Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 50th week of 2018. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #50
![A Christian family browses Christmas ornaments to decorate their home for upcoming celebrations at a shop in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP/K.M. Chaudhry)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b6b00659-00d9-4c6e-a5fa-7ba234e58add_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Christian family browses Christmas ornaments to decorate their home for upcoming celebrations at a shop in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP/K.M. Chaudhry)
![A priest flashes a V sign as he wears a Ukrainian-flag-colored glove as outside St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv on December 15 where Ukrainian Orthodox leaders agreed on the creation of a new national Orthodox Church and elected a leader to head it. (AFP/Genya Savilov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9818a14e-39a0-4bf0-8be3-0731a627cdbf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A priest flashes a V sign as he wears a Ukrainian-flag-colored glove as outside St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv on December 15 where Ukrainian Orthodox leaders agreed on the creation of a new national Orthodox Church and elected a leader to head it. (AFP/Genya Savilov)
![Protesters stand in front of mounted police during a demonstration in front of the Opera House in Paris against rising costs of living blamed on high taxes on December 15. (AFP/Abdul Abeissa)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0d38d8c4-ce25-43ba-b85c-bcd8cf269cf3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters stand in front of mounted police during a demonstration in front of the Opera House in Paris against rising costs of living blamed on high taxes on December 15. (AFP/Abdul Abeissa)
![A man stands near smoke billowing from a brick kiln in Karachi, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)](https://gdb.rferl.org/687592ca-eaa3-4a34-a16b-b3fc49775e8e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man stands near smoke billowing from a brick kiln in Karachi, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)
![Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo takes off for a suborbital test flight in Mojave, California, on December 13. (AFP/Gene Blevins)](https://gdb.rferl.org/85ec4088-7a93-4df8-92a3-51dbb9452156_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo takes off for a suborbital test flight in Mojave, California, on December 13. (AFP/Gene Blevins)
![Protesters clash with police during a demonstration against amendments to Hungary's Labor Code outside the parliament building in Budapest on December 13. (epa-EFE/Zoltan Balogh)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cde858d8-140e-4d10-8994-30e38126ee74_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters clash with police during a demonstration against amendments to Hungary's Labor Code outside the parliament building in Budapest on December 13. (epa-EFE/Zoltan Balogh)
![A man wears a mask during an anti-pollution protest outside City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, on December 12. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1713d3b3-33d0-4e2c-b507-38e5ef203959_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man wears a mask during an anti-pollution protest outside City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, on December 12. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)
![A Palestinian gesticulates as smoke rises during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 13. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1ceb1ef1-596e-4794-998e-178089cf74db_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian gesticulates as smoke rises during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 13. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)
![Afghan girls pose for a photograph in the Sarhood district of Nangarhar Province. (epa-EFE/Ghulamullah Habibi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c6e2b635-178a-41db-a100-8ff6d13de7ce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan girls pose for a photograph in the Sarhood district of Nangarhar Province. (epa-EFE/Ghulamullah Habibi)
![Cherantha de Silva from Sri Lanka competes in the Men's Butterfly 100-meter heats during the FINA Swimming Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, China, on December 12. (epa-EFE/Roman Pilipey)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2b75ead8-41f6-4901-85d2-80cfc0f86c1d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cherantha de Silva from Sri Lanka competes in the Men's Butterfly 100-meter heats during the FINA Swimming Short Course World Championships in Hangzhou, China, on December 12. (epa-EFE/Roman Pilipey)
![A Russian cosmonaut performs a spacewalk near a Soyuz orbital module to examine a pressure leak. (epa-EFE)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b9e41878-9e7d-4ca8-bc77-032b01036d96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Russian cosmonaut performs a spacewalk near a Soyuz orbital module to examine a pressure leak. (epa-EFE)
![A man walks along a deserted street in Strasbourg the day after a deadly shooting in the French city on December 11. (Reuters/Christian Hartmann)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0027783a-adf5-46b1-8d6b-69e0c908a9de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks along a deserted street in Strasbourg the day after a deadly shooting in the French city on December 11. (Reuters/Christian Hartmann)
![Participants in an annual ball for students of military schools sit backstage during the event in Moscow. (AP/Aleksandr Zemlianichenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a4d3a83f-27be-494e-836c-0002d954cfec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants in an annual ball for students of military schools sit backstage during the event in Moscow. (AP/Aleksandr Zemlianichenko)
![People gather to pay their last respects to Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseyeva, during a farewell ceremony in Moscow on December 11. (Alexander Nemenov/AP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f14cb16d-1d79-465f-91f2-08507ffe644d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather to pay their last respects to Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseyeva, during a farewell ceremony in Moscow on December 11. (Alexander Nemenov/AP)
![People enjoy decorations that have been installed for upcoming New Year celebrations in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7aeb4091-f95c-40ba-b5d9-bd1f4b2a37f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People enjoy decorations that have been installed for upcoming New Year celebrations in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)
![An Indian Army serviceman displays his motorbike skills during an event at a training college in Bangalore. (epa-EFE/Jagadeesh)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c8f03cf8-26e0-438f-9221-dc41f310e1ed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Indian Army serviceman displays his motorbike skills during an event at a training college in Bangalore. (epa-EFE/Jagadeesh)
![A woman plays with a dog in Minsk's Central Gorky Park on a winter's day in Belarus. (epa-EFE/Tatyana Zenkovich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/dd51e761-8210-4285-844d-da955f6d1085_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman plays with a dog in Minsk's Central Gorky Park on a winter's day in Belarus. (epa-EFE/Tatyana Zenkovich)
![The North Korean fishing boat. Um Pha I, lies stranded near Vladivostok, Russia. (Reuters/Yuri Matsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e9687d02-77ad-4975-8591-103d0b23789e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The North Korean fishing boat. Um Pha I, lies stranded near Vladivostok, Russia. (Reuters/Yuri Matsev)
![ Women wearing floral wreaths take part in a "Grandfather Frost" celebration in Belarus. (TASS/Viktor Drachev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1a24af69-226b-4215-a002-9e0cea691fc4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women wearing floral wreaths take part in a "Grandfather Frost" celebration in Belarus. (TASS/Viktor Drachev)
![A woman with a child takes a selfie in a light tunnel in Kazan, Russia. (TASS/Yegor Aleyev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3652104a-b89f-41c4-8c84-8eec04219c9a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman with a child takes a selfie in a light tunnel in Kazan, Russia. (TASS/Yegor Aleyev)
![A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child during a three-day countrywide vaccination campaign in Peshawar, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Arshad Arbab)](https://gdb.rferl.org/34e2f379-6799-41b1-aa8d-8dc5a24fb406_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child during a three-day countrywide vaccination campaign in Peshawar, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Arshad Arbab)