Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 45th week of 2022 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week (November 7-13)
- By RFE/RL
![Local resident Valentyna Buhaiova embraces Ukrainian soldiers in the recently retaken village of Kyselivka, outside of Kherson on November 12.](https://gdb.rferl.org/e86741cd-2fef-4101-80c4-0558d52588ed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Local resident Valentyna Buhaiova embraces Ukrainian soldiers in the recently retaken village of Kyselivka, outside of Kherson on November 12.
![A woman is comforted at the scene of overnight Russian shelling of a residential district in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, on November 11. Six civilians were killed.](https://gdb.rferl.org/00240000-0aff-0242-fe08-08dac3f3f0b8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman is comforted at the scene of overnight Russian shelling of a residential district in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, on November 11. Six civilians were killed.
![Sikh pilgrims gather at the holy sarovar -- or sacred pool -- on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/026f0000-0aff-0242-d98a-08dac259221e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sikh pilgrims gather at the holy sarovar -- or sacred pool -- on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan.
![People stand in the bell tower of St. Sofia Cathedral as power cuts continue in Kyiv on November 10.](https://gdb.rferl.org/00240000-0aff-0242-29fd-08dac3b29751_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People stand in the bell tower of St. Sofia Cathedral as power cuts continue in Kyiv on November 10.
![Ukrainians spend time at the UNICEF facility in Warsaw where the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said she didn't expect the midterm elections on November 9 to weaken U.S. support for Ukraine, given the bipartisan support for Kyiv since Russia’s invasion.](https://gdb.rferl.org/000a0000-0aff-0242-9898-08dac2e88369_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainians spend time at the UNICEF facility in Warsaw where the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said she didn't expect the midterm elections on November 9 to weaken U.S. support for Ukraine, given the bipartisan support for Kyiv since Russia’s invasion.
![People take an autumn walk in Kosovo's Germia National Park, near Pristina. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/802c0000-c0a8-0242-4723-08dac18738d4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People take an autumn walk in Kosovo's Germia National Park, near Pristina.
![A partial eclipse phase of a total lunar eclipse is seen at night from Vladivostok, Russia, on November 8.](https://gdb.rferl.org/000a0000-0aff-0242-e815-08dac244d6fb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A partial eclipse phase of a total lunar eclipse is seen at night from Vladivostok, Russia, on November 8.
![People walk past street art on concrete blocks in Kyiv's Independence Square.](https://gdb.rferl.org/802c0000-c0a8-0242-c64a-08dac16948f6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk past street art on concrete blocks in Kyiv's Independence Square.
![Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan shout slogans during a protest in Rawalpindi on November 7 following an attack on Khan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/000a0000-0aff-0242-3d77-08dac153de08_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan shout slogans during a protest in Rawalpindi on November 7 following an attack on Khan.
![People walk in a park during a blackout in Kyiv.](https://gdb.rferl.org/802c0000-c0a8-0242-5e88-08dac0ccbd7f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk in a park during a blackout in Kyiv.
![A Communist Party supporter walks past the cruiser Aurora on the 105th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 7.](https://gdb.rferl.org/802c0000-c0a8-0242-b52e-08dac1521649_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Communist Party supporter walks past the cruiser Aurora on the 105th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 7.
![A person plays piano in a street underpass amid a blackout in Kyiv.](https://gdb.rferl.org/00020000-0aff-0242-f27d-08dac0b9495c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A person plays piano in a street underpass amid a blackout in Kyiv.
![Two Afghan Hazara girls talk in the street in Kabul's Dasht-e Barchi district.](https://gdb.rferl.org/00020000-0aff-0242-efef-08dac0c63ab1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Two Afghan Hazara girls talk in the street in Kabul's Dasht-e Barchi district.
![Slag waste mounds from a former thermal power plant are visible through a blanket of fog near Salgotarjan, northern Hungary.](https://gdb.rferl.org/802c0000-c0a8-0242-1509-08dac1889ab6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Slag waste mounds from a former thermal power plant are visible through a blanket of fog near Salgotarjan, northern Hungary.
![A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires toward Russian positions outside Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on November 8.](https://gdb.rferl.org/904758e9-43b1-407f-b9fd-8991e53ea02c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires toward Russian positions outside Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on November 8.
![Baluch activists protest for missing persons in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 8.](https://gdb.rferl.org/00020000-0aff-0242-330b-08dac2253e34_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Baluch activists protest for missing persons in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 8.
![A conscript kisses the window of a train carriage as he says goodbye to family members at a local railway station during departure for the garrisons, in Sevastopol, Crimea.](https://gdb.rferl.org/000a0000-0aff-0242-456f-08dac2e6bbb3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A conscript kisses the window of a train carriage as he says goodbye to family members at a local railway station during departure for the garrisons, in Sevastopol, Crimea.
![Armenian opposition supporters march with torches during an anti-Russian rally in Yerevan against Russia's policy in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its military action in Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/000a0000-0aff-0242-0398-08dac2eb0488_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Armenian opposition supporters march with torches during an anti-Russian rally in Yerevan against Russia's policy in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its military action in Ukraine.
![Workers inspect a dismantled statue dedicated to Soviet liberators in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, following a decision by local authorities to remove such monuments. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/026f0000-0aff-0242-28fd-08dac258cf14_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers inspect a dismantled statue dedicated to Soviet liberators in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, following a decision by local authorities to remove such monuments.