Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond for the 43rd week of 2016. For more photo galleries, see our Picture This archive.
Photos Of The Week #43
![A blind man plays an accordion as he begs for money in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau. (AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)](https://gdb.rferl.org/734b2e1c-629e-428f-8e8b-3adc3cc1f934_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
1
A blind man plays an accordion as he begs for money in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau. (AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)
![Balloons are released during celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence in central Ashgabat on October 27. (AFP/Igor Sasin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/26f39d3f-3a3e-408b-a7a8-763cb11bbd75_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
2
Balloons are released during celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence in central Ashgabat on October 27. (AFP/Igor Sasin)
![Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova in action at the WTA finals in Singapore on October 28. (Reuters/Edgar Su)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ddfd179f-d494-4d61-bd48-71f06ac6d807_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
3
Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova in action at the WTA finals in Singapore on October 28. (Reuters/Edgar Su)
![A photo taken early on October 28 shows a burning trailer at the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, France, following a massive operation to clear the settlement where 6,000-8,000 people had been living. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)](https://gdb.rferl.org/210103f5-e738-4881-96a7-d12ef18dfe62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
4
A photo taken early on October 28 shows a burning trailer at the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, France, following a massive operation to clear the settlement where 6,000-8,000 people had been living. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)
![A boy feeds pigeons on a snow-covered embankment of the Yenisei River in the Siberian town of Divnogorsk, Russia. (Reuters/Ilya Naumushin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a099d194-c217-464b-94f5-0e1e87267aac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
5
A boy feeds pigeons on a snow-covered embankment of the Yenisei River in the Siberian town of Divnogorsk, Russia. (Reuters/Ilya Naumushin)
![Syrian men sell fuel produced from plastic in the rebel-held side of the embattled city of Aleppo. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e87657af-d4f6-4340-9fde-35f77f85ea64_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
6
Syrian men sell fuel produced from plastic in the rebel-held side of the embattled city of Aleppo. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)
![Schoolgirls gather at the Emam Hasan Mojtaba school in Kerman, Iran, on October 25. (Reuters/Gabriela Baczynska)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5f01e6e2-8db4-4ad5-a114-c0fed01e657b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
7
Schoolgirls gather at the Emam Hasan Mojtaba school in Kerman, Iran, on October 25. (Reuters/Gabriela Baczynska)
![Vendors sell their goods along a street as Moldovans shop in Chisinau. (AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0de48ba3-a168-42de-a769-c6dcd9624356_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
8
Vendors sell their goods along a street as Moldovans shop in Chisinau. (AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)
![A demonstrator in Diyarbakir gestures as riot police use a water cannon to disperse the crowd during a protest against the arrest of the Kurdish-dominated Turkish city's two joint mayors for alleged links to terrorism. (Reuters/Sertac Kayar)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fe3286b5-3e35-483e-8f9d-482b1c7aaee6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
9
A demonstrator in Diyarbakir gestures as riot police use a water cannon to disperse the crowd during a protest against the arrest of the Kurdish-dominated Turkish city's two joint mayors for alleged links to terrorism. (Reuters/Sertac Kayar)
![An Afghan man sells pomegranates at a roadside in Kabul. (epa/Jawad Jalali)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0f3de0fd-79a9-4fbb-b84d-10f5bff4ff68_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
10
An Afghan man sells pomegranates at a roadside in Kabul. (epa/Jawad Jalali)
![Light illuminates rice grains as a farmer harvests them on a field in Lalitpur, Nepal, on October 26. (Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1ddd5e07-a9f9-493f-9fd6-62e8558d119a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
11
Light illuminates rice grains as a farmer harvests them on a field in Lalitpur, Nepal, on October 26. (Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar)
![Ukrainian military cadets in Kyiv enjoy a moment of levity on October 25. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9535b807-79b0-42df-823f-dc53d46e59b1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
12
Ukrainian military cadets in Kyiv enjoy a moment of levity on October 25. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
![An internally displaced girl sits in a truck next to a goat on a road near Hassan Sham, east of Mosul, Iraq, on October 25. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3ad934a0-98f7-4757-aa90-41c04790ed96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
13
An internally displaced girl sits in a truck next to a goat on a road near Hassan Sham, east of Mosul, Iraq, on October 25. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)
![Also near Hassan Sham, a Kurdish Peshmerga gestures in front of internally displaced women on October 25. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3685a09c-4946-4c0d-9d49-99f5b49589c0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
14
Also near Hassan Sham, a Kurdish Peshmerga gestures in front of internally displaced women on October 25. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)
![Iraqi families who were displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against militants of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul receive food near Qayyarah. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3fc87ab-6b1e-43f1-bbdd-25f20d9247f8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
15
Iraqi families who were displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against militants of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul receive food near Qayyarah. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)
![A participant prepares for her performance during a bodybuilding championship of Russia in Yekaterinburg. (TASS/Anton Butsenko) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/bd3c7ae6-9dca-45ab-9d8f-5f99b626ad39_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
16
A participant prepares for her performance during a bodybuilding championship of Russia in Yekaterinburg. (TASS/Anton Butsenko)
![Migrants wait for their evacuation next to the makeshift camp known as "The Jungle" as its dismantlement begins in Calais, France on October 24. (epa/Etienne Laurent)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cd1089e9-1404-42f8-8fb5-a7603c1e70ae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
17
Migrants wait for their evacuation next to the makeshift camp known as "The Jungle" as its dismantlement begins in Calais, France on October 24. (epa/Etienne Laurent)
![A member of the Iraqi government forces smokes a cigarette as they rest in the village of Al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) militants on October 23. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f0a79903-79b1-4b4e-8ee3-047bbcbe953b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
18
A member of the Iraqi government forces smokes a cigarette as they rest in the village of Al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) militants on October 23. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
![Iraqi children from the village of Al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, pose for a photo after Iraqi government forces recaptured the village from Islamic State (IS) militants on October 23. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1a85297-0beb-4bb9-bed4-24c145237b14_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
19
Iraqi children from the village of Al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, pose for a photo after Iraqi government forces recaptured the village from Islamic State (IS) militants on October 23. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
![A Belarusian T-72 tank crushes a car during a tank-biathlon competition at the Stalin's Line museum outside Minsk. (AFP/Maksim Malinovsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d47c9c06-1901-44c1-91c6-daea9ca47e0c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
20
A Belarusian T-72 tank crushes a car during a tank-biathlon competition at the Stalin's Line museum outside Minsk. (AFP/Maksim Malinovsky)