Photos Of The Week #8
Firefighters work to put out a fire after bombings in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chuhuiv as Russian armed forces try to invade Ukraine from several directions on February 24. (file photo)
Smoke rises from an air-defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol.
People wait in a traffic jam as they try to leave the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
Kazakh police detain activists protesting against Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in Almaty on February 24.
A Taliban fighter on guard along a road in Kabul.
A tank drives along a street in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of Russian troops to two regions in eastern Ukraine following the recognition of their independence.
A cat sits in the window of the destroyed living room of a Ukrainian woman named Zoya whose apartment in Novoluhanske in eastern Ukraine was partially destroyed by an artillery round reportedly fire by Russia-backed separatist on February 21.
A temporary accommodation center for evacuees from the separatist-controlled regions of eastern Ukraine is seen in a local sports school in the city of Taganrog in Russia's Rostov region.
Wreckage is seen at the crash site of a fighter jet in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz. The plane crashed on February 21 in a residential area of the city, killing three people, including two crew members.
A woman watches TV as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting of the National Security Council on February 21 as Moscow recognized the independence of the two Russia-backed regions of eastern Ukraine, sparking fears of a wider war.
A child runs under the Ukrainian flag as people gather for a Day of Solidarity with Ukraine at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on February 20.
Internally displaced Afghan girls plays with their dolls near their tents at the Shaidayee refugee camp in the Injil district of Herat Province.
Demonstrators holding a huge Ukrainian flag march along a street in Odesa, Ukraine. Thousands marched through the streets of the city in a show of unity on February 20, marking the date on which, eight years ago, more than 100 people were killed during Ukraine's Maidan revolution.
A Pakistani religious student takes an exam in the southern port city of Karachi.
Ukrainian border guards patrol the Ukrainian-Belarusian state border at the Novi Yarylovychi checkpoint on February 21.