Pictures of the week 22 to 28 April: Seven days of photography from around the world
A selection of photographs, covering a variety of topics from current events to animals, politics and travel.
By Alex Wheeler , David Sim
23 April 2017: A Burnley supporter poses before the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Manchester United at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England Oli Scarff/AFP
23 April 2017: A man lifts up his shirt to reveal a union jack tattoo men enjoy a pint of beer outside a pub as they watch the Manchester St George's Day parade through the streets in Manchester, England Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
23 April 2017: A woman wears curlers as families and local residents watch the Manchester St George's Day parade through the streets in Manchester, England Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
27 April 2017: Women wearing wigs look at mirror during an opening day of a funeral parlour in Chongqing, China Reuters
22 April 2017: A woman with long hair in Weihai, Shandong province, China Reuters
27 April 2017: Primary school students wearing traditional Chinese costumes walk during a sports event in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China Reuters
25 April 2017: Queen Elizabeth II talks to recipients of new "Motability" vehicles during a ceremony in Windsor Castle, Windsor Richard Pohle/Reuters
24 April 2017: Workers walk near street art depicting Queen Elizabeth II with a pet dog, holding an EU flag in London Toby Melville/Reuters
21 April 2017: Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn reads the book 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' to children at a visit to Brentry Children's Centre in Bristol, England Matt Cardy/Getty Images
25 April 2017: Natasha Osipova and Edward Watson from the Royal Ballet rehearse 'Mayerling' at The Royal Opera House, London Ian Gavan/Getty Images
26 April 2017: Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rally in Caracas Federico Parra/AFP
23 April 2017: Outgoing French president Francois Hollande picks up ballot papers before casting his vote at a polling station in Tulle, central France, during the first round of the Presidential election Georges Gobet/AFP
25 April 2017: Ivanka Trump attends the W20 Summit under the motto "Inspiring women: scaling up women's entrepreneurship" in Berlin, Germany Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
25 April 2017: Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel gestures during a Family Photo during the W20 conference in Berlin, Germany Michele Tantussi/Getty Images
26 April 2017: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures towards an interactive robot at the digitalSTROM stand during the annual Girl's Day fair at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany John Macdougall/AFP
23 April 2017: Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, gestures to supporters after the first round of 2017 French presidential election in Paris, France Benoit Tessier/Reuters
23 April 2017: Francois Fillon, member of the Republicans political party and 2017 French presidential election candidate of the French centre-right, reacts as he delivers a speech at his campaign headquarters in Paris after early results in the first round of 2017 French presidential election Christian Hartmann/Reuters
24 April 2017: Aurora, a seven-year-old female polar bear, jumps into a swimming pool which was recently filled with water after the winter season, at the Royev Ruchey zoo in a suburb of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
26 April 2017: Ramu, a pet monkey, jumps as his handler bathes in the waters of the Ganges River, on a hot summer day, in Kolkata, India Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
23 April 2017: Prince William is sprayed with water by a competitor as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry cheer on and hand out water to runners during the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon in London Chris Jackson/Getty Images
25 April 2017: Queen Letizia of Spain visits the University Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Island at the La Laguna University in Tenerife, Spain Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
25 April 2017: A visitor walks past "Reverse Crucifix 2016" by the Danish-Norwegian artists duo Elmgreen Drogset, during of the 51st Art Cologne fair in Cologne, Germany Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
26 April 2017: A gust of wind blows Pope Francis' mantle during his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, Rome, Italy Tony Gentile/Reuters
23 April 2017: Marshmello performs at the Sahara Tent during day 3 of the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Weekend 2) at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
22 April 2017: A contestant waits to go on stage during the grand final of Miss USSR UK at the Troxy in London. The annual beauty pageant sees women from former Soviet Union countries compete to be crowned Miss USSR UK Jack Taylor/Getty Images
25 April 2017: A man views the exhibit "Infinity Mirrored Room - The Souls of a Million Light Years Away" by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington Joshua Roberts/Reuters
28 April 2017: Workers and wine growers light heaters early in the morning, to protect vineyards from frost damage outside Chablis, France Christian Hartmann/Reuters
24 April 2017: US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addresses the 'Rise Up: From Protest to Power' convention in Washington, DC Alex Wong/Getty Images
25 April 2017: A stage costume designed by Michel Fresnay in 1980, for Egyptian-born Italian singer and actress Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti, aka Dalida, during an exhibition dedicated to her wardrobe entitled 'Dalida, une garde-robe de la ville à la scène' (Dalida, daywear and stage wardrobe), at the Palais Galliera Museum in Paris, France Francois Guillot/AFP
25 April 2017: An iceberg floats in Flatrock Cove at sunset in Flatrock, Newfoundland, Canada Drew Angerer/Getty Images
26 April 2017: Ice formations are seen on the Andes mountains in Argentina's San Juan province Marcos Brindicci/Reuters
26 April 2017: US President Donald Trump walks to sign an executive order about education in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC Brendan Smialowski/AFP
25 April 2017: Marine Le Pen, National Front (FN) political party candidate for French 2017 presidential election, speaks with employees as she visits the meat pavilion at the Rungis international food market, near Paris, during her campaign Charles Platiau/Reuters
23 April 2017: Jean-Luc Melenchon, candidate of the French far-left La France insoumise and 2017 French presidential election candidate, greets supporters in Paris, France Stephane Mahe/Reuters
25 April 2017: A servicewoman observes a minute of silence at the Dawn Service of Anzac Day in Sydney, Australia Saeed Khan/AFP
25 April 2017: An Australian soldier stands at the Australian War Memorial during an Anzac Day dawn service at Hyde Park Corner in London Dominic Lipinski/AFP
27 April 2017: Iraqi women and children escaping violence from West Mosul arrive in a UNHCR refugee camp in Hammam al-Alil in the outskirts of the embattled city Christophe Simon/AFP
27 April 2017: Security officials keep watch before the arrival of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak in Manila, Philippines Mohd Rasfan/AFP
A group of migrants who said they were from Djibouti and Somalia stand on a residential street after crossing the Canada-US border in Emerson, Manitoba, Canada Chris Wattie/Reuters
27 April 2017: Flames rising in the distance, believed to be coming from Damascus International Airport following an explosion early in the morning Sameer al-Doumy/AFP
27 April 2017: The remains of a statue at the UNESCO-listed ancient city of Hatra, south of Mosul Ahmad al Rubaye/AFP
23 April 2017: Displaced Syrian women walk at the al-Mabrouka camp in the village of Ras al-Ain on the Syria-Turkey border, where many Syrians who fled from territory held by the Islamic State (IS) group in Deir Ezzor and Raqa are taking shelter Delil Souleiman/AFP
27 April 2017: Displaced Iraqis who had fled their homes try to get inside Hammam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
27 April 2017: General views shows shelves of medication amidst the rubble following an air strike on a hospital on the eastern outskirts of Maaret al-Numan in the Syria's northern province of Idlib Omar Haj Kadour/AFP
24 April 2017: A Syrian boy stands against a bullet-riddled wall in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus Abd Doumany/AFP
26 April 2017: Cartoon characters defaced by Islamic State militants are seen at a children's hospital, in eastern Mosul, Iraq Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
25 April 2017: Displaced Iraqis from western Mosul cook bread at the Hammam al-Alil camp, Iraq Ahmad al Rubaye/AFP
25 April 2017: A man sleeps in a traffic policeman's booth on a hot summer day in Kolkata, India Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
25 April 2017: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey at a farm in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
24 April 2017: A boy shows a collectible card game in Havana, Cuba Yamil Lage/AFP
24 April 2017: Mounted guildsmen gallop around the Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding and filled with firecrackers, as it burns atop a bonfire in the Sechselaeuten square in Zurich, Switzerland Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
24 April 2017: The Boeoegg, a giant symbolic snowman made of wadding and and filled with firecrackers burns on top of a bonfire in Sechselaeuten square in Zurich, Switzerland Michael Buholzer/AFP
26 April 2017: First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon MSP, sits on a motorbike decorated with Scottish Saltires and stickers supporting Scottish independence as she meets party activists and members of the public at an SNP general election campaign event in Stirling, Scotland Andy Buchanan/AFP
27 April 2017: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn holds a child named Angelo, during a campaign event in Harlow, Essex Neil Hall/Reuters
27 April 2017: Charity event competitor, Tom Harrison, continues his crawl in a gorilla outfit to raise money for the Gorilla Foundation as he competes for a fifth day in the London Marathon, aiming to complete the 26.2 mile route within a week, in London Toby Melville/Reuters
24 April 2017: A man with his body covered with racist insults gives a flyer to a woman during an event organised by the Representative Council of France's Black Associations (CRAN) to protest against racism, on the place de la Republique in Paris, following the first round of the French elections Francois Guillot/AFP
24 April 2017: Ivanka Trump listens while her father US President Donald Trump speaks via video with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC Brendan Smialowski/AFP
25 April 2017: People protesting against Ivanka Trump's Berlin visit, stand near the venue where Deutsche Bank was hosting an evening gala for Ivanka in Berlin, Germany Sean Gallup/Getty Images
27 April 2017: Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles takes part in a march paying tribute to student Juan Pablo Pernalete -killed on the eve by impact of a gas grenade during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro- in Caracas, Venezuela Juan Barreto/AFP
27 April 2017: A man attends a march paying homage to student Juan Pablo Pernalete, who was killede by impact of a gas grenade during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro- in Caracas, Venezuela Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP
24 April 2017: Trucks burn in flames during a demonstration by Venezuelan opposition activists against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP
Venezuelan opposition activists clash with riot police during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas Juan Barreto/AFP
26 April 2017: An injured opposition activist is carried away on a motorcycle by fellow demonstrators during clashes with riot police during a protest march in Caracas, Venezuela Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP
26 April 2017: Volunteers, members of a primary care response team, huddle together during clashes with security forces at a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
25 April 2017: Indigenous people clash with police during their annual march for their rights, in Brasilia, Brazil Evaristo Sa/AFP
27 April 2017: An Indigenious takes part in a demonstration against the violation of indigenous people's rights, in Brasilia, Brazil Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
25 April 2017: People take part in a demonstration against the violation of indigenous people's rights, in Brasilia, Brazil Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
23 April 2017: A boat sails during the sunset in the sea of Fortaleza, Brazil Paulo Whitaker/Reuters
24 April 2017: A Palestinian protestor hold stones during clashes with Israeli security forces following a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah Abbas Momani/AFP
26 April 2017: An Israeli border guard holds position by Israel's controversial separation barrier, as clashes erupt with Palestinian protesters following a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails after hundreds of detainees launched a hunger strike in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Musa al Shaer/AFP
26 April 2017: A military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in North Korea Reuters
26 April 2017: A bolt of lightning strikes over harbour cranes in Cape Town, South Africa Mike Hutchings/Reuters
27 April 2017: Iraqi paramilitary troops fire towards Islamic State militants during a battle with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of the ancient city of Hatra, south of Mosul, Iraq Reuters
27 April 2017: French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen (C) gestures to her fans as she leaves after meeting fishermen in the harbour of Le Grau-du-Roi, southern France Bertrand Langlois/AFP
25 April 2017: One of The Flying Frenchies, stars of the new film The Free Man, rehearse at BBC Broadcasting House in London Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images
27 April 2017: Police secure a cordon near the scene on Whitehall near the Houses of Parliament in central London Justin Tallis/AFP
27 April 2017: Police detain a man on Whitehall near the Houses of Parliament, central London Niklas Halle'n/AFP
25 April 2017: An employee of Japan's jeweler Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry displays a pure gold life size mask of Darth Vader, a character in the Star Wars, at their main shop in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP
23 April 2017: Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning against Spain's Albert Ramos Vinolas during the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament final tennis match in Monaco Yann Coatsaliou/AFP
25 April 2017: A young boy looks on as war veterans make their way down Elizabeth Street during the Anzac Day parade in Sydney, Australia Brendon Thorne/Getty Images
23 April 2017: People practice Taichi on a suspension bridge during an event at a tourist spot in Beijing, China Reuters
27 April 2017: Tibetan buddhist monk walks around the courtyard of the Drak Yerpa in Lhasa,Tibet Autonomous Region, China Wang He/Getty Images
23 April 2017: A Tibetan buddhist monk uses an iPhone in the courtyard of the Kumbum Monastery in Xining, Qinghai Province, China Wang He/Getty Images
26 April 2017: Three Tibetan women in a village near the Yamdrok Lake in Dongla County in the Lhokha Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, China Wang He/Getty Images
26 April 2017: A driver greets a Tibetan shepherd near the Yamdrok Lake in Dongla County in the Lhokha Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, China Wang He/Getty Images
22 April 2017: Racka sheep are seen during celebrations for the start of the new grazing season in the Great Hungarian Plain in Hortobagy, Hungary Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
26 April 2017: Four white tiger cubs are presented at the zoo Kernhof in St Aegyd am Neuenwalde, Austria Herbert Pfarrhofer/AFP
27 April 2017: A supporter of veteran political leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga, attends a rally where Odinga was named as the presidential candidate for the National Super Alliance (NASA) party, during a rally in the capital Nairobi, Kenya Simon Maina/AFP
Workers load flower boards, sent by supporters of outgoing Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, who lost last week's gubernatorial election, onto trucks to be moved from the city hall, in Jakarta, Indonesia Darren Whiteside/Reuters
24 April 2017: Children stand next to a tent at a camp for people displaced by the war near Sanaa, Yemen Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
24 April 2017: Relatives of victims killed in Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013, mourn at the site during the fourth anniversary of the collapse in Savar, on the outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
26 April 2017: A woman lights a candle at a memorial, dedicated to firefighters and workers who died after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, during a night service in Slavutych, Ukraine Gleb Garanich/Reuters
25 April 2017: Former South African president and anti-Apartheid hero Nelson Mandela hangs in the room that Lesotho miner Molebatsi Mokwena, 60, shares with fellow miners at the Kroondal Circle Labour Hostel, where almost 200 former workers have been living since being dismissed by subcontractor Murray & Roberts Cementation following an ill fated strike action, in Rustenburg, South Africa Marco Longari/AFP
25 April 2017: A Cameroonian United Nations peacekeeping soldier guards women fleeing the village of Zike as they arrive to the village of Bambara, Central African Republic Baz Ratner/Reuters
Fans of Palmeiras and Penarol fight at the end of the match between Penarol v Palmeiras at Campeon del siglo stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay Andres Stapff/Reuters
27 April 2017: Russia's Maria Sharapova serves to Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in their second round match at the WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany Thomas Kienzle/AFP
27 April 2017: Goalkeeper Alfredo Aguilar of Guarani saves a penalty kick during the Brazil's Gremio v Paraguay's Guarani at Arena do Gremio stadium, Porto Alegre, Brazil Edison Vara/Reuters
26 April 2017: Seiichiro Nishimoto, CEO of Shelter Co., wears a gas mask in a model room for the company's nuclear shelters in the basement of his house in Osaka, Japan Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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