Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL's coverage area for the 50th week of 2020. For more photo galleries, see our photo gallery archive.
Photos Of The Week #50
- By RFE/RL
![A man carrying a former white-red-white flag of Belarus shows a V-sign during opposition protests in Minsk on December 13. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9dceeb9c-c121-4fae-8fdf-dc6e49278789_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man carrying a former white-red-white flag of Belarus shows a V-sign during opposition protests in Minsk on December 13. (AFP)
![A protester stands among thousands of opposition activists in Lahore rallying in a campaign to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan and force new elections on December 13. (RFE/RL / Radio Mashaal)](https://gdb.rferl.org/f5709951-6593-4399-856e-06cc230c5e98_w1024_q10_s.jpeg)
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A protester stands among thousands of opposition activists in Lahore rallying in a campaign to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan and force new elections on December 13. (RFE/RL / Radio Mashaal)
![A television tower sticks out from a blanket of thick fog in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on December 11. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5f600b35-5a08-48a2-96ef-c38f1ae2a6f7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A television tower sticks out from a blanket of thick fog in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on December 11. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)
![Vehicles move past a Pakistani man wearing a protective mask against COVID-19 as he waits for a bus in Karachi. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)](https://gdb.rferl.org/4d213b5e-976c-4dcd-b795-827dc4cda6cc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vehicles move past a Pakistani man wearing a protective mask against COVID-19 as he waits for a bus in Karachi. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)
![A crescent moon is seen behind Moscow's Sobornaya Mosque on December 10. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5ef95ef6-6d37-4e46-9175-38f9f24a16da_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A crescent moon is seen behind Moscow's Sobornaya Mosque on December 10. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
![A man with a horse harnessed to a cart takes part in the filming of a scene of a Russian historical film near the freezing Neva River during sunset in St. Petersburg on December 10. (epa-EFE/Anatoly Maltsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/343ed26e-19e9-4a7e-b3ba-0d8b21535ea2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man with a horse harnessed to a cart takes part in the filming of a scene of a Russian historical film near the freezing Neva River during sunset in St. Petersburg on December 10. (epa-EFE/Anatoly Maltsev)
![Malika from Afghanistan is helped by her husband, Ahmed, to crawl under a fence a few kilometers from the Bosnian-Croatian border near Velika Kladusa. A statement by the EU's Bosnia mission says current weather conditions are putting at risk the lives of more than 3,000 people sleeping rough or staying in inadequate conditions. (AP/Marc Sanye)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3758ae13-faec-4200-8ce1-20ec194da2b0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Malika from Afghanistan is helped by her husband, Ahmed, to crawl under a fence a few kilometers from the Bosnian-Croatian border near Velika Kladusa. A statement by the EU's Bosnia mission says current weather conditions are putting at risk the lives of more than 3,000 people sleeping rough or staying in inadequate conditions. (AP/Marc Sanye)
![The partially frozen Csonakazo Lake in Hungary's Nagykanizsa (epa-EFE/Gyorgy Varga)](https://gdb.rferl.org/b1966b9f-3ae8-4853-bc3a-cc22c222def2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The partially frozen Csonakazo Lake in Hungary's Nagykanizsa (epa-EFE/Gyorgy Varga)
![Mourners on December 10 carry the coffin of Afghan female news anchor Malalai Maiwand, who was shot dead by gunmen in Jalalabad. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)](https://gdb.rferl.org/982a856c-243d-4c32-9d53-714ff575e602_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mourners on December 10 carry the coffin of Afghan female news anchor Malalai Maiwand, who was shot dead by gunmen in Jalalabad. (AFP/Noorullah Shirzada)
![A man rides on his loaded horse cart along a road amid heavy foggy conditions in Lahore, Pakistan. (AFP/Arif Ali)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9b029f1c-5e41-4f32-a6fb-b42faa9bb6af_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man rides on his loaded horse cart along a road amid heavy foggy conditions in Lahore, Pakistan. (AFP/Arif Ali)
![A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus rides in a metro train in Moscow, on December 9. (AFP/Kirill Kudavtsev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/7c9fa1e3-4d90-4e42-b1d7-f725c688a6f3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus rides in a metro train in Moscow, on December 9. (AFP/Kirill Kudavtsev)
![Smoke billows from factories on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)](https://gdb.rferl.org/22265a4d-1246-44ab-b79f-ec2d2722d04e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke billows from factories on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. (epa-EFE/Shahzaib Akber)
![A protester is taken away by Armenian law enforcement officers during an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian following the signing of a deal to end the military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan on December 8. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via Reuters)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5aa6867e-8116-4bb7-93db-a50142fd318b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester is taken away by Armenian law enforcement officers during an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian following the signing of a deal to end the military conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan on December 8. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via Reuters)
![A stray dog walks through a deserted square illuminated with Christmas lights and seasonal decorations in Pristina. The Kosovar government has extended a curfew to stem the spread of the coronavirus. (epa-EFE/Valdrin Xhemaj)](https://gdb.rferl.org/fea60b50-9ce0-458c-a161-706cf6cca5da_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A stray dog walks through a deserted square illuminated with Christmas lights and seasonal decorations in Pristina. The Kosovar government has extended a curfew to stem the spread of the coronavirus. (epa-EFE/Valdrin Xhemaj)
![A vendor boils water chestnuts in a drum to sell at a workplace in Karachi, Pakistan. (AFP/Asif Hassan)](https://gdb.rferl.org/392ea1f7-c310-4ea9-8b8d-6edd60b03e1c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A vendor boils water chestnuts in a drum to sell at a workplace in Karachi, Pakistan. (AFP/Asif Hassan)
![A man walks past a Christmas illumination in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)](https://gdb.rferl.org/44637459-0ef4-4d7b-bcb5-36232ab60990_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks past a Christmas illumination in Kyiv. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
![Kiters take part in the annual Siberia cup outside the Russian city of Novosibirsk on December 6. (AFP/Rostislav Netisov)](https://gdb.rferl.org/bf7f5789-3a0e-4751-bdd5-cea749cc3f4a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kiters take part in the annual Siberia cup outside the Russian city of Novosibirsk on December 6. (AFP/Rostislav Netisov)
![Birds fly amid heavy smog conditions in Lahore, Pakistan. (AFP/Arif Ali)](https://gdb.rferl.org/719bb5bb-6e3a-4269-ad18-e5506a34fa8f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Birds fly amid heavy smog conditions in Lahore, Pakistan. (AFP/Arif Ali)
![A man walks through a square after snowfall as workers assemble a Christmas tree, with the main mosque and skyscrapers in the background in the Chechnya capital of Grozny. (AP/Musa Sadulayev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3d08a1aa-c7ed-4533-bd0c-334d49743279_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks through a square after snowfall as workers assemble a Christmas tree, with the main mosque and skyscrapers in the background in the Chechnya capital of Grozny. (AP/Musa Sadulayev)
![A participant holds his tamed golden eagle during a traditional hunting contest near the town of Esik in Kazakhstan's Almaty region on December 5. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)](https://gdb.rferl.org/e4c62fb1-6da7-4fc8-9b1f-142b374fc192_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A participant holds his tamed golden eagle during a traditional hunting contest near the town of Esik in Kazakhstan's Almaty region on December 5. (Reuters/Pavel Mikheyev)