Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area for the 24th week of 2020. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #24
- By RFE/RL
![Locusts swarm a residential area of Quetta, Pakistan, on June 12, where an outbreak of desert locusts is threatening food security, officials say. (AP/Arshad Butt)](https://gdb.rferl.org/405cf396-3da7-40cb-be9f-58a5f76add55_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Locusts swarm a residential area of Quetta, Pakistan, on June 12, where an outbreak of desert locusts is threatening food security, officials say. (AP/Arshad Butt)
![Boys bathe in a canal as the weather turns warm in Peshawar, Pakistan, on June 12. (AP/Muhammad Saijad)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cca431da-54b0-4a2c-8158-24a5710602a0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boys bathe in a canal as the weather turns warm in Peshawar, Pakistan, on June 12. (AP/Muhammad Saijad)
![Muscovites enjoy warm weather near a fountain in the Russian capital on June 11. (TASS/Mikhail Metzel)](https://gdb.rferl.org/79932ed2-8e94-466b-9d8a-e254d32e09cf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Muscovites enjoy warm weather near a fountain in the Russian capital on June 11. (TASS/Mikhail Metzel)
![Muslims perform midday prayers while wearing masks and keeping a social distance of 1.5 meters in a central mosque in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (epa-EFE/Igor Kovalenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fd8f98df-1ae9-4838-bc73-beb72b7f8fdf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Muslims perform midday prayers while wearing masks and keeping a social distance of 1.5 meters in a central mosque in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (epa-EFE/Igor Kovalenko)
![A woman undergoes a test for the coronavirus at a clinic in Moscow. (Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8c48516a-62dd-4906-9bfa-035d49e3b3fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman undergoes a test for the coronavirus at a clinic in Moscow. (Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina)
![A girl rides a bicycle in front of a fountain and Cosmos pavilion with a Soviet-era Vostok rocket, at the All-Russia Exhibition of National Economy in Moscow. (AP/Aleksandr Zemlyanichenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c0c3f8fe-edf7-4a09-9760-5dae235926f3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl rides a bicycle in front of a fountain and Cosmos pavilion with a Soviet-era Vostok rocket, at the All-Russia Exhibition of National Economy in Moscow. (AP/Aleksandr Zemlyanichenko)
![People walk through the subway, with a portrait of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin in the background, in Moscow. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/813800c4-86c2-40a4-9c8a-c1a6f387de98_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People walk through the subway, with a portrait of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin in the background, in Moscow. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
![An Iranian woman takes a train in a subway station in Tehran. (epa-EFE/Abedin Taherkenareh)](https://gdb.rferl.org/00c92b28-a27b-43b5-968e-67cade539ff1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iranian woman takes a train in a subway station in Tehran. (epa-EFE/Abedin Taherkenareh)
![An Afghan woman produces protective face masks at a factory in Kabul. (epa-EFE/Hedayatullah Amid)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ea605a0d-b02c-4563-85ab-c0795915a283_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan woman produces protective face masks at a factory in Kabul. (epa-EFE/Hedayatullah Amid)
![Lightning strikes above a Catholic church during a thunderstorm in the Belarusian village of Kreva, some 100 kilometers northwest of Minsk. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)](https://gdb.rferl.org/413b6b9b-6339-46df-aa1a-3d746cbf0aba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lightning strikes above a Catholic church during a thunderstorm in the Belarusian village of Kreva, some 100 kilometers northwest of Minsk. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)
![Russian fighter jets fly in formation during a rehearsal for a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Alabino on June 10. (TASS/Sergei Bobylev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a054af9e-2a2e-4162-8969-8fde96da2fd3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian fighter jets fly in formation during a rehearsal for a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Alabino on June 10. (TASS/Sergei Bobylev)
![An Iranian woman wearing a face mask sits in a train in a Tehran subway station on June 10. (epa-EFE/Abedin Taherkenareh)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5bba1219-7344-47a0-85f8-0efe62e24249_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iranian woman wearing a face mask sits in a train in a Tehran subway station on June 10. (epa-EFE/Abedin Taherkenareh)
![Pigeons cool down at a public fountain in downtown Bucharest. (epa-EFE/Robert Ghementi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c9e8e478-0f47-40db-801a-1272650a89e9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pigeons cool down at a public fountain in downtown Bucharest. (epa-EFE/Robert Ghementi)
![Children play in a fountain in the Russian city of Sochi on June 8. (TASS/Dmitry Feoktistov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d7dca180-f7c0-467a-813f-d84912950b8c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children play in a fountain in the Russian city of Sochi on June 8. (TASS/Dmitry Feoktistov)
![A full moon rises next to a television tower in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (epa-EFE/Fehim Demir)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7b6d7143-f706-4bc9-8f15-b7ee69b14b7e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A full moon rises next to a television tower in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (epa-EFE/Fehim Demir)
![A man runs in front of a mural inspired by the coronavirus pandemic in Skopje, North Macedonia. (epa-EFE/Georgi Licovski)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f48a8459-a20a-48d6-be4b-a4511c35e17b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man runs in front of a mural inspired by the coronavirus pandemic in Skopje, North Macedonia. (epa-EFE/Georgi Licovski)
![A worker wearing a face mask and a protective suit prepares coffins that will be later distributed to hospitals to transport people who have died from COVID-19 in Islamabad, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Sohail Shahzad)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4b2cd48d-2979-4c6e-b763-b08d1ea87f70_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker wearing a face mask and a protective suit prepares coffins that will be later distributed to hospitals to transport people who have died from COVID-19 in Islamabad, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Sohail Shahzad)
![A woman rides her skateboard at the Sokolniki park in Moscow. (AFP/Dimitar Dikoff)](https://gdb.rferl.org/21233767-21bc-4353-98e5-d1adc0c04ff7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman rides her skateboard at the Sokolniki park in Moscow. (AFP/Dimitar Dikoff)
![Anton Mikheyev, an artist from the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, trains in a forest amid Russia's restrictions due to the coronavirus. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/efb43c61-b46d-4d5c-b19e-1415701e0c07_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anton Mikheyev, an artist from the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, trains in a forest amid Russia's restrictions due to the coronavirus. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)
![The hands of a woman collecting signatures for alternative candidates in Belarus's upcoming presidential election is reflected in the glasses of a man in Minsk. (AFP/Sergei Gapon) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/38eaab33-d8e1-4194-9fd3-611cc7d1ba7d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The hands of a woman collecting signatures for alternative candidates in Belarus's upcoming presidential election is reflected in the glasses of a man in Minsk. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)
![A protester wearing a face mask attends a rally in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the center of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, on June 6. (AFP/Nikolay Doychinov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3489667e-9055-4b7c-bee1-27661ab1d1d5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester wearing a face mask attends a rally in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the center of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, on June 6. (AFP/Nikolay Doychinov)