Week in pictures 12 Feb 2022
Here is the top news photograpy from the past week:
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Moscow on Monday, February 7. Macron was hoping to de-escalate the tense standoff between Russia and Ukraine (SPUTNIK/AFP/Getty Images).
BAB BERRED: Local residents watch with concern as authorities try to rescue a 5-year-old boy who was trapped in a well near the Moroccan town of Bab Berred on Thursday, February 3. The boy, Rayan Oram, was eventually retrieved by rescue teams on Saturday, but he did not survive his ordeal (AP).
OTTAWA: Trucks line a street in downtown Ottawa as part of a convoy of truck protesters against Covid-19 mandates in Canada on February 10. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images).
LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II cuts a cake to celebrate the start of her Platinum Jubilee on Saturday, February 5. It has been 70 years since the Queen took the throne in 1852 (Joe Giddens/WPA Pool/Getty Images).
BEIRUT: As a protest takes place in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday, February 7, a woman holds a picture of her granddaughter who was killed in the city's port explosion in 2020. The protest took place outside the Justice Palace and showed support for the judge who has been investigating the blast (Bilal Hussein/AP).