The coronavirus pandemic has sparked fears of a global recession. It would not be the first time the world's economy has been rattled. Here are some of the most dramatic financial storms we have weathered before.
Thirteen years after his first trip to Uzbekistan, RFE/RL photographer Amos Chapple revisited two of the country’s UNESCO World Heritage sites to find them transformed by the “accelerated development” the country has embraced in order to attract tourism.
A grandfather's cherished wristwatch tarnished by the elements; a missing husband's worn-out pair of pants or sweater found when he was unearthed; the weathered ID of a teenage son.
Associated Press photographer Zoya Shu, who is based in Kyiv, has been covering Ukraine's conflict with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, documenting the fate of prisoners of a war that has claimed more than 13,000 lives since it began in 2014.
The year 2019 saw Russian protesters taking repeatedly to the streets of the capital, Moscow. The unauthorized demonstrations began after the authorities refused to register most independent candidates in elections for the Moscow Duma. During protests on July 27, 1,373 people were detained.
