Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 20th week of 2020. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #20
- By RFE/RL
![A man wearing protective overalls and a mask drives a floor-cleaning machine past a statue of St. Peter during the sanitation of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on May 15. (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)](https://gdb.rferl.org/59152281-08ec-4070-8953-ea76d06b85e1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man wearing protective overalls and a mask drives a floor-cleaning machine past a statue of St. Peter during the sanitation of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on May 15. (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)
![This apartment block in Odintsovo, outside Moscow, is decorated with a mural dedicated to medical specialists involved in the fight against the coronavirus. (Reuters/Yevgenia Novozhenina)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d52cce53-0d0e-4ba0-82f3-d07f45c75d69_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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This apartment block in Odintsovo, outside Moscow, is decorated with a mural dedicated to medical specialists involved in the fight against the coronavirus. (Reuters/Yevgenia Novozhenina)
![Medical face masks and portraits of medical workers who have died from the coronavirus during their work hang at a unofficial memorial in front of the local health department in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP/Dmitry Lovetsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6f64ecc9-0788-4b07-a067-ff4c0f064c96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Medical face masks and portraits of medical workers who have died from the coronavirus during their work hang at a unofficial memorial in front of the local health department in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP/Dmitry Lovetsky)
![Gymnastics trainer Mirland Gashi, 27, exercises with self-built tools at his home during COVID-19 disease pandemic, in the western Kosovo village of Isniq. (epa-EFE/Valdrin Xhemaj)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e63d5140-2c7e-4866-b4d2-a47f169ea343_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Gymnastics trainer Mirland Gashi, 27, exercises with self-built tools at his home during COVID-19 disease pandemic, in the western Kosovo village of Isniq. (epa-EFE/Valdrin Xhemaj)
![Bulgarian local guide Zhelyazko Velikov walks inside the Bacho Kiro Cave, near the city of Dryanovo.(AFP/Nikolay Doychinov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8e2337f7-29d6-4077-b744-0c56e427af5a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bulgarian local guide Zhelyazko Velikov walks inside the Bacho Kiro Cave, near the city of Dryanovo.(AFP/Nikolay Doychinov)
![A goose flies in St James's Park, London. (Reuters/John Sibley)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4c483047-d962-484d-ac98-03a9a923624a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A goose flies in St James's Park, London. (Reuters/John Sibley)
![An employee wearing protective gear disinfects a shopping mall as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. (AFP/Silvio Avila) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/90f63c88-fa64-415a-8db9-6bb6f101fe73_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An employee wearing protective gear disinfects a shopping mall as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. (AFP/Silvio Avila)
![A farmer is silhouetted while harvesting cabbages in the village of Mamushe, Kosovo. (epa-EFE/Valdrin Xhemaj) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/a4088862-0076-4837-af91-e0a42b1f84ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A farmer is silhouetted while harvesting cabbages in the village of Mamushe, Kosovo. (epa-EFE/Valdrin Xhemaj)
![An Afghan boy collects water from a well on the outskirts of Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/05579dee-35a5-4874-98d2-2c84040d0a9f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan boy collects water from a well on the outskirts of Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
![A couple take their dog for a car ride in Moscow. (TASS/Sergei Bobylev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cb248696-e20d-4aca-b3ac-c83ac8bc8675_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A couple take their dog for a car ride in Moscow. (TASS/Sergei Bobylev)
![Spotlights shine into the sky during an event organized by Ukrainian artists and entertainment-industry workers demanding support from the government and the easing of lockdown measures in Kyiv on May 12. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/423d580b-35e3-4539-9c2a-e04a3b3a2d9c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Spotlights shine into the sky during an event organized by Ukrainian artists and entertainment-industry workers demanding support from the government and the easing of lockdown measures in Kyiv on May 12. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)
![A Pakistani boy parks his motorcycle among hundreds of others outside a shopping bazaar after the easing of lockdown measures in Karachi on May 12. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fbfc84cf-a2c5-48f2-9fe5-62d956913bca_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani boy parks his motorcycle among hundreds of others outside a shopping bazaar after the easing of lockdown measures in Karachi on May 12. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)
![A Ukrainian separatist holds his position near the contact line with government forces in the Donetsk region. (Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/50fb39ad-480b-43bf-9230-5a2b9c7e8204_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Ukrainian separatist holds his position near the contact line with government forces in the Donetsk region. (Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko)
![People stand on signs to respect social distancing at a tram stop in Nice, France. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/60242c1f-4c17-4d9c-8351-0e6d6942e17c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People stand on signs to respect social distancing at a tram stop in Nice, France. (Reuters/Eric Gaillard)
![The Russian Boxing Federation lifts a portrait of Soviet leader Josef Stalin with a hot air balloon, close to the city of Belogorsk, Crimea. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8c0e7ff2-6f68-4e71-8612-932d92850f6f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Russian Boxing Federation lifts a portrait of Soviet leader Josef Stalin with a hot air balloon, close to the city of Belogorsk, Crimea. (AFP)
![An animal handler sits next to a monkey while a goat balances over a stick for onlookers in Karachi after the Pakistani government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the coronavirus on May 11. (AFP/Asif Hassan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/af7aa11b-063d-4029-8418-3933c39b08fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An animal handler sits next to a monkey while a goat balances over a stick for onlookers in Karachi after the Pakistani government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the coronavirus on May 11. (AFP/Asif Hassan)
![An Afghan volunteer sprays disinfectant inside a makeshift house amid concerns about the coronavirus in Jalalabad. (Reuters/Parwiz)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6cb36585-9023-4d50-a069-cc05aa37b3b9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan volunteer sprays disinfectant inside a makeshift house amid concerns about the coronavirus in Jalalabad. (Reuters/Parwiz)
![Staff at a restaurant tap beer during the official reopening of a restaurant garden in the center of Prague on May 11. (epa-EFE/Martin Divisek)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b04f3e0d-0b65-47ac-a23e-066e089d1596_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Staff at a restaurant tap beer during the official reopening of a restaurant garden in the center of Prague on May 11. (epa-EFE/Martin Divisek)
![A passenger wearing a protective mask walks on a platform at a subway station in Moscow. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/856e9889-4e04-4e6f-8487-68095b6e9926_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A passenger wearing a protective mask walks on a platform at a subway station in Moscow. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
![Veterans gather in Minsk to watch a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II on May 9. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)](https://gdb.rferl.org/82918743-5165-40cc-a302-e4127a154375_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Veterans gather in Minsk to watch a military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II on May 9. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)