Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 14th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (April 1-7, 2024)
- By RFE/RL

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Ukrainian soldiers place the national flag on the coffin of their fallen comrade during a religious service in Independence Square in Kyiv.

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Muslim devotees offer their last Friday noon prayers during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Data Darbar mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 5.

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People walk on the anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo, with shoes symbolizing slain citizens, on April 5.

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Labourers work at a glass bangles production factory in Hyderabad, Pakistan.

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Local residents take cover during a Russian drone strike on a residential neighborhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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A firefighting vehicle burns after repeat Russian drone strikes on a residential neighborhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 4.

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Afghan girls attend their graduation ceremony after completing a Koran memorization course in Kabul. Following the Taliban's decision to close schools to girls above the sixth grade, many have turned to religious schools and educational workshops, with 14,000 such schools currently registered in the Ministry of Education's system.

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Daria, 8, a Romanian girl suffering from autism, accompanied by her mother, Mihaela (not pictured), reacts after having her face painted by a volunteer entertainer during the Blue Festival, an event dedicated to World Autism Awareness Day, in Bucharest.

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A boy waits to break his fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan along a busy street in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Afghans wait to receive free food from a local charity during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kandahar on April 2.

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A man walks past an overflowing trash can next to skyscrapers of Moscow's International Business District, also known as Moskva-City.

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A man with a picture of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on his forehead participates in an anti-Israel demonstration in Palestine Square in Tehran.

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Pakistani Shi'ite Muslims take part in a procession to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Ali, Islam's fourth caliph, in Lahore.

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Oleksandr Turovskiy, whose 35-year old son, Svyatoslav, was among eight men executed in a vacant lot in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha in March 2022, visits his son's grave.

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A couple kisses while walking by sandbags protecting the windows of the Palace of Children's Creativity in Kyiv.

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A Ukrainian soldier from an anti-drone mobile air-defense unit fires a Browning machine gun at his position in Ukraine's Chernihiv region.

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