Photos Of The Week No. 47

A man in Bishkek stands next to a truck loaded with coal that people can buy at reduced prices to heat their homes amid an energy crunch in Kyrgyzstan. 

People walk to lay flowers at a monument in Russia's Kemerovo region on November 26 to pay tribute to miners and rescuers killed in an accident at the Listvyazhnaya coal mine. 

A fisherman collects dried fish at a village near the Pakistani port city of Karachi on November 25. 

Trucks are loaded with logs as forestry workers fell pine trees near the settlement of Muromtsevo in Russia's Omsk region.

Police detain an elderly protester next to Russia's Supreme Court in Moscow on November 25. The court was hearing a petition to shut down Memorial, one of the country's oldest and most prominent human rights groups, a move that has sparked public outrage.

A fan of the Lokomotiv Moscow soccer club roots for his team in its UEFA Europa League group game against Lazio at the RZD Arena in the Russian capital on November 25. 

Kyrgyz women walk along a street past a campaign poster of a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections in the village of Tash-Dobo, some 25 kilometers from Bishkek.

A man skis across frozen Lake Saisary in Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in the Russian Far East.

Ukrainian ground staff clear snow off the field before the Champions League soccer game between Dynamo Kyiv and Bayern Munich on November 23. 

Burka-clad Afghan women walk past a clothing shop in Herat, Afghanistan. 

Bosnian miners warm themselves by a fire as they protest measures aimed at transforming their industry in front of the federal government building in Sarajevo on November 23. 

Romanian Miss Universe contestant Carmina Olimpia Cotfas poses in her country's national dress ahead of the annual international beauty pageant, which is being held in Israel next month. 

A Romanian honor guard waits for the arrival of Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who was on a one-day visit to Bucharest on November 23. 

Migrant children play with snow near the Polish border in Belarus's Hrodna region. 

Loulia Chtchetinina and Mark Magyar of Hungary compete at a Figure Skating Grand Prix in Grenoble, France. 

People take pictures on a hill in front of a metallurgical plant in Nizhny Tagil, Russia.

A migrant woman carries a child as they exit a tent outside a transport and logistics center near the Polish border in Belarus's Hrodna region.

A woman grieves while she and others collect their belongings in a slum in Karachi, Pakistan, following a fire that gutted many dwellings and made dozens of families homeless. 

A rider targets a wooden peg during a tent-pegging competition organized by a local club on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. 

Russian competitor Ilmir Hazetdinov in action at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Nizhny Tagil, Russia.