Life is full of unexpected events, which is what makes it both sad and beautiful. The collection of photos you’re about to see captures the main events from around the globe in the past week. Let’s have a look at some moments that are equally impressive, tragic and heart-melting.
Why? Because that’s what makes us human.
Check out the post and let us know what you think!
Gold Coast, Australia
Tajay Gayle of Jamaica competes in the men’s long jump qualification event during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium.
Photo: AFP
Beijing, China
A crow pulls fur from a giant panda to use for nesting, at the Beijing Zoo.
Photo: AFP
Kashmir, Srinagar
A protester wearing a mask with an image of former Pakistani cricket player Shahid Afridi attends a protest against the recent killings.
Photo: Reuters
Munich, Germany
Two women are silhouetted against the setting sun as they sit on a steel beam of a bridge.
Photo: AP
Gold Coast, Australia
Jazmin Sawyers of England competes in the women’s long jump final during the Commonwealth Games.
Photo: Reuters
Bangkok, Thailand
A boy plays with water during the Songkran Water Festival celebrations to commemorate the Thai New Year.
Photo: Reuters
Kadhimiya, Iraq
Shiite Muslim worshipers carry a symbolic casket as they gather at the Imam Musa al-Kadhim’s mosque as they mark the anniversary of the Imam’s death in the 8th century.
Photo: AFP
Washington, U.S.
Dozens of cardboard cutouts of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are seen during an Avaaz.org protest outside the U.S. Capitol.
Photo: Reuters
Seoul, South Korea
A group of performers celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Jeju uprising. The clash between the South Korean government at the time and guerrilla fighters of the South Korean Labour Party is said to have killed tens of thousand of people.
Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A woman emerges from the mouth of an artwork during the KunstRai art fair in Amsterdam. The event claims to be the longest running art fair.
Photo: Koen van Weel/EPA
Oaxaca, Mexico
Central American migrants rest at a sports centre field. Images of the “Migrant Viacrucis” caravan, composed of hundreds of people headed towards the US border, caused President Donald Trump to strike out at immigration into America.
Photo: Victoria Razo/AFP
Kenya
A Wildlife Services ranger tries to cover the eyes of Elia, a young Southern white rhino, to calm her down. She had been shot by a tranquilizer from a helicopter during a rhino ear-notching exercise at Meru National Park, 350 km (220 miles) from Nairobi.
Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
Cegled, Hungary
Men dressed as Hungarian Hussars and Hapsburg Austrian soldiers re-enact the Battle of Tapiobicske. The 1848 battle resulted in Hungary briefly gaining independence from the Hapsburg Empire. Hungarian nationalism is promoted by the country’s current Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is seeking re-election on 8 April.
Photo: Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images
London, U.K.
A woman lays flowers on Chalgrove Road, Tottenham, where 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne died after being shot. Two miles away, in Walthamstow, another boy was found with gunshot wounds, alongside another boy, 15, who had stab injuries.
Photo: Victoria Jones/PA
Myanmar
The Poy Sang Long ceremony marks a rite of passage among the Shan peoples. Boys between seven and fourteen years of age are temporarily ordained as Buddhist novices, pampered and carried around on the shoulders of their older male relatives.
Photo: Jack Kurtz/REX
Mogadishu, Somalia
Somali actors practice their fighting actions on Lido beach.
Photo: Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images
Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, UK
Racegoers arrive for Ladies Day of the 2018 Randox Health Grand National Festival
Photo: David Davies/PA
Shanghai, China
The car of Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain is reflected on the team crew’s helmet as they perform a pit-stop practice before the first practice session for the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix
Photo: Andy Wong/AP
Tokyo, Japan
A guest takes a rest in his room at Japan’s capsule hotel chain nine hours’ Shinjuku-North branch
Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Pyongyang, Noth Korea
Visitors browse the 20th ‘Kimilsungia’ festival flower show.
Photo: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images