Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area and beyond for the 23rd week of 2019. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #23
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A detained demonstrator shouts from a police bus at an anti-government protest during the presidential election in Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan, on June 9. (AP/Aleksei Filippov)
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Protesters gesture as they chant "no extradition" at a rally against a controversial extradition-law proposal in Hong Kong on June 9. (AFP/Philip Fong)
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Local fishermen in a boat on Lusiai Lake near the small town of Ignalina, some 120 kilometers north of Vilnius, Lithuania. (AP/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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A man rides a bicycle over Ada Bridge in Belgrade. Built in 2012, the bridge connects the municipalities of Cukarica and New Belgrade. (AFP/Andrej Sakovic)
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Ukrainian activists carry a giant pill with the slogan, "The Law 10313 is medicine for 2 million patients," during a protest in front of the parliament building in Kyiv. Activists rallied to demand that lawmakers accept a bill regulating the use of cannabis in medicine and scientific research. (epa-EFE/Sergei Dolzhenko)
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A participant falls in an attempt to harness a horse during an international festival of nomadic culture in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)
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U.S. President Donald Trump's sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr. visit a local pub in Doonbeg, Ireland. (Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wipes a tear as he delivers a speech during the international ceremony on Juno Beach in Normandy, northwestern France, on June 6 as part of commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (AFP/Guillaume Souvant)
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U.S President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron look at flypasts in the Normandy American Cemetery to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, on June 6. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
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A participant holds a placard during a protest in front of Interior Ministry in Kyiv on June 4. Ukraine on June 4 arrested two policemen on suspicion of shooting dead a 5-year-old boy while drunk in a case that has sparked outrage over lingering corruption and impunity in the force. (AFP/Genya Savilov)
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Iranian Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Abdul Azim shrine in Shahre-Ray in southern Tehran on June 5. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (AFP/Stringer)
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Bathers enjoy the sunset in a lake on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
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Men perform high-wire stunts on a tightrope in the Shiniuzhai national geological park in China's Hunan Province. (Reuters)
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Women cool down in a fountain on a hot summer day in central Moscow, Russia. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
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A woman looks out from the terrace of the Suleymaniye mosque after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Istanbul, Turkey. (AFP/Yasin Akgul)
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A man looks out from a store window in central Prague as tens of thousands of demonstrators gather to protest against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis on June 4. (epa-EFE/Martin Divisek)
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Sudanese protesters use burning tires to erect a barricade on a street, demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians in Khartoum on June 3.
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An Albanian girl attends the morning prayers of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan in Skanderbeg Square, Tirana, on June 4. (Reuters/Florion Goga)
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People doused with brightly colored powder and dressed in fancy costumes dance after the 5-kilometer masquerade Color Run at the Luzhniki Olympic complex in Moscow on June 2. (epa-EFE/Sergei Ilnitsky)
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A statue of former Red Army commander Georgy Zhukov lies on the ground during a rally in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on June 2. (epa-EFE/Pavlo Pakhomenko)
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Anti-government supporters throw flares at police during a protest in Tirana, Albania, on June 2. (Reuters/Florion Goga)
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Catholic faithful throw petals during a procession marking the Feast of Corpus Christi in Minsk, Belarus, on June 2. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
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A breeder drives deer at the Alatau Maraly farm in Kasymbek Gorge in Kazakhstan's Almaty region. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)