Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 51st week of 2018. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #51

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Turkish-backed Syrian fighters train in a camp in the Aleppo countryside in northern Syria. (AFP/Aref Tammawi)

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A woman walks in a tunnel decorated with festive holiday lights in central Moscow. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

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Pyongyang residents bow before statues of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il during National Memorial Day on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang. North Korea is marking the seventh anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il. (AFP/Kim Won Jin)

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Macedonian sex workers carry red umbrellas around the monument of Mother Theresa before a rally to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers in Skopje, Macedonia. (epa-EFE/Georgi Licovski)