Balkan Insight’s Week in Pictures

Serbia's Damir Rastic (L) and Ukraine's Artem Tyshchenko (R) in action during the men's 10km Sprint race at the IBU Biathlon World Cup i​n Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo: EPA-EFE/Christian Bruna.

CSKA Sofia fans light flares during the UEFA Europa Conference League group C football match against AS Roma in ​the Bulgarian capital on December 9, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Vassil Donev.

The Romanian honour guard brass band leader (C) during a welcome ceremony for Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita (not pictured) at the Victoria Palace in Bucharest on December 9, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Robert Ghement.

Riot policemen aflame during clashes with protesters during a rally marking the 13th anniversary of the killing of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos in Thessaloniki on December 6, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Dimitris Tosidis./small>

Greek policemen walk past pedestrians during a rally marking the 13th anniversary of the killing of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos in Thessaloniki on December 6, 2021. EPA-EFE/Dimitris Tosidis.

Pope Francis handing a microphone back to a journalist aboard the papal plane on his flight back to Rome after visiting Cyprus and Greece on December 6, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Vatican Media.

People check foreign exchange rates in front of the currency exchange office in Istanbul on November 23, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Sedat Suna.

Migrants from Afghanistan at a house used by smugglers as a secret hideout while being held by Turkish security forces during an operation in the border city of Van on August 25, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Sedat Suna.

Turkish feminist group Campus Witches wears costumes from the TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" during a protest against Turkey's...