TIME World Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week: March 28 — April 4

From the shootings at Fort Hood to the Afghan elections, to Queen Elizabeth’s visit with Pope Francis and a camera savvy koala bear, TIME presents the best photos of the week.

 

Woman and a man look at cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo A flag flies at half-staff on a log with the slope of the massive mudslide that struck Oso in the background near Darrington, Washington Mideast Egypt Journalist Killed TOPSHOTS-SPAIN-MOROCCO-IMMIGRATION Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu competes during the men's free program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama TOPSHOTS-BRITAIN-ANIMAL-BUTTERFLY Balinese Fire Ritual Held On Eve Of Nyepi TOPSHOTS-AUSTRALIA-MALAYSIA-CHINA-MALAYSIAAIRLINES-ACCIDENT-TRAN Japan Airlines Co. New Employees Take Part In Initiation Ceremony Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2014/2015 - Day 6 A sniper of Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) takes position at the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro Rio's Pacified Favelas Face Challenges Ahead Of World Cup People play with soccer balls at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro Thousands Of Hindus Gather For The Melasti Ceremony TOPSHOTS-BRITAIN-POLITICS-GAY-MARRIAGE David Blaine gets slimed on stage at the 27th Annual Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles TOPSHOTS-RUGBYU-SEVENS-HKG PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT-LAND DAY Shanghai's skyscrapers Shanghai World Financial Center (L), Shanghai Tower (R ) and Jin Mao Tower ( top) are seen at the financial district of Pudong during Earth Hour in Shanghai TOPSHOTS-SKI-SNOWBOARD-FREERIDE-XTREME-WORLD PAKISTAN-RELIGION-FESTIVAL TOPSHOTS-BRAZIL-WC2014-RIO-SECURITY Funeral of killed Yemeni soldiers APTOPIX Brazil Rio Violence TOPSHOTS-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT-LAND DAY TOPSHOTS-RUGBYU-SEVENS-HKG US and South Korea military excercise Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo Jerusalem Biblical Zoo U.S. Soldiers Continue Patrols Outside FOB Shank In Afghanistan Washington Nationals at New York Mets South Korea Koreas Tension North Korea Obama Welcomes World Series Champions Boston Red Sox To The White House US-POLITICS-HEALTH-OBAMA Omed-Omedan Kissing Festival Held In Bali TOPSHOTS-GUINEA-HEALTH-EBOLA Grieving mother Cortinas holds a picture of her deceased son as she and fellow families of victims of the GM recall failure hold a news conference on the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington Crisis in Ukraine Afghanistan Election TOPSHOTS-AFGHANISTAN-NOWRUZ-SIZDEH BEDAR Possible remains of American soldiers recovered in Cambodia A pair of Parisian dolls belonging to Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret, are seen at Buckingham Palace in London TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT CHILE-EARHTQUAKE APTOPIX Peru Chile Earthquake Trash People Exhibition in Tel Aviv Trash People Exhibition in Tel Aviv TOPSHOTS-FRANCE-ZOO-BEAR Viktor Yanukovych Beijing Foster Home Cares For Orphaned Children Pope Francis kisses child as he arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican TOPSHOTS-HUNGARY-AUTISM-WORLD DAY-CELEBRATION A woman reacts as she listens to a fortune telling machine at a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai Peru Chile Earthquake Mideast Palestinians Palestinians stand behind a fence as they watch members of Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas during a military graduation ceremony in Gaza GERMANY-WAGE-STRIKE-AVIATION-LUFTHANSA A girl reads a book on her balcony as smoke rises from chimneys of a steel plant, on a hazy day in Quzhou An Australian Koala, that was born with a damaged eye, looks at a camera as it sits atop a branch in its enclosure at Wild Life Sydney Zoo Racegoers On First Day At The Grand National Meet At Aintree Aintree Races Afghanistan Daily Life APTOPIX Mideast Iran Fatima Death Anniversary U.S. flags are pictured in front of the Central Christian Church in Killeen, Texas Lucy Hamlin and her husband Specialist Timothy Hamlin wait to get back to their home on base at Fort Hood Italy - H.M Queen Elisabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh meets Pope Francis APTOPIX Chile Earthquake Fifth grade student at the Enrique Villuendas Primary School, Erika Kina, poses in her princess costume in Havana APTOPIX Rwanda Genocide Anniversary APTOPIX Rwanda Genocide Anniversary TOPSHOTS-BRITAIN-ANIMAL-ZOO-HIPPO

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