
1 A restaurant decorated with Azerbaijani and Turkish flags in Baku’s old town on October 14.

2 A television plays a loop of soldiers and military exercises in downtown Yerevan on October 28.

3 A street kiosk in Baku sports an Azerbaijani flag on November 4.


5 Turkish and Azerbaijani flags hang over the street in central Baku on October 23. Turkey and Azerbaijan share strong cultural and historical ties.

6 A photo of a now-deceased Armenian soldier on a building in central Yerevan on October 28.

7 A man selling carpets with the image of former Azerbaijani President Heidar Aliyev (left) and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Aliyev famously described Turkey and Azerbaijan as “one nation, two states.”

8 St. Gregory the Illuminator Church (right) and the offices of the International Bank of Azerbaijan adorned with national flags on November 4.
![A candy bar with a note says: "The meeting place is free and independent [Nagorno-Karabakh], I'm waiting for the date." In Yerevan, some girls are writing flirty notes on candy bars that are sent to soldiers fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. ](https://www.radiofree.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AECEC1D8-C5F2-444D-BC79-64BA9C1FD233_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
9 A candy bar with a note says: “The meeting place is free and independent [Nagorno-Karabakh], I’m waiting for the date.” In Yerevan, some girls are writing flirty notes on candy bars that are sent to soldiers fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

10 People gather on an overpass to cheer Azerbaijani soldiers in Baku shortly after the breakout of the current conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27.

11 A woman walks past a large Armenian flag with the hashtag “we will win” on October 28.

12 A Baku building painted with the Azerbaijan flag on October 13.

13 A woman prays in a church in Yerevan on October 17.

14 Police check into a car in Baku shortly after the conflict broke out. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan announced martial law when the war for Nagorno-Karabakh began.
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