Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 16th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week No. 16
- By RFE/RL
![A woman argues with a police officer during a protest in support of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny in Ulan-Ude, Russia. (AP/Anna Ogorodnik)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c5b34828-5d41-42e8-abaa-6611b27ebd13_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman argues with a police officer during a protest in support of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny in Ulan-Ude, Russia. (AP/Anna Ogorodnik)
![Afghan men perform Friday Prayers inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d76e853b-1c6c-429f-b72d-cd535cf1aaba_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan men perform Friday Prayers inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)
![The body of a man who died from COVID-19 is prepared for burial at a cemetery just outside Tehran. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/21ff2f73-8d96-4f24-b25e-6343080cfb62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The body of a man who died from COVID-19 is prepared for burial at a cemetery just outside Tehran. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
![Workers dismantle a bas-relief at the Monument to the War Glory of the Soviet Army following a decision by local authorities in Lviv on April 23. (Reuters/Pavlo Palamarchuk)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a47fdff4-450d-4619-bd66-c9c19e771923_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers dismantle a bas-relief at the Monument to the War Glory of the Soviet Army following a decision by local authorities in Lviv on April 23. (Reuters/Pavlo Palamarchuk)
![An Iranian man wears a gas mask as he poses on a street in Tehran, after the government announced a red alert for coronavirus infections on April 22. (West Asia News Agency via Reuters/Majid Asgaripour)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d2c33e2d-a68f-40fc-b562-4e8b1d8dad41_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iranian man wears a gas mask as he poses on a street in Tehran, after the government announced a red alert for coronavirus infections on April 22. (West Asia News Agency via Reuters/Majid Asgaripour)
![Supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny hold up phones with the lights on during a rally in Moscow on April 21. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3375e6ad-d9f9-46a1-bd49-6069717f05f5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny hold up phones with the lights on during a rally in Moscow on April 21. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
![Police officers stand prepared ahead of a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny in Khabarovsk, Russia. (AP/Igor Volkov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ac75cb08-c1d6-44ab-b250-7c2c2d58ae44_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police officers stand prepared ahead of a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny in Khabarovsk, Russia. (AP/Igor Volkov)
![Russian cadets hide from the rain under an umbrella near a church in the town of Vladimir. (AFP/Vasily Maksimov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9f9eb54b-62bf-4c55-8e0c-efde76f52932_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian cadets hide from the rain under an umbrella near a church in the town of Vladimir. (AFP/Vasily Maksimov)
![A Ukrainian soldier on the front line near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. (AP/Roma Mostetskiy)](https://gdb.rferl.org/118bc5f9-00f3-4d30-a2fb-da71cf4c5e12_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian soldier on the front line near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. (AP/Roma Mostetskiy)
![Smoke from a fire at a dye storage can be seen over Chisinau on April 21. (epa-EFE/Dumitru Doru)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0e9ee0d1-722c-4192-ba26-9a409ede1dc9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke from a fire at a dye storage can be seen over Chisinau on April 21. (epa-EFE/Dumitru Doru)
![Archpriest Ioann Kudryavtsev shows a disposable vial of consecrated oil during a lecture titled Pastoral Counseling Amid the Pandemic -- PPE Use And Spiritual Guidance Of COVID-19 Patients at St. Aleksii Hospital Metropolitan of Moscow Hospital on April 20. (TASS/Mikhail Tereshchenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/24d95b46-8b0d-4b9c-bbf2-2626923dfcf9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Archpriest Ioann Kudryavtsev shows a disposable vial of consecrated oil during a lecture titled Pastoral Counseling Amid the Pandemic -- PPE Use And Spiritual Guidance Of COVID-19 Patients at St. Aleksii Hospital Metropolitan of Moscow Hospital on April 20. (TASS/Mikhail Tereshchenko)
![People receive free bread during the fasting month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 20. (epa-EFE/Arshad Arbab)](https://gdb.rferl.org/207f04c2-6630-4b10-91f9-4b13be452de6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People receive free bread during the fasting month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 20. (epa-EFE/Arshad Arbab)
![A boy runs during a dust storm at Qargha Lake on the outskirts of Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)](https://gdb.rferl.org/bda1da5c-d381-4a55-b177-b36c9a1290b1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy runs during a dust storm at Qargha Lake on the outskirts of Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
![Migrant workers stand by the barbed-wire fence of the penal colony where jailed Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny was reportedly transferred in the city of Vladimir on April 19. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)](https://gdb.rferl.org/0dd66879-9fc4-4099-8b01-cb89fd2745ce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Migrant workers stand by the barbed-wire fence of the penal colony where jailed Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny was reportedly transferred in the city of Vladimir on April 19. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)
![An Afghan man waits for customers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul. (epa-EFE/Hedayatullah Amid)](https://gdb.rferl.org/53c31d04-1ce7-47f0-ac66-c6bc0b3cc2b8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan man waits for customers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul. (epa-EFE/Hedayatullah Amid)
![Riot police detain a counterprotester as demonstrators gather in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague on April 18 following accusations that Russian agents were behind a massive munitions explosion in 2014. (epa-EFE/Martin Divisek)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a0f192e6-c899-4139-828b-202e50e49c20_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Riot police detain a counterprotester as demonstrators gather in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague on April 18 following accusations that Russian agents were behind a massive munitions explosion in 2014. (epa-EFE/Martin Divisek)
![A Ukrainian soldier mans the front line near Horlivka in the Donetsk region. (RFE/RL /Marian Kushnir)](https://gdb.rferl.org/449bbc6f-d271-4f56-a592-18806a1ed089_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian soldier mans the front line near Horlivka in the Donetsk region. (RFE/RL /Marian Kushnir)