From the effects of the coronavirus pandemic to the aftermath of armed clashes, here are some of the most striking images of the year as taken by RFE/RL's photographers.
2021: The Year's Best From RFE/RL's Photographers
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People at a protest called "Flowers of Ukraine" in Kyiv on July 12. Activists were demonstrating against the demolition of a late-Soviet modernist building.
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A man sells a sheep at a livestock market on the Kurban Ait holiday in the Almaty region, Kazakhstan, on July 20. The festival, also known as Eid al-Adha or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is celebrated at the end of the hajj.
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A soldier and a young girl watch the Independence Day march in Kyiv, Ukraine, which marked 30 years of statehood on August 24, 2021.
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Teenagers try to catch a signal to go online in the village of Chebotarevo, in the West Kazakhstan region, on August 27.
