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Pictures of the Week: April 25 – May 2

From tornadoes and floods across the US to the canonization of two popes, to preparations for the Kentucky Derby and witches on a train, TIME presents the best photos of the week.

Debris from Mayflower RV is pictured strewn around in Mayflower, Arkansas AFGHANISTAN-SOCIETY-QUAIL Mideast Egypt Afghans play on a trampoline along Qargha Lake, on the outskirts of Kabul APTOPIX India Slum Fire BESTPIX BJP's Narendra Modi Campaigns In Punjab A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an RPG towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, during heavy clashes with them in the old city of Aleppo Peru Illegal Gold APTOPIX Vatican Pope Canonizations Brazil Daily Life Aerial image - agricultural fields in Brandenburg APTOPIX India Kashmir Killing Black condolence ribbons attached along with messages for victims of the Sewol ferry sinking at Olympic Memorial Museum in Ansan, South Korea. Pro-Russian masked men stand watch inside the Mariupol town hall in east Ukraine APTOPIX Brazil WCup Soccer APTOPIX Vatican Pope Canonizations Canonization of John Paul II and John XXIII Poland John Paul II APTOPIX Mideast Israel Holocaust Memories Holocaust survivors use medical marijuana The cremated remains of Park Yaeji, a 16-year-old victim of the sunken Sewol ferry accident, sit with those belonging to her cousin and other friends at the Seoho Memorial Park in Pyeongtaek. Eom Ji-young, center, mother of Park Yae-ji, a 16-year-old victim of the sunken Sewol ferry accident, collapses in grief as her daughter's remains enter the kiln at a crematorium in Suwon, South Korea. An Orthodox priest walks past a portrait of a man on a grave, as he conducts a service in a cemetery near the village of Zimogorie APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Life vests and rafts from the sunken Sewol ferry sit at Paeng Mok Harbor in Jindo, South Korea. France Louvre Abu Dhabi A woman lies on the road dying from a gunshot wound to the head close to the village of Dekoua after the armed peacekeeping convoy from the African Union operation in CAR (MISCA) she was travelling in came under attack by anti Balaka militiamen A pro-Russia militia member standing guard outside a seized government building allows a child to partially hold his gun. Uprooted trees are pictured after a tornado hit Vilonia, Arkansas APTOPIX Kentucky Derby Horse Racing A crucifix hangs from the fence of Corpus Christi Catholic College after teacher Anne Maguire was fatally stabbed in Leeds, northern England Morning in Brandenburg Ballet dancers perform as they celebrate International Dance Day, in New Delhi The tail section of Air Force One is pictured on the tarmac at Elmendorf Air Force Base outside Anchorage TOPSHOTS-GERMANY-AERIAL-NATURE A girl sits backstage after getting ready for her dance recital to celebrate International Dance Day, in New Delhi Dancers perform an Indian folk dance to celebrate International Dance Day, in New Delhi Ukraine Spain Financial Crisis Evictions INDIA-ELECTION *** BESTPIX *** Tornado-Ravaged Communities Deal With Major Devastation After Storms Storm Systems Brings Severe Flooding To Pensacola *** BESTPIX *** Increase Use Of CCTV For Traffic Fines Raises £300 Million Dome Restoration Women dressed up as a witches are silhouetted as they travels on a HSB light railway through the Harz mountains TOPSHOTS-BRITAIN-ROYALS-FUNERAL-SHAND TOPSHOTS-GERMANY-TRADITION-BAVARIA-FASHION TOPSHOTS-INDIA-WEATHER-TEMPERATURE-FISHING Veres of Hungary performs with his MXS airplane during an air show in Budapest TOPSHOTS-HUNGARY-AERO-SPORT An African migrant rests on a border fence covered in razor wire between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave of Melilla May Day demonstration in Russia Labour Day in Indonesia TOPSHOTS-SKOREA-ACCIDENT-BOAT Ukraine: Clashes in Donetsk Les separatistes pro russes ont attaque la police Ukrainienne devant le parquet de Donetsk An injured man waits for medical attention after, according to activists, two barrel bombs were thrown by forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar Al-Assad in Aleppo A pro-Russian man leans on a tree with a rifle and rocket launcher near him at a checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk, east Ukraine Severe Weather Florida FLYING EMBERS

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