Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's broadcast region and beyond. For more photo galleries, see our "Picture This" archive.
Photos Of The Week #17

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Ten-year-old schoolgirls Claudia Fuentes (right) and Laura Gonzales chat as an elector casts her vote at a polling station in Havana. Municipal elections took place in Cuba on April 19. (Reuters/Alexandre Meneghini)

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A boy carries bread to sell on a hilltop overlooking Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)

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Russian police detain a protester against Russian President Vladimir Putin after she took part in a lone picket in central Moscow. (Reuters/Maxim Zmeyev)