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Best Photos Of The Week

Moscow, Russia

President Vladimir Putin is bringing some flowers for the first woman in space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, on her 80th birthday.

Photo: Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik/AP

Denver, US

Skyscrapers are captured against the yellow sky during a Monday morning. Recently, the high winds are strafing communities along the Front Range of Colorado.

Photo: David Zalubowski/AP

Buenos Aires, Argentina

A national flag pin is being hanged on a school smock filled with shoe prints. The artwork is a metaphor for the educational situation in Argentina and it was created by teachers from all over the country who decided to go on a nationwide strike. Millions of children were left without classes.

Photo: Victor R. Caivano/AP

Uttar Pradesh, India

A woman covered in paint is posing as she takes a break from the Holi celebrations.

Photo: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Washington, US

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is criticizing the House Republican healthcare reform plan as ‘Obamacare light’ in an interview held on Capitol Hill.

Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Manama, Bahrain

Saudi women are experiencing Virtual Reality at a Saudi Aramco oil plant tour as part of the 20th Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference.

Photo: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters

Nyiregyhaza, Hungary

A rare white Transvaal lion is looking after its newborn triplets at the Nyiregyhaza Zoo.

Photo: Attila Balazs/MTI/AP

Philadelphia, US

Two local firefighters are photographed as they pass by a blaze started at the PECO electrical substation of the Nicetown-Tioga neighbourhood. Tens of thousands of nearby residents were left without power.

Photo: Matt Slocum/AP

Washington DC, US

House Speaker Paul Ryan is getting his notes following a news conference on the American Health Care Act, which was held with House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy.

Photo: Susan Walsh/AP

Washington DC, US

President Donald Trump is inviting his guests during a White House tour. The President greeted the first round of visitors and welcomed another small crowd in the East Wing from behind a velvet rope.

Photo: Evan Vucci/AP

Hyderabad, India

A local employee is working at a brick kiln on International Women’s Day. She’s wearing a thin scarf in order to protect her face from dust.

Photo: Mahesh Kumar A./AP

Oak Grove, Missouri

A 9-year-old boy and his mother are helping to clear away debris while trying to save what’s left of a family friend’s home following a severe storm and a tornado.

Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP

San Francisco, US

A couple of members of the Ball Club Bruins are training for the next baseball game on the Ocean Beach at sunset.

Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Two young activists are using pink paint to create a cross shape on a lamp post. Their gesture is a reminder of the women who were killed or disappeared, as they mark International Women’s Day.

Photo: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Traditional dancers are getting each other ready ahead of the ‘International Women’s Day’ celebrations.

Photo: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

Tel Aviv, Israel

Children wearing different costumes are participating in the Purim parade festival. This Jewish holiday commemorates the salvation of the Jews from genocide, which happened in ancient Persia.

Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP

Athens, Greece

Farmers from the Island of Crete are fighting the riot police during a demonstration nearby the Agriculture ministry.

Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

Cairo, Egypt

The first Egyptian female pilot of the biggest jet airliner of EgyptAir is getting ready to celebrate the International Women’s Day at home.

Photo: Nariman El-Mofty/AP

Charsadda, Pakistan

Two girls are struggling to take sugar cane husks home in order to use them for cooking and heating fuel.

Photo: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters

Hemmingford, Quebec

An officer is helping out a family to cross the border from New York into Canada. This family, which pretends to be from Turkey, is one of the many who took a chance on crossing the border by foot lately.

Photo: Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press/AP

Tbilisi, Georgia

Two women are attending a rally that celebrates International Women’s Day.

Photo: Shakh Alvazov/AP

Cairo, Egypt

Emma Benany, member of the Egyptian National Rowing Team, is rowing with other team members on the Nile River celebrating International Women’s Day,

Photo: Nariman El-Mofty/AP

Beijing, China

A delegate wearing a traditional costume is posing near the Great Hall of the People ahead of a National People’s Congress session.

Photo: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Moscow, Russia

President Vladimir Putin along with Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova (right) are posing at a newly open maternity center.

Photo: Alexei Druzhinin/AP

Philadelphia, US

Teachers are participating in the ‘A Day Without a Woman’ demonstration near the Science Leadership Academy. More on this event HERE.

Photo: Matt Rourke/AP

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