Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the seventh week of 2019. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #7
![A Nepalese girl looks toward her father as she writes on the wall of a Saraswati temple during the Shreepanchami festival in Kathmandu on February 11. (Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a4e63af8-31b3-419b-9686-9440f631fb5f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Nepalese girl looks toward her father as she writes on the wall of a Saraswati temple during the Shreepanchami festival in Kathmandu on February 11. (Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar)
![Women and children fleeing from the last Islamic State pocket in Syria sit in the back of a truck near Baghuz, eastern Syria, on February 11. (AFP/Fadel Senna)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c7b9d9eb-aa7d-41ff-8745-524e0018072c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women and children fleeing from the last Islamic State pocket in Syria sit in the back of a truck near Baghuz, eastern Syria, on February 11. (AFP/Fadel Senna)
![Horse racing during the Grand Prix Credit Suisse on the frozen lake in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (epa-EFE/Peter Klaunzer)](https://gdb.rferl.org/98ea9313-823f-41e2-877d-d8f61a5b6382_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Horse racing during the Grand Prix Credit Suisse on the frozen lake in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (epa-EFE/Peter Klaunzer)
![An Iranian woman takes selfies during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran on February 11. (Tasnim via Reuters/Vahid Ahmadi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0c690548-c9ab-4a6f-a44d-86f72f291c35_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iranian woman takes selfies during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran on February 11. (Tasnim via Reuters/Vahid Ahmadi)
![U.S. Vice President Mike Pence with his wife, Karen, and Poland's President Andrzej Duda with first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda lay flowers on a train wagon as they visit the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau, near Oswiecim, Poland. (Reuters/Kacper Pempel)](https://gdb.rferl.org/905ee129-db7e-4164-a240-faa3fba6c4bb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence with his wife, Karen, and Poland's President Andrzej Duda with first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda lay flowers on a train wagon as they visit the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau, near Oswiecim, Poland. (Reuters/Kacper Pempel)
![Veterans and other participants gather before a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan at Victory Park, also known as Poklonnaya Gora War Memorial Park, in Moscow on February 15. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c7b76c0c-b9e1-42d4-853e-13f423a2134e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Veterans and other participants gather before a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan at Victory Park, also known as Poklonnaya Gora War Memorial Park, in Moscow on February 15. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka play ice hockey in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. (Reuters/Sergei Chirikov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/29267597-813e-4368-b4fa-f62ddfb78a3e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka play ice hockey in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. (Reuters/Sergei Chirikov)
![Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama reacts as ink is thrown at him by members of the opposition during a parliamentary session in Tirana. (Reuters/Stringer)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a8334d74-d459-465f-a7f7-268ae3e8fdbd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama reacts as ink is thrown at him by members of the opposition during a parliamentary session in Tirana. (Reuters/Stringer)
![A man works at fabric-dying workshop in Lahore, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Rahat Dar)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f006bcc2-4cb0-45b0-a104-699050a9970d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man works at fabric-dying workshop in Lahore, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Rahat Dar)
![A man bikes during a winter storm in Ottawa, Canada. (Reuters/Chris Wattie)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3851215-8645-4d94-98c9-b4456e8bffe2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man bikes during a winter storm in Ottawa, Canada. (Reuters/Chris Wattie)
![A couple poses for a wedding photo amid snowfall at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing. (China Daily via Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/25d6624a-c647-48a8-9ef4-e9b642fd565a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A couple poses for a wedding photo amid snowfall at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing. (China Daily via Reuters)
![Employees of the State Russian Museum take down a massive painting by Russian artist Ilya Repin ahead of sending it to an exhibition at the State Tretyakov Gallery in St. Petersburg. (TASS/Peter Kovalev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/42add748-4510-4929-a951-c6515b4f864e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Employees of the State Russian Museum take down a massive painting by Russian artist Ilya Repin ahead of sending it to an exhibition at the State Tretyakov Gallery in St. Petersburg. (TASS/Peter Kovalev)
![A passenger train moves along the bank of the Yenisei River in the Siberian forest covered with snow and hoarfrost outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/178ae1cd-6eac-4e76-a59c-9ed9e52d3063_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A passenger train moves along the bank of the Yenisei River in the Siberian forest covered with snow and hoarfrost outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)
![A waitress cleans tables in the buffet at the Vodka Museum in Moscow. (epa-EFE/Yuri Kochetkov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/20beb963-c7f4-4f8a-bdf7-14ae5b9a25a7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A waitress cleans tables in the buffet at the Vodka Museum in Moscow. (epa-EFE/Yuri Kochetkov)
![Pakistani authorities smash confiscated bottles of alcohol and burn drugs in Karachi. (AP/Muhammad Rizwan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0bf1f90e-5bcd-40e0-8781-87e73ce27353_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pakistani authorities smash confiscated bottles of alcohol and burn drugs in Karachi. (AP/Muhammad Rizwan)
![Believers attend a ceremony marking the day of St. Haralampi, protector of beekeepers, around a cross-shaped platform covered with candles placed in jars of honey, at the Church of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, on February 10. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2e434253-f29b-4cfa-a7aa-ba35163fc335_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Believers attend a ceremony marking the day of St. Haralampi, protector of beekeepers, around a cross-shaped platform covered with candles placed in jars of honey, at the Church of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, on February 10. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)
![Villagers from the Chinese village of Jiexi Jiantan perform the ritual of "zha laoye," or "cracking local spirits," in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province, on February 10. (epa-EFE/ZNSEN China Out)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7069050d-5e40-4456-a3c5-ff0c7f9901e7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Villagers from the Chinese village of Jiexi Jiantan perform the ritual of "zha laoye," or "cracking local spirits," in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province, on February 10. (epa-EFE/ZNSEN China Out)
![An elderly woman holds a copy of the Russian Constitution as she takes part in the March of Maternal Anger in Moscow on February 10. (TASS/Sergei Fadeichev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5e89ecf8-f589-4f43-a9af-20ef3e022d61_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elderly woman holds a copy of the Russian Constitution as she takes part in the March of Maternal Anger in Moscow on February 10. (TASS/Sergei Fadeichev)