The week in pictures - April 23, 2026 | Reuters

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[1/22]A screen capture from a video said to show the seizure of the container ships MSC Francesca and Epaminondas in the Strait of Hormuz, broadcast on Iranian State TV on April 22 shows Iranian soldiers taking part in the operation. via IRIB
AT SEA, MID-SEA

[2/22]Teenagers show stickers on their legs as they sit on the floor during the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual meetings and exhibits in Houston, Texas,, April 17. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Hounston, TX, UNITED STATES

[3/22]A woman with a Bible on top of her head waits for the start of a Holy Rosary Prayer led by Pope Leo XIV at the "Mama Muxima" Shrine, during his apostolic journey in Africa, in Muxima, Angola, April 19. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
MUXIMA, ANGOLA

[4/22]Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci attend the red carpet for the premiere of "The Devil Wears Prada 2" in New York City, April 20. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
New York City, NY, UNITED STATES

[5/22]Iranian children play in Tehran Bazaar, amid the ongoing ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 21. Majid Asgaripour/WANA
Tehran, IRAN

[6/22]A man uses a water hose to wash blood from a door after children with ages ranging from 1 to 14 were killed in a mass shooting incident described as a domestic violence incident, in Shreveport, Louisiana, April 19. REUTERS/Kevin Bartram
SHREVEPORT, LA, UNITED STATES

[7/22]Travis Smith, who was diagnosed with ​the OTOF mutation and received Regeneron's experimental therapy at 18 months ​as part ⁠of a clinical trial, lies on the floor as President Trump participates in a healthcare affordability event in the Oval Office at the White House, April 23. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

[8/22]Displaced residents return to their homes after a ceasefire went into effect, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, April 17. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
BEIRUT, LEBANON

[9/22]Former President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sing 'Wheels on the Bus' during a shared reading event at Learning Through Play Pre-K in New York City, April 18. Angelina Katsanis/Pool
New York, UNITED STATES

[10/22]A man fires what appears to be a weapon during an incident where authorities say a Canadian woman was shot dead and several others injured before the gunman killed himself at the Teotihuacan pyramids, a popular tourist and archaeological site in San Martin de las Piramides, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico, April 20. via Barak Hardley
SAN MARTIN DE LAS PIRAMIDES, MEXICO

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[11/22]Wreckage from a small plane lies behind homes in the Grand Oaks subdivision after it crashed into backyards in the residential neighborhood, in Florida, April 19. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
LAND O' LAKES, FL, UNITED STATES

[12/22]A Congolese refugee sits near the Busuma camp, which according to UNHCR is hosting about 66,000 refugees and was set up after M23 fighters took control of the eastern Congolese city of Uvira, prompting a mass influx of people fleeing violence, in Ruyigi, Burundi, April 22. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana
Ruyigi, Burundi

[13/22]A displaced woman travels on the back of a truck loaded with belongings on her way to her home in southern Lebanon after a ceasefire was announced, April 20. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
QASMIYEH, LEBANON

[14/22]An Israeli soldier damages the head of a statue of Jesus, in Debel, Lebanon, in this still image obtained from social media released on April 19. Israel’s military slays it removed two soldiers from combat duty and placed them in military detention for 30 days after they destroyed a crucifix in southern Lebanon. Social Media/via REUTERS
DEBEL, LEBANON

[15/22]A Veteran from the group About Face holds a symbolic burial flag to honor the dead during a protest against the Iran war, in the Cannon House Office Building Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 20. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

[16/22]Residents carry belongings retrieved from Wang Fuk Court during their first visit after last year's deadly fire, in Hong Kong, April 20. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG, CHINA

[17/22]A skier in a festive costume attempts to cross a pool of water at the foot of a slope while competing in the annual Gornoluzhnik amateur event marking the end of the ski season at the Bobrovy Log fun park, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, April 19. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk
KRASNOYARSK, RUSSIA

[18/22]Women react as displaced residents make their way back to their homes by crossing the damaged bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country, in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, April 17. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
Qasmiyeh, LEBANON

[19/22]Valentyna Ananenko, 58, wife of Oleksii Ananenko, a Hero of Ukraine for his role in a 1986 mission beneath the fourth Chornobyl NPP reactor, visits the burnt-out apartment of her neighbour Nataliia Khodemchuk, 73, who was killed in a Russian drone strike on November 14, 2025, ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 20. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Kyiv, Ukraine

[20/22]Alleged members of MS-13, attend an open hearing in a mass trial, after 486 alleged gang members were charged with more than 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022, according to prosecutors, at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, April 23. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR

[21/22]Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulate with their daughter Chelsea after she finished the Boston Marathon, April 20. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, United States

[22/22]People in traditional clothes wait for Pope Leo XIV to arrive for a holy Mass at Malabo Stadium, on the last day of his apostolic journey, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, April 23. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Malabo, EQUATORIAL GUINEA