Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the sixth week of 2022 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #6
- By RFE/RL
![Afghan laborers work on two flood protection canals, marking the first largest project in Kandahar since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. Beside providing opportunities to 1,000 people, the two canals -- 1,300 meters and 950 meters in length -- will serve to protect several residential areas and villages from seasonal floods in a district of the provincial capital, Kandahar city.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3750000-0aff-0242-2297-08d9ecb5301c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan laborers work on two flood protection canals, marking the first largest project in Kandahar since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. Beside providing opportunities to 1,000 people, the two canals -- 1,300 meters and 950 meters in length -- will serve to protect several residential areas and villages from seasonal floods in a district of the provincial capital, Kandahar city.
![A girl carries bread on her head as she walks in the snow in Kabul, Afghanistan. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3710000-0aff-0242-97f5-08d9ecb493f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl carries bread on her head as she walks in the snow in Kabul, Afghanistan.
![A medic holds a baby's hand at a children's hospital treating suspected COVID-19 patients in the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk on February 10. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3700000-0aff-0242-1ce9-08d9ec91809d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A medic holds a baby's hand at a children's hospital treating suspected COVID-19 patients in the Russian Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk on February 10.
![The weapons of newly recruited Taliban fighters are kept along a wall during a graduation ceremony at a training center in Kandahar, Afghanistan. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3700000-0aff-0242-952c-08d9ecb58566_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The weapons of newly recruited Taliban fighters are kept along a wall during a graduation ceremony at a training center in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
![A delivery man wearing a protective face mask cycles on a street on February 9 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow. According to the national coronavirus information center, over the previous 24 hours a record number of 183,103 cases of the coronavirus were detected in Russia.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3700000-0aff-0242-a364-08d9ebea0b0c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A delivery man wearing a protective face mask cycles on a street on February 9 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow. According to the national coronavirus information center, over the previous 24 hours a record number of 183,103 cases of the coronavirus were detected in Russia.
![People gather for a rally demanding the closure of the independent news and investigative outlets Kaktus.media, Kloop, and RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service in Bishkek on February 9. The protesters want the outlets to be declared "foreign agents," saying they destabilize the lives of the Kyrgyz people.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08b40000-0a00-0242-d12c-08d9ebbda7d8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather for a rally demanding the closure of the independent news and investigative outlets Kaktus.media, Kloop, and RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service in Bishkek on February 9. The protesters want the outlets to be declared "foreign agents," saying they destabilize the lives of the Kyrgyz people.
![Shaoang Liu of Hungary is seen in action during a men's speed-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c3710000-0aff-0242-2ff1-08d9ebe9fc8b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shaoang Liu of Hungary is seen in action during a men's speed-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
![Anastasia Gubanova of Georgia performs in the women's single skating short program at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.](https://gdb.rferl.org/084a0000-0aff-0242-3578-08d9ebbcf5cb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anastasia Gubanova of Georgia performs in the women's single skating short program at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
![Two men look at Moscow buildings through a telescope at the Vorobyovy Gory observation deck in the Russian capital. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/08b40000-0a00-0242-04ca-08d9ebb9d9bc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Two men look at Moscow buildings through a telescope at the Vorobyovy Gory observation deck in the Russian capital.
![Dzmitry Lazouski of Belarus in action at the shooting range during a men's 20-kilometer biathlon race at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/c28a0000-0aff-0242-c373-08d9ebb80277_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dzmitry Lazouski of Belarus in action at the shooting range during a men's 20-kilometer biathlon race at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
![Dogs congregate in an enclosure at the Hachiko animal shelter in Grozny, Chechnya. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/08b40000-0a00-0242-1e52-08d9ebb9f0f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dogs congregate in an enclosure at the Hachiko animal shelter in Grozny, Chechnya.
![Smog hangs over a Ferris wheel on Mikhailovskaya Embankment in the Russian city of Novosibirsk. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/084a0000-0aff-0242-3f87-08d9ebbc870e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smog hangs over a Ferris wheel on Mikhailovskaya Embankment in the Russian city of Novosibirsk.
![Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) hosts a meeting in Moscow with French President Emmanuel Macron on February 7 to discuss ways to de-escalate the crisis caused by the Kremlin massing more than 100,00 troops and hardware near the Ukrainian border. The extraordinarily long table and the distance between the two presidents spawned a multitude of memes in Russia.](https://gdb.rferl.org/c28a0000-0aff-0242-3bfb-08d9eb0508a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) hosts a meeting in Moscow with French President Emmanuel Macron on February 7 to discuss ways to de-escalate the crisis caused by the Kremlin massing more than 100,00 troops and hardware near the Ukrainian border. The extraordinarily long table and the distance between the two presidents spawned a multitude of memes in Russia.
![A resident in the front-line village of Novooleksandrivka in eastern Ukraine looks out of the window of her home on February 7. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/08b40000-0a00-0242-62b4-08d9ebb6771b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A resident in the front-line village of Novooleksandrivka in eastern Ukraine looks out of the window of her home on February 7.
![A model has her make-up prepared for a show at the Central European Fashion Week in Budapest. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/c28a0000-0aff-0242-202f-08d9ea4ca2a5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A model has her make-up prepared for a show at the Central European Fashion Week in Budapest.
![Rumia, a 59-year-old Ukrainian woman from Kyiv, uses a wooden rifle during training in how to handle a firearm amid fears of a Russian invasion. Rumia is a Crimean Tatar and a native of the Crimean Peninsula, which was forcibly annexed by Russia in 2014.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08b40000-0a00-0242-4b52-08d9ea4ada78_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rumia, a 59-year-old Ukrainian woman from Kyiv, uses a wooden rifle during training in how to handle a firearm amid fears of a Russian invasion. Rumia is a Crimean Tatar and a native of the Crimean Peninsula, which was forcibly annexed by Russia in 2014.
![Anastasiia Shabotova of Ukraine competes in a women's figure-skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/c28a0000-0aff-0242-18c1-08d9ea409a22_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anastasiia Shabotova of Ukraine competes in a women's figure-skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
![A man arranges traditional naan breads to sell from a stall in Peshawar, Pakistan. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/c28a0000-0aff-0242-5e9a-08d9ea4b8793_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man arranges traditional naan breads to sell from a stall in Peshawar, Pakistan.