From 1925, when the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was declared a part of the Soviet Union, one photographer was able to capture the “radical social surgery” enacted by the Bolsheviks that forever changed the Central Asian state.
Before revolution toppled the Iranian monarchy in 1979, Tehran and Tel-Aviv exchanged tourists and trade instead of missiles and drones.
From the front lines of the Cold War to the trenches of Ukraine, archival photos tell the story of Radio Free Europe, which began broadcasts on US Independence Day, 75 years ago.
With the world's attention focused on the escalating conflict in the Middle East, Russia struck Ukraine overnight on June 16-17 with waves of drones and missiles. An apartment building in Kyiv suffered a direct hit, collapsing an entire section of the residential high-rise block.
Amid massive exchanges of strikes between Israel and Iran, photos from the ground show civilians on both sides caught up in the violence.
Images captured on June 15 by Maxar satellites outline exactly what was hit in the Israeli strikes on a range of facilities throughout Iran.
The Artek summer camp was founded to "educate the citizens of a Socialist society." At the centenary of its founding, the camp's storied history has been overshadowed by its involvement in holding Ukrainian children amid the Russian invasion.
Overnight on June 6 drone strikes killed at least four people in the Ukrainian capital, including three firefighters. RFE/RL photographer Serhiy Nuzhnenko witnessed the aftermath of several Russian strikes that were carried out overnight.
In the aftermath of a harrowing murder in Romania, protestors in central Bucharest rallied for a cultural shift on June 3.
