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

Despite a Western diplomatic boycott, many world leaders traveled to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics to get rare in-person meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Russia has reported a record daily count of fresh coronavirus infections of 180,071, a tenfold spike from a month ago as the highly contagious omicron variant spreads through the country.

After investigative journalist reported allegations of corruption against a powerful official, his office was raided and a young employee entrapped in a blackmail scheme. What does this say about the current state of Kyrgyz media?

A photographer who previously worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been arrested and taken to pretrial detention in Minsk, his relatives say.

Researchers believe that climate change has caused multiple factors to come into play that is causing adult moose in Minnesota to be dying off.

As of January 30, Ukraine's 15 nuclear power reactors are in operation for only the second time ever. It's less an achievement, though, than a reflection of the energy squeeze the country is facing as Russia roils its market.

Russia could invade Ukraine within days or weeks, White House national-security adviser Jake Sullivan has said in U.S. television interviews.

Iranian and U.S. wrestlers were supposed to face off in a match in Texas, but the Iranian federation says it decided not to travel to the United States after six members, including federation chief Alireza Dabiri, were denied visas. Dabiri recently created controversy by making anti-U.S. comments.

A new Goosebumps live-action TV series has landed at Disney Plus.