community garden and cafe atop the Lucerna Palace in Prague. As part of an opening to the public, Kobza brought a pair of goats from a farm run by Dagmar Havlova, the sister-in-law of late President Vaclav Havel, who owns the palace. (Reuters/David W. Cerny)
![Russian conscripts wait at a military registration and enlistment office in St. Petersburg. (AFP/Olga Maltseva)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3d35ff85-a367-4706-8f7e-48ec2975a201_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian conscripts wait at a military registration and enlistment office in St. Petersburg. (AFP/Olga Maltseva)
![An Iraqi special forces soldier fires a cannon at Islamic States fighters in Bartella, east of Mosul, Iraq, on October 20. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/651c195b-c622-4502-90a3-8f4aacce8eeb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iraqi special forces soldier fires a cannon at Islamic States fighters in Bartella, east of Mosul, Iraq, on October 20. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)
![Men rest as they smoke and chew qat, a stimulant, in the old market in Sanaa, Yemen. (Reuters/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/686f6799-5ae5-4358-b7a2-5f3061ce1e4c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men rest as they smoke and chew qat, a stimulant, in the old market in Sanaa, Yemen. (Reuters/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)
![Teddy bears with bandages are left on the ground by protesters during a demonstration in front of the German Chancellery prior to a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Berlin on October 19. (Reuters/Axel Schmidt)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7691678e-8ddf-4959-adea-4f0a43ad0bad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Teddy bears with bandages are left on the ground by protesters during a demonstration in front of the German Chancellery prior to a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Berlin on October 19. (Reuters/Axel Schmidt)
![A Nepalese agricultural worker harvests a field on the outskirts of Kathmandu. (epa/Narendra Shrestha)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5a420ae4-27d7-440e-876b-76b1f13a53a8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Nepalese agricultural worker harvests a field on the outskirts of Kathmandu. (epa/Narendra Shrestha)
![Emergency workers walk through smoke as they try to put out a fire inside a building after shelling in the rebel-held besieged town of Douma near Damascus on October 19. (Reuters/Bassam Khabieh)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4858043d-30f6-4a2b-90c9-7b112023e595_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Emergency workers walk through smoke as they try to put out a fire inside a building after shelling in the rebel-held besieged town of Douma near Damascus on October 19. (Reuters/Bassam Khabieh)
![Women who recently fled the Islamic State stronghold of Hawija queue to receive food from the Barzani Charity Foundation on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b0efacd8-b284-4faf-81d6-77faa4ac1bee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women who recently fled the Islamic State stronghold of Hawija queue to receive food from the Barzani Charity Foundation on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)
![Afghan youths play with a kite on the outskirts of Jalalabad on October 18. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)](https://gdb.rferl.org/461e7b4b-5036-4cf3-b7f1-362eca48d4af_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan youths play with a kite on the outskirts of Jalalabad on October 18. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)
![Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand around a tunnel used by Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Bartila, east of Mosul, during an operation to retake the city. (Reuters/Azad Lashkari)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fc0edfde-2a2d-436a-b7ef-fdfbf795c349_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand around a tunnel used by Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Bartila, east of Mosul, during an operation to retake the city. (Reuters/Azad Lashkari)
![Fans of CSKA Moscow celebrate a goal during the UEFA Champions League Group E soccer match between CSKA Moscow and AS Monaco at CSKA Arena stadium in Moscow. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. (epa/Sergei Ilnitsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cd61ca4b-534a-4846-a94c-1896f4181290_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fans of CSKA Moscow celebrate a goal during the UEFA Champions League Group E soccer match between CSKA Moscow and AS Monaco at CSKA Arena stadium in Moscow. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. (epa/Sergei Ilnitsky)
![A man runs way from a wave at a beach in Hainan Province, China, as Typhoon Sarika hit the mainland. (Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/46b78026-bd25-496a-8354-0f56277dc1fc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man runs way from a wave at a beach in Hainan Province, China, as Typhoon Sarika hit the mainland. (Reuters)
![A man on a cart passes the construction site for an open-air museum of military equipment in Zhytkavichy, Belarus. (TASS/Viktar Drachev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f75b7859-1679-4a2b-9bb2-ca8f9222be7e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man on a cart passes the construction site for an open-air museum of military equipment in Zhytkavichy, Belarus. (TASS/Viktar Drachev)
![Afghan children fly a kite on the outskirts of Jalalabad. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1061b417-48b8-41da-8811-0da36da4c957_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan children fly a kite on the outskirts of Jalalabad. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)
![Tourists hang out at the resort of Neve Zohar on the Dead Sea in southern Israel. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6e921de1-08ab-4d55-9a5a-5bd34e4bb1bb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tourists hang out at the resort of Neve Zohar on the Dead Sea in southern Israel. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
![Displaced Iraqis who fled fighting in the Mosul area play volleyball at a camp for internally displaced people in the northeastern town of Al-Hol in Syria's Hasakeh Province. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fd5c38b0-6bda-4e63-8724-1d78ef3eff5a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Displaced Iraqis who fled fighting in the Mosul area play volleyball at a camp for internally displaced people in the northeastern town of Al-Hol in Syria's Hasakeh Province. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)
![An adolescent Afghan migrant waves from a van as he departs with six others from the emergency shelter for minors in Saint Omer, France, as they leave for Britain. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0f526176-fc35-4474-b355-64b3aee31f48_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An adolescent Afghan migrant waves from a van as he departs with six others from the emergency shelter for minors in Saint Omer, France, as they leave for Britain. (Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)
![Iraqi forces deploy in the area of Al-Shurah, some 45 kilometers south of Mosul, as they advance toward the city to retake it from Islamic State militants on October 17. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9b30f01f-6675-49c5-bbd7-cf53e3e553b9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iraqi forces deploy in the area of Al-Shurah, some 45 kilometers south of Mosul, as they advance toward the city to retake it from Islamic State militants on October 17. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
![The Charles Bridge is pictured on a foggy morning in Prague. (AFP/Michal Cizek)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8dc2b8c7-ccad-49c8-9d7a-a5754e1a62b8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Charles Bridge is pictured on a foggy morning in Prague. (AFP/Michal Cizek)
![Syrian refugee children play in an old tobacco factory building now being used as a refugee shelter in Yayladagi refugee camp in Turkey's Hatay Province, near the Syrian border. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7bbd3f48-df07-4d78-8850-962c561f5c94_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Syrian refugee children play in an old tobacco factory building now being used as a refugee shelter in Yayladagi refugee camp in Turkey's Hatay Province, near the Syrian border. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)
![A fishermen throws fish during a haul at a fish farm near the village of Borova Zhytkavichy in Belarus's Homel region. (TASS/Viktar Drachev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4adfe094-8084-44f1-abad-5f273199f05d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fishermen throws fish during a haul at a fish farm near the village of Borova Zhytkavichy in Belarus's Homel region. (TASS/Viktar Drachev)
![Afghan children collect water from a hand pump in Ghazni. (AFP/Zakeria Hashimi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d1d15682-5fae-47fb-866e-6277f7f0f539_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan children collect water from a hand pump in Ghazni. (AFP/Zakeria Hashimi)
![A boy prepares to release a kite as he plays with friends in Pehawar, Pakistan. (Reuters/Fayaz Aziz)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4378cee4-b74d-4958-9399-178b9c7dbf86_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy prepares to release a kite as he plays with friends in Pehawar, Pakistan. (Reuters/Fayaz Aziz)