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
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2637f9b8-6574-42c8-8406-f897eac9ef14_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4e9e0339-d6da-444b-82ae-ac72077a86e5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![Local fishermen in a boat on Lusiai Lake near the small town of Ignalina, some 120 kilometers north of Vilnius, Lithuania. (AP/Mindaugas Kulbis)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ee93b18b-72f1-497c-8b95-7d0f193a4d2c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/10041cf1-3069-4329-893b-a108c02f33b3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/edb52ace-5c62-45c6-8cec-ac4e4fc834cf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![A participant falls in an attempt to harness a horse during an international festival of nomadic culture in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c0f3be51-3b47-4864-9951-d6f7da4f93f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![U.S. President Donald Trump's sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr. visit a local pub in Doonbeg, Ireland. (Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne)](https://gdb.rferl.org/bddf56ca-6d9a-4340-95c1-8fc1689d2352_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e09662a7-5731-4564-82a4-ac76b595af13_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4d5f4aaf-6870-4bdd-8eae-01726a321106_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/8086927a-39d9-4b67-83c6-5f8da9d79dda_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1e7c3187-f496-4c35-adb6-112567143852_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![Bathers enjoy the sunset in a lake on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/82bd5c62-95d5-400f-b027-26ffd172a1f9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bathers enjoy the sunset in a lake on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
![Men perform high-wire stunts on a tightrope in the Shiniuzhai national geological park in China's Hunan Province. (Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7e6d9557-a937-4c6c-b588-a3351530b242_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men perform high-wire stunts on a tightrope in the Shiniuzhai national geological park in China's Hunan Province. (Reuters)
![Women cool down in a fountain on a hot summer day in central Moscow, Russia. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/541b134e-5cc7-438d-97c3-a5e843c7b963_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women cool down in a fountain on a hot summer day in central Moscow, Russia. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
![A woman looks out from the terrace of the Suleymaniye mosque after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Istanbul, Turkey. (AFP/Yasin Akgul)](https://gdb.rferl.org/cb7c25f7-761d-4553-9e87-a8e1f5ee1835_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/bea605c2-ffe5-4d3e-9ee6-85629f9b9ddc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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.](https://gdb.rferl.org/f93fa9a9-ffea-4f8e-bcfa-158de975efb9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/753f94ca-7c4e-46db-80f2-5fd9105d64ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c7844170-b218-4907-acd9-98d7a8842743_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![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)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b7054bcd-6fd7-40d0-8abb-0e016c313402_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![Anti-government supporters throw flares at police during a protest in Tirana, Albania, on June 2. (Reuters/Florion Goga)](https://gdb.rferl.org/bac08e94-a316-490d-9122-067d087239e5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Anti-government supporters throw flares at police during a protest in Tirana, Albania, on June 2. (Reuters/Florion Goga)
![Catholic faithful throw petals during a procession marking the Feast of Corpus Christi in Minsk, Belarus, on June 2. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2eac8fa1-b7bd-42c2-bb5f-9fee10e16ca3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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)
![A breeder drives deer at the Alatau Maraly farm in Kasymbek Gorge in Kazakhstan's Almaty region. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fba3999f-be6e-49d2-9368-2ea0b0e0637f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A breeder drives deer at the Alatau Maraly farm in Kasymbek Gorge in Kazakhstan's Almaty region. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)