Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 17th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.

Russian film critic Yekaterina Barabash, under house arrest for opposing the war in Ukraine, has gone missing. Authorities ...

As the US dollar tanks value amid tariff turmoil, Central Asian migrant workers are benefitting from a surging Russian ruble – bringing a huge boost in remittances sent home.

A Russian drone attack hit a bus carrying workers in the Ukrainian town of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region on April 23, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others, local ...

A Russian drone attack hit a bus carrying workers in the Ukrainian town of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others, local authorities said.

Farmers in Uzbekistan allege they are being forced to cede fertile land to Chinese businesses under pressure from local ...

Ukrainian rescuers discovered a shaken but spirited canine survivor in the ruins of a Sumy region home following overnight ...

Tehran is ready to ease US concerns over its nuclear activities but scrapping uranium enrichment is off the table, Foreign ...

Iranian and US negotiators agreed to a second round of high-level talks over Tehran's nuclear programs next week after ...

Belarusian comedian “Evil Sasha” turns trauma into dark humor on stage in Vilnius. Scarred by a fire and injured in 2020 protests, she fled to Lithuania. Now her sharp jokes blend laughter with the ...

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on the uncertain path of the "coalition of the ...

Iran’s foreign minister has called for Russia to play a role in high-stakes negotiations over the fate of Tehran’s nuclear ...