Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area for the 37th week of 2020. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #37
- By RFE/RL
![An elderly woman begs for money in an underpass in central Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b1d97ec6-9e3d-46ae-8a29-664a20cdd273_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An elderly woman begs for money in an underpass in central Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
![A man carrying an old Belarusian national flag takes part in an anti-government rally in Hrodna on September 13. (RFE/RL)](https://gdb.rferl.org/dd91defd-14f2-436f-910b-caa03e6ab857_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man carrying an old Belarusian national flag takes part in an anti-government rally in Hrodna on September 13. (RFE/RL)
![A Pakistani health worker disinfects a classroom before the reopening of educational institutions in Karachi on September 10. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ffd23537-29be-46e4-845e-97a128e8da0b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani health worker disinfects a classroom before the reopening of educational institutions in Karachi on September 10. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)
![Iranian paratroopers take part in a military drill in the Gulf of Oman. (Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/747f91c2-460a-44c6-b914-610c19f2c7eb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian paratroopers take part in a military drill in the Gulf of Oman. (Reuters)
![A protester gestures after writing "Impeachment" on a wall during a demonstration outside the Ukrainian presidential residence near Kyiv on September 10. (epa-EFE/Sergey Dolzhenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d85acf12-1571-4960-93c1-0c32c2182a7a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester gestures after writing "Impeachment" on a wall during a demonstration outside the Ukrainian presidential residence near Kyiv on September 10. (epa-EFE/Sergey Dolzhenko)
![A protester holds a large Bulgarian flag as he attends an anti-government demonstration in Sofia on September 10. (Reuters/Stoyan Nenov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/81517a39-99a2-45d1-9a43-910b206f4e29_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester holds a large Bulgarian flag as he attends an anti-government demonstration in Sofia on September 10. (Reuters/Stoyan Nenov)
![A protester holding pictures of France's Eiffel Tower and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, takes part in a protest to condemn the French magazine Charlie Hebdo for republishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in front of the French Embassy in Tehran on September 9. (WANA via Reuters/Majid Asgaripour)](https://gdb.rferl.org/774b6c4a-5039-41b2-a6f9-ac50d99745ad_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester holding pictures of France's Eiffel Tower and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, takes part in a protest to condemn the French magazine Charlie Hebdo for republishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in front of the French Embassy in Tehran on September 9. (WANA via Reuters/Majid Asgaripour)
![Children play in puddles of wastewater on a street in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad. (AFP/Farooq Naeem)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ee13cf2c-770a-4bf9-9364-501dabe5c6fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children play in puddles of wastewater on a street in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad. (AFP/Farooq Naeem)
![Belarusian women activists resist police attempting to detain them as they gathered to support opposition leader Maryya Kalesnikava in Minsk on September 8. Kalesnikava has said the authorities put a bag over her head and threatened to kill her when they tried to forcibly deport her earlier this week. Kalesnikava was snatched from the streets of Minsk on September 7 by masked men along with two staffers. When they arrived in a no-man's land between the countries, Kalesnikava ripped her passport into small pieces to make it impossible for the authorities to expel her. (epa-EFE/Stringer)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4d8da847-a21d-4178-b1c0-2cb210d0c548_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Belarusian women activists resist police attempting to detain them as they gathered to support opposition leader Maryya Kalesnikava in Minsk on September 8. Kalesnikava has said the authorities put a bag over her head and threatened to kill her when they tried to forcibly deport her earlier this week. Kalesnikava was snatched from the streets of Minsk on September 7 by masked men along with two staffers. When they arrived in a no-man's land between the countries, Kalesnikava ripped her passport into small pieces to make it impossible for the authorities to expel her. (epa-EFE/Stringer)
![A staff member of a local branch of the Russian Communist Party washes a huge monument to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin in front the party's local office in Novosibirsk. (AFP/Aleksandr Nemenov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1e56268c-02ca-4ecc-a746-dabaee6d691e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A staff member of a local branch of the Russian Communist Party washes a huge monument to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin in front the party's local office in Novosibirsk. (AFP/Aleksandr Nemenov)
![A municipality worker carries an injured chicken after an explosion in Kabul on September 9. (epa-EFE/Jawad Jalali)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2f1350cc-a99a-42b7-ab0f-151f0a8c6e2c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A municipality worker carries an injured chicken after an explosion in Kabul on September 9. (epa-EFE/Jawad Jalali)
![Activists argue with law enforcement officers during a rally in support of detained Belarusian opposition leader Maryya Kalesnikava in Minsk on September 8. (Tut.by via Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e32b6ce1-767b-4675-acc4-8ab06e7810f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Activists argue with law enforcement officers during a rally in support of detained Belarusian opposition leader Maryya Kalesnikava in Minsk on September 8. (Tut.by via Reuters)
![A girl rides a horse on a beach in Karachi, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Rehan Khan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e2a04128-7004-47fa-8d0b-f4db69f278af_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl rides a horse on a beach in Karachi, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Rehan Khan)
![A handwoven image of German Chanceller Angela Merkel hangs on a wall as Afghan women attend a carpet-weaving class as part of vocational training in Herat, Afghanistan. (epa-EFE/Jalil Rezayee)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2122bb97-d60e-46a3-96ae-74d0a93131fb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A handwoven image of German Chanceller Angela Merkel hangs on a wall as Afghan women attend a carpet-weaving class as part of vocational training in Herat, Afghanistan. (epa-EFE/Jalil Rezayee)
![A boy rides a bicycle past graffiti in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP/Darko Vojinovic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cc4e58de-f95c-4f19-a0c5-f51ed30fa372_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy rides a bicycle past graffiti in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP/Darko Vojinovic)
![Pakistani Air Force cadets parade at the mausoleum of their country's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, on Defense Day in Karachi. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a2c8274c-67ff-4fe4-8d90-2d8f4209a784_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pakistani Air Force cadets parade at the mausoleum of their country's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, on Defense Day in Karachi. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)
![Belarusian police officers detain an opposition supporter during an anti-government rally in Minsk. (Tut.by/AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/94db8d76-b858-4d5e-a839-1d55bd8188e0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Belarusian police officers detain an opposition supporter during an anti-government rally in Minsk. (Tut.by/AFP)
![Protesters light torches at a pro-government rally in Podgorica, Montenegro. (AP/Risto Bozovic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e7844db2-d186-4202-bc4e-b0f4e9e9c564_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters light torches at a pro-government rally in Podgorica, Montenegro. (AP/Risto Bozovic)