Week in pictures: 30 March - 5 April 2024
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A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Leslie and her dog Puccini, and Joanna and her dog Chichi Love, take part in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on 5th Avenue outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, New York City.
Azalea flowers blossom at the One Hundred Mile Azalea Forest in Bijie, in China's Guizhou Province.
The Easter bunny makes a guest appearance in the White House briefing room in Washington DC.
Pope Francis presides over the liturgy of the light during Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, a day after making the last-minute decision not to participate in the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum, as a health precaution.
Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) supporters celebrate outside the main municipality building in Istanbul following elections across Turkey. The CHP won in 35 provincial capitals, and regained control of Ankara and Istanbul, in a significant blow for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Firefighters and residents try to extinguish a fire in a residential district of Las Pinas city, Manila, Philippines.
Cambridge's Augustus John and Jenna Armstrong celebrate after winning the men's and women's boat races, completing the double over university rivals Oxford, on the River Thames in London.
Rescuers in Taiwan are working to reach stranded and trapped people, after the island experienced its worst earthquake in 25 years. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit near the eastern county of Hualien, killing nine people and injuring more than 1,000.
A person wearing a traditional mask representing a koba (antelope) dances during the Festimasq, the Festival des Masques in Pouni, Sanguie province, Burkina Faso.
Muslim devotees offer their last Friday prayers during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, India.
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