Pictures of the week: From International Day of Babylonian Civilisation to Osaka Expo
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Performers take part in a ceremony to mark the International Day of Babylonian Civilisation, at the archaeological site of Babylon in Iraq. AP -
The leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ozgur Ozel (C) along with other party members stand next to the empty chair reserved for detained Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu during the party's extraordinary congress in Ankara, Turkey. EPA -
The wreckage of a helicopter is recovered from the Hudson River, in New York, after a crash that killed six people. Reuters -
An elderly Palestinian man stands in front of a building hit by an Israeli strike on the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza city. AFP -
US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina with her fiance, Chris van Heerden, after her release by Moscow in a UAE-mediated prisoner exchange. AP -
A shrapnel-riddled building heavily damaged during Lebanon's civil war, in Beirut, on April 4, 2025. AFP -
People take shelter inside a metro station during a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv. Reuters -
US President Donald Trump about to board Air Force One on a windy day at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Reuters -
A wounded Palestinian child is carried to Al Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, following an Israeli strike on Gaza city. Reuters -
Firefighters tackle a fire at a plastics processing company in Ahlen, near Munster, in western Germany. AP -
State representatives toss papers in the air, in the House of Representatives in Atlanta, on the last day of Georgia's legislative session. AP -
A far-right protester holding US and South Korean flags attends a rally to show support for South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, in Seoul. Reuters -
Clergy members attend the mass for the Jubilee of the sick and healthcare workers led by Italian Archbishop Rino Fisichella at St Peters’ square in the Vatican. AFP -
Palestinians look on as a crowd inspects the site of an Israeli air strike on a house, in Khan Younis. Reuters -
Protesters during the nationwide "Hands Off!" protest against US President Donald Trump in downtown Los Angeles. AFP -
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron greet shopkeepers during a stroll at the Khan Al Khalili market area in Cairo. AFP -
Britain's King Charles III plays a recorder made from a carrot with the London Vegetable Orchestra at Windsor Castle, England. AP -
Pope Francis meets Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla in a private audience at the Vatican. Reuters -
Smoke billows behind the Sacre Coeur Basilica as a "major fire" broke out in the nearby 17th arrondissement, in the north of Paris. AFP -
A Buddha statue is surrounded by debris in Inn Wa on the outskirts of Mandalay. AFP -
Customers buy watermelons at a fruit market in Lahore. AFP -
A man shouts at former Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen, former Mossad head Tamir Pardo and Maj Gen Noam Tibon before a court hearing on the dismissal of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar in Jerusalem. Reuters -
The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft lifts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. EPA -
Sand dredging at Surfers Paradise Beach on the Gold Coast, Australia. EPA -
A model presents a creation by designer Alexandre Herchcovitch during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Brazil. Reuters -
Hindu devotees pull a rope to move a chariot during the chariot festival at Kapaleeswarar Temple in Chennai, eastern India. AFP -
Workers sewing at a clothing factory in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. AFP -
Afghan refugees embrace before leaving for Afghanistan at a bus stand in Karachi, amid deportations by Pakistan's government. AFP -
Displaced Palestinians' tents set up in the bombed-out auditorium of Gaza city's Islamic University. AP -
Visitors walk along the "Grand Ring", made of wood, at the end of the day during a media preview day for the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka. AFP
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