Week in pictures 1 April 2023
BERLIN: Britain's King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, are flanked by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife, Elke Budenbender, during a welcoming ceremony in Berlin on Wednesday, March 29. It marked the start of Charles’ first overseas visit as monarch, and it was the first time a head of state had been officially welcomed at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate rather than the official residence of the German president(Ronny Hartmann/AFP/Getty Images)
PARIS: Riot police face protesters during clashes in Paris on Sturday, March 25. Workers in France, staged a national strike that day, protesting a retirement-age increase that was pushed through parliament without a vote(Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
AMSTERDAM: A giant meatball, made with a tiny amount of woolly mammoth DNA, is presented at a science museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, March 28. The publicity stunt was the work of Vow, an Australian cultured meat startup(Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters)
ALAUSI: This aerial photo, taken on Tuesday, March 28, shows an area affected by a landslide in Alausi, Ecuador. The deadly landslide was triggered by months of heavy rainM(Marcos Pin/AFP/Getty images)
KABUL: Girls attend the first day of school in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, March 25. But high school remained closed for girls for the second year since the Taliban returned to power(Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
AYODHYA: Hindu devotees pray in the Sarayu River in Ayodhya, India, on Thursday, March 30. It was for the Rama Navami festival that celebrates the birthday of the Hindu God Rama(Manish Swarup/AP)
BEIRUT: A protester throws a bottle at the Lebanese Central Bank building in Beirut on Friday, March 24. The country has been in a financial crisis since 2019(Hassan Ammar/AP)
RIO DE JANEIRO: The sun rises in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, March 29(Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images)
PORT SAINT PERE: A lion is seen at Planète Sauvage, an animal park in Port-Saint-Pere, France, on Wednesday, March 29(Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
FUZHOU:Tourists pick tea leaves at a tea garden in Fuzhou, China, on Tuesday, March 28(VCG/Getty Images)