The week around the world in 20 pictures

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Ship stuck under Francis Scott Key Bridge

El Paso, Texas, US

Jolimar, an 18-year-old migrant from Venezuela, shelters her two-year-old son Gail from the cold and blustery weather as they search for an entry point into the US along the bank of the Rio Grande river in El Paso. A controversial Texas law that would criminalise unauthorised entry into the state was placed on hold this week by a federal appeals court.

Woman sheltering child near fence

Córdoba, Spain

Penitents of the Christ of health brotherhood take part in a procession during Holy Week.

Procession of people in pointy hats

Maltrata, Mexico

A resident looks at his home, which destroyed by wildfires.

Burned-out home
Palestinians remove a body from rubble

Mea Shearim, Jerusalem

An ultra-Orthodox man kneels under obituary posters during the Jewish holiday of Purim in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood.

Man prostrating himself in street

Cabanillas de la Sierra, Spain

One of Spain’s famous Osborne bull billboards is painted with the Palestinian flag in Cabanillas de la Sierra.

Bull billboard painted in Palestinian colours

Córdoba, Spain

Penitent women wear mantilla traditional shawls at the Córdoba mosque-cathedral before the Agonia brotherhood procession.

Penitent women wearing mantillas

London, England

Buckingham Palace with its lights switched off for Earth Hour in London.

Darkened Buckingham Palace

Sloviansk, Ukraine

A Ukrainian serviceman kisses his partner, who had arrived on a train from Kyiv, at a railway station.

Two people kiss on rail platform

Kyiv, Ukraine

A woman holds a picture rescued from the destroyed art academy after a Russian missile attack on Kyiv.

Woman carrying painting

Hebbariye, Lebanon

People gather on the rubble of a paramedic centre destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on the village. The bombardment killed several members of a Lebanese Sunni Muslim group.

People gather on rubble

Nogales, Mexico

Wildfires burn at a cemetery in Nogales.

Wildfires burn at a cemetery

Malindi, Kenya

People mourn at the Malindi hospital mortuary after receiving the remains of several family members who were victims of a Kenyan starvation cult.

People mourning

Mumbai, India

A girl reacts as coloured powder is applied to her face during the Holi celebrations.

Hands daubing a girl's face with paint

Afar, Ethiopia

A man prays during Ramadan in the middle of the salt lake Karum at the Danakil depression. In the heart of the Horn of Africa, the Danakil depression is one of the hottest, most inhospitable place on earth, with temperatures topping 50C.

Man prays in middle of salt lake

El Paso, Texas, US

Endrina, 32, from Venezuela, holds her four-year-old son, Keylor, as a dust storm hinders migrants’ efforts to find an entry point into the US.

Migrants in brushland

Krasnogorsk, Russia

People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall as Russia observes a national day of mourning after the massacre that claimed 140 lives.

Large piles of flowers at memorial

Moscow, Russia

A man suspected of taking part in the attack on a concert hall that killed 140 people is escorted by Russian law enforcement officers prior to his pre-trial detention hearing at the Basmanny district court.

Suspect escorted through courthouse

Baltimore, Maryland, US

The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore.

Dali container vessel trapped under fallen bridge
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