TIME World Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week: April 4 – April 11

From the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide to the world’s largest elections in India, to UConn’s NCAA victory and millions of tulips in bloom in Amsterdam, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

*** BESTPIX *** Rwanda Prepares For 20th Commemoration Of 1994 Genocide France D-Day Anniversary A fast response craft from Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield tows Able Seaman Clearance Diver Michael Arnold as he searches the ocean for debris of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 Russia Shukhov Tower NCAA Men's Final Four - Championship TOPSHOTS-FRANCE-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT-CABINET-MEETING TOPSHOTS-ROMANIA-PILLOW-FIGHT-DAY TOPSHOTS-SWIMMING-FRA-CHAMPIONSHIPS-TRAINING NCAA FINAL FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Batkid throws the opening pitch for the San Francisco Giants TOPSHOTS-INDIA-WEATHER-DUST TOPSHOTS-NZEALAND-BRITAIN-AUSTRALIA-ROYALS USA: Immigration: Family and Friends Meet along the U.S.-Mexico Border Israeli President Shimon Peres and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People APTOPIX Brazil Rio Violence Gaza Parkour team practicing in Al-Waha a place close to Al-Sodania area that been bombed in the last war on Gaza Rwanda Prepares For 20th Commemoration Of 1994 Genocide An Afghan woman looks through a window as she waits for her turn to vote at a polling station in Mazar-i-sharif TOPSHOTS-AFGHANISTAN-ELECTION-UNREST A voter prepares to fill out her ballot at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan. SYRIA-CONFLICT TOPSHOTS-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-SECURITY-WOMEN TOPSHOTS-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-SECURITY-WOMEN India ICC Cricket T20 WCup Reax APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives during the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir Spain Holi Festival General Economy Images In Sanya Amida Brimah TOPSHOTS-SWIMMING-FRA-CHAMPIONSHIPS-TRAINING CYCLING-ESP-BASQUE APTOPIX Rwanda Genocide Anniversary APTOPIX Rwanda Genocide Anniversary Rwanda Commemorates The Country's 1994 Genocide Rwanda Commemorates The Country's 1994 Genocide Pistorius reacts during his trial at the high court in Pretoria Wheat Harvest As Agriculture Prices Threaten Central Bank's Inflation Forcasts People Enjoy Cherry Blossoms In Japan Life On The Road With A Family Run Circus GERMANY-ANIMALS-POLAR BEAR MALAYSIA-CHINA-AUSTRALIA-MALAYSIAAIRLINES-TRANSPORT-ACCIDENT India Daily Life Hector Gaitan, 110, kisses his wife Nora Campo inside his home, at an abandoned station of the Nicaraguan Railway Company, the country's defunct railway in Managua. Baduy Tribe Parliamentary Election Vote in Lebak TOPSHOTS-INDIA-RELIGION-HINDU-FESTIVAL Thai elephant spray water at tourists to celebrate Songkran festival BESTPIX Poy Sang Long Ethnic Buddhist Ordination Festival In Thailand Fort Hood Shooting Memorial More than 3,000 detained since the launch of ongoing security crackdown in Kenya A man enters underground shelter in Idlib countryside Rebel fighters carry the body of a fellow fighter who was killed during what they said was an offensive against forces loyal to Syria's President Assad in al-Amriyeh neighbourhood of Aleppo Assistants use burning incense and cigarettes to drive away from the face of She during attempt to cover She's body with bees, in Chongqing municipality Alex Hribal A Seleka fighter drives in a vehicle in the town of Bria TOPSHOTS-AFGHANISTAN-ELECTION Aerial view of flower fields near the Keukenhof park in Lisse APTOPIX India Elections Feature around the Kremlin in Moscow SWIMMING-FRA-CHAMPIONSHIPS BESTPIX Coloured Egg Producer Gears Up For Easter APTOPIX Masters Golf Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and youths stand next to a fire during a protest in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood Russian President Vladimir Putin with All-Russia People's Front activists APTOPIX Brazil Squatters Dayana Chasi Saavedra looks through window after news that their eviction was not going to be carried out, in Madrid People sunbathe and watch boats on an artificial lake as they enjoy the warm weather during a sunny spring day at Madrid's Retiro park wax statue of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il

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