Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 18th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.
Top Shots: Compelling Images From Our Region
- By RFE/RL
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A laborer carries a sack of potatoes at a wholesale vegetable market in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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A Ukrainian tank crew fires a round from a Leopard 2A4 tank during a field training exercise at an undisclosed location.
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Afghan horse riders compete in a game of buzkashi in Badakhshan Province.
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A Ukrainian police officer stands at the site of a Russian drone strike in Odesa.
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People take a boat ride in the waters of the Indus River in Pakistan's southern Sindh Province.
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Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhya on May 1.
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White storks tend to their nest near a coal-fired power plant in the town of Obilic, Kosovo.
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Various household decorative items are displayed for sale at a shop in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
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A worker makes a clay pot inside his pottery workshop in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Buffaloes are pictured in a canal on a hot summer day in Larkana in Pakistan.
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A Pakistani woman cries before leaving for Pakistan next to the Attari-Wagah border crossing near Amritsar, India, after New Delhi revoked visas issued to Pakistani citizens following an attack on tourists in the restive Kashmir region.
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Ukrainian troops prepare a Vampire combat drone for an operation in the Zaporizhzhya region.
