Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 20th week of 2019. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #20
![LGBT activists and their supporters hold a rally on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia in central St. Petersburg on May 17. (Reuters/Anton Vaganov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b42cd8d9-452b-41f5-9df9-c23bd40a862d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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LGBT activists and their supporters hold a rally on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia in central St. Petersburg on May 17. (Reuters/Anton Vaganov)
![A Pakistani man washes his feet at a mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore. (Reuters/Mohsin Raza)](https://gdb.rferl.org/434548f8-18d9-4fc6-95fc-8f8cfe4cba7b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani man washes his feet at a mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore. (Reuters/Mohsin Raza)
![Afghan security officials patrol during an operation against suspected militants in the Nad-e-Ali district of restive Helmand Province. (epa-EFE/Watan Yar)](https://gdb.rferl.org/050f935d-eb9e-451e-8fee-5f471ce2de51_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan security officials patrol during an operation against suspected militants in the Nad-e-Ali district of restive Helmand Province. (epa-EFE/Watan Yar)
![A Russian police officer speaks on two walkie-talkies as demonstrators gather to protest against plans to construct a church in a park in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. (AP/Anton Busanayev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/10b2027d-2741-4f79-9725-52f1ffbea39a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Russian police officer speaks on two walkie-talkies as demonstrators gather to protest against plans to construct a church in a park in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. (AP/Anton Busanayev)
![A Palestinian lights fireworks celebrating the holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City. (epa-EFE/Mohammed Saber)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b1cf31d7-5fd1-4729-88b4-bb18eff49e72_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian lights fireworks celebrating the holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City. (epa-EFE/Mohammed Saber)
![Women throw earthen pitchers onto the ground in protest against a shortage of drinking water in Ahmedabad, India. (Reuters/Amit Dave)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d2e37b0b-1ff1-4421-ba3c-895583230c5b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women throw earthen pitchers onto the ground in protest against a shortage of drinking water in Ahmedabad, India. (Reuters/Amit Dave)
![A serviceman kisses the main icon at a Russian Armed Forces cathedral in Rostov-on-Don. (TASS/Valery Matitsin)](https://gdb.rferl.org/56e4297e-5dea-4e87-8039-c95cb159f949_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A serviceman kisses the main icon at a Russian Armed Forces cathedral in Rostov-on-Don. (TASS/Valery Matitsin)
![Participants perform during the Asian Culture Carnival at the National Stadium in Beijing on May 15. (epa-EFE/Roman Pilipey)](https://gdb.rferl.org/334301ee-1a84-4f57-bad8-216f3679a5ce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants perform during the Asian Culture Carnival at the National Stadium in Beijing on May 15. (epa-EFE/Roman Pilipey)
![Participants in a Belarusian military show perform near the village of Horoshki on the outskirts of Minsk. (AP/Sergei Grits)](https://gdb.rferl.org/29e851f6-be3f-480e-995e-60f099e5b3ab_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants in a Belarusian military show perform near the village of Horoshki on the outskirts of Minsk. (AP/Sergei Grits)
![A cat sits inside a flight-test facility at the Antonov aircraft plant in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fa667870-bfa8-4adb-af46-a9b01cfbd08f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A cat sits inside a flight-test facility at the Antonov aircraft plant in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
![An image from the opening ceremony and screening of the film The Dead Don't Die in competition at the film festival in Cannes, France. (Reuters/Regis Duvignau)](https://gdb.rferl.org/758c2655-0d70-44ff-aa1e-26a50cd817b7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An image from the opening ceremony and screening of the film The Dead Don't Die in competition at the film festival in Cannes, France. (Reuters/Regis Duvignau)
![A football pitch following flooding in Teslic, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)](https://gdb.rferl.org/dcb1f993-701a-4321-9996-1edd66e014ae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A football pitch following flooding in Teslic, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
![A worker sorts potatoes at a market in Karachi, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c9348093-b89b-414b-9d42-eafb52434b9e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker sorts potatoes at a market in Karachi, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)
![A Kashmiri student throws back a tear-gas shell at Indian police during clashes in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Protests erupted against the alleged rape of a 3-year-old girl by a local boy. The protesters were demanding extreme punishment for the accused, who has been arrested by police. (epa-EFE/Farooq Khan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/a4b662c8-aaf9-40ef-9a30-ccd13f4dea1d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Kashmiri student throws back a tear-gas shell at Indian police during clashes in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Protests erupted against the alleged rape of a 3-year-old girl by a local boy. The protesters were demanding extreme punishment for the accused, who has been arrested by police. (epa-EFE/Farooq Khan)
![An aerial photo shows containers stacked at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong Province. (AFP/Stringer)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d3553bb1-64c0-47b2-9715-b41bd732e012_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial photo shows containers stacked at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong Province. (AFP/Stringer)
![An Afghan girl walks to school along a field on the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif. (AFP/Farshad Usyan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/eb63b003-fa21-48f0-87a1-70317d9d3fd3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan girl walks to school along a field on the outskirts of Mazar-e Sharif. (AFP/Farshad Usyan)
![A man reads the Koran during the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt. (epa-EFE/Mohamed Hossam)](https://gdb.rferl.org/667ef34a-718b-4d80-a49a-4167bfbdd283_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man reads the Koran during the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt. (epa-EFE/Mohamed Hossam)
![Spanish bullfighter Pepe Moral in action at the Feria de Abril festival in Seville's Real Maestranza bullring (epa-EFE/Jose Manuel Vidal)](https://gdb.rferl.org/da62c038-a7b8-49c5-a980-43ee9f4459c9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Spanish bullfighter Pepe Moral in action at the Feria de Abril festival in Seville's Real Maestranza bullring (epa-EFE/Jose Manuel Vidal)
![Soccer players from FC Zenit St. Petersburg throw their head coach Sergei Semak into the air to celebrate winning the Russian Premier League title on May 12. (epa-EFE/Anatoly Maltsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6ab286da-4404-4f25-81ae-6f96d1192516_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soccer players from FC Zenit St. Petersburg throw their head coach Sergei Semak into the air to celebrate winning the Russian Premier League title on May 12. (epa-EFE/Anatoly Maltsev)