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Pictures of the week 15 - 21 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 Alex Wheeler
Published 21 April 2017, 2:28 PM BST
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Theresa May
18 April 2017: British Prime Minister Theresa May announces a general election which will be held on 8 June, outside 10 Downing Street, London Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
General election 2017
A poster advertising a newspaper with the front page story relating to British Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a snap general election on 8 June in London Daniel Sorabaji/AFP
General election 2017
20 April 2017: British opposition Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn waves after delivering his first campaign speech of the 2017 election in London Ben Stansall/AFP
General election 2017
19 April 2017: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech to Conservative Party members to launch their election campaign in Walmsley Parish Hall, Bolton, England Andrew Yates/Reuters
420
20 April 2017: A woman smokes marijuana during the annual 4/20 marijuana rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Chris Wattie/Reuters
Venezuela
19 April 2017: A demonstrator throws back a tear gas grenade while clashing with riot police during the so-called "mother of all marches" against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
Venezuela protests
19 April 2017: An injured demonstrators is been helped by another protester during anti-government protests in Caracas, Venezuela Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
Venezuela protests
19 April 2017: Demonstrators clash with the police during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela Juan Barreto/AFP
Bethlehem demonstrations
17 April 2017: A Palestinian protester jumps near burning tyres during clashes with Israeli security forces following a demonstration in the West Bank town of Bethlehem to show support for Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails after hundreds of detainees launched a hunger strike Ahmad Gharabli/AFP
Turkey referendum
17 April 2017: Supporters of the 'No' hold leaflets reading 'no' as they gather at the Kadikoy district in Istanbul to protest following the results in a nationwide referendum that will determine Turkey's future destiny Bulent Kilic/AFP
Turkey referendum
18 April 2017: 'No' supporters march at Besiktas before submitting their petition calling for the annulment of a referendum that approved sweeping constitutional changes boosting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers, claiming blatant vote-rigging had swung the result Bulent Kilic/AFP
Marine Le Pen
17 April 2017: French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen cheers supporters as she arrives on stage during a campaign meeting in Paris, France Joel Saget/AFP
Jean-Luc Melenchon
17 April 2017: Jean-Luc Melenchon, candidate of the French far-left Parti de Gauche and candidate for the French 2017 presidential election, waves to supporters as he arrives to start a cruise on a barge on the canal de l'Ourcq in Bobigny near Paris, France Charles Platiau/Reuters
Tayyip Erdogan
15 April 2017: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gestures to his supporters during a rally for the upcoming referendum in Istanbul, Turkey Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
Donald Trump
18 April 2017: US President Donald Trump holds a baby after arriving on Air Force One at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The president was travelling to Kenosha, Wisconsin, to speak at Snap-On Tools Saul Loeb/AFP
Novice monks
19 April 2017: A child cries as his head is shaved by Buddhist monks during a ceremony entitled 'Children Becoming Buddhist Monks', at the Jogye temple in Seoul Jung Yeon-Je/AFP
Novice monks
19 April 2017: A child reacts after having his head shaved by Buddhist monks during a ceremony entitled 'Children Becoming Buddhist Monks', at the Jogye temple in Seoul Jung Yeon-Je/AFP
China traffic lights
19 April 2017: A girl walks through a check point, which opens only when the traffic lights turn green, at a road crossing in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China Reuters
North Korea
15 April 2017: North Korean soldiers march during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea Damir Sagolj/Reuters
UCI Track World Championships
15 April 2017: Poland's Szymon Sajnok crashes during the UCI Track World Championships - Men's Omnium, Elimination Race in Hong Kong, China Bobby Yip/Reuters
Bahrain Grand Prix
16 April 2017: Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
Blue lobster
19 April 2017: A blue lobster at Oceanopolis, a sea centre in Brest, France. According to scientists there is one blue lobster among 2 or 3 million, making them extremely rare Fred Tanneau/AFP
South Shore iceberg
16 April 2017: Residents view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as "Iceberg Alley", near Ferryland Newfoundland, Canada Jody Martin/Reuters
Yenisei walruses
18 April 2017: A member of the "Yenisei walruses" winter swimming club Alexander Alexandrov, 39, dives from a floe during an ice drift on the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Tawi River
20 April 2017: Children play in the water with their herd of buffaloes as they cool off in the Tawi River on a hot day on the outskirts of Jammu AFP/Getty Images
Yazidi New Year
19 April 2017: Displaced children from Yazidi sect hold eggs during of the Yazidi New Year celebrations at Sharya refugee camp on the outskirts of Dohuk province, Iraq Ari Jalal/Reuters
Mosul
18 April 2017: Displaced Iraqi children who fled their homes with their families play outside Hammam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq Muhammad Hamed/Reuters
Mosul
19 April 2017: An Iraqi girl stands on a hill close to her house in eastern Mosul, Iraq Marko Djurica/Reuters
Augusta
19 April 2017: A child sits on the deck of the Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship Phoenix as it arrives in Augusta, Italy Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
Idlib
17 April 2017: Syrians, who were injured in a suicide bombing that targeted buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns, sit in a tent on the Syrian-Turkish border in Idlib province Omar Haj Kadour/AFP
Syria
16 April 2017: A damaged bus is seen after an explosion at insurgent-held al-Rashideen, Aleppo province, Syria Ammar Abdullah/Reuters
Colombo rubbish dump collapse
18 April 2017: Sri Lankan military officials walk among rubbish and damaged homes at the site of a collapsed garbage dump in Colombo, Sri Lanka Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP
Colombo rubbish dump collapse
16 April 2017: A Sri Lankan resident walks through damaged homes at the site of a collapsed garbage dump in Colombo, Sri Lanka Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP
Colombia mudslide
19 April 2017: General view of a neighbourhood destroyed by a mudslide in Manizales, Caldas department, Colombia AFP/Getty Images
Colombia mudslide
19 April 2017: A dog waits to be rescued, after mudslides destroyed neighbourhoods in Manizales, Colombia Santiago Osorio/Reuters
Chablis vineyard
21 April 2017: A wine growers lights heaters in a Chablis vineyard near Auxerre, France, after the frost damaged part of the wineyards and orchards Philippe Deesmazes/AFP
Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony
15 April 2017: Worshippers hold candles as they take part in the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City Ammar Awad/Reuters
Miao goddess statue head
15 April 2017: Head of an ethnic Miao goddess statue is lifted a construction site, in Jianhe County, Guizhou Province, China Reuters
Champs Elysees
20 April 2017: Police officers block the access to the Champs Elysees in Paris following a shooting which left a police officer dead Thomas Samson/AFP
Champs Elysees
20 April 2017: People hold their hands up as they walk towards police officers near the site of a shooting at the Champs Elysees in Paris, France Franck Fife/AFP
Champs Elysees
20 April 2017: A soldier stand guards near the Arc de Triomphe after a shooting at the Champs Elysees in Paris, France Benjamin Cremel/AFP
Zimbabwe Independence Day
18 April 2017: The guard of honour parade during the country's 37th Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe Jekesai Njikizana/AFP
Kuala Lumpur
19 April 2017: A Malaysian dancer in Sabah tribal costumes reads a newspaper on the floor as Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak delivers his keynote address at the Publish Asia media industry conference in Kuala Lumpur Mohd Rasfan/AFP
China
19 April 2017: Farmers plant crops in rice paddies in Leshan, Sichuan province, China China Daily/Reuters
Queen Elizabeth II
16 April 2017: Queen Elizabeth II leaves after attending the Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England Jonathan Brady/Getty Images
Tulip fields, Lisse
19 April 2017: Aerial view of tulip fields in Lisse, The Netherlands Jerry Lampen/AFP
Queen Letizia
18 April 2017: Queen Letizia of Spain attends the 'Gran Angular' and 'El Barco De Vapor' literature awards at Casa de Correos in Madrid, Spain Carlos Alvarez/AFP
Brazil microcephaly
16 April 2017: Grandmother Maria Jose holds her twin granddaughters Heloisa (R) and Heloa Barbosa, both born with microcephaly, in front of their house in Areia, Paraiba state, Brazil Mario Tama/Getty Images
Alpenhorn players
19 April 2017: Alpenhorn players from Germany perform on the parvis of St Peter's basilica during Pope Francis' weekly general audience at the Vatican in Rome, Italy Alberto Pizzoli/AFP
Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival
16 April 2017: A woman holds a duck while wearing a fanciful hat during the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
Hare Pie Hill
17 April 2017: The second round of the bottle kicking gets underway over the Hare Pie Hill in Hallaton, England Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Monte Carlo Masters
19 April 2017: Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a shot to Kyle Edmund of Britain during the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Mike Pence
17 April 2017: US Vice President Mike Pence stands next to his daughter looking toward the north through a pair of binocular from an observation post inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
Bushy Park
16 April 2017: A bird sits and pulls fur from the back of a deer in Bushy Park, London Peter Nicholls/Reuters
Monkey
19 April 2017: A monkey drinks from a water tap on a hot day in the northern Indian hill town of Shimla AFP/Getty Images
Gaza Strip
19 April 2017: A Palestinian boy plays with a donkey outside their makeshift home in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip Mahmud Hams/AFP
Purple Crash
19 April 2017: General view of Guy Portelli's new sculpture 'Purple Crash' to celebrate the career of the musician Prince in Tonbridge, United Kingdom Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
St Peters Square
16 April 2017: Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in Rome, Italy Osservatore Romano/Reuters
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI
17 April 2017: Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI drinks a beer with a member of a German delegation and his brother and bishop Georg Ratzinger (R) at the Vatican Osservatore Romano/Reuters
North Korea
17 April 2017: A guard secures gates of a catfish farm visited by a group of foreign reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Chelsea v Leicester City
15 April 2017: Chelsea's John Terry is thrown in the air by team mates after the Chelsea v Leicester City Premier League game at Stamford Bridge, London Tony O'Brien/Reuters
Sporting v Real Madrid
15 April 2017: Real Madrid's Francisco "Isco" Alarcon (R) celebrates with team mate Marcelo after scoring a goal during the Sporting v Real Madrid game at El Molinon Stadium, Gijon, Spain Eloy Alonso/Reuters
Sindoor Jatra
15 April 2017: A boy gets his face smeared with vermillion powder during "Sindoor Jatra" vermillion powder festival at Thimi, in Bhaktapur, Nepal Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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