Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 43rd week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Photos Of The Week (October 23-29, 2023)
- By RFE/RL
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A street vendor sells vegetables during a snowfall in Omsk, Russia.
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An Afghan man carries plastic watering cans as he looks for customers along a road in Kabul.
3
A Pakistani vendor prepares to load roasted corn onto carts in Lahore.
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Bishop Gabor Mohos, auxiliary bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, waits for the start of a session of the Synod of Bishops' 16th General Assembly in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on October 27.
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A soldier walks past a banner depicting Russia on fire with the words "The evil empire must fall" in central Kyiv amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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A Romanian Orthodox nun holds red roses while accompanying the relics of St. Dimitrie Basarabov, the patron saint of Romania's capital, during a procession near the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest.
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Young Afghan workers sort pine nuts after harvesting at a field in the Bihsud district of Nangarhar Province.
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A man rakes salt at an alkali flat in the Kalafgan district of Afghanistan's Takhar Province.
9
Iran's delegation takes part in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.
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Workers in the Kyiv suburb of Irpin rebuild a road that was destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces last year.
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A woman walks along an embankment of the Moskva River in Moscow.
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Afghan men play cricket on a field in downtown Kabul.
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A woman holds a torch at an anti-government protest during events marking the 67th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 in Budapest.
