Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the fifth week of 2018. For more photo galleries, see our Picture This archive.
Photos Of The Week #5
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Tiwa tribal people carry raw broomsticks (Thysanolaena maxima) from fields in Assam, India. Broom grass has emerged as the most widely cultivated crop in the hills of the Karbi Anglong district of Assam. (epa-EFE/Stringer)
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Members of an internally displaced family warm themselves inside a shelter at a refugee camp in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
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An Afghan boy plays with a balloon distributed by a polio vaccination team during a vaccination campaign in Kandahar. Kandahar has seven new polio cases detected in 2018. Afghanistan is one of two countries -- along with neighboring Pakistan -- where polio is still endemic, crippling hundreds of children every year. (epa-EFE/Muhammad Sadiq)