Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 20th week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's coverage region.

US President Donald Trump touched down in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on May 13, marking the start of a four-day trip across ...

After refusing Russian passports, Ukrainians who left Crimea are losing their homes to forced sales. Rights groups say Russia ...

The PKK has announced it is dissolving its armed structure and ending its decades-long insurgency against Turkey, marking a ...

When the Kolisnichenko family discovered their apartment in Crimea had a resident they knew nothing about, they soon realized Russia had seized their property. Hundreds of Ukrainians have had to ...

The United States and China have agreed to a 90-day cut in reciprocal tariffs levied on an array of traded goods after ...

A surprise offer by US President Donald Trump on May 12 to join Ukraine-Russia talks later this week in Istanbul prompted a call between US and European diplomats who continue to seek a path leading ...

Cemeteries in Kyiv are nearing capacity as Ukraine’s war dead mount. Soaring demand is driving funeral costs to record highs, ...

Putin’s Victory Day speech on Red Square was one of the shortest in years, maybe ever. It was heavy on the usual tropes: the ...

For Kremlin watchers, May 9 is a tea-leaf event, providing clues for possible shifts in thinking for Vladimir Putin, in power ...

More than 140 Russian drones hit cities and other civilian areas in Ukraine overnight May 6-7, killing two people in Kyiv.

Russian Irina Krynina traveled to Ukraine to find her POW partner. Once he was released in an exchange, he went home. But she ...