Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 46th week of 2021 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #46
- By RFE/RL
![A Taliban fighter sits guard against the backdrop of a Russian plane transporting aid relief donated by Russia at Kabul International Airport.](https://gdb.rferl.org/00ef0000-0a00-0242-b7cd-08d9ab3aa065_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Taliban fighter sits guard against the backdrop of a Russian plane transporting aid relief donated by Russia at Kabul International Airport.
![A woman holds an oxygen mask over the face of her baby who is suffering from COVID-19 in a children's hospital in Kyiv. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/0bd80000-0aff-0242-93af-08d9ab39efda_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman holds an oxygen mask over the face of her baby who is suffering from COVID-19 in a children's hospital in Kyiv.
![A rally in Tbilisi in support of Mikheil Saakashvili, the jailed former president of Georgia. Saakashvili has been in custody since October 1 after returning to Georgia after eight years of self-imposed exile. He just ended a 50-day hunger strike.](https://gdb.rferl.org/00ef0000-0a00-0242-8417-08d9ab58f914_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A rally in Tbilisi in support of Mikheil Saakashvili, the jailed former president of Georgia. Saakashvili has been in custody since October 1 after returning to Georgia after eight years of self-imposed exile. He just ended a 50-day hunger strike.
![An activist attends a performance called Free Chairs on a square near the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. The performance was in support of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, Crimea, and the eastern Ukrainian conflict zone. A free chair symbolizes a person who cannot attend an act as a result of an arrest, disappearance, or killing.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0bd80000-0aff-0242-8f8e-08d9ab3e0404_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An activist attends a performance called Free Chairs on a square near the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. The performance was in support of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, Crimea, and the eastern Ukrainian conflict zone. A free chair symbolizes a person who cannot attend an act as a result of an arrest, disappearance, or killing.
![A reindeer at the OleneGesh reindeer farm in the ski resort village of Sheregesh in Russia's Kemerovo Region, southwestern Siberia.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e50000-0a00-0242-e5a7-08d9a8180769_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A reindeer at the OleneGesh reindeer farm in the ski resort village of Sheregesh in Russia's Kemerovo Region, southwestern Siberia.
![Women sit on a bench as the Russian Navy's guided missile cruiser Moskva sails back into harbor after tracking NATO warships in the Black Sea, in the port of Sevastopol, Crimea.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e50000-0a00-0242-1630-08d9a8dd7698_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women sit on a bench as the Russian Navy's guided missile cruiser Moskva sails back into harbor after tracking NATO warships in the Black Sea, in the port of Sevastopol, Crimea.
![Drops of water hanging on moss sparkle in sunlight in a field near Salgotarjan, Hungary.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0bd80000-0aff-0242-781f-08d9a81bb7b6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Drops of water hanging on moss sparkle in sunlight in a field near Salgotarjan, Hungary.
![A view of a solid waste landfill at an ecological processing facility in the Russian town of Volgodonsk. The facility consists of an automated waste sorting plant, a bio composting site, and a solid household waste landfill. The capacity of the facility is 200,000 tons of waste a year. Over 30 percent of the waste is processed into compost; over 15 percent is sent for recycling to other regions. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/05f60000-0a00-0242-627c-08d9a8dd1bcd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A view of a solid waste landfill at an ecological processing facility in the Russian town of Volgodonsk. The facility consists of an automated waste sorting plant, a bio composting site, and a solid household waste landfill. The capacity of the facility is 200,000 tons of waste a year. Over 30 percent of the waste is processed into compost; over 15 percent is sent for recycling to other regions.
![Danil Medvedev of Russia is seen in action against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland during their ATP World Tour Finals singles tennis match in Turin, Italy. Medvedev won 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e50000-0a00-0242-9793-08d9a84513fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Danil Medvedev of Russia is seen in action against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland during their ATP World Tour Finals singles tennis match in Turin, Italy. Medvedev won 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4.
![A girl holds two pomegranates in front of her face during the Pomegranate Festival in the Iranian capital, Tehran.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05f60000-0a00-0242-4edc-08d9a81668cc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl holds two pomegranates in front of her face during the Pomegranate Festival in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
![An Afghan shepherd leads his flock of sheep in Ghazni Province's Qarabagh district.](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e50000-0a00-0242-68cc-08d9a8147adb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Afghan shepherd leads his flock of sheep in Ghazni Province's Qarabagh district.
![A migrant carrying a child walks in a camp near the Belarusian-Polish border in Belarus's Hrodna region ](https://gdb.rferl.org/05e50000-0a00-0242-8e00-08d9a814adc0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A migrant carrying a child walks in a camp near the Belarusian-Polish border in Belarus's Hrodna region
![Members of the Taliban sit on a vehicle during a military parade in Kabul, Afghanistan. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/05f60000-0a00-0242-3b27-08d9a816335d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Members of the Taliban sit on a vehicle during a military parade in Kabul, Afghanistan.
![An Iranian boy and a girl carry sacks filled with recyclable materials, despite children under 15 being forbidden from working by Iranian law.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0bd80000-0aff-0242-f2bf-08d9ac64bebe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Iranian boy and a girl carry sacks filled with recyclable materials, despite children under 15 being forbidden from working by Iranian law.