Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 21st week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (May 20-26, 2024)
- By RFE/RL
![Military jets fly over Tbilisi during Independence Day celebrations in the Georgian capital on May 26. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/7cdd8fd5-b8a6-4b67-8e13-32bd7db335df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Military jets fly over Tbilisi during Independence Day celebrations in the Georgian capital on May 26.
![Ukrainian police inspect the aftermath of a Russian air strike on central Kharkiv on May 25. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/b23debeb-8a46-4da0-addb-0f43b6ecd3ec_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian police inspect the aftermath of a Russian air strike on central Kharkiv on May 25.
![A woman, leaning out of a train window, receives water on her head to cool off during a hot and humid day at the Hyderabad Railway Station in Hyderabad, Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-1ad8-08dc7a6f2874_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman, leaning out of a train window, receives water on her head to cool off during a hot and humid day at the Hyderabad Railway Station in Hyderabad, Pakistan.
![Blood is seen on a trolley bus at a site of a Russian air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Officials said 10 people were wounded, at least one seriously.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-4737-08dc7a669f59_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Blood is seen on a trolley bus at a site of a Russian air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Officials said 10 people were wounded, at least one seriously.
![A woman with a child visits the grave of a relative, a Ukrainian soldier, as Ukrainians marked the Day of Heroes, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv on May 23.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-83d8-08dc7b2a0ddf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman with a child visits the grave of a relative, a Ukrainian soldier, as Ukrainians marked the Day of Heroes, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv on May 23.
![A man holds a dog outside a cafe destroyed in a Russian air strike in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on May 22.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-1b87-08dc7a669f59_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man holds a dog outside a cafe destroyed in a Russian air strike in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on May 22.
![A pigeon racing enthusiast watches his birds feed on a rooftop in Karachi, Pakistan, where tournaments are held twice a year.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-8b6c-08dc7afc417e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pigeon racing enthusiast watches his birds feed on a rooftop in Karachi, Pakistan, where tournaments are held twice a year.
![A woman touches a gravestone at the memorial cemetery in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-53be-08dc797c5660_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman touches a gravestone at the memorial cemetery in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
![Ukrainian troops patrol an area heavily damaged by Russian air strikes in the town of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhya region. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-059d-08dc79693854_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian troops patrol an area heavily damaged by Russian air strikes in the town of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhya region.
![Ukrainian children applaud a group performing at Vyshyvanka Day festivities in the Czech capital, Prague. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-f777-08dc78a9bd1e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian children applaud a group performing at Vyshyvanka Day festivities in the Czech capital, Prague.
![A woman in Tehran mourns the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-f39b-08dc78eb284d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman in Tehran mourns the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash.
![A man kisses a portrait of Raisi at a condolence ceremony in Peshawar, Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-3fb2-08dc797da742_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man kisses a portrait of Raisi at a condolence ceremony in Peshawar, Pakistan.
![Workers unblock drains in Pristina after flooding in the Kosovar capital. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-f4bd-08dc78b31ec7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers unblock drains in Pristina after flooding in the Kosovar capital.
![A woman holds her child as a man salvages their belongings from floodwaters outside their house in Afghanistan's Faryab Province. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-0bb1-08dc789df5f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman holds her child as a man salvages their belongings from floodwaters outside their house in Afghanistan's Faryab Province.
![Children cool off at a water supply line as temperatures rise in Karachi, Pakistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-ec26-08dc7a37ce08_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children cool off at a water supply line as temperatures rise in Karachi, Pakistan.
![Iranians hold posters of Raisi as during funeral processions at the Mossallah mosque in Tehran. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-8b9d-08dc7a37ce11_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranians hold posters of Raisi as during funeral processions at the Mossallah mosque in Tehran.
![A protester holds a placard against Raisi during a protest of the National Council of Resistance of Iran against the Iranian regime in front of the Iranian Embassy in Berlin.](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-53e9-08dc78c44ddf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester holds a placard against Raisi during a protest of the National Council of Resistance of Iran against the Iranian regime in front of the Iranian Embassy in Berlin.
![People watch an aerobatic display at the Black Sea Defense & Aerospace Exhibition in Bucharest, Romania. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-e15e-08dc7afbf369_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People watch an aerobatic display at the Black Sea Defense & Aerospace Exhibition in Bucharest, Romania.