Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the ninth week of 2022 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week No. 9
- By RFE/RL

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A man surveys the aftermath of shelling on the village of Byshiv in Ukraine's Kyiv region on March 4.

2
A man looks at a tiger in its enclosure on the eve of World Wildlife Day at a zoo in Karachi, Pakistan, on March 2.

3
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, an aerial view shows a residential building destroyed by shelling in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region on March 3.

4
Kyrgyz soldiers soldiers take part in a procession dedicated to the Day of the State Flag in Bishkek on March 3.

5
People sit in the sun in Ayno Maina in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province.

6
A refugee child fleeing from Ukraine gestures while waiting for transport at the Nyugati railway station in Budapest, Hungary.

7
An Afghan man looks at hats in a market near the Pul-e Khishti mosque in Kabul.

8
The aftermath of shelling in the town of Irpin, near Kyiv, on March 2.

9
Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish a blaze at the site of an explosion in a market area in Quetta on March 2.

10
Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest in St. Petersburg on March 1 against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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A damaged car sits on the central square of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 1 following the shelling of the City Hall building by Russian forces.

12
Refugees from Ukraine rest at a railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on March 1.

13
Ukrainian civilians cross a river on a bridge damaged by explosives on Kyiv's northern front on March 1.

14
Cars are stopped at a roadblock manned by Ukrainian civil defense officers on a road leading to central Kyiv on February 28.

15
A man in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, walks by a monument to the Soviet Army that has been spray-painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag with the words "Glory to Ukraine."

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The body of a Russian serviceman lies near destroyed Russian military vehicles on a roadside on the outskirts of Kharkiv in northern Ukraine.

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A woman reacts to sirens announcing new attacks outside a supermarket in central Kyiv, Ukraine.

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A protester with the Russian inscription 'No to War' written on his hand takes part in a protest rally outside the Russian Embassy in Bishkek, demanding an end to the war in Ukraine.