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Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's official visit to Kazakhstan later this week, many Kazakhs who have been demanding the release of their relatives from camps in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang have found themselves under pressure from authorities.

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 37th week of 2022 from around RFE/RL's region.

Azerbaijan will increase natural-gas exports to Europe this year by 30 percent as the EU seeks to lessen its dependence on Russian energy amid the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine and Russia have expressed interest in a proposal put forward by the UN nuclear watchdog to create a protection zone around the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, its chief Rafael Grossi said.

Municipal lawmakers from 18 districts in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the town of Kolpino near St. Petersburg have signed a petition demanding the resignation of President Vladimir Putin, saying his actions are "damaging Russia's future and its citizens."

Several families of prisoners who have been handed death sentences have protested in front of the Islamic Republic Judiciary building, in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Noted Belarusian designer Anatol Lazar has reportedly been detained by police amid an ongoing crackdown.

A Belarusian rights activist who was detained in Russia last year and extradited to Belarus last month has been officially charged in a case that rights groups say is part of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s ongoing campaign to crush any opposition to his decades-long rule.

An RFE/RL correspondent visits the scenes of destruction six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine to see what has changed.

After Ukraine's military recaptured swaths of territory in the northeast, dramatic pictures have emerged showing masses of military equipment left behind by retreating Russian troops.