Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the fifth week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week (January 30-February 5, 2023)
- By RFE/RL
![Fireworks explode over Volgograd's giant The Motherland Calls statue as part of commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad on February 2. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/006c0000-0aff-0242-421e-08db05f2b46d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fireworks explode over Volgograd's giant The Motherland Calls statue as part of commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad on February 2.
![An aerial view of apartment buildings hit by Russian rockets in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on February 2. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/006c0000-0aff-0242-4553-08db05189786_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial view of apartment buildings hit by Russian rockets in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on February 2.
![Newly admitted drug addicts wait for registration at a rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08550000-0a00-0242-ac21-08db05074d8d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Newly admitted drug addicts wait for registration at a rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan.
![ A man sells lentils at a wholesale grocery market in Karachi, Pakistan. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/08550000-0a00-0242-cf44-08db045f2e63_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man sells lentils at a wholesale grocery market in Karachi, Pakistan.
![The remains of Soviet soldiers killed in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II are reburied at a memorial ground in the village of Rossoshka, outside Volgograd, on February 1. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/08530000-0a00-0242-45d0-08db04f15594_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The remains of Soviet soldiers killed in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II are reburied at a memorial ground in the village of Rossoshka, outside Volgograd, on February 1.
![Family members of a person killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar weep during a protest against militancy in Pakistan. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/08550000-0a00-0242-05c0-08db04ee8fef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Family members of a person killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar weep during a protest against militancy in Pakistan.
![Ukrainian soldiers cover the coffin of former U.S. Navy SEAL and Ukrainian international legion fighter Daniel Swift with American and Ukrainian flags during a memorial ceremony in Lviv on January 31 after he was killed fighting invading Russian troops.](https://gdb.rferl.org/069c0000-0aff-0242-3166-08db0392bbc7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian soldiers cover the coffin of former U.S. Navy SEAL and Ukrainian international legion fighter Daniel Swift with American and Ukrainian flags during a memorial ceremony in Lviv on January 31 after he was killed fighting invading Russian troops.
![Tony, a 48-year-old gorilla, sits near the wood stove that heats his enclosure at the Kyiv Zoo amid Russia's attacks on Ukraine on January 31.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08550000-0a00-0242-519f-08db04212b26_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tony, a 48-year-old gorilla, sits near the wood stove that heats his enclosure at the Kyiv Zoo amid Russia's attacks on Ukraine on January 31.
![Olha hugs her granddaughter Arina, 6, while saying goodbye before Arina's evacuation from the frontline city of Bakhmut amid Russia's attack on Ukraine on January 31.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08550000-0a00-0242-939f-08db04212b26_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Olha hugs her granddaughter Arina, 6, while saying goodbye before Arina's evacuation from the frontline city of Bakhmut amid Russia's attack on Ukraine on January 31.
![Security officials inspect the site of a deadly suicide bombing of a mosque located inside a high-security police facility in Peshawar, Pakistan, on January 30. At least 100 people were killed, most of them police officers.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08530000-0a00-0242-5a3d-08db02c3f461_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Security officials inspect the site of a deadly suicide bombing of a mosque located inside a high-security police facility in Peshawar, Pakistan, on January 30. At least 100 people were killed, most of them police officers.
![Anna, 78, transports food that volunteers gave her in the baby carriage of her late son in front of destroyed houses in a village near Kherson, Ukraine, on January 31 amid Russian's invasion.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08530000-0a00-0242-87d7-08db037a3202_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anna, 78, transports food that volunteers gave her in the baby carriage of her late son in front of destroyed houses in a village near Kherson, Ukraine, on January 31 amid Russian's invasion.
![People gather around the coffin of Orkhan Askerov -- a security guard at the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran who was shot dead by a gunman in a recent attack -- during a procession prior to his funeral in Baku on January 30. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/08550000-0a00-0242-5708-08db02b82e97_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People gather around the coffin of Orkhan Askerov -- a security guard at the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran who was shot dead by a gunman in a recent attack -- during a procession prior to his funeral in Baku on January 30.
![A woman carries her child as they evacuate from a residential building that was hit by a Russian rocket in the center of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08550000-0a00-0242-2327-08db02b85383_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman carries her child as they evacuate from a residential building that was hit by a Russian rocket in the center of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
![A painting by the street artist Tvboy on a wall of the House of Culture in Irpin, which has been heavily damaged during Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08530000-0a00-0242-4735-08db02b88564_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A painting by the street artist Tvboy on a wall of the House of Culture in Irpin, which has been heavily damaged during Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
![Men move an injured victim after a suicide blast at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, that killed at least 100 people on January 30.](https://gdb.rferl.org/08530000-0a00-0242-f141-08db02c2009e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men move an injured victim after a suicide blast at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, that killed at least 100 people on January 30.