Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 15th week of 2022 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #15
- By RFE/RL
![An Afghan laborer sorts strawberries at a farm in Kandahar.](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-c1a8-08da1eaa95f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan laborer sorts strawberries at a farm in Kandahar.
![Kyrgyz enjoy warm weather in Oak Park in downtown Bishkek, with temperatures reaching more than 23 degrees Celsius.](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-9eed-08da1f823363_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kyrgyz enjoy warm weather in Oak Park in downtown Bishkek, with temperatures reaching more than 23 degrees Celsius.
![Pakistani farmers harvest wheat on the outskirts of Lahore.](https://gdb.rferl.org/03cb0000-0aff-0242-6601-08da1eaa9aba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pakistani farmers harvest wheat on the outskirts of Lahore.
![A Sikh pilgrim takes a holy dip at the Gurdwara Panja Sahib during the annual Baisakhi festival, a spring harvest festival for Sikhs and Hindus, in Hasan Abdal, Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/03cb0000-0aff-0242-c70a-08da1eb5ad37_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Sikh pilgrim takes a holy dip at the Gurdwara Panja Sahib during the annual Baisakhi festival, a spring harvest festival for Sikhs and Hindus, in Hasan Abdal, Pakistan.
![A passenger plane passes in front of the sun in Vizslas, Hungary. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/03cb0000-0aff-0242-fd4c-08da1eb38495_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A passenger plane passes in front of the sun in Vizslas, Hungary.
![A worker dries vermicelli used to make a traditional sweet dish that is popular during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Lahore, Pakistan. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-e802-08da1eb5ad34_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker dries vermicelli used to make a traditional sweet dish that is popular during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Lahore, Pakistan.
![A Ukrainian boy in Zaporizhzhya waves out of a window to say goodbye to his father as he flees the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-bdb2-08da1eeace10_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian boy in Zaporizhzhya waves out of a window to say goodbye to his father as he flees the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
![Poland's Hubert Hurkacz returns the ball to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov during a tournament tennis match in Monaco on April 15.](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-356f-08da1eeb75de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Poland's Hubert Hurkacz returns the ball to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov during a tournament tennis match in Monaco on April 15.
![Women in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, take part in an event to commemorate the Srebrenica massacre.](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-5b2f-08da1eac98d0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, take part in an event to commemorate the Srebrenica massacre.
![A Ukrainian firefighter attempts to extinguish a burning building following a missile attack near Kharkiv International Airport on April 12. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-3cb7-08da1d543581_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian firefighter attempts to extinguish a burning building following a missile attack near Kharkiv International Airport on April 12.
![A woman carrying a child passes Russian soldiers on the street in the besieged port city of Mariupol, Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/03a70000-0aff-0242-1ce4-08da1d490671_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman carrying a child passes Russian soldiers on the street in the besieged port city of Mariupol, Ukraine.
![A supporter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz holds a stuffed tiger as he celebrates following the swearing-in of Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister, in Rawalpindi on April 11. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/03cb0000-0aff-0242-835f-08da1eeace0d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A supporter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz holds a stuffed tiger as he celebrates following the swearing-in of Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister, in Rawalpindi on April 11.
![Afghan protestors throw stones at the Iranian Consulate building in Herat on April 11 during a protest over the alleged abuse of Afghan refugees in Iran. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/03a70000-0aff-0242-d9e0-08da1d78aeb3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan protestors throw stones at the Iranian Consulate building in Herat on April 11 during a protest over the alleged abuse of Afghan refugees in Iran.
![An Afghan protester hits the building of the Iranian Consulate in Herat with a pickax during a demonstration against published reports of harassment of Afghan refugees in Iran on April 11.](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-5fc7-08da1d494a3f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan protester hits the building of the Iranian Consulate in Herat with a pickax during a demonstration against published reports of harassment of Afghan refugees in Iran on April 11.
![Cars drive past huge holes on a damaged bridge in Makariv, outside Kyiv.](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-c4cb-08da1d4fee6e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cars drive past huge holes on a damaged bridge in Makariv, outside Kyiv.
![A couple hug while walking past a building that was heavily damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/051e0000-0aff-0242-ce34-08da1b84b680_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A couple hug while walking past a building that was heavily damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
![A man in Bucha, Ukraine, mourns for his mother, who was killed during the occupation of the town by Russian forces. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-39dd-08da1bbd66be_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man in Bucha, Ukraine, mourns for his mother, who was killed during the occupation of the town by Russian forces.
![A Bosnian Muslim woman holds a banner with pictures of victims of the Srebrenica massacre during a peaceful protest in Sarajevo on April 11. The Srebrenica massacre was the culmination of Bosnia's 1992-95 war, which pitted the country's three main ethnic factions -- Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian Muslims.](https://gdb.rferl.org/035c0000-0aff-0242-24a9-08da1c4bb391_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Bosnian Muslim woman holds a banner with pictures of victims of the Srebrenica massacre during a peaceful protest in Sarajevo on April 11. The Srebrenica massacre was the culmination of Bosnia's 1992-95 war, which pitted the country's three main ethnic factions -- Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian Muslims.