The Week in Pictures : April 12, 2018 - MSN.com

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GAZA CITY
Palestinian demonstrators shout during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border east of Gaza City on April 6.




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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
A supporter of South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye reacts after a court sentenced Park Geun-hye to 24 years in prison, during a rally outside the Seoul Central District Court on April 6.




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SHANGHAI, CHINA
A woman decorates a grave during the Qing Ming festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, at a cemetery in Shanghai on April 6. Chinese traditionally tend to the graves of their departed loved ones during the Qingming Festival, and make offerings to honor them and keep them comfortable in the afterlife.




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KOLKATA, INDIA
An Indian Hindu devotees dancing and performing rituals as she participates in a religious festival "Velvel" dedicated to Hindu goddess Mutthumariamman on April 6 in Bandel around 75 km north of Kolkata.




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NEW YORK CITY
NYPD officers and Bagpipers march along 6av during the Annual Tartan Day Parade on April 7 in New York.




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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles during the ceremony of the 'Holy Fire' as they gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 7 during Orthodox Easter ceremonies.




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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is carried by supporters in front of the metallurgic trade union on April 7 in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.




SERGIYEV POSAD, RUSSIA
A boy jumps with a scooter in Sergiyev Posad on April 7 with a church in backgrounds on the eve of the Easter celebrations.




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BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN
Kyrgyz national honour guards lay a wreath at a monument for those killed during the April 2010 uprising at the Ata-Beyit cemetery near Bishkek on April 7.




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NEW YORK CITY
Smoke rises from the 50th floor of Trump Tower on April 7 in New York. The fire left one dead.

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SURREY, ENGLAND
Competitors take part in the 2018 Wife Carrying Race on April 8 in Surrey, England,




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SKOPJE, MACEDONIA
Macedonian Orthodox worshippers light candles from the holy fire that arrived from Jerusalem during the Easter service at the St. Jovan Bigorski monastery on April 8.




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MUENSTER, GERMAN
Flowers, candles and a sign which reads "Why" have been left at the scene after a vehicle crashed into people on April 8 in Muenster, Germany.




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PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
Competitors cross the start line of the the annual Pyongyang marathon at Kim Il Sung stadium in Pyongyang on April 8.




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LONDON, ENGLAND
Demonstrators take part in an antisemitism protest outside the Labour Party headquarters on April 8 in London, England.




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SIEVERSDORF, GERMANY
This aerial picture taken with a drone on April 9 shows trees throwing long shadows on a field along a country road in the morning sun in Sieversdorf, eastern Germany.




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PARIS, FRANCE
SNCF railway workers demonstrate on April 9 in Paris, as part of their strike over plans to overhaul the national state-owned railway company SNCF.




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BEIJING, CHINA
This photo taken on April 9 shows a crow pecking hair from a giant panda for nesting at Beijing Zoo in China.




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NOTRE DAME DES LANDES, FRANCE
Environmental protesters are made to clear an area known as ZAD (Zone a Defendre - Zone to defend) occupying the site of what had been a proposed new airport.




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MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA
Picture released by Telam showing rescue workers and locals helping a stranded whale in Mar del Plata, Argentina on April 9. The whale died despite rescue efforts.

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GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
Jamaica's Tajay Gayle competes in the athletics men's long jump qualification during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast on April 10.




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BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL
Nepali Hindu devotees pull a wooden chariot through crowds during the Bisket Jatra festival, held to mark the Nepalese New Year.




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KYANGWALI, UGANDA
A young refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo looks out from a shelter in the Kagoma reception centre within the Kyangwali settlement on April 10 in Kyangwali, Uganda.




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WASHINGTON, D.C.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 10.




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EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS
Lightning strikes near stadium of PSV during the Dutch Jupiler League match on April 10 in Eindhoven Netherlands.




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VATICAN CITY
Pope Francis arrives for a weekly general audience at St Peter's square on April 11 in the Vatican.




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NANTES, FRANCE
A protester uses a tennis racket to hit a tear gas canister during an evacuation of environmental activists.




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AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND
Elephants and people play with water during the celebration of Songkran Water Festival, to commemorate Thailand's New Year in Ayutthaya, Thailand April 11.




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GOLAN HEIGHTS
An Israeli soldier directs a tank during training in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on April 11.




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GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
Jean John Collin of Mauritius (red) is punched by James McGivern of Northern Ireland during their Men's 60kg Quarterfinal bout of the Boxing on day seven of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on April 11.




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GAZA STRIP
Palestinians gather at the Rafah boder crossing as they wait to travel into Egypt after the passage was opened for three days for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip April 12.




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STRASBOURG, FRANCE
Protestors wear prison suits and animal masks as they stage a demonstration in front of the city hall in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 12 against the use of animals in circuses.