Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 50th week of 2024 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo galleries, see our archive.

Plus: China turns up the temperature on Taiwan, a new investigation into Chinese companies helping Russia on the battlefield, Serbia’s extradition deal, and much more.

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As mass demonstrations continue every day, the ruling Georgian Dream party is trying to push through new draconian measures ...

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Amid the third winter of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians are facing power outages as Russian attacks on their energy infrastructure take their toll. RFE/RL spoke with Tetyana from Odesa, who ...

When Russia was riding high in Syria, the Kremlin played up its role with prominent propaganda. Now, with Bashar al-Assad out ...

Journalists in Georgia have been violently attacked while covering mass protests after the ruling party announced a delay in ...

Russia’s intervention in Syria in 2015 was massive—and successful, propping up the embattled Bashar al-Assad. Now the Syrian ...

Noura Bittar, a Syrian refugee living in Denmark, says she is celebrating the end of the Assad's rule but fears what the ...

The processing of rich oil fields in Kazakhstan has produced a windfall that was hoped to benefit millions of lives in the poverty-stricken country. Instead, a handful have become wildly rich and ...

Why Russia Invaded Ukraine, joins the host to discuss Putin's growing resentment, Russia's imperialist legacy, the Kremlin's ...