Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 21st week of 2020. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #21
- By RFE/RL
![Iranian athlete Maryam Toosi practices on the rooftop of her apartment building following the closure of sports facilities as part of measures aimed at containing the coronavirus in Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fa9603b8-8183-43a9-85d7-f5d7d776f9d4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian athlete Maryam Toosi practices on the rooftop of her apartment building following the closure of sports facilities as part of measures aimed at containing the coronavirus in Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
![Rescue workers gather at the site of a passenger-plane crash in a residential area near the international airport in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 22. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9c6f01e5-4d4d-4e22-a608-325e311661a1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rescue workers gather at the site of a passenger-plane crash in a residential area near the international airport in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 22. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)
![A migrant prays in a makeshift mosque inside the Sid-Point camp in Sid, Serbia. (Reuters/Marko Djunca)](https://gdb.rferl.org/523eb3bf-336c-4f09-8f4c-605a63a4f47b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A migrant prays in a makeshift mosque inside the Sid-Point camp in Sid, Serbia. (Reuters/Marko Djunca)
![Two elderly women wearing face masks walk down a street in the town of Vitebsk, Belarus. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f6c6c366-2ce2-46cc-a39a-705880a34a95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Two elderly women wearing face masks walk down a street in the town of Vitebsk, Belarus. (AFP/Sergei Gapon)
![A man grimaces during a gust of wind at the Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest during a religious service ahead of the feast day of saints Constantine and Helena. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)](https://gdb.rferl.org/89c84505-aa8b-4b92-9ad0-ce9f3c325ab9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man grimaces during a gust of wind at the Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest during a religious service ahead of the feast day of saints Constantine and Helena. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)
![Yulia Yushina is seen through an eye-shaped opening in a piece of pottery in her Moon Ceramic pottery studio. The studio makes ceramic ware and ornamented pieces and offers pottery lessons. (TASS/Natalia Fedosenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/427ea531-d59b-47ba-af0a-c95a63fd0fd5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Yulia Yushina is seen through an eye-shaped opening in a piece of pottery in her Moon Ceramic pottery studio. The studio makes ceramic ware and ornamented pieces and offers pottery lessons. (TASS/Natalia Fedosenko)
![Men cook potatoes at a small traditional factory in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6552e357-a4e0-49d6-9008-baa2839040c9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men cook potatoes at a small traditional factory in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail)
![Volunteer hairdressers from the International Association for Relief and Development cut the hair of internally displaced children ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr at a camp in Idlib, Syria. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7990ef85-a4d8-4fba-9d04-6507da83f73a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Volunteer hairdressers from the International Association for Relief and Development cut the hair of internally displaced children ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr at a camp in Idlib, Syria. (Reuters/Khalil Ashawi)
![Russian conscripts sit next to their beds at a recruiting station in Kaliningrad, Russia. (Reuters/Vitaly Nevar)](https://gdb.rferl.org/de65b7d4-bfce-47ff-9dac-3a15ab35461d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian conscripts sit next to their beds at a recruiting station in Kaliningrad, Russia. (Reuters/Vitaly Nevar)
![Volleyball player Victoria Palmer trains at Sandbanks Beach in Poole, England. (Reuters/Matthew Childs)](https://gdb.rferl.org/dba1fb30-6331-456d-b6a1-f5007157c481_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Volleyball player Victoria Palmer trains at Sandbanks Beach in Poole, England. (Reuters/Matthew Childs)
![A worker from Russia's Emergencies Ministry wearing protective gear disinfects Moscow's Leningradsky railway station on May 19. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4b658dab-d154-4a10-9867-4bda94a0cb42_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker from Russia's Emergencies Ministry wearing protective gear disinfects Moscow's Leningradsky railway station on May 19. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
![A woman weeps near the wall of her house, which was damaged by shrapnel in the separatist-controlled village of Staromihailovka in eastern Ukraine. (epa-EFE/Dave Mustaine)](https://gdb.rferl.org/61ec3eb5-d06c-40c9-83e3-728ab908192d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman weeps near the wall of her house, which was damaged by shrapnel in the separatist-controlled village of Staromihailovka in eastern Ukraine. (epa-EFE/Dave Mustaine)
![Kosovar Muslim believers pray on Skanderbeg Square in Pristina. (AFP/Amend Nihani)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d80dcbf9-9251-41b7-9599-6c0800db812c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kosovar Muslim believers pray on Skanderbeg Square in Pristina. (AFP/Amend Nihani)
![A hot-air balloon is prepared for the start of a race as part of celebrations to mark the 100th birthday of the late Pope John Paul II in Krakow. (epa-EFE/Lukasz Gagulski)](https://gdb.rferl.org/d36193dd-64e6-472f-9aa6-c50b27118190_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A hot-air balloon is prepared for the start of a race as part of celebrations to mark the 100th birthday of the late Pope John Paul II in Krakow. (epa-EFE/Lukasz Gagulski)
![Laborers sort mango at a fruit and vegetable market in Hyderabad, India. (epa-EFE/Nadeem Khawar) ](https://gdb.rferl.org/dce93682-5ff0-417c-be9d-f98db4697bbb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Laborers sort mango at a fruit and vegetable market in Hyderabad, India. (epa-EFE/Nadeem Khawar)
![A public-transport worker at a security checkpoint at Moscow's Leningradsky railway station. (epa-EFE/Sergei Ilnitsky)](https://gdb.rferl.org/eacb7d29-d2cc-42ef-90e3-345e7395869a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A public-transport worker at a security checkpoint at Moscow's Leningradsky railway station. (epa-EFE/Sergei Ilnitsky)
![Russian Emergency Situations Ministry employees carry out disinfection of the Kiyevsky Railway Station in Moscow on May 18. (TASS/Vyacheslav Prokofyev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/965d1961-aa51-4b2a-b3cb-fdf51b7c9fb8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian Emergency Situations Ministry employees carry out disinfection of the Kiyevsky Railway Station in Moscow on May 18. (TASS/Vyacheslav Prokofyev)
![Afghan families receive free food rations distributed by traders during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Herat on May 18. (epa-EFE/Jalil Rezayee)](https://gdb.rferl.org/dac66c08-da19-45ad-943c-e9cf60979a64_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Afghan families receive free food rations distributed by traders during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Herat on May 18. (epa-EFE/Jalil Rezayee)
![A worker cleans letters on the wall of the Russian State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in central Moscow on May 17. (AFP/Yury Kadobnov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f67f5874-448f-4b24-92c1-4adb0b6568bc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker cleans letters on the wall of the Russian State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in central Moscow on May 17. (AFP/Yury Kadobnov)
![Bayern Munich substitute Lukas Mai sits in the stands wearing a protective face mask during the German Bundesliga soccer match featuring 1. FC Union Berlin against Bayern Munich in Berlin on May 17 as play resumed behind closed doors. (epa-EFE/Hannibal Hanschke)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4c645056-2ac2-46ee-a834-84fe62194fbe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bayern Munich substitute Lukas Mai sits in the stands wearing a protective face mask during the German Bundesliga soccer match featuring 1. FC Union Berlin against Bayern Munich in Berlin on May 17 as play resumed behind closed doors. (epa-EFE/Hannibal Hanschke)