Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 23rd week of 2022 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week (June 6-12, 2022)
- By RFE/RL
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Participants march during a pride parade in Pristina, Kosovo, on June 9.
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A man on crutches walks past a burning building after a strike in the city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine.
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Musicians wearing 18th-century uniforms walk during festivities marking the 350th birthday of Russian Tsar Peter the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 9.
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People collect their belongings from inside and apartment block destroyed by air strikes in Borodyanka on the outskirts of Kyiv on June 9.
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Protestors burn a poster with pictures of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Bharatiya Janata Party spokeswoman Nupur Sharma during a demonstration over her remarks on the Prophet Muhammad, in Karachi on June 9, 2022.
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Rescuers work at the scene of a train derailment near the central Iranian city of Tabas on June 8.
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A participant in the International Ballet Competition rests backstage after performing at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
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A drone expert tests out a model on the outskirts of Kyiv on June 8. Drones are been extensively used by both Russian and Ukrainian forces in the war.
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Rose petals float as devotees pour milk into a sacred spring during the annual festival at the Kheer Bhawani Hindu temple in Tulla Mulla, just outside of Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir on June 8, 2022.
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Georgian baker Shalva Gikorashvili makes the national bread at a bakery in Tbilisi on June 7.
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A man walks by sand bags forming the word "Help" at Independence Square, the Maidan, in Kyiv on June 6.
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Afghan children attend a class at a mobile school in Kandahar, which is an initiative by volunteers wherein a vehicle carrying study materials travels from village to village conducting classes for.
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A man carries a ballot box to the homes of local residents who cannot come to the polling station during a constitutional referendum in Koyandy, in Kazakhstan's Aqmola region on June 5.
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Participants run through colored powder during the Color Run race in Moscow on June 5.
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An elderly woman sits in front of destroyed houses after a missile strike that killed an old woman in the city of Druzhkivka in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 5.
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Members of a local election commission open a ballot box after polls closed during a constitutional referendum at a voting station in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on June 5.
