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Here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days.

Diplomats say the UN Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting for March 4 following a fire at a nuclear power plant that Russian forces have seized in northeastern Ukraine that left atomic experts scrambling to monitor for radiation leaks.

RFE/RL takes a closer look at what a no-fly zone would mean, why it could prove so difficult to impose over Ukraine, and if there are other, similar options that could be considered.

Russia says 500 of its soldiers have been killed since it invaded Ukraine, while Ukraine says they're far more. Now, the first death notifications are being received in Russia. And with well over 100,000 soldiers believed to be in Ukraine, many families across Russia are waiting nervously for news.

Lviv has so far escaped the brunt of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. As the conflict rages across much of the country, the city is repurposing for the war effort, sheltering refugees flooding in from further east, and sending arms and supplies in the opposite direction.

An ethnic Kazakh from China's northwestern province of Xinjiang who was held in immigration custody in Ukraine for months says he has been released and is on his way to an unspecified Western country.

One extremely helpful tool for plant owners is using a humidifier to balance the moisture...

The director-general of the UN's atomic energy agency will travel to Iran on March 5 to meet with Iranian officials as Tehran and world powers continue to negotiate a possible return to a crippled nuclear agreement.

Major Ukrainian cities including the capital, Kyiv, have reported stepped-up bombardment as Russia's unprovoked invasion entered its second week and UN members condemned Moscow's actions as "deplorable" and demanded that Russia withdraw.

Ekho Moskvy, an independent Russian media outlet critical of the Kremlin, has decided to close amid moves by the government to restrict its outreach.