Week in pictures 12 April 2025
SANTO DOMINGO: Rescue workers search for survivors at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday, April 8. More than 200 people were killed (Eddy Vittini/AP)
ROME: Pope Francis, in a wheelchair, makes a surprise public appearance at the end of Mass in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, April 6. The 88-year-old pontiff spent five weeks in the hospital in February and March (Vatican Media/AP)
BALKONUR: The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 8. It was carrying a three-man crew to the International Space Station (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)
LIO PICCOLO: People participate in a reforestation project on the Italian island of Lio Piccolo on Saturday, April 5. The island is being replanted with 16,000 new trees to protect the salt marsh ecosystem that is fundamental to the natural health of the Venetian Lagoon. (Simone Padovani/Getty Images)
PARIS: Smoke billows behind Paris’ Sacre Coeur Basilica as a major fire broke out in the nearby 17th arrondissement on Monday, April 7 (Idhir Baha/AFP/Getty Images)
DALLAS: Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić reacts while watching a tribute video dedicated to him before an NBA game in Dallas on Wednesday, April 9. It was his first game back in Dallas since the Mavericks traded him to the Lakers in February (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images/Reuters)
BRASILIA: A man from the Sateré-Mawé indigenous group is seen in a protest camp in Brasilia, Brazil, on Monday, April 7. Those in the Terra Livre (Free Land) camp are protesting for land rights (Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)
MANDALAY: A Buddhist statue is pictured inside an earthquake-damaged pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Thursday, April 3. Myanmar was hit by a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake last month. Thousands were killed (Reuters)
WINDSOR: Britain’s King Charles III plays a carrot with the London Vegetable Orchestra during a reception in Windsor, England, recognizing those involved in community music across the United Kingdom (Aaron Chown/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
MILAN: People in Milan, Italy, visit "Making the Invisible Visible," a Google Design Studio installation co-created by artist Lachlan Turczan, on Monday, April 7 (Antonio Calanni/AP)