Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 44th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive
Photos Of The Week #44
- By RFE/RL
![An Iranian Army soldier stands in front of a picture of a burned U.S. flag during an anti-American demonstration marking the the 42nd anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover, in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, on November 4. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1180000-0aff-0242-880d-08d9a06e21e4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iranian Army soldier stands in front of a picture of a burned U.S. flag during an anti-American demonstration marking the the 42nd anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover, in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, on November 4.
![A man eats sugarcane in a field on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1180000-0aff-0242-f3d7-08d9a06c77ba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man eats sugarcane in a field on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan.
![A shepherd watches his flock graze on a pasture near a coal-fired power plant in the town of Obilic, Kosovo.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3410000-0aff-0242-7ed2-08d9a06e24ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A shepherd watches his flock graze on a pasture near a coal-fired power plant in the town of Obilic, Kosovo.
![A car floats on a flooded street in Otes, near Sarajevo.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1180000-0aff-0242-1ad2-08d9a06e1b0b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A car floats on a flooded street in Otes, near Sarajevo.
![Serbia's Novak Djokovic arrives to play against Hungary's Marton Fucsovics during their men's singles tennis match at the ATP Paris Masters in Paris on November 2.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1180000-0aff-0242-1c56-08d9a06fabc6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic arrives to play against Hungary's Marton Fucsovics during their men's singles tennis match at the ATP Paris Masters in Paris on November 2.
![Birds sit on wires on a foggy morning in Russia's Ostankino district north of Moscow. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e00000-0a00-0242-73da-08d99ea01643_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Birds sit on wires on a foggy morning in Russia's Ostankino district north of Moscow.
![Ukrainian medics treat patients suffering from COVID-19 at a mobile hospital in the town of Kakhovka in the Kherson region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e00000-0a00-0242-159e-08d99ebf10d5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian medics treat patients suffering from COVID-19 at a mobile hospital in the town of Kakhovka in the Kherson region.
![Iranian women walk past a mural on a street in Tehran. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e00000-0a00-0242-c862-08d99d3c881e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian women walk past a mural on a street in Tehran.
![A view of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Moscow International Business Center in fog. The Russian Hydrometeorological Center issued a yellow weather alert for Moscow and the Moscow region due to dense fog, with visibility reduced to 200 to 700 meters.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e00000-0a00-0242-48cd-08d99e9ab0e8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A view of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Moscow International Business Center in fog. The Russian Hydrometeorological Center issued a yellow weather alert for Moscow and the Moscow region due to dense fog, with visibility reduced to 200 to 700 meters.
![A Bulgarian soldier repairs a protective fence at the Bulgarian-Turkish border near the village of Matochina. The Bulgarian government has urged urgent repairs to the fencing, which prevents the entry of refugees from Turkey.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1180000-0aff-0242-c93e-08d9a06e25ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Bulgarian soldier repairs a protective fence at the Bulgarian-Turkish border near the village of Matochina. The Bulgarian government has urged urgent repairs to the fencing, which prevents the entry of refugees from Turkey.
![An Afghan health worker looks through shattered the window of a clinic after deadly bomb blasts and an attack on a military hospital by Islamic State militants in Kabul on November 2.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1180000-0aff-0242-5275-08d9a06e20ce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan health worker looks through shattered the window of a clinic after deadly bomb blasts and an attack on a military hospital by Islamic State militants in Kabul on November 2.
![A view of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square. Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Moscow authorities declared nonworking days with pay from October 28 to November 7.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3410000-0aff-0242-4d26-08d99e9eda1d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A view of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square. Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Moscow authorities declared nonworking days with pay from October 28 to November 7.
![A vendor displays variety of cross necklaces outside a graveyard where Christian families were visiting on All Souls' Day in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 2.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3410000-0aff-0242-d957-08d99e9fb2f3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A vendor displays variety of cross necklaces outside a graveyard where Christian families were visiting on All Souls' Day in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 2.
![A patient with COVID-19 lies in an intensive care unit at a regional hospital in Krasnodar in southern Russia. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e00000-0a00-0242-22c8-08d99e9fef80_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A patient with COVID-19 lies in an intensive care unit at a regional hospital in Krasnodar in southern Russia.
![A satellite picture shows Russian ground forces deployed in Yelnya on November 1.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b5aa0000-0aff-0242-6588-08d99dd20232_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A satellite picture shows Russian ground forces deployed in Yelnya on November 1.
![Police check vaccination certificates among passengers on public transport in Kyiv on November 1 amid new restrictions to stem a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths attributed to low vaccination rates.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3410000-0aff-0242-3a8c-08d99d5f192a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police check vaccination certificates among passengers on public transport in Kyiv on November 1 amid new restrictions to stem a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths attributed to low vaccination rates.
![A boy rides a horse next to the Qargha Reservoir on the outskirts of Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e00000-0a00-0242-7bc4-08d99d0c272c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy rides a horse next to the Qargha Reservoir on the outskirts of Kabul.
![Supporters of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party celebrate victory in local elections at party headquarters in Skopje on October 31.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3410000-0aff-0242-34f5-08d99d0beb59_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party celebrate victory in local elections at party headquarters in Skopje on October 31.
![People light candles during a vigil in memory of the victims of the Colectiv nightclub fire in Bucharest. On October 30, 2015, 64 people died and hundreds were injured inside the Bucharest club during a fire that triggered a wave of anti-corruption protests and a nationwide debate about administrative incompetence, bribery, and safety standards.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e00000-0a00-0242-59d2-08d99d0c3f52_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People light candles during a vigil in memory of the victims of the Colectiv nightclub fire in Bucharest. On October 30, 2015, 64 people died and hundreds were injured inside the Bucharest club during a fire that triggered a wave of anti-corruption protests and a nationwide debate about administrative incompetence, bribery, and safety standards.
![Hassina, 10, an Afghan girl displaced with her family fleeing the violence in their province, leans against a tree at a displaced-persons camp in Kabul.](https://gdb.rferl.org/00ab0000-0a00-0242-bfb3-08d99d0de4f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hassina, 10, an Afghan girl displaced with her family fleeing the violence in their province, leans against a tree at a displaced-persons camp in Kabul.
![DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN - OCTOBER 29, 2021: A man cooks pilau at the Oshi Palav festival held at the Navruzgokh state enterprise. Some 3.5-4 tons of pilau have been cooked in the largest cooking pot during the festival. Nozim Kalandarov/TASS](https://gdb.rferl.org/e1180000-0aff-0242-4604-08d99e9695d3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN - OCTOBER 29, 2021: A man cooks pilau at the Oshi Palav festival held at the Navruzgokh state enterprise. Some 3.5-4 tons of pilau have been cooked in the largest cooking pot during the festival. Nozim Kalandarov/TASS
![People walk on Red Square amid a coronavirus shutdown in Moscow, Russia. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3410000-0aff-0242-7769-08d99d0bb090_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk on Red Square amid a coronavirus shutdown in Moscow, Russia.